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December 7, 2011 (Wednesday)

The United States commemorates the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. (AP via WVEC)

The board of Japan's Olympus Corporation announces its plans to resign early next year due to its accounting scandal. (Reuters)

The former President of Israel Moshe Katsav is due to arrive at a prison outside Tel Aviv to start a seven year term for rape. (BBC)
The former Governor of the US state of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is sentenced to 14 years in jail for corruption. (Reuters)

Former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev says that the Russian authorities must acknowledge the recent street protests, annul the results of Sunday’s parliamentary election and hold a new poll. (RT)
Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party claims to have won a majority of seats in the runoff election. (Ynet News)

The Russian Federal Space Agency officially gives up attempting to rescue Fobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1, and expects them to fall back to Earth in January 2012. (Space.com)

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-*Former [[President of the Soviet Union|President]] of the [[Soviet Union]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] says that the Russian authorities must acknowledge the recent street protests, annul the results of Sunday’s [[Russian legislative election, 2011|parliamentary election]] and hold a new poll. [http://rt.com/politics/calls-repeated-parliamentary-elections-241/ (RT)]
+*Former [[President of the Soviet Union|President]] of the [[Soviet Union]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] says that the [[Russian]] authorities must acknowledge the recent street protests, annul the results of Sunday’s [[Russian legislative election, 2011|parliamentary election]] and hold a new poll. [http://rt.com/politics/calls-repeated-parliamentary-elections-241/ (RT)]
 *[[Egypt]]'s [[Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt)|Freedom and Justice Party]] claims to have won a majority of seats in the [[Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–2012|runoff election]]. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4158267,00.html (Ynet News)]