2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, North Texas
For their next road game, the Mean Green played the Kansas State Wildcats, led by potential Heisman Trophy candidate Collin Klein. The two teams had last met during the 2010 season, when the Wildcats defeated the Mean Green 41–49 in the final game at Fouts Field. This time playing at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, the Wildcats were favored to win by 28 points by spread bettors prior to the game. Each team scored two touchdowns by midway through the third quarter, but a blocked extra point attempt after North Texas' second score made the score 14-13.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, North Texas
Kansas State answered with three unanswered touchdowns in the third and fourth quarter, bringing the score to 35-13 before North Texas scored its final touchdown with 2:31 left in the game. The final score was 35-13 in favor of the Wildcats. Mean Green quarterback Derek Thompson completed 25 of 28 passes in the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Kansas State was favored by 24 going into the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
West Virginia was favored by 2.5 going into the game. The game was hyped as a matchup between Heisman Trophy hopefuls Geno Smith from West Virginia and Collin Klein from Kansas State. Kansas State took an early lead and had the score at 52–7 with 2:25 left in the third quarter. The final score was a Kansas State victory 55–14.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
After the conclusion of the season, ESPN sportswriter David Ubben named this the fifth best game of the Big 12 Conference for the season.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Kansas State was favored by 8.5 points going into the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, TCU
Kansas State was favored by 7 points heading to the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Kansas State was favored by 11 points going into the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
One week after falling in Norman, and almost a year to the day after the Bears' BCS-shaking first victory against Oklahoma, the Bears again took on a top 5 opponent in Waco. This time the opponent was 10–0 Kansas State, ranked #1 in the BCS after an Alabama loss the previous week and clear favorites in their final two games of the year, at Baylor and vs. Texas. As so often during the season, the quick-strike Baylor offense put the Bears ahead early on a 38-yard Florence pass to Tevin Reese.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Kansas State answered when then-Heisman favorite Collin Klein completed a touchdown pass to tie the game 7–7. Baylor subsequently put up 21 unanswered points to go ahead 28–7 before the Wildcats managed 10 more points in the final two minutes of the first half. In the third quarter, Baylor put up another touchdown (a 4-yard Glasco Martin IV rush) and forced a Kansas State punt that pinned Baylor on their own 1-yard line.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Two plays later, Florence attempted a quick pass to Terrance Williams that was intercepted on the 2-yard line, setting up a Collin Klein touchdown rush that made the score 35–24 in Baylor's favor. The Bears went on to rack up 17 more points in the third quarter, the last touchdown coming on an 80-yard Lache Seastrunk rush after Joe Williams intercepted Klein in the endzone (the third of Klein's three interceptions on the night).


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
With 58 seconds remaining in the third quarter following Seastrunk's touchdown, Kansas State embarked upon an 8-minute, 21 play, 74-yard drive that brought the Wildcats to first-and-goal from the Baylor 6-yard line. An inspired Baylor defense turned in the goal-line stand of their season, halting four straight Collin Klein rushes and forcing a turnover on downs. Baylor would subsequently almost completely run down the clock, picking up 4 first downs on 10 straight rushes before punting the ball back to Kansas State with only 32 seconds left in the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
The victory was Baylor's first ever over a #1 ranked opponent (the 1956 team defeated #2 Tennessee in the 1957 Sugar Bowl, and the 1941 team tied #1 Texas) and represented only the fifth time in the BCS era that the #1 ranked team lost to an unranked opponent. The win took Baylor to 5–5 on the season, needing one more victory for bowl eligibility.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas
Kansas State was favored by 10.5 points heading to the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, 2013 Fiesta Bowl (vs. Oregon)
Oregon was favored by 9 points going to the game.


2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Coaching staff
The following is a list of coaches at Kansas State for the 2012 season.


2012 Kansas elections
The Kansas 2012 general elections will be held on November 6, 2012. Primary elections were held on August 7, 2012.


2012 Kansas elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 1st congressional district
Republican incumbent Tim Huelskamp, who has represented the 1st district since 2011, is running unopposed for re-election.


2012 Kansas elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd congressional district
Republican incumbent Lynn Jenkins, who has represented the 2nd district since 2009, is running for re-election.


2012 Kansas elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd congressional district
Tobias Schlingensiepen, a pastor and police chaplain, sought and received the Democratic nomination to challenge Jenkins. He defeated Scott Barnhart, a farmer, and Bob Eye, an attorney, in the Democratic primary.


2012 Kansas elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd congressional district
Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder, who has represented the 3rd district since 2011, is running for re-election.


2012 Kansas elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd congressional district
No Democrats are challenging Yoder. Joel Balam, a college professor, is running as a Libertarian.


2012 Kansas elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 4th congressional district
Republican incumbent Mike Pompeo, who has represented the 4th district since 2011, is running for re-election.


2012 Kansas elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 4th congressional district
Robert Tillman, a retired court officer who ran in the Democratic primary for the seat in 2010, sought and received the Democratic nomination to challenge Pompeo. He defeated Esau Freeman, a painter, in the Democratic primary.


2012 Kansas elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 4th congressional district
Thomas Jefferson, a computer technician formerly known by the name Jack Talbert, is running as a Libertarian.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
Because of redistricting, all 40 members of the Kansas Senate are up for election. The state Senate currently consists of 31 Republicans, 8 Democrats, and 1 unaffiliated member (former Republican).


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 8: Republican incumbent Tim Owens was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 11: Republican incumbent and Senate Vice President John Vratil is retiring.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 12: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 13: Republican incumbent Bob Marshall was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 14: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 21: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 22: Republican incumbent Roger Reitz was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 24: Republican incumbent Pete Brungardt was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 25: Unaffiliated (and former Republican) incumbent Jean Schodorf was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 26: Republican incumbent Dick Kelsey was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 33: Republican incumbent Ruth Teichman was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 36 (old District 21): Republican incumbent Mark Taddiken is retiring.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, Senate
District 39: Republican incumbent and Senate President Stephen Morris was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
All 125 members of the Kansas House of Representatives are up for election. The state House currently consists of 92 Republicans and 33 Democrats.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 4: Republican incumbent Caryn Tyson is running for the 12th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 8 (old District 29): Republican incumbent Sheryl Spalding was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 9: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 10: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 13: Republican incumbent Forrest Knox is running for the 14th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 14: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 15: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 19: Republican incumbent Jim Denning is running for the 8th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 22: Republican incumbent Greg A. Smith is running for the 21st district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 25: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 27: Republican incumbent Charlotte O'Hara unsuccessfully sought the 37th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 28: Republican incumbent Pat Colloton unsuccessfully sought the 11th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 29: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 38: Republican incumbent Anthony Brown is running for the 3rd district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 40: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 51: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 52: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 56: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 57: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 59 (old District 10): Republican incumbent TerriLois Gregory was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 65: Republican incumbent James Fawcett unsuccessfully sought the 17th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 69: Republican incumbent Tom Arpke is running for the 24th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 75: Republican incumbent John Grange unsuccessfully sought the 14th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 78: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 87: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 93: Republican incumbent Dan Kerschen is running for the 26th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 96: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 100: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 104: Republican incumbent and Speaker of the House Michael O'Neal is retiring.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 105: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 107: Republican incumbent Elaine Bowers is running for the 36th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 109: This is a new seat, with no current incumbent.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 113: Republican incumbent Lorene Bethell, who took over the position following the death of her husband Bob Bethell, is not seeking a full term.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 114: Republican incumbent Mitch Holmes is running for the 33rd district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 117: Republican incumbent Larry Powell is running for the 39th district state Senate seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 123: Republican incumbent Reynaldo Mesa ended his bid for re-election, and was subsequently defeated in the primary (as his name still appeared on the ballot).


2012 Kansas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
District 125: Republican incumbent Carl Holmes was defeated in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education
5 of the 10 members of the Kansas State Board of Education are up for election.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 2
Democratic incumbent Sue Storm, who has held the position since 2009, is retiring.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 2
Former state Representative Cindy Neighbor sought and received the Democratic nomination to succeed Storm.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 2
Steve Roberts, a middle school teacher from Overland Park, sought and received the Republican nomination.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 4
Democratic incumbent Carolyn Campbell, who has held the position since 2009, is running for re-election.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 4
Jack Wu sought and received the Republican nomination to challenge Campbell.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 6
Republican incumbent Kathy Martin, who has held the position since 2005, is retiring.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 6
Former state Representative Deena Horst sought and received the Republican nomination to succeed Martin.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 6
Carol Viar, a member of the Southeast of Saline School Board, sought and received the Democratic nomination. She defeated Usha Reddi, a first grade teacher from Manhattan, in the primary.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 8
Republican incumbent Walt Chappell, who has held the position since 2009 (and had been a Democrat until 2011), was defeated in the primary by Kathy Busch, a former science teacher and assistant superintendent for the Wichita Public Schools.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 8
No Democrats or Libertarians filed to run for the seat.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 10
Republican incumbent and Board Chairman David Dennis, who has held the position since 2009, is retiring.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 10
Jim McNiece, a former high school principal from Wichita, sought and received the Republican nomination to succeed Dennis.


