In March 2007, the Louvre announced that a Louvre museum would be completed by 2012 in Abu Dhabi.

and Abu Yahya al-Libi in Pakistan in 2012 by the United States.

In May 2012 the tribunal again under a purported exercise of universal jurisdiction took testimony from victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and convicted in absentia former President Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Deputy Assistant Attorneys General John Yoo and Jay Bybee, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former counselors David Addington and William Haynes II for conspiracy to commit war crimes.

* The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, a planned museum, estimated start in 2017 ( January 2012 )

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In January 2012, Imran Mostafa ( another of Abu Hamza's sons ) was convicted for his part in an armed robbery on a jewellers in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, and for illegaly possessing a firearm with intent to commit an offence.

On 26 September 2012, a High Court judge halted the extradition of Abu Hamza al-Masri to the US on terror charges after the cleric launched a last-ditch appeal.

In January 2012, John Kiriakou, former CIA officer and later Democratic staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was charged under the Espionage Act with leaking information to journalists about the identity of undercover agents, including one who was allegedly involved in waterboarding interrogations of al-Qaeda logistics chief Abu Zubaydah.

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund owned by Abu Dhabi, and the Government of Singapore also hold significant shareholdings as on June 30, 2012.

During the nine months of the 2011 – 12 Volvo Ocean Race, which started in Alicante, Spain in October 2011 and concluded in Galway, Ireland, in July 2012, the teams were scheduled to sail over of the world ’ s most treacherous seas via Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, around Cape Horn to Itajaí, Miami, Lisbon, and Lorient.

Etihad Airways operates a 10 times weekly service between the airport and Abu Dhabi and on 9 January 2012 Emirates began a daily direct service to Dubai.

In August 2012 Furqon announced that Abu Usman Adil had been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan in April 2012, and that his deputy, Usman Ghazi, had succeeded him as the new leader of the group.

Abu Dhabi TV analogue was shut down on 13 / 2 / 2012.

In February 2012 she expressed her strong support for the end of secret evidence used in the SIAC case against the controversial Jordanian cleric, Abu Qatada, and her opposition to Theresa May's plans to deport him on the basis of the secret evidence from the UK.

* Shyam Benegal's Retrospective Abu Dhabi Sept27-30, 2012 by Indian Film Society of UAE

In 2012, after allegedly selling a house in Hebron to a Jewish family, Muhammad Abu Shahala was arrested by the Palestinian Authority, tortured into a confession, and sentenced to death.

* Po ' ad bin Shaik Abu Bakar Mattar: Pro-Chancellor, National University of Singapore, 2012 -; Member, Council of Presidential Advisors, 2007 -

In April 2012, Marzook gave what was billed as his " first-ever interview with a Jewish publication ".

On 30 May 2012 a video was released on the internet where a high-ranking political figure of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) claims to have been involved with organized crime.

In April 2011, officials from Hamas and Fatah announced that both parties had reached an initial deal to unify into one government, with plans for elections to be held in 2012.

Some public opinion has started to turn against Hezbollah for their support of Syrian President Assad's attacks on the opposition movement in Syria Crowds in Cairo shouted out against Iran and Hezbollah, at a public speech by Hamas President Ismail Haniya in February 2012, when Hamas changed its support to the Syrian opposition.

In March 2012, the UN Human Rights Council was criticised for facilitating an event featuring a Hamas politician.

In March 2012, the UN Human Rights Council was criticised for facilitating an event featuring a Hamas politician.

More controversially, in September 2012, Rabbi Melchior claimed that that extremist Islamic leaders including the leaders of Hamas are ready for peaceful co-existence with Israel, and he added that he has " yet to meet with somebody who is not willing to make peace " with the Jewish state of Israel, placing the onus for lack of peace with extremist Islamic movements on Israel.

According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.

The first official celebration will take place in Wellington in August 2012, with the planting of pohutukawa and Norfolk pines along Thorndon Esplanade.

Jones ' life and legacy were celebrated January 12, 2012 with the official grand opening of The Chuck Jones Experience at Circus Circus Las Vegas.

On September 3, 2012, Doraemon was granted official residence in the city of Kawasaki, one hundred years before he was born.

However by Ministerial Resolution No 139-2012 / DE / EP of February 2, 2012 the restoration of the Cavalry Regiment " Marshal Domingo Nieto " as the official escort of the President of the Republic of Peru was announced.

As of 05 April 2012, Kerafyrm remains asleep on both the Al ' Kabor ( Macintosh ) server and the official Test Server.

The 2012 Tuareg rebellion has left Northern Mali without official money transfer service for months.

In March 2012, Prince Harry led an official visit to Belize as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

For the 2012 season Nike took over from Reebok as the NFL's official apparel licensee but Eagles decided that they would not be adopting Nike's " Elite 51 " uniform technology.

Robyn has also confirmed on her official Twitter account that she will be touring Australia sometime in 2012.

According to an official estimate for 1 August 2012, the population of Russia was 143, 200, 000.

As part of the official " Roadmap for the End of Transition ", a political process which provides clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions in Somalia by late August 2012, Somali government officials met in the northeastern town of Garowe in February 2012 to discuss post-transition arrangements.

In 2012, the Farole administration gave the green light to the first official oil exploration project in Puntland and Somalia at large.

As part of the official " Roadmap for the End of Transition ", a political process which provides clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions in Somalia by late August 2012, Somali government officials met in the northeastern town of Garowe in February 2012 to discuss post-transition arrangements.

On April 3, 2012, Nike, which took over as the official uniform supplier for the league from Reebok, unveiled new uniform and logo designs for the Seahawks for the 2012 season.

However, in July 2012, Tajik Aluminium Company ( TALCO ) and Azerbaijani company Azeraluminium signed a cooperation agreement during the official visit of President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to the Republic of Azerbaijan for the construction of oil refinery in the south of Tajikistan.

As of 2012, the most notable Green elected official in the United States is Gayle McLaughlin, serving her second term as mayor of Richmond, California.

On April 17, 2012, it was announced via Helm's official website that he was in the " final stages of cancer "; he died two days later.

On May 5, 2012, Gary Johnson received the Libertarian Party's official nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 election.

The Xiph. Org Foundation maintains a reference implementation, libvorbis, the latest official version of which is 1. 3. 3, released on February 3, 2012.