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Daily Bulletin 19.12.2012 | 20:30 UTC News Elections Park wins South Korean presidential election South Korean voters have chosen conservative candidate Park Geun-hye as their president. The daughter of the country's late dictator will become its first female head of state. United States Obama calls for rethink on gun controls US President Barack Obama has announced a commission aimed at curbing gun violence in response to last week's massacre at a Connecticut school. The president said he would push for the recommendations to be put into law. Military German President Gauck honors fallen Bundeswehr soldiers In the third day of his visit to Afghanistan, German President Joachim Gauck has paid tribute to German soldiers who have been killed there. Further plans to visit a military camp had to be scrapped due to weather. Greece Greek public sector workers strike against austerity Greek public sector workers have begun a strike to protest against new austerity measures and planned layoffs. The 24-hour strike has disrupted local transport, grounded flights and shut down schools and offices. Greece receives more money - and time World War II German Italian WW II history remembered A memorial site in Berlin is being planned to commemorate the 600,000 Italians deported to Germany and put into forced labor during World War Two. The move follows recommendations from German and Italian historians. "A Day of Shame" for Germany Iraq Iraqi president to be sent for treatment in Germany Doctors have recommended that the Iraqi President should be transferred to a hospital in Germany. Jalal Talabani, who suffered from a stroke, is seen as a bridging influence between Iraq's Sunni and Shiite populations. Politics Former German Defense Minister Peter Struck dead Former German Defense Minister Peter Struck, a long-time member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has died of a heart attack in a Berlin hospital. He was 69. Business Crime UBS admits to fraud in Libor scandal, accepts hefty fine Swiss bank UBS will have to pay a fine of $1.5 billion for orchestrating manipulations of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor). The rigged interest rate caused people to pay more for loans. EU seeks harsher penalties for banking manipulation World in Progress World in Progress: Two years after the start of the Arab spring, mixed feelings about changes Tunisa two years after the Arab revolution -- Opposition in still struggling Bahrein -- Helping asylum seekers in Australia -- Jamaican Christmas Trees Listen to the entire show (19.12.2012) Newsletters More DW German-Jewish Cultural Heritage Join DW as we uncover traces of German-Jewish cultural heritage all around the world. DW's reporters travel from Chicago to Shanghai to find German-Jewish immigrants and retell their stories. More DW An iPod for your thoughts and pictures! We want to know about your favorite winter traditions and customs. Share your thoughts, experiences and pictures and have a chance at winning one of six iPods. We'll present the best entries at dw.dw/globalimpressions. More DW Those Germans Punctual and unfashionable, orderly and up-tight–there are lots of clichés about Germans. DW will throw all that into question with the multimedia special "Those Germans" starting November 21.   Unsubscribe   Personal Data   Feedback   Imprint © Deutsche Welle 2012