2012 Kansas elections, State Board of Education, District 10
No Democrats or Libertarians filed to run for the seat.


2012 Kapisa airstrike
The 2012 Kapisa airstrike refers to a NATO air raid in which seven children and one adult were killed in a village in Nijrab District of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. The strike took place on 8 February 2012.


2012 Kapisa airstrike, Events
Kapisa district police chief Abdul Hamid Erkin told AFP: "Two nights ago foreign special forces carried out a raid on a house in Geyawa village in Nejrab district. ... The next morning their plane carried out an airstrike on a house in the village as a result of which seven children and one adult were martyred." He also said commanders of French troops "claimed that the target was a group of Taliban facilitators, but we checked the area and there were no Taliban. ... In fact the people in the area have very strong anti-Taliban feelings."


2012 Kapisa airstrike, Events
According to Hussain Khan Sanjani, the leader of the Kapisa provincial council: "the victims rounded up sheep and cows and moved them toward a mountainous area behind their homes," he said. "When they got cold, they gathered brush and lighted a fire to keep warm... One airstrike hit a large boulder and the other struck the victims, who were badly burned."


2012 Kapisa airstrike, Investigation
President Hamid Karzai had assigned a delegation "to launch an all-out probe into the NATO bombing in the province of Kapisa", a statement from his office said. He then sent an advisor, Mohammad Zahir Safi, to the area to investigate the incident.


2012 Kapisa airstrike, Reactions
President Hamid Karzai "strongly condemned an airstrike by foreign troops which resulted in the killing of a number of children,".


2012 Karjala Tournament
The 2012 Karjala Tournament was played between 7–10 November 2012. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in the Turkuhalli in Turku, Finland, and one match in the TipSport Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. The tournament was won by Czech Republic for the first time. The tournament was part of 2012–13 Euro Hockey Tour.


2012 Karjala Tournament, Games
All times are local. Turku – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Prague – (Central European Time – UTC+1)


2012 Karnataka State Film Awards
The Karnataka State Film Awards 2012, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2012.


2012 Karnataka State Film Awards, Jury
A committee headed by film producer K. C. N. Chandrashekar was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards.


2012 Karshi Challenger
The 2012 Karshi Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Qarshi, Uzbekistan between 13 and 19 August 2012.


2012 Karshi Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Karshi Challenger – Doubles
Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Third seeds Lee Hsin-han and Peng Hsien-Yin won the title by defeating Brydan Klein and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–4] in the final.


2012 Karshi Challenger – Singles
Denis Istomin was the defending champion, but chose not to compete. Igor Kunitsyn won the title, defeating Dzmitry Zhyrmont 7–6(12–10), 6–2 in the final.


2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship
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2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship
The 2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship was held from January 25 to 29 at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Karuizawa, Japan. The bonspiel featured eight teams from each gender (five foreign teams and three Japanese teams) that played in a round robin format. The top four teams of each gender played in a single-elimination playoff round to determine the winners.


2012 Kashima Antlers season
The 2012 Kashima Antlers season is Kashima Antlers's 20th season in J.League Division 1 and 24th overall in the Japanese top flight. Kashima Antlers are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J.League Cup.


2012 Kashiwa Reysol season
The 2012 Kashiwa Reysol season is Kashiwa Reysol's second season in J. League Division 1 since 2009 and 40th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2011 J. League Cup, and the 2011 Emperor's Cup.


2012 Kashiwa Reysol season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Kashiwa Reysol season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Kashiwa Reysol season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Kashiwa Reysol season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Kataller Toyama season
The 2012 Kataller Toyama season saw Kataller Toyama compete in the J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive year. Kataller Toyama also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.


2012 Katanga Express Gulfstream IV crash
On 12 February 2012, a Katanga Express Gulfstream IV business jet carrying several Congolese government officials overran the runway and crashed on landing at Kavumu Airport near Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two crew members and two passengers were killed, along with two people on the ground.


2012 Katanga Express Gulfstream IV crash, Victims
Both the pilot and co-pilot were killed in the impact, along with two farmers on the ground. Two of the eight passengers were also killed: the former Governor of Katanga Province and President Kabila's closest advisor Augustin Katumba Mwanke and the ex-President Director General of OGEDEP (Office de Gestion de la Dette Publique) and national deputy for the district of Lukunga Oscar Dimageko Gema, who died of his injuries two weeks later.


2012 Katanga Express Gulfstream IV crash, Victims
Among the survivors was Finance Minister and future Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo, who was seriously injured, and the roving ambassador of President Kabila and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Antoine Ghonda.


2012 Katanga Express Gulfstream IV crash, Aftermath
After the crash, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's decided to suspend the license of Katanga Express while the Congolese and American teams investigated the cause of the crash.


2012 Katanga Express Gulfstream IV crash, Aftermath
Katanga Express was listed as an air carrier banned from the European Union ten months later, in December 2012.


2012 Katanga Express Gulfstream IV crash, Investigation
The investigation revealed that the airplane touched down about 1,200 meters past the threshold of the 2,000 meter runway. The 800 meters left for the landing rollout was insufficient to safely land a Gulfstream IV.


2012 Kawasaki Frontale season
The 2012 Kawasaki Frontale season is Kawasaki Frontale's eighth consecutive season in J. League Division 1 and 11th overall in the Japanese top flight. Kawasaki Frontale are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.


2012 Kazakh legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 15 January 2012. The result was a victory for the Nur Otan party, which won 83 of the 98 seats in the Mazhilis. However, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) stated that the election "did not meet fundamental principles of democratic elections." The elections marked the first time that the second-placed party would gain parliamentary seats irrespective of whether it cleared the 7% electoral threshold. Due to the Zhanaozen massacre and the resulting state of emergency there, the election was not planned to be held in Zhanaozen. However, this decision was overturned on 10 January 2012.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Background
In the 2007 Kazakh legislative elections, the pro-presidential party Nur Otan won all the 98 contested seats in the Mazhilis, which eliminated any form of opposition, bringing the Parliament under a single-party control. This received criticism and pressure from international and opposition groups in the country. In an interview to Reuters, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov expressed his support of having opposition in the Parliament as in a way of that the democratic reforms match an economic growth.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Background
Following President Nursultan Nazarbayev's reelection in the 2011 presidential election, he announced the promise of bringing a "new era of democratic reforms." Nazarbayev's advisor Ermukhamet Ertysbayev stated that the next Mazhilis convocation have a two-party system in which he used comparison with the United States and United Kingdom as an example. Opposition activist Vladimir Kozlov criticized the move, saying that the authorities wouldn't let real opposition groups enter the Parliament.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Background, Dissolution of the 4th Mazhilis
On 9 November 2011, Ermukhamet Ertysbayev, in an interview with the Vremya newspaper, expressed his opinion that “theoretically, it can be assumed” that the Mazhilis MP's at the plenary come up with an initiative to dissolve the Parliament. At the same time, Ertysbayev said that “Kazakhstan should enter the third decade of independence with at least a two-party Parliament." That same day, Mazhilis Chair Oral Muhamedjanov dismissed claims of the Parliament's dissolution as rumors. At the same time, a number of MP's said that they expected the issue of self-dissolution to be raised.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Background, Dissolution of the 4th Mazhilis
The following day on 10 November, members of the Mazhilis Nurtai Sabilianov and Viktor Rogalev announced to the media representatives an appeal to Nursultan Nazarbayev with a request to adopt a decree on the dissolution of the 5th Mazhilis and mäslihats. 53 Mazhilis MP's signed the appeal. The proposal was substantiated by several reasons: the expectation of a second wave of the global financial and economic crisis in 2012 and the expediency of focusing on overcoming a possible crisis, without being distracted by the electoral cycle, and the need to form a Parliament of at least two political parties.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Background, Dissolution of the 4th Mazhilis
On 16 November 2011, the President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree "On the dissolution of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the fourth convocation and the appointment of early elections of deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan", according to which the Mazhilis was dissolved, and the elections of MP's elected by party lists were scheduled for 15 January 2012, and the MP's elected from the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan for January 16. This dissolution of Parliament was marked as the 4th time since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Electoral system
The 98 directly-elected members of the Mazhilis were elected from a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation with a 7% electoral threshold. Seats were allocated using the largest remainder method. If parties had an equal largest remainder, the party that was registered first was awarded the seat. If only one party crossed the threshold, the party with the second highest number of votes was to be awarded at least two seats. A further nine seats were elected by the Assembly of People, a body selected by the President.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Results
The nine nominees were: Sauytbek Abdrahmov, Vladimir Bozhko, Natalya Zhumadildayeva, Roman Kim, Narine Mikaelyan, Ahmet Muradov, Shaimardan Nurumov, Yury Tymochenko and Shakir Khakhazov.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Reactions
The opposition claimed there was widespread irregularities and fraud. The OSCE and US Department of State did not recognise the elections as democratic.


