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.

In January 2012, British MP Tom Watson discovered that a public relations firm Portland Communications, hired by Stella Artois had been removing this fact from Wikipedia.

The Catholic News Agency ( CNA ), in an online news story article posted by Alejandro Bermudez on Saturday, March 31, 2012, stated that, in response to a specific request made personally to Cuban President Raul Castro by Pope Benedict XVI, during his Apostolic Visitation of Leon, Mexico and the island in March of 2012, following the pattern of small advances in Church-Cuban relations, it was decreed by the Communist Party and Castro and his advisers that in 2012, Good Friday would be made a holiday, with a possibility that the move could perhaps be made permanent ( following the move of the late Pope John Paul II, who got Fidel Castro to declare Christmas Day a holiday-which is still the case-due to a personal request during his landmark trip in 1998 ).

All this, as well as bad public relations, caused his unpopularity to grow at the end of his term, and he failed to secure re-election in 1981, the last French president to do so until Nicolas Sarkozy in 2012.

In 2012, the Mohawk phrase " Akwe Nia ’ Tetewá: neren " (" All my relations ") was added to the perimeter ribbon, and the background colours of the four quadrants of the crest were changed to reflect the traditional colours of the First Nations medicine wheel.

From 2010 until 2012 he was Global Vice Chairman and Chief Content Officer of the Edelman public relations agency.

However, on 19 July 2011, relations were suspended, and on 12 September 2012 UGLE finally voted to withdraw recognition of GLNF.

Al-Bashir was received in Libya along with a high-level delegation in January 2012 in a bid to restore friendly relations and offer support to the new Libyan government after the fall of Gaddafi.

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In July 2001 she married her longtime boyfriend, Phil Cole, a former Labour Party regional officer and public relations professional who has been a councillor for the Edlington and Warmsworth ward of Doncaster Council since May 2012.

The 2012 joint editorial edition, the first under Kim Jong-un's leadership, started with a great tribute to Kim Jong-il and aside from recurring calls for improving inter-Korean relations and for the fulfillment of the October 4 Declaration of 2007, also called on the whole nation to give priority to do Kim Jong-il's 2012 mission of opening a more prosperous nation, continue his and his father Kim Il-sung's legacies to the entire country and the socialist cause, and to build up and encourage the various sectors that compose the nation to become contributors to national progress in all areas at all costs.

Yeutter was made an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2012 New Year Honours, for services to New Zealand – United States relations.

On 11 June 2012, Evans was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for " eminent service to international relations, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region as an adviser to governments on a range of global policy matters, to conflict prevention and resolution, and to arms control and disarmament.

A more recent example, in the campaign for the 2012 Republican nomination, would be Jon Huntsman, Jr., who served in key foreign relations posts under four different presidents and as Governor of Utah, as well as having considerable private-sector experience and the ability to speak Mandarin.

On 11 June 2012, Hill was named an Companion of the Order of Australia for " eminent service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly through the development of policy reform in the portfolios of the environment and defence, and to Australia's international relations through senior diplomatic representation to the United Nations.

Paulos ' death was likely to elicit mixed reactions as a result of numerous controversies in his life, including close relations with late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi ( who died 4 days later ) and his indifference to the Waldeba Monastery making way for sugar plantations and factories in 2012 .< ReF > http :// www. ethiomedia. com / 2012_report / 4552. html </ ref >

Despite Venezuela's stated desire for improved relations with the U. S. and its appeals for mutual respect, tensions between both nations are still high as of 2012 due to continuity in U. S. foreign policy under Bush and Obama.

More recently the former Head of the Kuwaiti Navy, Major-General Ahmad Yousef Al-Mulla, was invited to speak at the United Kingdom's Royal College of Defence Studies ( RCDS ) in London on February 1 2012 on the topic of the Khor Abdallah waterway as part of a lecture covering Kuwaiti-Iraqi maritime boundary interactions and future relations.

