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A thousand vessels parade down the River Thames in London as part of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. A passenger plane crashes into a building in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 153 people on board. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (pictured) is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry approves the names flerovium and livermorium for two recently discovered synthetic elements. Viswanathan Anand defeats Boris Gelfand to win a fourth consecutive World Chess Championship.

Current events of June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05) (Tuesday) June 5, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of June 4, 2012 (2012-06-04) (Monday) Armed conflict and attacks Mexican Drug War In the Mexican city of Torreón, Coahuila, gunmen killed 11 people at a rehabilitation clinic. (Reuters) A US drone attack kills at least 15 suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region. (AFP via NineMSN) A car bomb explodes near Iraqi government offices in central Baghdad, killing at least 13 and injuring 50. (AP via The Brisbane Times) Vigilantes attack a passenger bus and kill 9 in western Myanmar. (Reuters) Aftermath of the Libyan civil war: A heavily armed militia takes over a runway at the Tripoli International Airport, demanding the release of their leader who went missing. (BBC) A Libyan military court sentences a group of Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian men to long prison terms, having found them guilty of serving as mercenaries for Muammar Gaddafi in the Libyan civil war. (Reuters) Arts and culture Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is taken to hospital with a bladder infection. (BBC) The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert, a pop concert featuring artists such as Robbie Williams, Stevie Wonder and Sir Paul McCartney takes place at Buckingham Palace. (BBC) Russian baritone singer Eduard Khil, made famous overseas by the "Trololo" internet meme, dies from complications of a stroke in St. Petersburg. (Los Angeles Times) Business and economy Japan's S&P/TOPIX 150 reaches its lowest level since 1983 as global stock markets continue to fall. (Wall Street Journal) Disasters At least 23 people are killed and 60 injured after a bus carrying a wedding party crashes near the Pakistani capital Islamabad. (AFP via Perth Now) Law and crime Luka Magnotta, a suspect in a murder case in Canada, is arrested in an Internet cafe in Berlin. (Daily Mail) (BBC) Politics The Parliament of Albania fails without a vote in the second round to elect the President of the Republic of Albania. (Ansa) The Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihiko Noda announces a Cabinet reshuffle following a split in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. (Bloomberg) (Washington Post) Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is sworn in as a member of Parliament's upper house the Rajya Sabha. (AFP via The Australian) The People's Republic of China blocks Internet access to terms related to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 on the 23rd anniversary. (Reuters) June 4, 2012 Wikinews articles News briefs: June 4, 2012 U.S. Congressman Thad McCotter aborts write-in campaign Mubarak sentenced to life in prison over protester deaths Current events of June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03) (Sunday) Armed conflict and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): Sporadic fighting continues in Tripoli, Lebanon, between supporters and opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. (The Daily Star) A U.S. drone attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region kills at least 10 suspected militants. (AP via Boston Herald) A suicide car bombing outside a church in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills eight people and injures 35 others. (AFP via Google News) Arts and culture The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom reaches its peak with a pageant on the River Thames. (BBC) Disasters A plane carrying 152 on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 40 people on the ground. (CNN) International relations United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visits a former U.S. base in Cam Ranh Bay, the first visit by an American official of cabinet rank to Vietnam since the Vietnam War. (AFP via Yahoo News) Law and crime Police in China crack down on political activists marking the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. (The Daily Times) Police in Japan arrest Naoko Kikuchi, a member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult and one of the two fugitives still at large wanted over the deadly sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway in March 1995. (BBC) Politics Demonstrations take place in Turkey against a proposed plan to limit the time for abortions. (Al Jazeera) Speaking on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, British Prime Minister David Cameron says that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt "acted wisely" in his handling of the BSkyB takeover bid. (BBC) Sports In golf, Tiger Woods wins the Memorial Tournament played at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, tying with Jack Nicklaus for PGA Tour victories. (AP via Google News) Alexander Serebryakov wins cycling's Philadelphia International Championship. (VeloNation) June 3, 2012 Wikinews articles Australian Stingers stung by US at FINA World League Final gold medal match Australian women to meet USA in water polo's FINA Women's World League Super Finals gold medal game Current events of June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): Clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad kill at least 12 and injure more than 40 people in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli. (Reuters) A drone attack conducted by the United States kills two suspected militants outside their hideout in South Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan. (AP via Google News) Four aid workers kidnapped by Taliban insurgents in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on May 22 are rescued