2012 Kazakh legislative election, Reactions
Miklos Haraszti, the head of the OSCE's long-term election-observation mission, criticized what he called a "tightly controlled campaign environment in which the electoral rights of the citizens were seriously limited." "There was limited public debate and the media, the mass media operates in an environment characterized by self-censorship and in which there is no room for editorial independence in the broadcast media." Haraszti said the "results of the election, including the presence of two parties apart from the state party, can be described as an orchestrated election."


2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash
On Christmas Day 25 December 2012, an Antonov An-72 military transport aircraft operated by the Kazakh Armed Forces crashed about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, where the aircraft was preparing to land. All 27 people on board died in the crash.


2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash, History of the flight
The aircraft had been flying from Kazakhstan's capital of Astana to Shymkent and was carrying seven crew and twenty members of the Kazakh border patrol, including its leader, the acting Director of the Kazakhstan Border Guard Service, Colonel Turganbek Stambekov.


2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash, Accident
The accident occurred at about 19:00 local time (1300 UTC) as the aircraft was descending to land. According to local media, the aircraft had been flying at an altitude of about 800 metres (2,600 ft) when it suddenly crashed to the ground. Emergency crews were dispatched from Shymkent in response. However, the head of the local emergency services department stated that "the plane was destroyed by fire. Only fragments [were] left." Kazakhstan's National Security Committee issued a statement confirming that all 27 people on board had died in the crash, and also said that an investigation into the incident has begun.


2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash, Investigation
The investigation commission found out that failure of the autopilot and radio altimeter combined with poor visibility, and the pilot failing to follow instruction to use the barometric altimeter caused the crash.


2012 Kazakhstan Cup
The 2012 Kazakhstan Cup is the 21st season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition begins on 16 May 2012 and will end with the final on 11 November 2012. Ordabasy are the defending champions, having won their first cup in the 2011 competition.


2012 Kazakhstan Cup
The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.


2012 Kazakhstan Cup, First round
The draw was conducted on 18 April 2012 at the offices of the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. Entering this round are 30 clubs from both the 2012 Premier League and First Division seasons. The matches took place on 15th and 16 May 2012.


2012 Kazakhstan Cup, Second round
Entering this round of the competition were the 14 winners from the First round (Taraz, Ak-Bulak, CSKA Almaty, Okzhetpes, Akzhayik, Kaisar, Aktobe, Lashyn, Shakhter Karagandy, Zhetysu, Astana, Kairat Academy, Irtysh and Kairat) and the two finalists from last year's cup competition, Ordabasy and Tobol. The first legs are on 20 June 2012, the return games - on 27 June 2012.


2012 Kazakhstan Cup, Quarterfinals
Entering this round of the competition were the eight winners from the Second round. The first legs are on 19 September 2012, the return games - on 29 September 2012.


2012 Kazakhstan Cup, Semifinals
Entering this round of the competition were the four winners from the Quarterfinals. The first legs are on 1 November 2012, the return games - on 5 November 2012.


2012 Kazakhstan First Division
The 2012 Kazakhstan First Division was the 18th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. 15 teams to play against each other on home-away system.. The top team gains promotion to the Premier League next season, while the second-placed team enters playoff series with the eleventh team of the Premier League.


2012 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup
The 2012 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup was the 10th edition of the Kazakhstan Hockey Cup, the national ice hockey cup competition in Kazakhstan. Ten teams participated and Arlan Kokshetau won its 1st cup.


2012 Kazakhstan Premier League
The 2012 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 21st season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season  was scheduled to start on 9 March 2012 and  to conclude on 27 October 2012 Shakhter Karagandy as the defending champions having won their first league championship last year succeeded in preservation of its league title.


2012 Kazakhstan Premier League
The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season.


2012 Kazakhstan Premier League, Changes from 2011 season
The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season. This also led to a change in the competition modus. The second phase with it separate play-off groups for championship and relegation has been abolished; all teams will play a single home-and-away round-robin schedule.


2012 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to eight per KPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.


2012 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.


2012 Kazakhstan President Cup (football)
The 5th Kazakhstan President Cup was played from April 28 to May 2, 2012 in Almaty. 8 youth teams participated in the tournament (players were born no earlier than 1996.)


2012 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Venues
The match of the final took place at the Central Stadium. Other matches took place at Football Land.


2012 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Format
The tournament is held in two stages. At the first stage, eight teams are divided into two qualification groups (A and B). Competitions of the first stage were held on circular system. The winners of the groups advance to the final, while the group runners-up meet to determine third place.


2012 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Statistics, Prize money
According to FFK, the prize fund of a tournament will make 20,000 $. "The teams which took 1, 2 and 3 place will be received, respectively 10,000, 6,000 and 4,000 $.


2012 Kazakhstan Super Cup
The 2012 Kazakhstan Super Cup was the 4th Kazakhstan Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League, Shakhter Karagandy, and the previous season's Kazakhstan Cup, Ordabasy, with the latter winning on 1–0. This was both teams first appearance in the Kazakhstan Super Cup.


2012 Kazakhstan Super Cup
Astana were the defending champions as winners of the 2011 Kazakhstan Super Cup, but did not qualify for this edition, as they failed to win either the Premier League or the Kazakhstan Cup.


2012 Kazan Kremlin Cup
The 2012 Kazan Kremlin Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kazan, Russia between 30 January and 5 February 2012.


2012 Kazan Kremlin Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Kazan Kremlin Cup, Champions, Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana /  Sonchat Ratiwatana def. Alexander Bury  /  Mateusz Kowalczyk, 6–3, 6–1


2012 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Doubles
Yves Allegro and Andreas Beck were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate. Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana won the final 6–3, 6–1 against Alexander Bury and Mateusz Kowalczyk.


2012 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Singles
Marius Copil was the defending champion but lost the final to Jürgen Zopp, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4).


2012 Kebbi State gubernatorial by-election
The 2012 Kebbi State gubernatorial by-election occurred on March 31, 2012. PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election, defeating CPC Abubakar Abubakar and 13 other candidates.


2012 Kebbi State gubernatorial by-election
Abubakar Abubakar was CPC candidate, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki was ACN candidate.


2012 Kebbi State gubernatorial by-election, Results
Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari from the PDP won the election defeating other 14 candidates.


2012 Kehoe Cup
The 2012 Kehoe Cup is an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster, Ulster, Connacht and selected university teams.


2012 Kehoe Cup, Kehoe shield
The Kehoe Shield was also held for the fourth time in 2012. Participating teams consisted of those teams knocked out of the first round of the Kehoe Cup.


2012 Keio Challenger
The 2012 Keio Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Yokohama, Japan between 12 and 18 November 2012.


2012 Keio Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Keio Challenger – Doubles
Yang Tsung-hua and Yi Chu-huan won the last edition in 2009. Prakash Amritraj and Philipp Oswald won the title, defeating Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2012 Keio Challenger – Singles
Takao Suzuki was the champion in 2009. Matteo Viola won the title by defeating Mirza Bašić 7–6(7–3), 6–3 in the final.


2012 Kelantan FA season
The 2012 season was Kelantan's 4th season in the Malaysia Super League. Kelantan were defending Malaysia Super League champions and aimed for 2nd league title this season. Furthermore, they were competing in the AFC Cup for the first time. In addition, they were also competing in the domestic tournaments, the FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.


2012 Kelantan FA season, Competitions, Charity Shield
The Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup, more popularly known as Piala Sumbangsih (Charity Cup) is an annual soccer match currently contested by the current Malaysia Cup winner and the current Super League Malaysia winner.


2012 Kelantan FA season, Competitions, Charity Shield
The match was played at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil on 7 January 2012, with kick-off at 8.45pm.


