Portal:Current events/2007 June 12
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Current events of
June 12
,
2007
(
2007-06-12
)
(Tuesday)
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Nigerian
author
Chinua Achebe
wins the
Man Booker International Prize
in honour of his career.
(BBC)
Ehud Barak
, former
Prime Minister of Israel
, declares victory in a vote for the leadership of the
Israeli Labor Party
, with 51.5% of the vote compared to 47.5% for former security chief
Ami Ayalon
.
(AFP via ABC News Australia)
The
PKK
declares that it will stop attacks on
Turkey
but will defend itself if attacked.
(AP via the Kansas City Star)
Jamaican
police declare that former
Pakistani cricket team
coach
Bob Woolmer
died of natural causes, ending a
murder investigation
.
(Radio Jamaica)
Severe
rain
causes
flash flooding
throughout
Ireland
, where places have been flooded after just 30 minutes of rain, particularly in
Ulster
. This brings to an end a period of
very warm temperatures
of up to 29º
C
(84º
F
) on the island. The town of
Omagh
and parts of
Belfast
are worst hit.
(RTÉ)
(Irish Independent)
(UTV)
(BBC)
Mudslides
and
floods
kill nearly 130 in
Bangladesh
. Rescuers find 20 more bodies buried under mud in
Chittagong
, bringing the total number of flood-related deaths to nearly 130.
(Reuters)
Milan Martić
is found guilty of
murder
and persecution committed while he was leader of the
Krajina
Serb
republic between
1991
and
1995
.
(BBC)
Afghan
officials claim that seven members of the Afghan police were killed by Coalition air forces in a
friendly fire
incident.
(Reuters)
Palestinian factional violence
:
Hamas
officials report that a rocket-propelled
grenade
has been fired at the house of
Prime Minister
Ismail Haniyeh
, causing damage but no injuries.
(AP via Forbes)
Structural failure
is suspected after the top two floors of a five-
story
building collapse in central
London's
Dean Farrar Street
.
(BBC)
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