June 11, 2005

[edit] June 11, 2005 (Saturday)

The G8 announces the cancellation of the multilateral debt of eighteen of the poorest countries in the world (BBC)
2005 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Arlene makes landfall near Pensacola, Florida. One death has been reported thus far. (ABCNews)
In Ethiopia, opposition says that the leaders of Coalition for Unity and Democracy, Hailu Shawel and senior official Lidetu Ayalew, are under house arrest and demand their release. (IOL) (BBC)
In Portugal, former prime minister Vasco Gonçalves, one of the figures of the Carnation Revolution, dies (Guardian Unlimited) (BBC)
In Poland, gay rights activists defy ban and march in the streets of Warsaw (Radio Polonia) (BBC)