by ISAF forces. (CNN) (ISAF) Disasters An Allied Air cargo plane crashes into a minibus after overshooting the runway at Accra's Kotoka International Airport in Ghana killing at least twelve people. (The Daily Telegraph) Law and crime A court in Cairo, Egypt, finds former president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib al-Adly guilty for complicity in the killings of demonstrators in the 2011 revolution that ousted Mubarak and both are sentenced to life in prison. Mubarak and his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, are all acquitted on separate corruption charges. (BBC) A shooting in the food court of the Eaton Centre mall in Toronto, Canada kills at least one man and injures seven other people. (BBC) (The Canadian Press via Canada.com) Sports In horseracing, Camelot trained by Aidan O'Brien, wins the Epsom Derby with 2,000 Guineas Stakes classes double. Also, with his son Joseph, become the first father son to win The Derby. (BBC) June 2, 2012 Wikinews articles US fans turn out for 2012 Phoenix Comicon Australia women's water polo team into FINA Women's World League Super Finals semi finals Current events of June 1, 2012 (2012-06-01) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): The United Nations Human Rights Council votes to condemn the massacre carried out by Syrian forces in the town of Houla on May 25, despite Russia, China and Cuba voting against the resolution. (The Guardian) The New York Times reports that U.S. President Barack Obama accelerated the pace of the American cyberwarfare campaign after the 2010 Stuxnet. (The Guardian) (The New York Times) An armed Palestinian infiltrator and an Israeli soldier are killed during an exchange of fire along the Gaza border, and at least three militants are injured during an Israeli air strike on Gaza. (BBC) Arts and culture Madonna kicks off the MDNA Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel. (BBC) Business and economics World stock markets hit their lowest level in 2012. (The Guardian) Health Gonorrhoea soars in England. (BBC) International relations China arrests a security ministry official on suspicion of spying for the United States; the official is reported to have been blackmailed by the CIA. (BBC) Law and crime The Venezuelan government outlaws the commercial sale of guns and ammunition, the latest in a series of initiatives to improve security and cut crime. (BBC) Samoa announces the pardon of 35 prisoners to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its independence from New Zealand. (BBC) The Food and Drug Administration, a U.S. government agency, goes to court to secure supplies of a drug used in lethal injections, which have dwindled since an importation ban. (BBC) Politics and elections Counting of votes in the Irish referendum on the European Fiscal Compact gets underway, with early tallies indicating the Compact has been approved. (Reuters via Yahoo! News Australia) (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) Sports In baseball, Johan Santana pitches a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals, the first in New York Mets history. (ESPN) June 1, 2012 Wikinews articles Australia women's water polo team into FINA Women's World League Super Finals quarter finals Buddy Roemer suspends U.S. presidential campaign Current events of May 31, 2012 (2012-05-31) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills 14 people. (CNN) A suicide bomber kills five policeman at a police headquarters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. (BBC) A German engineer taken hostage by gunmen in Kano, Nigeria, in January is killed by his captors during a failed rescue operation by Nigerian forces. (BBC) Arts and culture American conservative Christian lobby group One Million Moms launches a campaign against the decision of DC and Marvel Comics to include openly gay characters in their comics. (The Guardian) BBC Radio 4 announces a five-and-a-half-hour celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses on this coming Bloomsday, claiming it as the novel's first full-length dramatisation in Britain. (The Guardian) Business and economy A nationwide strike against rising petrol prices closes shops and disrupts public transport in India, with the government facing widespread criticism over its economic management. (Al Jazeera) International relations The 2012 Bilderberg Conference begins in Chantilly, Virginia. (The Guardian) (RT) Law and crime British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt appears at the Leveson Inquiry into media practices in the UK. The inquiry hears that he congratulated James Murdoch on the progress of News Corporation's takeover bid for BSkyB just hours before he was charged with overseeing it, but acted impartially once he took on the role. Prime Minister David Cameron says he will not order an inquiry into Hunt's ministerial conduct. (BBC) A jury clears former Democratic Party candidate for Vice-President of the United States John Edwards on one count of corruption, with the judge ordering a mistrial on the other five counts. (The Guardian) California's prison system is facing a lawsuit from the Center for Constitutional Rights for its use of long terms of solitary confinement, some of which last decades. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Egypt formally ends its 31-year state of emergency, which gave security forces broad powers to suppress civil unrest and detain dissenters. (BBC) Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a referendum on whether the Irish government can approve the European Fiscal Compact. (Irish Examiner) (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera) (France24) (BBC) After four days of negotiations with student leaders, the Quebec government pulls out of talks meant to end a mass student protest against tuition fees. Demonstrations have been ongoing since February 13, with more than 150,000 students on strike. (CBC) Science SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule successfully returns to Earth following its demo mission to the International Space Station, landing intact in the Pacific Ocean. It is later recovered and shipped back to the United States. (AP via Google) (USA