On 1 June 2012, Chad recognized the Republic of Kosovo as independent and sovereign country.

In 2012, Elwes will appear in the independent drama The Citizen.

* In 2012, IKEA in France was accused by the independent newspaper Le Canard enchaîné and the investigative website Mediapart of spying on its employees and clients by illegally accessing French police records.

Although Azawad, a region spanning the expansive north of Mali, was proclaimed independent in April 2012 by Tuareg rebels, Mali has not recognised the de facto state.

A 2012 book by Marcus Ruiz Evans entitled California's Next Century details an overhauling of California's statehood via a plan to embrace its unique global role and form itself as an independent republic, uniquely poised to become the Switzerland of the 21st century, a global nerve center of international diplomacy, technology and finance.

On September 13, 2012 Glenn Hughes and Derek Sherinian met Bako Sahakyan, the president of de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and organized a concert there.

In 2012, the former congressman's son Chad Condit announced his intention to run for the House of Representatives as an independent in California's redrawn 10th congressional district.

The deputy, as of 2012, represents the Union for a Popular Movement ( UMP ) while the senator is an independent of the left.

" In 2011, Ventura expressed interest in running with Ron Paul for the 2012 presidential elections if the latter decided to run as an independent.

In July 2012 Deadline reported that a remake for US television networks was being developed by the independent studio Georgeville Television.

On July 24, 2012 the Frontier League announced that the team folded and would be replaced by the Road Warriors ( independent baseball team ) traveling baseball team of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

It is a new independent charter school which is scheduled to open in August 2012.

Portions of the 2012 independent film, " Lumpy ", starring Justin Long, Shelly Long, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin and Jess Weixler were filmed in Forest Lake early in 2011.

Since 2012 is Verhofstadt an independent Board Member of the Brussels-based, Brussels-quoted Sofina holding.

* Bunbury Music Festival, named after an Oscar Wilde character, this three day independent music festival premiers July 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio

On 29 February 2012, Nestlé became the first food company to join the FLA. Building on Nestlé's efforts under the Cocoa Plan, the FLA will send independent experts to Côte d ’ Ivoire in 2012 and where evidence of child labour is found, the FLA will identify root causes and advise Nestlé how to address them in sustainable and lasting ways.

Originally an independent based in Austin, Texas, was owned by Michigan Brewing Company for a decade, and is being repatriated to its Celis family roots as of 2012.

On 13 March 2012, São Tomé and Príncipe with a decision of the Council of Ministers led by Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada recognized the Republic of Kosovo as independent and sovereign country.

Haüser is the name of an independent recording artist / songwriter from Northern Ireland who has released several EPs since 2001 and is currently recording new material scheduled for release in late 2012. The Hauser Project is a musical project created in 2011 whose name was inspired by Kaspar Hauser.

It is also the top independent boys ' school in the nation in 2012 ( according to The Telegraph ).

As of the birth of her younger niece, Isla Phillips, in 2012, she is 14th in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 independent countries.

* In 2012 Egyptian independent theatrical group Warsha performed an Arabic language adaption in Cairo directed by Hassan El Geretly.

* Xenonauts is an upcoming ( late 2012 ) PC strategy game in development by the British independent studio Goldhawk Interactive, again heavily influenced by the X-COM series.

A 2012 book by Marcus Ruiz Evans entitled California's Next Century details an overhauling of California's statehood via a plan to embrace its unique global role and form itself as an independent republic, uniquely poised to become the Switzerland of the 21st century, a global nerve center of international diplomacy, technology and finance.

* International Jazz Day, organized by UNESCO, first observed in 2012, " is intended to raise awareness in the international community of the virtues of jazz as an educational tool, and a force for peace, unity, dialogue and enhanced cooperation among people.

Visitors reach the island via two international airports in Heraklion and Chania and a smaller airport in Sitia ( international charter and domestic flights starting May 2012 ) or by boat to the main ports of Heraklion, Chania, Rethimno, Agios Nikolaos and Sitia.

In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore had been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle ( 2012 ), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

This seven-judge procedure has been modified as of the 2012 London Olympics: rather than eliminating one high and one low award and then reducing the total by as in previous international events, the two highest awards and the two lowest are disregarded, leaving three to be summed and multiplied by the difficulty rating.

Located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in West London, Heathrow is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the world ( as of 2012 ) in terms of total passenger traffic, handling more international passengers than any other airport around the globe.

In mid-August 2012, the company announced that it will be establishing a chain of 100 economy hotels in Europe but, unlike its few existing hotels in Scandinavia, they will not carry the Ikea name nor will they use Ikea furniture and furnishings-they will be operated by an unnamed international group of hoteliers.

As of 2012, it comprises 120 multi-disciplinary National Scientific Members, Associates and Observers representing 140 countries and 31 international, disciplinary Scientific Unions.

The IMF describes itself as “ an organization of 188 countries ( as of April 2012 ), working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty .” The organization's stated objectives are to promote international economic cooperation, international trade, employment, and exchange rate stability, including by making financial resources available to member countries to meet balance of payments needs.

After architects Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti had won an international competition to create its new galleries for Islamic art, the new 3, 000 sq m pavilion eventually opened in 2012, consisting of ground-and lower-ground-level interior spaces topped by a golden, undulating roof ( fashioned from almost 9, 000 steel tubes that form an interior web ) that seems to float within the neo-Classical Visconti Courtyard in the middle of the Louvre ’ s south wing.

The National Transitional Council has pledged to honour Libya's international commitments until the 2012 elections.

For studies starting in autumn 2012, Lund received 11, 160 foreign master's applications from 152 countries, which was roughly one third of all international applications to Swedish universities.

The resignation under pressure of President Nasheedh on 7 February 2012, described by his supporters as a coup that returns the nation to prior President Gayoom's control, drew wide international attention due to Nasheedh's high-profile efforts worldwide to promote carbon-neutral environmental policies.

As of 2012, numerous domestic air carriers such as MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Eznis Airways, Aero Mongolia, Mongolian Airlines Group as well as international air carriers such as Aeroflot, Korean Air, Air China and Turkish Airlines are offering their scheduled services.

" The IOC rejected an international campaign in support of a minute of silence at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics in honor of the Israeli victims of the massacre.

According to Cheong Seong-chang of Sejong Institute, speaking on June 25, 2012, there is some possibility that the new leader Kim Jong-un, who has greater visible interest in the welfare of his people and engages in greater interaction with them than his father did, will consider economic reforms and regularization of international relations.

It was accepted as a Japanese Industrial Standard ( JIS X 3017 ) in 2011 and an international standard ( ISO / IEC 30170 ) in 2012., there are a number of complete or upcoming alternative implementations of Ruby, including YARV, JRuby, Rubinius, IronRuby, MacRuby ( and its iOS counterpart, RubyMotion ), and HotRuby.

In August 2012, the book was confirmed for an international release by Oregon-based publisher Dark Horse Comics on January 29th, 2013.

As of August 24, 2012, Thailand holds USD178 billion reserve money and international reserves which ranks 2nd in Southeast Asia, after Singapore.

The accord was notable in that it referred to a collective commitment by developed countries for new and additional resources, including forestry and investments through international institutions, that will approach USD 30 billion for the period 2010 – 2012.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, for the first time at an international athletics event, the guides will receive medals, such as the pilots in cycling, and the guides at the Paralympic Winter Games have done for a while.

In 2012 will be launched the first Reims Model United Nations, which will gather 200 international students from all the Sciences Po campuses.