2012 Kelantan FA season, Competitions, Malaysia Cup, Final
The final was played on 20 October 2012 at the Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam in Selangor, Malaysia.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs
The 2012 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started on April 2, 2012 following the end of the 2011–12 ECHL regular season. The playoff format remains unchanged from that of the 2011 postseason. 15 teams qualified for the playoffs, being the top seven teams from the Western Conference and the top eight teams from the Eastern Conference.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Playoff format
In the Eastern Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winners will be seeded first, second and third and will play the eighth-place finisher, the seventh-place finisher and the sixth-place finisher, respectively, while the fourth-place finisher and the fifth-place finisher will meet. The conference semifinals will have the winner of the first-place and eighth-place matchup will meet the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place game while the winner of the second-place and seventh-place game will face the winner of the third-place and sixth-place matchup.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Playoff format
In the Western Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winner with the best record in the conference will receive a bye in the first round. The other division winner will be seeded second and meet the team that finishes seventh in the conference in the first round.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Playoff format
The other first round matchups will be the third-place finisher in the conference against the sixth-place finisher in the conference and the fourth-place finisher in the conference against the fifth-place finisher in the conference. The conference semifinals will have the first-place finisher meeting the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place matchup and the winner of the second-place finisher and seventh-place finisher against the winner of the third-place finisher against the sixth-place finisher.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Playoff format
The first round in each Conference will be a best of five series with each subsequent round being a best of seven series.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the regular season, 15 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Alaska Aces were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record at 97 points, making them the first team in league history to win the Brabham Cup in consecutive seasons. The Elmira Jackals earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference and finished the season with 95 points.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference, (1) Elmira Jackals vs. (5) Florida Everblades
This was the second playoff meeting between the two franchises; Elmira defeated Florida 4-2 in the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals. During the regular season, Elmira defeated Florida 4-2, going 2-1 both in Elmira and in Florida. Florida's John Muse was injured in the second period of Game 2, resulting in Pat Nagle coming in for the third period to secure the shutout. Nagle would be Florida's goalie throughout the rest of the series.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference, (3) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (7) Idaho Steelheads
This was the fifth postseason meeting between the two franchises. Idaho had won three of the prior series (semifinals in 2004 and 2007, and quarterfinals in 2011); Las Vegas' sole historical victory was in the 2006 semifinals. During the regular season, Las Vegas was 7-1-4 against Idaho (1 overtime loss and 3 shootout losses, with 1 win in shootout).


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference, (3) Kalamazoo Wings vs. (5) Florida Everblades
This was Kalamazoo's second consecutive Conference Final, and Florida's fourth in the past nine seasons. Their previous meeting was in 2011, where Kalamazoo beat Florida 3-1 in the first round. During the regular season, Florida beat Kalamazoo 3-2, with one loss in overtime and one win and one loss in shootout. The series marked the return of John Muse from his lower-body injury (suffered in Game 3 against Elmira in the Conference Semifinals) in a 7-0 shutout at home for Game 3.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference, (1) Alaska Aces vs. (3) Las Vegas Wranglers
This was the third playoff meeting between the two franchises; Alaska won in the 2006 West Division Finals, 4-2, and 2009 National Conference finals 4-0, while Las Vegas won the 2008 National Conference Semifinals 4-1, giving Alaska a historical 9-6 lead. It was the second consecutive Conference Final for Alaska, and their sixth in eight seasons, and the third Final for Las Vegas in five seasons. During the regular season, Las Vegas beat Alaska 5-4, with Alaska winning a game in shootout, and Las Vegas winning two shootout games.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Kelly Cup Finals, (3) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (5) Florida Everblades
This is the first playoff meeting between the two franchises, and the first time either has played the other since 2005. They have met 5 times during the regular season (once in 2003, twice in 2004, and twice in 2005), with Florida leading the series 4-1; Las Vegas's sole victory prior to Game 1 was a shutout at Florida in 2005. Game 1 was only the second time Florida played at the Orleans Arena.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Kelly Cup Finals, (3) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (5) Florida Everblades
Florida's 7-2 victory in Game 2 marks the largest margin of defeat for Las Vegas during the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, and ties for the most points scored by a team in any game during the postseason (Florida also scored 7 points on Kalamazoo twice). The 3-game stand for Games 3, 4, and 5 were billed as pitting the Everblades 8-0 postseason home record against Las Vegas' 7-1 postseason away record. Game 3 marked the first home victory in a Kelly Cup final for Florida, and Game 5 saw the Everblades win the cup in front of a standing-room-only crowd.


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Statistical leaders, Skaters
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, Statistical leaders, Goaltending
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)


2012 Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team
The 2012 Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team represented Kent State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Flashes were coached by 8th year head coach Scott Stricklin and played their home games at Schoonover Stadium. Kent State finished the regular season 37–17 overall and 24–3 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) to win the MAC regular-season and East division titles, and the top seed in the 2012 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament. At the tournament, Kent State went 4–0 to win the tenth Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament title in program history and advance to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, the 12th appearance in team history.


2012 Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team
In the NCAA Tournament, the team went 3–0 in the Gary Regional at U.S. Steel Yard to claim the program's first regional championship, which included a 21-inning, 7–6 win over 12th-ranked Kentucky. The Flashes advanced to the Super Regional round against the 10th-ranked Oregon Ducks where they defeated the Ducks two games to one at PK Park to claim the first super regional championship and appearance in the College World Series in school history. At the 2012 College World Series the Golden Flashes fell to Arkansas in the opening round, but eliminated top-ranked Florida 5–4 in the elimination bracket. Kent State was eliminated in the second round by South Carolina. Kent State finished 1–2 at the College World Series, and 6–3 in the NCAA Tournament.


2012 Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team
The season featured a 21-game winning streak, which began with a 16–5 home win over Western Michigan on April 27, and ended with a 3–2 road loss to Oregon in the second game of the super regional series in Eugene, Oregon. Kent State finished the season with an overall record of 47–20 and tied for 5th nationally by virtue of their second-round elimination in the College World Series. They finished the season ranked in the top ten in all major polls.


2012 Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Darrell Hazell and played their home games at Dix Stadium as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.


2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The Flashes had their most successful season since their MAC championship season of 1972, winning the MAC East outright with an 8–0 record, and made it to the MAC Championship game where they lost, 44–37, to Northern Illinois in double-overtime. The team peaked at #18 in the BCS polls, finishing the regular season at #25. Kent State earned their first bowl bid since 1972, and played in the GoDaddy.com Bowl against Arkansas State. The Golden Flashes were defeated by the Red Wolves, 17–13.


2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team, Game summaries, Towson
This game is notable for a play that happened in the last minute of the second quarter. Kent State punted from the 50-yard line, and the ball touched, but was not caught by, Towson's returner, Derrick Joseph. It hit the ground and was recovered at the 7-yard line by Kent State linebacker Andre Parker, who then ran 58 yards the wrong way before two Towson players tackled him. However, a muffed punt cannot be advanced (or retreated) so Kent State simply took possession of the ball at the 7-yard line for the remainder of the half, and kicked a field goal before it ended.


2012 Kentucky Derby
The 138th Kentucky Derby was the running of the Kentucky Derby in 2012, and took place on May 5 at 6:24 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at Churchill Downs. Due to sponsorship, the race was known as the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. The race was televised in the United States on the NBC television network.


2012 Kentucky Derby
The race was won by I'll Have Another, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, with a time of 2:01.83, while favorite Bodemeister finished second and Dullahan was third.


2012 Kentucky Derby
A record crowd of 165,307 was on hand at the track for the race.


2012 Kentucky Derby, Contenders
Prior to the race, the field was considered "unusually strong"; four time Derby winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas called it the "best bunch I've seen in a long time". The major contenders were Bodemeister (Arkansas Derby), Union Rags (Champagne, Fountain of Youth Stakes), Gemologist (Wood Memorial), Creative Cause (Norfolk, San Felipe Stakes), Take Charge Indy (Florida Derby), Dullahan (Blue Grass Stakes) and Hansen (Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Gotham Stakes). I'll Have Another went off as a relative longshot at 15-1 despite winning both the Robert B. Lewis and Santa Anita Derby.


2012 Kentucky Derby, Race
Thunderstorms the night before led to the cancellation of morning training for the riders, and, at 8:00 am EST, the track was labeled "sloppy". However, closer to the race, conditions were upgraded to "fast", the best condition for a dirt track. My Adonis was drawn into the race as an also eligible entry. If there were any entries that scratched, My Adonis would have been able to start in the race.


2012 Kentucky Derby, Race
Bodemeister, ridden by Mike E. Smith, was leading at the quarter-mile mark with a time of 22.32 seconds. Bodemeister maintained his lead at the half-mile mark, at 45.39 seconds. During the final furlong, I'll Have Another overtook Bodemeister to win by one and a half lengths. I'll Have Another was the first Kentucky Derby winner to win from post barrier 19, while Mario Gutierrez won on his first attempt in the Kentucky Derby. Union Rags, the second-favorite to win at 9–2 odds, finished seventh.


2012 Kentucky Derby, Race
All-sources wagering on the Kentucky Derby race was also record setting, up 18.8% from 112.0-million to $133.1-million. The previous record for all-sources wagering on the Kentucky Derby race was $118.4-million and was established in 2006.