Today) (NASA) Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope predict that the Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in four billion years' time. (Los Angeles Times) Sports Kevin Pietersen announces his retirement from all forms of international limited overs cricket. (The Daily Telegraph) Defenseman Nicklas Lidström of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings announces his retirement from professional ice hockey after a 20-year career in Detroit, including six years as Detroit's captain. (Houston Chronicle) May 31, 2012 Wikinews articles President Obama easily wins Texas primary; Romney secures Republican nomination Indonesians retrieve missing recorder from crashed Russian jet Current events of May 30, 2012 (2012-05-30) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising: Several nations, including Turkey, Germany and Canada, expel Syrian diplomats in response to the May 25 Houla massacre. (BBC) Russia states that it is "categorically against" foreign intervention into the ongoing Syrian conflict. (BBC) The United Nations reports the deaths of 13 men in a mass execution in eastern Syria. (AFP via ABC News Australia) Romeo Langlois, a freelance journalist from France 24 who was abducted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on April 28, is released by FARC in southern Colombia. (Reuters) Arts and culture The South African gallery which exhibited Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear reaches a deal with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), which opposes its display. (BBC) It is announced that a UK concert by the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, Venezuela's premier youth orchestra, is to be live-streamed online on 23 and 26 June, after live tickets sold out eight months in advance. (The Guardian) English novelist Terry Pratchett is awarded the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. (The Guardian) The winner of the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction is announced. (The Guardian) Disasters Aftershocks continue to strike northern Italy in the wake of yesterday's earthquake, which killed 17 people and left over 14,000 homeless in the Emilia-Romagna region. (Daily Telegraph) International relations United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta calls for the United States to strengthen its naval presence in Asia, in order to counter China's growing military power. (BBC) President of the United States Barack Obama angers the people of Poland by referring to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz as "Polish". Prominent Poles demand an apology for the "outrageous" gaffe. (BBC) Enhanced security preparations are reported in the lead-up to the 2012 Bilderberg Conference in Chantilly, Virginia. (Daily Mail) Law and crime Assange v The Swedish Judicial Authority: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses his appeal in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom against extradition to Sweden on rape charges. (BBC) (AP via ABC News America) The former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, is sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague for aiding and abetting war crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war. (BBC) Andy Coulson, former director of communications for British Prime Minister David Cameron, is detained for questioning by police investigating claims of perjury. (BBC) At the Leveson Inquiry into British media practices, UK Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable, who initially had responsibility for overseeing News Corporation's bid to take full control of BSkyB, tells the hearing he was warned the Liberal Democrats would be "done over" by the company's newspapers if he ruled against the takeover. (BBC) A gunman opens fire in the U.S. city of Seattle, killing three people and injuring two more before shooting himself. A fourth person is killed in a separate incident in the city before the suspected gunman in both incidents kills himself. (AP via Washington Post) (King 5) (Seattle Times) Canadian police begin a manhunt for suspected murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta, who is believed to have dismembered a man and mailed his severed hand and foot to political party offices in Ottawa. (Montreal Gazette) Politics and elections Ireland's High Court refuses an application by Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty against the Referendum Commission's statements on the European Stability Mechanism, as voting continues on offshore islands in the referendum on the European Fiscal Compact. (RTÉ) The Parliament of Albania fails without a vote in the first round to elect the President of the republic. (Top Channel) (Reuters) The Parliament of Papua New Guinea meets to choose a new Prime Minister after a ruling by the Supreme Court last week, with de facto Prime Minister Peter O'Neill again chosen. (ABC News Australia) (The Australian) Doctors in the United Kingdom agree to stage a day of industrial action on 21 June, the first such action by the British medical profession since 1975. The strike will lead to cancellations of routine medical appointments, but will not affect emergency care. (BBC) The Prime Minister of Lesotho, Pakalitha Mosisili, resigns after his Democratic Congress party failed to win a majority in the recent general election, while opposition parties form a coalition. (Sky News Australia) Science Following the successful sequencing of the tomato genome, scientists state that tastier and more pesticide-resistant tomato varieties can be engineered for commercial use within five years. (BBC) Scientists report that supervolcanoes can develop much faster than previously suspected – erupting within just a few hundred years of their formation, instead of tens of thousands of years. (BBC) Sports Vishwanathan Anand defeats Boris Gelfand to win the World Chess Championship for the fourth consecutive time, and the fifth time overall. (The Guardian) May 30, 2012 Wikinews articles Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes U.S. Congressman Thad McCotter denied ballot in re-election primary race; announces write-in campaign More May 2012 events...

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