In February 2012, they received planning permission for the site and the centre is scheduled to be opened by late 2013.

The two airmen had been NCOICs in medical units deployed to the War in Afghanistan and received the medals in March 2012.

In July 2012, Cuba received its first American goods shipment in over 50 years, following the partial relaxation of the US embargo to permit humanitarian shipments.

In 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

In 2010 the Space Needle Corporation submitted a proposal for an exhibition of Chihuly's work at a site in the Seattle Center, in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups. The project, which sees the new Chihuly exhibition hall occupy the site of the former Fun Forest amusement park in the Seattle Center park and entertainment complex, received the final green light from the Seattle City Council on April 25, 2011. Divisive Dale Chihuly Glass-Art " Museum " Approved for Former Seattle Amusement Park ARTINFO. com It opened May 21, 2012. Chihuly Garden and Glass Opens with Dedication Ceremony on Monday, May 21 prnewswire. comDale Chihuly's ' Glass House ' shines in Seattle publicbroadcasting. net

A two-minute fight scene in the pub shown in August 2012 received just one complaint to Ofcom from a viewer who felt it was too violent ; Ofcom said they would investigate.

As an example, Mexico started to export irradiated guava to the U. S. in 2008 and mango, sweet lime, manzano pepper in 2009 ; and has received approval for citrus and star fruit with exports to initiate in 2012.

It received its New York premiere in 2012, produced by Repertorio Español.

In 2012, Kain received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

The € 98. 5m expansion of the Islamic Art galleries in 2012 received state funding of € 31 million, as well as € 17 million from the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation founded by the eponymous Saudi prince.

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.

In May 2012, Land's End received widespread attention as the starting point of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay.

It also charted very high in many charts globally and has already received certifications in U. K, Canada and Australia as of 2012.

He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 – 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6. 7 % of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.

On April 30, 2012, King published an article in The Daily Beast calling for rich Americans, including himself, to pay more taxes, citing it as " a practical necessity and moral imperative that those who have received much should be obligated to pay ... in the same proportion ".

In 2012 the university received 3261 applications for the 150 available places on their Master in Science programs.

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

Despite the critically acclaimed Virtua Fighter 5 releasing to very little fanfare in 2007, its update Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown has received much more attention in 2012 due to the renewed interest in fighting games.

In September 2012, Brad Birkenfeld received a $ 104 million prize for revealing how the wealthy use Swiss Banks to avoid taxes.

On June 29, 2012 Ono received a " Lifetime Achievement " award in Dublin.

* Matz received the 2011 Award for the Advancement of Free Software from the Free Software Foundation ( FSF ) at the 2012 LibrePlanet conference at the University of Massachusetts Boston in Boston.

Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 22, 2012.

In 2012, Blur received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force, retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 in 2011 and Aqua Something You Know Whatever in 2012, is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network late night programing block, Adult Swim, as well as Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block and later G4 Canada's ADd block in Canada.

MoneySense magazine rated Cornwall as Canada's 167th best place to live ( out of 190 ), in 2012.

Nearly half of Statistics Canada's 5000 employees were notified in April 2012 that their jobs might be eliminated as part of austerity measures imposed by the Conservative government.

The trophy, one of Canada's best known symbols, will run out of room for new additions following the 2012 Grey Cup.

CEPA was the central piece of Canada's environmental legislation but it is slated to be replaced when budget implementation bill ( C-38 ) ( in its third reading debate in House of Commons ) comes into effect in June 2012.

The deal is expected to be completed in summer 2012, pending the approval of Canada's Competition Bureau, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( with regards to MLSE's TV channels ), as well as the leagues for each of MLSE's main sports franchises.

* April 12-Anthony Sedlak, chef, and the host of Food Network Canada's The Main ( d. 2012 )

Canada's Federal Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Imperial in June 2012.

However, in the first two month of 2012, Chrysler took over the lead and became Canada's best selling car manufacturer.

In September 2012, the team received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.

In 2011, Canada's Wonderland opened a WindSeeker, making it the tallest ride in the park until Leviathan opened in 2012.

On 27 May 2012, for the first time in the park's history, Canada's Wonderland hosted a 1-kilometre, 5 kilometre, and 10 kilometre run to raise money for the planned Vaughan hospital that will be built on land once owned by Canada's Wonderland.

On 31 May 2012 Canada's CGI Group agreed to buy Logica in a £ 1. 7bn cash deal.

On February 1, 2012, the government announced that sections of the park will be closed and redeveloped, with a targeted completion date of 2017, in time for Canada's 150th anniversary.

Finally, what can rightly be called the first academic assessment of Mackay to appear in English was published in 2012, a collection of essays by scholars who participated in the first Mackay workshop at Queen's University ( Kingston ) and others living and working on Mackay in Taiwan, entitled The Life and Legacy of George Leslie Mackay: An Interdisciplinary Study of Canada's First Presbyterian Missionary to Taiwan ( 1872-1901 ).

), The Life and Legacy of George Leslie Mackay: An Interdisciplinary Study of Canada's First Presbyterian Missionary to Northern Taiwan, 1872-1901 ( Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012 )

* VoicePrint, now ( AMI-audio ) as of March 2012, Canada's broadcast reading service

Baird affirmed Canada's support for Likud's opposition to Palestinian statehood while visiting Israel in February 2012.

On September 7 2012 the foreign minister announced the sudden closure of Canada's embassy in Tehran and the expelling of all Iranian diplomats from Canada.

Williamstown is also home to Canada's oldest continuing annual fair, which celebrates its bicentennial in 2012.

* Historian Valerie Knowles outlines the impact of government cutbacks at LAC and federal government libraries in an article, " Closing doors on Canada's history " in ipolitics. ca ( Aug 10, 2012 )

In their special issue on the week of 25 May 2012, Canadian edition of Hello listed Durance as one of Canada's 50 Most Beautiful People.

Digital Extremes employment environment has been recognized as one of Canada's Top Employer's for 2010, 2011 and 2012.