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Current events of June 2, 2011 (2011-06-02) (Thursday) |
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- Following the PlayStation Network outage, the Sony website SonyPictures.com has been hacked, with unencrypted passwords and personal information of Sony customers within the website's database being discovered by the hackers. (BBC)
- Canada Post workers prepare to start a mail strike as last minute talks fail. (CBC)
- The 2011 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group "C40" summit concludes in São Paulo. (New York Times)
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Current events of June 3, 2011 (2011-06-03) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni uprising:
- Syrian uprising:
- At least 34 more protesters are killed by Syrian security forces in protest marches dedicated to children who have died during the demonstrations. (The Telegraph) (The New York Times)
- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that more than 1,000 people have now died in Syria since the conflict began. (CNN)
- Libyan Civil War:
- At least 150 people drown when an overcrowded boat carrying about 850 refugees fleeing Libya capsized off the Tunisian coast; scores more are still missing as a search for survivors by Tunisian authorities continues. (CNN)
- Sudanese government troops and Sudan Liberation Army rebels clash in the western Darfur region; two SLA rebels are reported killed. (Reuters)
- More than 200 Afghan militants cross over into Pakistan and attack a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, sparking a clash in which 28 Pakistani security forces and six civilians die, along with 45 Afghans. (CNN)
- Somali government forces and African Union troops expel al Qaeda-linked militants from their last outpost in the western part of Mogadishu, opening up a main road in the city. (CNN)
- In two bombing attacks in Iraq, 17 people are killed and 50 others wounded in a blast outside of the Presidential Palaces Mosque in central Tikrit, Iraq; and later by a suicide bomber in a Tikrit hospital treating the wounded from the first attack, killing six people and injuring ten at the hospital. (CNN)
- 2011 Egyptian revolution: A female journalist is attacked in Cairo's Tahrir Square while covering a demonstration demanding an immediate trial for former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. (RIA Novosti)
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- 57 people are injured, and 28,000 people have been forced to evacuate, following an explosion at an army munitions depot in Russia's western Ural Mountains region. (CNN)
- Four people are killed and one seriously injured in an explosion at a Chevron Corporation storage tank at a refinery in western Wales; it is not immediately clear what caused the explosion. (CNN)
- 2011 Missouri River floods
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Current events of June 4, 2011 (2011-06-04) (Saturday) |
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Current events of June 5, 2011 (2011-06-05) (Sunday) |
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Current events of June 6, 2011 (2011-06-06) (Monday) |
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Current events of June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07) (Tuesday) |
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Current events of June 8, 2011 (2011-06-08) (Wednesday) |
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- Indian social activist Anna Hazare begins a second hunger strike against corruption. (Al Jazeera)
- The British government has indicated it is rethinking its controversial proposal to offer 50% sentence cuts to criminals in England and Wales who enter early guilty pleas. (BBC)
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Current events of June 9, 2011 (2011-06-09) (Thursday) |
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Current events of June 10, 2011 (2011-06-10) (Friday) |
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Current events of June 11, 2011 (2011-06-11) (Saturday) |
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Current events of June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12) (Sunday) |
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- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- 2011 Iranian protests:
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- 2011 Yemeni uprising:
- Talks to end the political crisis in the country fail as the deputy to wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to speak to those demanding he cede power. (Reuters)
- Clashes between Islamist militants and government forces kill 40 in southern Yemen. (Arirang News)
- The International Monetary Fund is hit by a major cyber attack. (The Telegraph)
- A bomb is detonated outside a local government headquarters in Tianjin, northeastern China. This is the third explosion outside government facilities in three weeks. (Wall Street Journal)
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Current events of June 13, 2011 (2011-06-13) (Monday) |
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- 2011 Jordanian protests: The motorcade of King Abdullah II of Jordan is attacked by bottles and stones thrown by protesters in Tafilah. (BBC) (The Guardian)
- 2011 Bahraini uprising: Bahrain's rulers commence the trials of 48 medical professionals, including some of the country's top surgeons, a move seen as the hounding of those who treated injured protesters during the popular uprising which was crushed by the military intervention of Saudi Arabia. (Al Jazeera)
- Tunisian revolution: It is announced that the trial of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ousted from power during the popular revolution, is to begin on 20 June. (BBC)
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- Egyptian officials report the arrest of the 27-year-old Israeli-American Ilan Grapel on suspicion of espionage for Israel. Israeli officials have rejected the Egyptian accusations.(BBC)
- 2011 Spanish protests: The Anonymous group is reported to have successfully knocked the website of the Spanish national police force offline. (BBC) (The Guardian)
