Serbia and Montenegro are in the decision stage of the negotiations and are expected to become the newest members of the WTO in 2012 or in near future.

India has a series of ballistic missiles called Agni, of which the latest is Agni-V. On 19 April 2012, India successfully test fired Agni-V, a three stage solid fueled missile, with a strike range of more than 8, 000 km.

As of September 2012, both the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre ( APNIC ) and the Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre ( RIPE_NCC ) had reached this stage.

On June 1, 2012, Romanian organization ARCA announced that they are constructing an expendable rocket, named Haas 2C that will attempt to reach orbit in one stage.

" Furthermore, a synopsis for their 2012 stage production Sam's Enchanted Evening provides the name Randy Rose as that of " the Residents ' lead singer.

It was announced on 26 May 2012 that they will for the first time ever headline Thursday night in the Empress Ballroom at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool sharing the stage with the likes of Rancid, Public Image Limited and Social Distortion.

With the stars of the stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire ( play ) | Chariots of Fire at the Gielgud Theatre, July 2012

In 2012, Vangelis re-tooled and added new pieces to his iconic Chariots of Fire soundtrack, for use in Chariots of Fire, the 2012 stage adaptation of the 1981 film of the same title.

On Saturday, 24 March 2012, Fatboy Slim performed a live DJ set on the main stage at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida.

Anthrax was confirmed in January 2012 to be headlining the Jägermeister side stage at Mayhem Festival 2012, which is co-headlined by Slayer and Slipknot.

Debra Byrne has also had a successful career on stage starring in " Cats ", " Les Miserables ", " Sunset Boulevard ", " Mary Poppins " and many others, and currently stars in 2012 Nine Network television drama series " Tricky Business ".

The first cloture in Hong Kong was introduced in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong on 17 May 2012, by Tsang Yok-sing ( President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ), to abruptly halt filibuster during debate at the Committee of the Whole stage of the Legislative Council ( Amendment ) Bill 2012.

in 2011 and 2012, the top two teams at the end of the league stage carried over 3 competition points to the promotion play-offs ; the next two teams carried over 2 ; the next two carried over 1 ; and the final two teams carried over none.

Beginning with the 2012 – 13 season, the pool stage of the promotion playoffs will be abolished, with the top four sides directly entering the semi-finals.

The format of the knockout stage remains unchanged from 2012, with two-legged semi-finals followed by a two-legged final.

In 2012, Orléans will host a stage finish of Paris – Nice.

The Eindhoven giant secured a place in the 2012 – 13 UEFA Europa League group stage by beating FK Zeta 14-0 on aggregate.

On 8 April 2012, the Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said it was " indigestible " that amnesty is granted to the suspects in this stage of the trial ( the amnesty law was passed two months before the verdict in the trial ).

LaDonna Adrian Gaines ( December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012 ), known by the stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s.

After a career spanning six decades, Gibb last performed on stage in February 2012 supporting injured British servicemen and women at a charity concert at the London Palladium.

On 30 January 2012, Gibb announced his intention to appear on stage at the Coming Home Concert at the London Palladium in February to benefit British soldiers returning home from Afghanistan.

LaMotta appeared in a 50-minute New York stage production, " Lady and the Champ ," in July 2012.

In 2012, a graphic adaptation of the Book of Esther was illustrated by J. T. Waldman and appeared in volume one of The Graphic Canon, edited by Russ Kick and published by Seven Stories Press.

The adaptation, One Man, Two Guvnors, became a smash hit, transferring to the West End and in 2012 to Broadway.

The adaptation, originally thought to begin filming in 2012, seems to be on hold.

Recently, on 26 April 2012, scientists reported that lichen survived and showed remarkable results on the adaptation capacity of photosynthetic activity within the simulation time of 34 days under Martian conditions in the Mars Simulation Laboratory ( MSL ) maintained by the German Aerospace Center ( DLR ).

The video game Spec Ops: The Line, released on 26 June 2012, is a loose, modernized adaptation of Heart of Darkness.

* William Harrison-Wallace in the Dollar Baby screen adaptation of Stephen King's The Death of Jack Hamilton ( 2012 ).

* In February 2012 a London based Theatre company Improbable performed a string of shows at the Barbican Theatre London, called " The Devil & Mr Punch " which is an adaptation of the Punch & Judy story.

Philadelphia playwright and actor Anthony Lawton's original adaptation of The Great Divorce has been staged several times by Lantern Theater Company, including a weeklong run in February 2012.

Additionally, Amos is currently writing the music for Samuel Adamson's musical adaptation of the George MacDonald story The Light Princess for the Royal National Theatre, which was originally expected to debut in spring 2012 but has now been deferred.

His latest films are an adaptation of the soap opera Dark Shadows, released on May 10, 2012, and a remake of his 1984 short, Frankenweenie, scheduled to be released on October 5, 2012.

He is directing a film adaptation of the science fiction novel Old Man's War for a 2012 release.

* 2012: British actor Alexander Ellis portrays Dillinger in the first Dollar Baby screen adaptation of Stephen King's The Death of Jack Hamilton.

** Henry V ( TV film ), The Hollow Crown ( TV series ), 2012, a BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's play, directed by Thea Sharrock

McKellen will reprise his role as Gandalf for the upcoming three-part film adaptation of The Hobbit ( 2012 – 2013 ).

In summer 2012 BBC Two broadcast a filmed adaptation of this play and others of the Henriad under the series title The Hollow Crown with Ben Whishaw as Richard.

A stage-musical adaptation, with book, music, and lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik, is scheduled to open in New York City in the fall of 2012.

There have been four adaptations of the book: a serialisation in the Daily Express newspaper, a subsequent daily comic strip by Henry Gammidge and John McLusky in the same paper, the 1963 film version, and a 2012 BBC radio adaptation of the same name, produced by Jarvis & Ayres and starring Toby Stephens.

; Radio adaptation ( 2012 )

Sutherland portrayed President Snow in the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games, released in March 2012.

* Helter Skelter, a 2012 Japanese film adaptation of the manga of the same name

It was confirmed by author Cassandra Clare on August 27, 2012 that he will be composing the score for the upcoming book-to-movie adaptation, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.