2012 Kentucky Derby, Subsequent Grade I wins
Several horses in the Derby went on to subsequent Grade I wins.


2012 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team
The 2012 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games in Cliff Hagan Stadium. The team was coached by Gary Henderson, who was in his fourth season at Kentucky.


2012 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 2012 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, led by third-year head coach Joker Phillips, played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, US, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). On November 4, 2012, Kentucky Athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced that the university would not retain Phillips as head coach after the season.


2012 Kentucky Wildcats football team, 2012 signing class
24 recruits signed letters of intent to Kentucky for the 2012 season.


2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash
On 10 June 2012, an aviation accident occurred involving a Kenya Police helicopter. The Eurocopter AS350 crashed on a hill, killing all six people on board. Among the fatalities were Kenya's Interior Security Minister George Saitoti and his Assistant Minister Joshua Orwa Ojode.


2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash, Background
The aircraft was on a flight from Nairobi to Ratang’a village in Ndhiwa Constituency, Homa Bay County. The two ministers on board – Interior Security Minister George Saitoti, who had announced his intention to run for Kenya's presidency, and Assistant Minister Joshua Orwa Ojode – had planned to attend a fundraising event at the Nyarongi Catholic Church. The two were to attend a Mass, which was interrupted by the Homa Bay District Commissioner and the local police chief, who broke the news about the deaths to those awaiting their arrival, including the mother and other close relatives of Orwa Odoje.


2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash, Accident
The helicopter had departed Wilson Airport in Nairobi with a full complement of two senior Kenya Police officers as pilots and four passengers on board: the two government officials and two Kenya Police officers acting as their bodyguards. The last radio contact with the helicopter was five minutes after it departed Wilson Airport at 8:32 am local time; and the aircraft then disappeared from radar another five minutes later at 8:42 am. It had crashed into the Kibiku area of the Ngong Forest just outside Nairobi and caught fire. All six occupants were killed in the crash; the aircraft was completely destroyed by the accident, a post-crash fire burning the victims "beyond recognition". Transport Minister Amos Kimunya reported the weather was "normal" at the time of the crash with visibility of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi).


2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash, Aircraft
The crashed helicopter, Eurocopter AS350B3e Ecureuil, tail number 5Y-CDT, manufactured in 2011, had flown for less than 100 hours when it entered service with the Kenya Police in January 2012 and had accumulated a further 240 hours' flying time since then. It had been bought to replace old Mil Mi-17 helicopters of the Kenya Police Air Wing.


2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash, Investigation
A commission led by Lady Justice Kalpana Rawal was formed to investigate the crash. The commission handed in its report on 28 February 2013. It found that the probable cause of the accident was that the crew lost control of the helicopter in conditions of poor visibility.


2012 Kenyan Premier League
The 2012 Kenyan Premier League (known as the Tusker Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Kenyan Premier League since its establishment in 2003 and the forty-ninth season of top division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 11 February with Tusker and Nairobi City Stars and ended on 10 November with Oserian and Rangers. The winners of the league will earn a place at the preliminary round of the 2013 CAF Champions League and play against the 2012 FKF President's Cup champions at the 2013 Kenyan Super Cup.


2012 Kenyan Premier League
The defending champions Tusker, who also became the defending champions of the Kenyan Super Cup after beating Gor Mahia, the defending champions of the FKF Cup, earlier in the year, won their tenth league title after beating Nairobi City Stars 3−0 away at the Hope Centre. Gor Mahia, the former league leaders with 58 points (Tusker were second with 57), needed a win against Thika United to clinch a record thirteenth title, but the match ended in a 1−1 draw. A.F.C. Leopards, who were third with 57 points (Tusker were ahead on goal difference), also needed a win for a chance at a record thirteenth title as well, but lost 1−0 away to Chemelil Sugar.


2012 Kenyan Premier League
A total of 16 teams are competed for the league, with fourteen returning from the 2011 season and one promoted from the FKL Nationwide League and the KFF Nationwide League, which were joint to make FKF Division One after the 2011 season. FKL champions Oserian and KFF champions Muhoroni Youth were promoted, while Congo JMJ United and Bandari, finishing last and second-last respectively, were relegated. Oserian were relegated at the end of the season, along with Rangers.


2012 Kenyan Premier League
The league was halted at the end of 20 May to give teams a chance to rest and make possible changes in their squads during the mid-year transfer window. Matches resumed on 23 June.


2012 Kenyan Premier League
On 21 August, the Kenyan Premier League and East African Breweries signed a KSh. 170 million (US$2.02 million; £1.28 million; €1.62 million) deal to rename the league to the Tusker Premier League, making it the most lucrative deal in Kenyan football history.


2012 Kenyan Premier League, Teams
Several teams share common stadiums in the league, the most shared being the Nyayo National Stadium, by A.F.C. Leopards, Muhoroni Youth, Rangers and Sofapaka.


2012 Kenyan Premier League, Teams
Half of all the 16 teams are based in Nairobi.


2012 Kenyan Premier League, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2012 Kenyan Super Cup
The 2012 Kenyan Super Cup was a Kenyan football match that was played on 5 February 2012. It was contested by Tusker, the 2011 Kenyan Premier League winners, and Gor Mahia, the 2011 FKL Cup winners.


2012 Kenyan Super Cup
Tusker won 4-1 on penalties after the match ended 1-1 at full-time for their first title. The team's goalkeeper, Samuel Odhiambo, was awarded Man of the match after saving all but one of Gor Mahia's penalties during the shootout.


2012 Kenyan Super Cup
In addition to lifting the trophy, Tusker were awarded a KSh. 750,000 cheque prize while Gor Mahia took home KSh. 500,000.


2012 Kenyan Women's Premier League
The 2012 Kenyan Women's Premier League began on 3 March and ended on 23 September. The Kenyan Women's Premier League (also known as the FKF Girls' Premier League) is the top tier women's football league in Kenya. It is controlled by the Football Kenya Federation.


2012 Kenyan Women's Premier League
Matuu clinched the title on 6 October 2012 after being awarded a walkover away at Kamaliza Eaglets, who are to be relegated at the end of the season with Sotik Super Stars. Millicent Mwanzi of third-placed Old Is Gold took the Golden Boot having scored the league best of 31 goals.


2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
The 2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 11 July 2013.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption
The 2012 Kermadec Islands eruption was a major undersea volcanic eruption that was produced by the previously little-known Havre Seamount near the L'Esperance and L'Havre Rocks in the Kermadec Islands of New Zealand.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption
The large volume of low density pumice produced by the eruption accumulated as a large area of floating pumice, a pumice raft, that was originally covering a surface of 400 square kilometres (150 square miles), spread to a continuous float of between 19,000 and 26,000 square kilometres (7,500 and 10,000 sq mi) and within three months dispersed to an area of more than twice the size of New Zealand.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption
The thickness of the raft may initially have been as high as 3.5 metres (11 feet) and was reduced to around 0.5 metres (1 foot 8 inches) within a month.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption
Three months after the eruption, the mass had dispersed into very dilute rafts and ribbons of floating pumice clasts. Most pumice clasts became waterlogged and sank to the sea floor while some flocks have stranded in the Tonga islands, on the northern shores of New Zealand, and eventually on the eastern coast of Australia one year after the eruption.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption, Eruption
The eruption of the Havre Seamount was not initially noticed by scientists, and volcanologists were not even aware that the Havre Seamount was an active submarine volcano. After the pumice raft was detected, researchers retrospectively examined satellite imagery and past seismic activity in an attempt to pinpoint the time and location of the eruption that produced the pumice raft. Seismologists discovered a cluster of earthquakes (ranging in magnitude between 3.0 and 4.8) that occurred 18–19 July 2012. These earthquakes were consistent with magma rising into a magma chamber prior to eruption.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption, Eruption
Analysis of satellite imagery showed an ash plume appear on 18 July 2012 and conclude several days later. Although some volcanologists initially believed that the eruption might have occurred at the Monowai Seamount, this possibility was later ruled out. It is also believed that the eruption was unrelated to the 2012 Te Māri eruption at New Zealand's Mount Tongariro.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption, Eruption
In 2015 a scientific expedition set out to study changes of seafloor topography in the area surrounding Havre Seamount. The same group of researchers mapped the distribution of the floating pumice blocks driven by wind, ocean currents and eddies.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption, Pumice raft
Scientists were not aware that any eruption had occurred until a huge pumice raft was sighted and photographed at 14:40 NZST on 31 July 2012 by Maggie de Grauw while on a commercial flight from Faleolo, Samoa to Auckland, New Zealand. She emailed her pictures to Dr Scott Bryan, senior research fellow at Queensland University of Technology. After discussion it was ascertained that the raft was around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) north of Auckland. Bryan then contacted Olivier Hyvernaud from the Laboratoire de Géophysique, Tahiti, who confirmed the location from Terra/MODIS imagery from NASA.


