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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 2012
Page
4
The United Nations suspended polio vaccination efforts in Pakistan after eight workers were killed in two days. Attacks on polio teams continued with a female worker and her driver shot in the northwest. A male worker was critically wounded as part of mass violence against the campaign.
An independent inquiry found the BBC severely mishandled child abuse allegations against late presenter Jimmy Savile but did not accuse the network of a cover-up. The report described the broadcaster as “completely incapable” of managing the scandal, calling it the worst crisis in its 90-year history.
The Obama administration announces sweeping COPPA revisions to protect children under 13 from online data collection. The FTC tightens consent requirements and broadens scope to include location data photos and audio, amid industry criticism and calls for balanced innovation. The rule applies to websites apps and advertising networks targeting kids.
Rebels have captured at least six towns in Hama province as they press toward the capital from the north. The UN launches a 1.5 billion dollar humanitarian appeal amid worsening conditions, with Saadeddine saying three-quarters of western rural Hama is under rebel control. Towns cited include Latamneh Helfaya Kfar Naboudah Hasraya Tibat al-Imn and Kfar Zita.
Park Geun-hye, 60, daughter of a former military ruler, wins South Korea's presidential race with 51.6 percent as Moon Jae-in concedes. She will lead for a five year term starting February, facing a hostile North Korea and an economy growing about 2 percent after decades of rapid growth.
Robert H. Bork, 85, former U S appellate judge and Yale professor, died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington after heart complications. Known for firing Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox in 1973 and for a controversial 1987 Supreme Court nomination, he shaped debates on abortion civil rights and constitutional originalism. Scalia praised him as a major legal scholar of the era.
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