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In 2012 it was reported that a Swiss woman died of starvation after having attempted to survive on light alone, based on one of Jasmuheen's books.

The 2012 Swiss Federal Council, the seven-member collective Head of State of the Switzerland | Swiss Confederation ( the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland | Federal Chancellor is also depicted, at the right )

* 2012 – Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician ( b. 1927 )

* 1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss politician ( d. 2012 )

* 1955 – Richard Bucher, Swiss ice hockey player ( d. 2012 )

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

* August 24 – Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect ( d. 2012 )

The most prominent of these was in March 2012, when on Swiss TV after talking of a new movie in which he would play disgraced Monetary fund chief Dominique Strauss Kahn, he said “ I think he is a bit like all French people, a bit arrogant.

In May 2012, it was reported that Swiss and Italian police investigating " a network of personal and business relationships " allegedly used for " international corruption " were looking at the activities of Enviro Pacific Investments which charges " multi-million pound fees " to energy companies wishing to deal with Kazakhstan.

In September 2011, Assia entered her song " C ' était ma vie " written by Ralph Siegel and Jean Paul Cara into the Swiss national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

On 15 April 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Swiss banking giant UBS, holding this post until 3rd May 2012.

Otto Stich ( January 10, 1927-September 13, 2012 ) was a Swiss politician.

Leon Schlumpf ( February 3, 1925 – July 7, 2012 ) was a Swiss politician and a former member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1979-1987 ).

The foundation is " committed to improving the State of the World ", and had until 2012 observer status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and is under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Council.

On September 20, 2012, Swiss and world media reported that the design of this clock was illegally copied without prior permission by Apple Inc. for its use as the iOS 6 clock application on the iPad.

In February 2012, the Swiss Space Center at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne announced the Clean Space One project, a nanosat demonstration project for matching orbits with a defunct Swiss nanosat, capturing it, and deorbiting together.

* Sister ( film ), a 2012 Swiss film

As of 2012, Pro Helvetia has assumed responsibility for the Swiss contributions to the Venice Biennale.

In January, 2012, it was reported that Blocher had received information from an unnamed whistleblower regarding foreign exchange trades at Bank Sarasin made by Swiss National Bank chairman Philipp Hildebrand's wife Kashya.

As of 2012, all four original Swiss trains are still in operation at the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway.

By 1993, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had made the program available nationwide ; by 2012, CERT programs were offered in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.

His monetary theory influenced the Federal Reserve's response to the 2007 – 2012 global financial crisis.

Forbes reported that Whitacre was guest speaker at the Quantico FBI Academy during 2011 about second chances., and he was keynote speaker for the 40th Annual NAPSA ( Pre Trial Services and U. S. Federal Probation ) Conference in 2012 along with Robert F Kennedy, Jr.

The Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ) was the internationally recognised government of Somalia until 20 August 2012, when its tenure officially ended.

Concurrent with the end of the TFG's interim mandate on August 20, 2012, the Federal Parliament of Somalia was inaugurated, ushering in the Federal Government of Somalia, the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war.

The Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ) was the internationally recognised government of Somalia until 20 August 2012, when its tenure officially ended.

Concurrent with the end of the TFG's interim mandate on August 20, 2012, the Federal Parliament of Somalia was inaugurated, ushering in the Federal Government of Somalia, the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war.

The Federal Government of Somalia was established on August 20, 2012, concurrent with the end of the TFG's interim mandate.

On September 10, 2012, the new Federal Parliament also elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the incumbent President of Somalia.

* Robert J. McCarthy, Blowing in the Wind: Answers for Federal Whistleblowers, 3 WILLIAM & MARY POLICY REVIEW 184 ( 2012 ).

On September 13, 2012, after announcement of further quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve, the index broke above this range to an intraday high of 13, 573. 33 and a close of 13, 539. 86, the highest levels reached since December 26, 2007.

