Portal:Current events/2007 June 15

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Current events of June 15, 2007 (2007-06-15) (Friday) edit history watch

Thousands of Chinese policemen rescue 450 slave workers while arresting 120 suspects. (VOA) Mike Nifong, facing disbarment for his actions in the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case, agrees to resign his position as district attorney for Durham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. (AP via ESPN.com) Switzerland opens the world's longest rail tunnel on land, the 34-kilometre Lötschberg tunnel under the Alps. (BBC) In the UK, seven members of Dhiren Barot's al Qaeda cell are sentenced to a total of 136 years in prison. (Sky) Indonesia claims that it has captured Jemaah Islamiyah leader Zarkarsih. (Reuters via MSNBC) A roadside bomb kills at least seven soldiers in Yala Province, Thailand. (BBC) United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal Al-Maliki and U.S. military leaders in Iraq to discuss the effectiveness of the current military campaign. (Reuters) Two oil and transport unions begin a strike in Nigeria over an increase in fuel duty and a doubling of sales tax. (BBC)