- 2011 Zengcheng riot: Police in Xintang Town, Zengcheng, Guangzhou area, Guangdong, fire tear gas and use armoured vehicles on workers, including Sichuan migrant workers protesting what they consider the abuse of a pregnant Sichuanese colleague by security guards, after protesters flipped over and burned police vehicles. (BBC) (The Associated Press) (China Daily) (Reuters) (Chicago Tribune)
- 2011 Libyan civil war: The German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, speaking in Benghazi, announces that his government officially recognises the country's rebels as "the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people". (BBC) (Deutsche Welle)
- 2011 Yemeni protests: The opposition and Vice President Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi meet for talks to end the crisis. (CNN)
- North and South Sudan agree to demilitarise the disputed Abyei region. (AP via Google News)
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Current events of June 14, 2011 (2011-06-14) (Tuesday) |
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- In the first case of its kind to be heard in the United Kingdom, a former juror who admitted contacting a defendant via Facebook has been convicted of contempt of court. (BBC)
- Another land campaigner is shot dead in Brazil's Amazon Basin with five activists shot dead in the past month. (BBC)
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Current events of June 15, 2011 (2011-06-15) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of June 16, 2011 (2011-06-16) (Thursday) |
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Current events of June 17, 2011 (2011-06-17) (Friday) |
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- Reuters quotes commodities traders who have observed in recent months that "violent, often inexplicable price moves" are becoming a good deal more common, especially in energy commodities such as natural gas. (Reuters)
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Current events of June 18, 2011 (2011-06-18) (Saturday) |
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- Oil prices hit a four-month low, with oil now at USD $93 per barrel. (Reuters)
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Current events of June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19) (Sunday) |
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- More than two million people are reported to have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in the Chinese province of Zhejiang. (AP via MSNBC)
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Current events of June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20) (Monday) |
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- European sovereign debt crisis:
- Eurozone finance ministers agree to seek a voluntary rollover of Greek debt by private bondholders in order to meet a substantial part of Greek funding needs. (Reuters)
- Eurozone finance ministers postpone a final decision on Greece's $17 billion emergency loans extension until Greece introduces further cuts. (Al Jazeera)
- British Labour MP and former foreign secretary Jack Straw says the eurozone "will collapse" and that the euro will succumb to a "slow death". (BBC)
- Afghan finance minister Omar Zakhilwal is reported to be "running out of patience" with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the IMF's rejection of a plan to deal with Kabul Bank. Zakhilwal is also reported to have said that further talks with the IMF would be "a waste of time". (BBC)
- Financial group and banking firm PNC Financial Services is to acquire RBC Bank from the Royal Bank of Canada for US$3.45 billion. (Forbes)
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Current events of June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21) (Tuesday) |
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- 2011 Yemeni uprising: 2,000 Ethiopian migrants are evacuated from the country. (BBC)
- 2011 Syrian uprising: Security forces kill seven people during clashes between opposition and pro-government supporters in three cities. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- NATO's command centre in Naples loses contact with an MQ-8 Fire Scout drone during reconnaissance operations over Libya. (BBC)
- At least 20 people are killed when a car bomb explodes outside a local governor's house in Al Diwaniyah in Iraq. (Reuters via MSNBC)
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- The IMF issues an annual report calling on the Spanish government to continue to reduce public spending and increase liberalisation of its jobs market. (BBC)
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- A Chinese court sentences a forklift driver to death for killing a protester in an incident that started unrest in Inner Mongolia. (Straits Times)
- A French court upholds a life sentence for Yvan Colonna, a former shepherd and Corsican separatist convicted of fatally shooting police prefect Claude Érignac near a concert hall in Ajaccio in 1998. Colonna has denied killing Érignac. (BBC)
- Former French minister Georges Tron, who resigned last month due to allegations of sexual assault, is arrested by police. (BBC)
- British Prime Minister David Cameron confirms that controversial plans to allow sentence reductions of up to 50% for criminals who plead guilty in England and Wales have been scrapped. (BBC)
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- In a rare House of Commons procedure, British MPs have voted by a majority of 73 to have parts of the controversial Health and Social Care Bill re-examined by the Health Select Committee. (BBC)
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Current events of June 22, 2011 (2011-06-22) (Wednesday) |
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- A vigil is held in London to demand the release of journalist Urunboy Usmonov, imprisoned by authorities in Tajikistan last week. Usmonov is reported to be in ill health. (BBC)
- Some 450 people are arrested in Belarus after protests against the Government's economic policies. (RIA Novosti)
