Portal:Current events/2013 February 12

February 12, 2013 (Tuesday)

International relations

2013 North Korean nuclear test:
- The South Korean officials report that an "artificial earthquake" has occurred in North Korea suggesting that a nuclear test has occurred. (The Australian) (CNN)
- North Korea confirms that it has successfully tested a nuclear device, claiming that it is small enough to be weaponized. (Reuters) (BBC) (AP via The Miami Herald)

Law and crime

Two people are dead, including the perpetrator and one of his two victims, in a murder-suicide, in a home in College Park, Maryland, United States. The three were student roommates at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Reuters) (The Baltimore Sun)
At Manchester Crown Court Dale Cregan pleads guilty to the murders of Police officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, but denies two other accounts of murder. (BBC)
2013 Southern California shootings: Christopher Dorner kills a sheriff's deputy and injures another in the Big Bear Lake, California, United States. He then barricades himself in a cabin, which catches on fire during a police assault. The suspect was killed in the fire. (AP via Huffington Post) (CNN)
Three people are dead and 11 are wounded in a stabbing attack on the U.S. territory island of Guam. (CNN)
Three people are killed in a drug-related shooting in a house in Midvale, Utah, United States. (CBS News)
The UK government's back-to-work programme suffers a setback when judges at the Court of Appeal of England and Wales rule in favour of a university graduate's claim that unpaid schemes are legally flawed. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Sport