2012 Kermadec Islands eruption, Pumice raft
The raft was subsequently sighted by members of the New Zealand Defence Force on 9 August 2012—several weeks after the eruption had occurred. It was spotted by an Orion aircraft and then approached and sampled by the strategic sealift ship HMNZS Canterbury. The pumice raft measured approximately 480 kilometres (300 mi) in length and more than 48 kilometres (30 mi) in width, making the floating island larger in surface area than Israel. An officer in the Royal Australian Navy said that it was "the weirdest thing [he had] seen in 18 years at sea".


2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series
The 2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 3D Sports Sedans. The series commenced on 14 April at Mallala Motor Sport Park and concluded on 14 October at Wakefield Park after fifteen races. 2012 was the 28th year in which a national championship or national series for Sports Sedans had been contested in Australia.


2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series
Kerry Baily claimed his sixth Sports Sedan title after winning the first five races of the series and consistently finishing on the podium. Former champions Tony Ricciardello and Darren Hossack overcame a difficult first round, which saw both of them borrow another competitor's car, to finish second and third in the series.


2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Teams and drivers
The following drivers competed in the 2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series.


2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Automobile eligibility
Each automobile competing in the series was required to comply with the provisions of one of the following classes:


2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Race calendar
The 2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was contested over five rounds, each of which was held at Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships rounds.


2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Points system
The point score system was given a major overhaul in 2012. The emphasis on the three races which made up each round was changed, placing a sliding scale on race length and points value with the third race worth twice as many points as the first race with the second race splitting the difference.


2012 Khyber Agency bombing
The 2012 Khyber Agency bombing occurred on 10 January 2012, when a bomb exploded near a petrol pump in the town of Jamrud near the Afghan border in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. The bombing killed at least 30 people while 78 others were injured.


2012 Khyber Agency bombing, Background
The Khyber Agency market bombing was recorded to be the first major terrorist attack in the country since September 2011 when a Taliban suicide bomber had killed 46 people at a funeral in Lower Dir, targeting anti-Taliban militia members. Khyber Agency has experienced heavy conflict due to constant cross-border movement of militants connected to the War in Afghanistan. It used to serve as the main NATO supply route to Afghanistan until the closure of all supply lines by Pakistan in the wake of a NATO-led attack on Pakistani military checkposts which resulted in the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers.


2012 Khyber Agency bombing, Attack
According to official sources, the bomb was triggered by a remote-controlled device and had been planted beforehand in a passenger pick-up van at a fuel station in the town near a vegetable market (bazaar). A local government administrator said the incident may have been a reaction to a successful military operation underway in Khyber Agency against insurgents and that the possible target of the attack may have been people of the Zakhakhel tribe who had formed a lashkar (armed militia) against Tehrik-i-Taliban militants. The bombing had hallmarks similar to earlier attacks carried out by insurgent groups.


2012 Khyber Agency bombing, Attack
The injured were transported by ambulances to the Hayatabad Medical Complex, Khyber Teaching Hospital and Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar. The area was closed and cordoned by security agencies for investigation following the explosion. Funeral prayers were held for the dead soon after the attack. A compensation of Rs. 1,00,000 was announced by authorities for heirs of the deceased victims and Rs. 25,000 for those who were injured.


2012 Khyber Agency bombing, Responsibility
A Taliban spokesman speaking via telephone from an undisclosed location denied that the Taliban had a role in the attack. Taliban spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan also disowned the attack in an email sent to the media. Local residents claimed that the nature of the bombing suggested that it was related more to a tribal dispute, since most of the victims of the blast were members of a tribe who opposed the notorious local warlord Mangal Bagh.


2012 Kids' Choice Awards
The 25th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 31, 2012, at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles, California, in the United States, where the winners received an orange-colored blimp trophy. Big Help Award winner Taylor Swift received a special silver-colored blimp from First Lady Michelle Obama. The complete list of nominees for the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards was released on January 11, 2012, leading up to the release of Men in Black 3 on May 25, 2012. The event was hosted by MIB 3 star Will Smith, who with ten KCA blimps has won the most awards in previous telecasts. A record-breaking 223 million votes for favorites in 20 categories were cast during this year's voting period, up 11% over last year's votes.


2012 Kids' Choice Awards
The rating was 6.162 million viewers, leading all cable programs for the week ending April 1, 2012.


2012 Kids' Choice Awards, Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on February 16, 2012. The winners are listed below, in bold.


2012 Kids' Choice Awards, International, Regional Awards, UK Categories
The UK had seven unique categories this year including Favorite UK Band, Favorite UK TV Show and more.


2012 Kids' Choice Awards, Events within the show, Slimed celebrities
In a pre-show promo, Smith slimed Victoria Justice, Daniel Radcliffe, and Shaun White; Will Smith engaged in a slime fight with Cameron Diaz. In a special during the show music video, Big Time Rush was slimed during the video in the audience.


2012 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2012 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 47th staging of the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1929. The Championship began on 13 October 2012 and ended on 18 November 2012.


2012 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 18 November 2012, Clara won the championship after a 1-07 to 0-04 victory over St. Patrick's Ballyragget in the final at Nowlan Park. It was their fourth title overall and their first title since 2007.


2012 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
St. Patrick's Ballyragget's Kevin Kelly was the championship's top scorer with 1-29.


2012 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 2012 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 118th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 13 October 2014 and ended on 11 November 2012.


2012 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
James Stephens were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the semi-final. Dunnamaggin were relegated from the championship. Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship following a 0-16 to 0-12 defeat of Dicksboro in the final.


2012 King Cup of Champions
The 2012 King Cup of Champions, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 37th season of King Cup of Champions since its establishment in 1957, and the 5th under the current edition. Al-Ahli were the defending champions.


2012 King Cup of Champions
Al-Ahli won the title for the second time in a row and their twelfth title overall after beating Al-Nassr 4–1 in the final.


2012 King Cup of Champions, Participating teams
* Number of appearance in King Cup of Champions since the 2008 season .


2012 King Cup of Champions, Fixtures and results, Quarter-finals
Quarter-finals were played on 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29 April & 1 May 2012.


2012 King Cup of Champions, Fixtures and results, Semi-finals
Semi-finals were played on 7, 8, 11, & 14 May 2012.


2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 21 July 2012. It was the 62nd King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The winner was Gestut Burg Eberstein & Teruya Yoshida's Danedream, a four-year-old bay filly trained in Germany by Peter Schiergen and ridden by Andrasch Starke. Danedream's victory was the first for his jockey, trainer and owner and the first by a German-trained horse. Danedream was the first female to win the race since Time Charter in 1983.


2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Danedream was the European Champion Three-year-old Filly of 2011 when her win included the Oaks d'Italia, Grosser Preis von Berlin, Grosser Preis von Baden and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. After winning on her debut as a four-year-old she had failed to show her best form when finishing fourth in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in June. In the 2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Danedream started the 9/1 fifth choice in the betting behind Sea Moon, Nathaniel (the previous year's winner), St Nicholas Abbey and the Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden. Danedream produced a sustained run in the straight to catch Nathaniel 75 yards from the finish and won by a nose, with St Nicholas Abbey one and a half lengths back in third.


2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
This was the last running of the race (until at least 2017) to be shown on the BBC, who had televised every running since the race's inception in 1951.


2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Subsequent breeding careers
Leading progeny of participants in the 2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Subsequent breeding careers, Other Stallions
Deep Brillante (8th) – Mozu Bello (1st Nikkei Shinshun Hai 2020)Dunaden (6th) – Minor flat and jumps winnersMasked Marvel (9th) – Minor jumps winnersSea Moon (5th) – Minor flat runner


2012 King's Cup
The 2012 King's Cup was the 41st edition of the tournament which was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 15 January until 21 January. The King's Cup is an international football competition held in Thailand. This edition featured four teams and reverted to a round robin group stage.


2012 King's Cup squads
The 2012 King's Cup is an international football tournament that was held in Thailand from 15 to 21 January 2012. The 4 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 25 players. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2012 Kiribati presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 13 January 2012, following two-round parliamentary elections held in October 2011. Incumbent President Anote Tong sought re-election to a third four-year term, ending months of speculation about his decision.


2012 Kiribati presidential election
Tong beat Tetaua Taitai of the United Coalition Party and Rimeta Beniamina of the Maurin Kiribati Party with a little over 42% of the vote.


2012 Kiribati presidential election, Background
The elections, initially scheduled for 30 December 2011, were postponed to 13 January 2012 in order to allow citizens of the country to travel to celebrate the New Year.