- The Japanese Diet votes to extend its session until August 31 so that it can consider key legislation. (NHK World)
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Current events of June 23, 2011 (2011-06-23) (Thursday) |
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- A study finds that the 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak was a mix of two dangerous E. coli strains. (AP via USA Today)
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Current events of June 24, 2011 (2011-06-24) (Friday) |
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Current events of June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25) (Saturday) |
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- The number of adults with diabetes in the world has more than doubled since 1980, according to a new study. (BBC)
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Current events of June 26, 2011 (2011-06-26) (Sunday) |
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- The so-called "LulzSec" hackers have reportedly disbanded after a final data dump including information from AOL Inc. and AT&T. (Reuters)
- The sentence for a drug possession conviction of the nephew of deposed Tunisian President, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, is increased after he appeals it. (CNN)
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- The strain of E. coli blamed for 46 deaths in Germany appears to have resurfaced in France, sickening eight people, who have been hospitalized in Bordeaux. (CNN)
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Current events of June 27, 2011 (2011-06-27) (Monday) |
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- Arab Spring:
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- Dozens of dissidents, some of whom were previously imprisoned by the regime, attend a conference in Damascus. It is the first such conference. (BBC)
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announces that his government will invite opposition figures to talks to be held in July to set the framework for a national dialogue that he has promised, and that constitutional changes would be on the agenda. (The Jerusalem Post)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- Bahraini uprising:
- The trial of 47 medical personnel, accused of working against the government during large protests in Bahrain earlier this year resumes and is immediately adjourned; human rights groups say Bahrain is targeting medical professionals for treating protesters. (CNN)
- War in Afghanistan:
- Seven civilians, including children, are killed by two separate roadside mines in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni Province; an 8-year-old girl was killed when militants gave her a remote-controlled explosive in a bag and told her to give it to police officers in Oruzgan Province. (CNN)
- Afghanistan says the Pakistani military is behind recent deadly rocket attacks in Kunar Province that killed at least 20 civilians; Pakistan says it is not responsible. (CNN)
- Conflicts in Pakistan:
- One person is killed during an attack on a train in Sudan. (BBC)
- Iran announces plans to conduct a military exercise and test the Sajjil long-range missile, which is reportedly capable of striking Israel or southeastern Europe. (The Jerusalem Post)
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Current events of June 28, 2011 (2011-06-28) (Tuesday) |
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Current events of June 29, 2011 (2011-06-29) (Wednesday) |
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- A lawsuit of $25 million is brought by the mother of a U.S. teen, who was kidnapped, bound and forced to consume alcoholic substances before his death at a fraternity house, against the group responsible for his ordeal in the U.S. state of New York. (BBC)
- Six members of a paramilitary force and a civilian are charged with murder in relation to the death of unarmed Sarfaraz Shah in Karachi, whose 8 June shooting was filmed and later broadcast on television. (BBC)
- A court ruling restricting the powers of police bail throws thousands of cases in England and Wales into disarray. (BBC)
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Current events of June 30, 2011 (2011-06-30) (Thursday) |
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- Arab Spring:
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- The Syrian army kills a man and his 1 year old infant son after they attack his house in the village of al-Bara. (CNN)
- Al Jazeera reports that there have been many arrests in the southern town of Deraa with people fleeing to either Damascus or Jordan. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- 2011 Egyptian revolution: A court says that it will issue a ruling on the murder case of two policeman allegedly involved in the death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed on August 24, rather than today as was expected, in a case that helped spark the revolution. (Reuters via Alertnet) (Al Jazeera)
- Afghanistan:
- The Pakistani media reports Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar as claiming that the United States will no longer be able to use the Shamsi Airfield to launch drone attacks on militants. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Official records on the 2002 Gujarat violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, are reported to have been destroyed in line with regulations. (BBC)
- The United Nations extends MONUSCO, its mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for a thirteenth year, with 5 million people dead so far. (Al Jazeera)
- Amnesty International calls on the People's Republic of China to stop the harassment, arbitrary detention and torture of human rights lawyers. (Reuters via Alertnet)
- Al-Shamukh, a popular jihadist Internet forum, is knocked off the Internet by a fairly sophisticated cyberattack. (CBS News)
- Iraq War: The United States has lost a total of 15 troops in Iraq this month, making it the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Iraq since June 2009, when 14 soldiers were killed fighting the Iraqi insurgency. (AP via Kansas City Star)
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