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In 2012, the relations between the LCHF and the WWHL are tightened: The Director-manager of the Minnesota Whitecaps accusing the Canadian Women's Hockey League of closing deliberately a possible participation of Whitecaps in the tournament of the next Clarkson Cup.

Until March 2012 bulletins came from the News Channel studio at 45 minutes past the hour.

* In April 2012 Conservative Party MP and culture secretary came under pressure to resign as a result of his closeness to Rupert Murdoch's media empire and alleged corruption in dealing with Murdoch's bid for News Corporation's takeover of BSkyB.

On 1 January 2012, a new constitution came into force, which impedes any successor government from changing policies enacted by Fidesz.

The Peyton Manning era came to a sudden end on March 8, 2012 when Jim Irsay announced that he was officially being released from the roster after thirteen seasons.

After the Uruguayan's apparent refusual to shake Evra's hand in the return fixture in February 2012, an apology from both player and manager came only after the intervention of the owners.

Among the various free trade agreements that Morocco has ratified with its principal economic partners, are The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area agreement with the European Union with the objective of integrating the European Free Trade Association at the horizons of 2012 ; the Agadir Agreement, signed with Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia, within the framework of the installation of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area ; the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement with United States which came into force on 1 January 2006, and lately the agreement of free exchange with Turkey.

Perth came 9th in the Economist Intelligence Unit's August 2012 list of the world's most liveable cities.

Clemens pled not guilty, but proceedings were complicated by prosecutorial misconduct, leading to a mistrial .< ref >< http :// articles. cnn. com / 2012-04-16 / justice / justice_baseball-clemens_1_michael-attanasio-laura-pettitte-jury-selection? _s = PM: JUSTICE ></ ref > The verdict from his second trial came in on June 18, 2012.

The verdict from his second trial came in on June 18, 2012.

The change in legislation has been referred to as " Weatherley's Law " and came into force on the 1 September 2012 making squatting in a residential building a criminal offence subject to arrest, fine and imprisonment.

In 2012 the University of Brighton came third in the People & Planet ’ s Green League table of UK universities ranked by environmental and ethical performance.

Rangers financial problems and dispute with HMRC came to a head on 14 February 2012 when the business was placed into administration.

On 23 May 2012, the London 2012 Olympic Torch relay crossed over the bridge, where two of the torchbearers came together in a ' kiss ' to exchange the flame in the middle of Brunel's iconic landmark.

In 1900 Woolwich, Eltham and Plumstead became the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich until the current Borough of Greenwich came into being in April 1965 following implementation of the London Government Act 1963 and subsequently became Royal Borough in the Queen's jubilee year, 2012.

On the 28th of March 2012, Vilsack came out publicly defending the use of " lean finely textured beef " added in ground beef.

On the evening of September 26, 2012, some dwarf resident with a terrible mullet came into the Mankato hospital ER and threatned staff members.

In March 2012, the city came to widespread press attention due to a number of mysterious booms heard by many in the city.

Although he came out of his coma later in April, his colorectal cancer had advanced and he died in London on 20 May 2012 at the age of 62 from liver and kidney failure, three days after another disco legend, Donna Summer.

Bernard Cribbins, OBE ( born 29 December 1928 ) is an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over half a century who came to prominence in films in the 1960s, has been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid 1950s, and as of 2012 is still an active performer.

In May 2012, Hinn announced that he and his wife have begun reconciliation, and he claimed that the split came about because of his wife's addiction to prescription drugs.

Harris Manchester also has an affiliation with neighbouring Wadham College for those interested in becoming members of Wadham College Boat Club, which came in second in the 2012 Women's Torpids and Summer VIIIs, and saw both the First and Second Men's boats winning blades.

The new FDI policy, allowing up to 51 % FDI in multi-brand retail, came into effect on 20 September 2012.

European Union Council Directive 1999 / 74 / EC came into act on January 1st 2012, meaning that conventional battery cages for laying hens are now banned across the Union.