2012 Kiribati presidential election, Electoral system
The president was elected by popular vote from among three or four candidates chosen by MPs, and was limited to three four-year terms under the constitution.


2012 Kiribati presidential election, Campaign
The new House of Assembly of Kiribati nominated three candidates for the presidency following the 2011 parliamentary election.


2012 Kiribati presidential election, Results
Incumbent President Anote Tong was the outright winner and re-elected as president of Kiribati, with an aggregate total of 14,315 votes or 42% of the total vote. President Tong defeated his closest challenger, Tetaui Taitai, by more than 7%, or 2,500 votes. The third challenger, Rimeta Beniamina, only received 7,738 votes. Tong was the leading candidate in 14 out of the 23 constituencies.


2012 Kiribati presidential election, Results
President Tong's percentage of the vote (42%) was much less than his 2007 re-election, when he received 64% of the popular vote.


2012 Kiribati presidential election, Results
Voter turnout was approximately 68% for the election. This was higher than the 2007 presidential elections, when voter participation was a little over 50%.


2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.


2012 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with councillors elected at the 2008 Knowsley Council election defending their seats this time.


2012 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Due to the 'in thirds' system of election, changes in vote share are compared to the corresponding 2008 elections and calculated on that basis. After the election, Labour gained total control of the council, wiping out every Liberal Democrat councillor.


2012 Knoxville Challenger
The 2012 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 5 and 11 November 2012.


2012 Knoxville Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles
Steve Johnson and Austin Krajicek were the defending champions but Johnson decided not to participate. Krajicek played alongside Devin Britton. Alex Kuznetsov and Mischa Zverev defeated Jean Andersen and Izak van der Merwe 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Knoxville Challenger – Singles
Jesse Levine was the defending champion but was defeated in the First Round by Tennys Sandgren. Michael Russell won the final 6–3, 6–2 against Bobby Reynolds.


2012 Knoxville NightHawks season
The 2013 Knoxville NightHawks season was the first season for the professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The NightHawks were one of six teams that competed in the PIFL for the 2013 season.


2012 Knoxville NightHawks season
The team played their home games under head coach Chris MacKeown at the James White Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. The NightHawks earned a 1–11 record, placing seventh in the league, failing to qualify for the playoffs.


2012 Knoxville NightHawks season
The franchise was announced by Owner Jeff Knight on September 15, 2011. He announced the team's decision to join the Professional Indoor Football League and that the team would play at the James White Civic Coliseum. On October 4, 2011, the NightHawks named Chris MacKeown the team's first coach in franchise history. The team made a splash when they signed veteran NFL defensive lineman Chris Bradwell, and veteran Arena Football League quarterback, Tony Colston. In the team's first ever game, the NightHawks fell 45–70 to the Alabama Hammers.


2012 Knoxville NightHawks season
The team started 0–6 on the season before winning their 7th contest on May 5, 2012, an overtime victory over the Hammers. The team finished their inaugural season 1–11 with a 0.083 winning percentage, which was worst in the PIFL. Coach MacKeown said he felt that he would not be back for a second season with the team.


2012 Kobalt Tools 400
The 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on March 11, 2012 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 267 laps, it was the third race of the 2012 season. The race was won by Tony Stewart for the Stewart-Haas Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Greg Biffle clinched third.


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre
On 28 February 2012, about 12 militants, dressed in military uniforms, stopped buses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, hauled 18 men out and killed them. All, but one, of the victims were Shia Muslim residents of Gilgit-Baltistan who were travelling by bus from Rawalpindi, Punjab to Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan. The buses were stopped in Kohistan and the victims killed based on their religious affiliation after identification. The dead included three children while 27 other passengers on the bus were spared.


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre
Jundallah, a banned terrorist organization based in Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack was followed by mass protests by the Shia community of Pakistan wherein they demanded that perpetrators be caught and security be provided to the minority.


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Background
Religious extremism is prevalent in Pakistan. Members of the Shia community have been targeted in a number of attacks against the shias in the country. There have been several Incidents of killing of Shia Muslims and  bomb blasts in the Shia mosque in Pakistan. The Sunni extremist groups allied to or inspired by al-Qaeda and the Taliban routinely attack government and civilian targets in north-west Pakistan. They also attack the religious minorities and other Muslim sects that they consider to be infidels. The Shias in Pakistan frequently complain that  "the Pakistani state does little to stop the attacks and has even released from custody notorious militants accused of carrying them out."


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Incident
The convoy of four buses were travelling from Rawalpindi, Punjab to Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan. On a deserted section of the Karakoram Highway (KKH), in Kohistan (an area dominated by Sunni tribes),  10 to 12 gunmen in military uniform flagged the bus for stopping. After the bus halted, the gunmen climbed on board and asked passengers for identification. They checked the identity cards of all the passengers. After which the gunmen dragged a group of Shia men including three children off the bus. They were made to stand in a line by the roadside. Their hands were tied to their back and then shot. After the shooting the gunmen resorted to aerial firing and moved to the nearby hilly areas.


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Incident
Among those killed was also a Sunni Muslim named Nisar Ahmed, the bus conductor of one of the vehicles. He was  killed along with the others when he failed to convince the gunmen that he was a Sunni Muslim. A police official, who had recorded statements from the surviving passengers, said Nisar was shot dead when he erred in answer regarding Fajr prayers.


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Aftermath
The Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik told reporters that the perpetrators had been caught. However, mass protests erupted in Gilgit as locals demanded compensation of Rs5 million for relatives of each victim. Curfew was imposed on Gilgit city. The protests also caused all government and private offices, educational institutions and business centres across Gilgit-Baltistan to be closed. There were protests shouting "Kargil chalo" (i.e. "Go to Kargil", Kargil being a city on the Indian side of Kashmir; indicating the Shia community no longer felt safe in Gilgit Baltistan.)


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Aftermath
An individual named Ahmad Marwat claiming to be the commander of the banned terrorist group Jundallah claimed responsibility for the act by contacting the media after the incident.


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Aftermath
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned Tuesday’s attack. In a statement read by his spokesperson, he "extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the ‘abhorrent attack,’ as well as to the government of Pakistan, according to a statement issued by his spokesperson."


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Aftermath, Protests
On 13 April 2012,  hundreds of activists of Shia Ulema Council staged a protest demonstration against sectarian violence in the Pakistan and demanded the government  to provide security to the Shia community. The protestors carried flags and banners  and raised slogans against the government and the forces involved in terrorist activities, resulting in killing of dozens of Shias in Quetta and Gilgit-Baltistan. The leaders of SUC condemned the continued, targeted killings of Shias.


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Aftermath, Protests
They also blasted the government for its failure in maintaining law and order in Gilgit-Baltistan and called on it to take immediate action against those involved in the sectarian killings. The leaders  claimed hundreds of people had died in Parachinar, Hangu, Quetta and Gilgit- Baltistan, and accused the  authorities of watching silently the loss of Shia community.


2012 Kohistan Shia massacre, Aftermath, Protests
On 14 April 2012 responding to a call by Anjuman-e-Jamiyatul Ulima Asna Ashriya (Islamia School Kargil) to express solidarity with the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, all shops and business establishments in the town remained closed and vehicles kept off the roads in Kargil in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Indian media claimed that protesters raised slogans against the  Pakistani Government and Nayib Imam Jumma of Islamia School Kargil, Hujattul Islam Sheikh Hussain Mukaddas appealed to the Indian government to intervene and help stop the killings in the region.


2012 Kohistan video case
The Kohistan video case is an honour killing case that took place in May 2012 in Palas Valley, Kohistan, Pakistan. It involved the honour killing of up to five girls, of whom a video had emerged on the internet. The video featured a boy dancing while four girls clapped and sang along.


2012 Kohistan video case
It is claimed that, when the footage appeared in the public domain, a tribal jirga was held shortly afterwards where it was decided that the participants as well as the boy who filmed the video should be killed.


2012 Kohistan video case
Afzal Kohistani, the elder brother of the two boys involved in the video, went against local tribal tradition and brought the case to national attention; first asking for the participants' protection and subsequently claiming that the girls in the video had already been murdered. Kohistani campaigned for over seven years to keep the case in the public eye until he was murdered in March 2019.


2012 Kohistan video case
In September 2019, three men were convicted of murdering three of the girls from the video and were sentenced to life imprisonment. The status of the fourth and fifth girl remain unconfirmed.


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, The video
Four girls − Bazeegha, Sereen Jan, Begum Jan and Amina − are seen clapping and singing; a fifth girl, Shaheen, is also present but does not appear in the video. In a separate shot, a man is seen dancing, while a second man records both him and the girls. The video was reportedly filmed at a wedding celebration in the remote and strictly conservative Kohistan region, where cultural traditions are enforced by tribal jirgas in the absence of a capable law enforcement system. In May 2012, the video was leaked online and as the girls and men were from different tribes, a jirga was convened by local tribesmen where it was decided that the participants should be killed, as intertribal mingling is widely considered to be forbidden.