In April 2012, the Federal Reserve bank inspector general released a report that found " we did not find any evidence of undue political interference with or improper actions by Federal Reserve officials related to the cash found on the Watergate burglars.

For instance, the US Federal Reserve intends to apply quantitative liquidity requirements based on Basel III liquidity rules as of fiscal 2012.

Following a decision made on 26 April 2011 by the Federal Government for private companies being granted concessions to explore some Infraero airports, on 6 February 2012, the administration of the airport was conceded, for 30 years, to the Consortium Aeroportos Brasil composed by the Brazilian Triunfo, an Investments and Funds Society ( 45 %) and Engenharia e Participações, an Engineering and Investments Society ( 45 %), and the French Aeroports Egis Avia ( 10 %).

On the eve of the 2012 Republican National Convention, presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced a plan to devolve oil and gas permitting to the states on Federal lands.

In February, 2012, following his return to the character of financial criminal Gordon Gekko, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a public service announcement video of Michael Douglas calling on viewers to report financial crime.

It ranks highly in terms of liveability, being listed in the Top 10 of The Economist's World's Most Liveable Cities index in 2010 and being ranked the most liveable city in Australia by the Property Council of Australia in 2011 and again in 2012.

In March, 2012 the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruling in an action brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council and others, ordered the FDA to revoke approvals for the use of antibiotics in livestock which violated FDA regulations.

" The UK Council for Psychotherapy issued a press release in 2012 saying that the IAPT's policies were undermining traditional psychotherapy and criticized proposals that would limit some approved therapies to CBT, claiming that they restricted patients to " a watered down version of cognitive behavioural therapy ( CBT ), often delivered by very lightly trained staff ".

The Presidency of the Council is not a single post, but is held by a member state's government ( Denmark for the first half of 2012 ).

A new Leaving Certificate exam subject with the working title ' Politics & Society ' is being developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment ( NCCA ) and is expected to be introduced to the curriculum sometime after 2012.

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

Post-revolutionary, three round elections for the new 270 seat Shura Council will start on January 29, 2012 and end on March 11.

" Al-Obeikan, however, was subsequently removed from his position as advisor to the royal cabinet in May 2012 after opposing moves to relax gender segregation, and in August of 2012, Obeikan ’ s morning radio show “ Fatwas on Air ,” in which he would issue daily fatwas, was canceled after a royal decree that authorizes only members of the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars to issue fatwas.

On 16 April 2012 Military leaders and a group of political parties in Guinea-Bissau have announced the formation of a Transitional National Council.

In July 2012, the UN Human Rights Council decided to set up a probe into Jewish settlements.

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

In 2004 he was recognised as the Australian Humanist of the Year by the Council of Australian Humanist Societies, and in June 2012 was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his services to philosophy and bioethics.

On 24 August 2012, the University of Leicester and Leicester City Council, in association with the Richard III Society, announced that they had joined forces to begin a search for the mortal remains of King Richard.

Women will be allowed to vote beginning in 2012, as King Abdullah announced in the opening speech of the new term of the Shura Council.

The European Union Council on Tourism and Trade ( EUCTT ) has also awarded the nation as being " The Best Tourist Destination for 2012 ".

Putin also served as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus from 2008 to 2012.

In April 2012 the Council of Europe published a report which stated it would be “ difficult to imagine ” that Blatter would have been unaware of “ significant sums ” paid to unnamed FIFA officials by ISSM / ISL in connection with lucrative contracts for World Cup television rights and the subsequent bankruptcy and collapse of ISL in 2001.

On July 7, 2012, at their annual convention, the National Council of the Japanese American Citizens League unanimously ratified the Power of Words Handbook, calling for the use of "... truthful and accurate terms, and retiring the misleading euphemisms created by the government to cover up the denial of Constitutional and human rights, the force, oppressive conditions, and racism against 120, 000 innocent people of Japanese ancestry locked up in America ’ s World War II concentration camps.

Soren Simonsen was elected by his peers as the Council Chair in January 2012.

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.