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, Investigations and legal rulings
The incident reached national media in June 2012 when Afzal Kohistani, the elder brother of the boys connected to the video, alleged that the girls had been killed on the orders of the Azadkhel tribe jirga. Officials from the area denied that this had taken place and claimed that the girls were alive. The case was disposed of after rights activists and government officials made two trips to the remote village to meet the girls, as ordered by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and initially confirmed that at least four of the girls were alive. Dr Farzana Bari, a woman's rights activist who made both trips to meet the girls, initially agreed with the conclusions reached but then lodged her dissent.


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, Investigations and legal rulings
In response to the closure of the case, Afzal Kohistani asserted that imposters had been presented to the investigation team and that the real girls were dead. He filed an application to reopen the case which resulted in three of his brothers being shot dead.


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, Investigations and legal rulings
On 8 February 2014, a former member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Kohistan, publicly claimed that the four girls seen in the video had been murdered and this prompted Afzal Kohistani to file another petition for the girls to be produced in court. After this was rejected, he took it to the Supreme Court where, in November 2016, another commission was ordered. The defence lawyer argued that the girls couldn't be brought before the commission because of local tribal restrictions making it a matter of honour and shame. That argument was rejected by Justice Ejaz Afzal and sessions judge, Shoaib Khan, and other officials, were dispatched to meet the girls. Four girls duly appeared before them and inconsistences were noted around the age of the girls produced and those who appeared in the video five years prior.


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, Investigations and legal rulings
In relation to Amina, the report submitted by the commission to the Supreme court stated:


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, Investigations and legal rulings
By appearance, she was about 14/15 years old. Reportedly, the video was shot back in the year 2010 and [it] surfaced [on the internet] in 2012. If we subtract the six years from [Amina’s] age, her age at the time of video shooting would be between 8/9 years whereas girls visible in the [video]… look to be aged between 20/22 years back in the year 2010.


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, Investigations and legal rulings
Farzana Bari made a fresh statement to the court reiterating her earlier concerns that the girls seen in the video were not those who had been presented before the commission. She stated:


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, Investigations and legal rulings
"Photos of the girls taken during the commission session were given to a Reuters' journalist, Katharine Houreld, who got the matching done through a renowned independent British agency 'Digital Barriers'. It was found in the said report that the photos of the girls, who were made to appear before the commission, did not match the images of the girls appearing in the said video."


2012 Kohistan video case, Events, Investigations and legal rulings
In August 2018, on the order of the Supreme Court, the Kohistan police registered a first information report for the alleged honour killing of the five girls connected to the video. In December 2018, the investigation found that two out of five victims were reportedly alive and that three of the girls - Siran Jan, Begum Jan and Bazeegha - had, indeed, been killed.


2012 Kohistan video case, Afzal Kohistani
Afzal Kohistani was a Salehkhel tribesman from the Kolai-Palas District, he was one of eight children. The family lived comfortably and were well respected within the village community of Gadaar. At various times, Afzal ran a tailoring shop, clerked for a lawyer and traded bee honey, he studied law in his free time.


2012 Kohistan video case, Afzal Kohistani
In 2010, he was living in Mansehra with his wife and two of his younger brothers, Bin Yasir and Gul Nazar. Around this time Yasir and Nazar returned to the family village of Gadaar, which is where the video was later filmed. When the video went viral Yasir and Nazar were arrested, two of their brothers and other families from the Salehkhel tribe left Gaddar and moved to Allai, where they'd been offered protection from the Azadkhel tribe, to whom the girls in the video belonged.


2012 Kohistan video case, Afzal Kohistani
As opposed to following the tribal tradition, Afzal tried to prevent the sentence of the jirga from being carried out. When that failed he went to the media and repeatedly raised litigation in order to prove that the murders had taken place. As a result, three of Afzal's brothers, who stayed behind in Gadaar, were murdered in January 2013 and Afzal's house was firebombed.


2012 Kohistan video case, Afzal Kohistani
On 6 March 2019, he was shot dead in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.


2012 Kohistan video case, Convictions
In January 2014, six men from the Azadkhel tribe were convicted of murdering Afzal Kohistani's three brothers. One was sentenced to death and five others were sentenced to 25 years in prison, all were relatives of the girls from the video. Six other men, including the jirga chief who allegedly ordered the initial murders, were acquitted. In 2017, the convictions of the six men were overturned by the high court.


2012 Kohistan video case, Convictions
In September 2019, the father of Bazeegha, the father of Sereen Jan and the brother of Begum Jan, were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Five other men were acquitted.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident
In January 2012, Peking University professor Kong Qingdong made televised remarks suggesting that many Hong Kong people were disloyal to China and still harboured a colonial mentality. Kong Qingdong called Hong Kong people "dogs" in response to an online video posted about a mainland Chinese child eating on the subway, which is prohibited by MTR regulations. This prompted a series of campaigns against Kong Qingdong in Hong Kong. About 150 people gathered at the Central Government's Liaison Office on 22 January to protest Kong's remarks.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident
The protests took place among a backdrop of increasing tensions between native citizens of Hong Kong and mainlanders, including the release of a survey indicating that Hong Kong people feel increasingly separate from, and superior to, Mainland Chinese people.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident
At the time of the protests, anti-Mainland Chinese sentiment in Hong Kong had been growing because of the large influx of mainland Chinese mothers arriving in Hong Kong to give birth, largely for their children to receive right of abode in Hong Kong and the social services that came with it.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Background, Cultural identity
Since 1997, University of Hong Kong professor Robert Chung (Chinese: 鐘庭耀) had been regularly conducting surveys on how residents in Hong Kong view their own identity. Of particular significance was the comparison between Hong Kong residents who preferred to be identified primarily as "Hong Kong people" as opposed to "Chinese", largely as a result of many Hong Kong'ers harbouring cultural and political values that were seen as distinct from those of China at large.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Background, Cultural identity
In December 2011, Chung's poll showed that 63% of the people considered themselves "Hong Kongers" first, and only 34% thought of the same way of being "Chinese" first. This is the highest ratio of those who consider themselves primarily as "Hong Kong people" (Chinese: 香港人) since the transfer of sovereignty to China in 1997. After Chung published his results, two pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong, Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao alleged that Chung was a "political fraudster" with "evil intentions" to incite people to deny they are Chinese. One pro-Beijing columnist asked whether Chung's actions were subversive, and whether his scholarship was the result of political bribery. Chung rejected the charges of bias and released a statement that the "Cultural Revolution-style curses and defamations are not conducive to the building of Chinese national identity among Hong Kong people".


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Background, Cultural identity
Professor Dixon Sing (Chinese: 成名) of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was also targeted by pro-Beijing media. In December 2011 newspapers alleged that he was an anti-China "Western-trained vicious dog" because he gave interviews to Falun Gong media. But the real issue, some suspect, may have his support for the 2010 "Five Constituencies Referendum," a set of by-elections deliberately triggered by pan-democrat politicians intended to showcase the Hong Kong public's endorsement of democratic reforms in the territory. The Students' union have since come out to protect professor Sing in a public statement about the "one country, two systems" policy being violated. They believed that regardless of pro-establishment or pro-democratic views, the views need to be respected in order for academic freedom to exist.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Background, Influx of birth tourism
On 1 January 2012 a protest was held by more than 1,500 pregnant women and mothers with strollers against the number of Mainland Chinese mothers giving birth in the Hong Kong. In 2001, the Court of Final Appeal ruled in Director of Immigration v. Chong Fung Yuen that Hong Kong-born children of Chinese citizens were entitled to the right of abode in Hong Kong even if their parents had entered the territory as tourists. This ruling led to a sharp rise in the number of Mainland Chinese mothers coming to Hong Kong to give birth.


2012 Kong Qingdong incident, Background, Influx of birth tourism
In 2011, nearly half of all babies born in Hong Kong (38,043 out of 80,131) were born to Mainland Chinese mothers. Hong Kong has one of the world's lowest birth rates, so the wave of outsiders' giving birth in Hong Kong hospitals put a significant strain on health care resources in the territory. Nurses in the region have accused the territory's government of incompetence, and lobbied for Hong Kong residents to be prioritised over non-locals. In 2012, the Hong Kong government reduced the quota for the number of Mainland Chinese women allowed to give birth in public hospitals. The quota call was made after doctors themselves made a rare public call to pressure the government to put a stop on the number of babies allowed as resources were stretched too thin. The cap is now set at 3,400 for public and 31,000 for private hospitals.