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The Supreme Court of Pakistan retroactively discharges Yousaf Raza Gillani (pictured) from the premiership due to his contempt of court conviction. The 7th G-20 summit commences in Los Cabos, Mexico. The Socialist Party gains a majority in the French legislative election. In golf, Webb Simpson wins the U.S. Open. New Democracy, led by Antonis Samaras, gains a plurality in the second Greek legislative election of 2012. Marcel Fässler, Benoît Tréluyer, and André Lotterer win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the race's first victory in a hybrid car.

Current events of June 20, 2012 (2012-06-20) (Wednesday) Armed conflict and attacks A gunman is detained after seizing four hostages at the Crédit Industriel et Commercial bank in the southern French city of Toulouse, the same city where Mohammed Merah shot dead five people in March. (BBC) Rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip are followed by Israeli airstrikes in response. (AP via The Washington Post) The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that at least 20 Syrian Army soldiers and five rebels are killed in heavy fighting near Latakia district. (Al Jazeera) Business and economics Media mogul Rupert Murdoch launches a surprise takeover bid for billionaire James Packer's stake in Consolidated Media Holdings, a major stakeholder of Foxtel and Fox Sports Australia. (The Sydney Morning Herald) International relations The United States plans to extend its military presence in Kuwait. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections In Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, ousted from power in last year's revolution, is reported to be near death. (BBC) June 20, 2012 Wikinews articles Australian water polo players Zagame and Rippon whooping it up Current events of June 19, 2012 (2012-06-19) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Arab Spring: post-Mubarak Egypt: Tens of thousands of people converge on Cairo's Tahrir Square to demonstrate against Egypt's military rulers, who have seized power following the ousting from power of Hosni Mubarak in last year's revolution. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) post-Mubarak Egypt: Hosni Mubarak suffers a stroke in prison and is reportedly "clinically dead", though several Egyptian officials refute the announcement made by the state agency. (The Daily Telegraph) (CNN) (Al Jazeera) (BBC) Syrian uprising: A ship carrying military helicopters and missiles from Russia to Syria is halted and turned back off the coast of Scotland after its insurance coverage is cancelled. (MSNBC) (The Daily Telegraph) Palestinian militants fire a barrage of rockets into southern Israel following an Israel Air Force strike that killed two Islamic Jihad gunmen; IAF strikes at militant targets in Gaza have killed six Palestinians since yesterday. (Al Jazeera) (The Jerusalem Post) (Ynet News) Striking miners and riot police clash in northern Spain as Mariano Rajoy's austerity drive causes escalating violence. (BBC) Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak, on hunger strike over his detention without charge for three years in an Israeli jail, agrees to resume eating if released from captivity. (BBC) At least seven people and 15 members of the Turkish Army are killed in a Kurdistan Workers' Party ambush in the Yüksekova district near the border with Iraq and Iran. (BBC) Business and economics Ryanair tries to buy Aer Lingus. (BBC) International relations A United Nations investigator calls on the United States to justify its increasing use of drones against al-Qaeda and Taliban targets. (Reuters) Wikileaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange takes refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden on charges of sexual misconduct. (Al Jazeera) (USA Today) 2012 G-20 Mexico summit: UK prime minister David Cameron confronts Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over a letter she sent to him regarding the Falklands Islands. (BBC) Law and crime The Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualifies prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani from holding office after Gillani was found guilty in a contempt-of-court case on April 26. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) A Saudi man is beheaded on charges of sorcery and witchcraft in Najran Province of Saudi Arabia. (BBC) Politics and elections Antonis Samaras, leader of the New Democracy party in Greece, continues to negotiate with political rivals to form a coalition government, as Greece struggles to overcome its economic crisis. [AASAAS (The New York Times)] Sport UEFA Euro 2012: The debate surrounding goal-line technology resurfaces as co-hosts Ukraine are denied an apparent goal in controversial circumstances against England, with John Terry hooking the ball from behind the goal line after a shot by Marko Dević under the eyes of the fifth official beside the goal. However, under closer scrutiny the play leading up to the 'goal' clearly involved an offside by Ukraine which was also missed by the official and would have discounted the 'goal' regardless. Wayne Rooney's header in the second half carries England through at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk. (Bleacher Report) (Reuters via Yahoo!) (The Washington Post) (Daily Mail) Andriy Shevchenko announces his intention to retire from the national side after that defeat. (Yahoo!) Sweden sweep aside France with ease at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, with goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović and Sebastian Larsson subjecting the French to their first defeat in 24 games. (Sky Sports) June 19, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of June 18, 2012 (2012-06-18) (Monday) Armed conflict and attacks Arab Spring: 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution: Yemeni Army commander General Salem Ali Qatan is killed in a suicide attack in the port city of Aden by a man wearing an explosives belt. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Political uncertainty continues in Egypt. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) At least two people are killed in an attack on the border between Israel and Egypt. (Reuters via MSNBC) (Al Jazeera) (BBC) A suicide attack kills at least fifteen people and wounds forty people at a Shia funeral in Baquba, north of Baghdad.(BBC) A bomb explodes near a university bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta killing at least two students and injuring more than 35 others. (AFP via Herald-Sun) Three men in Afghan police uniform kill a NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan.(BBC) Arts and culture It is disclosed that Jack Osbourne has the incurable neurological condition multiple sclerosis (MS). (BBC) The music world expresses shock at the news of Scott Johnson's death ahead of a Radiohead concert in Canada. (BBC) Business and economy Australian newspaper publisher Fairfax Media announces restructuring plans which will lead to a cut of 1900 jobs. (The Australian) The largest stockholder of the London-based telecommunications firm Vodafone, institutional investor Orbis, ends its opposition to a planned acquisition by Vodafone of Cable & Wireless Worldwide; the deal now seems certain to go through. (Reuters) International relations A new round of talks on nuclear power between Iran and six world powers opens in Moscow. (BBC) Aung San Suu Kyi is due in Ireland. (RTE) 2012 G-20 Mexico summit: The 2012 G-20 summit opens in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, with the Eurozone crisis high on the agenda. (BBC) United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discuss the uprising in Syria, Iran, and trade at the summit. (CNN) Law and crime Rwanda's "gacaca courts", set up to try those responsible for playing a role in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, finish their work. (UPI) Former American Major League Baseball player Roger Clemens is acquitted on all charges in a perjury trial. (CBS News) Politics and elections Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz is nominated as heir apparent of Saudi Arabia. (BBC) Science Blue Gene/Q becomes the world's fastest supercomputer. (TOP500) Sport UEFA Euro 2012: Italy trash ten-man Ireland to go through to the quarter-finals, with Ireland on their worst run for more than 40 years. (BBC) (RTE) UEFA fines and bans Nicklas Bendtner of Denmark for one game after showing boxer shorts with a brand name on it against Portugal. Bendtner says: "I didn't know I was breaking any rules". (Al Jazeera) (BBC) Next season's soccer fixtures: Premier League fixtures are announced, with champions Manchester City kicking off at home against newly promoted Southampton. (BBC) Rangers, set to be liquidated, do not appear on the Scottish Premier League fixture list and are instead replaced by a mysterious entity known as "Club 12". (BBC) British police investigate tennis player David Nalbandian after yesterday's disqualification from the final of the 2012 AEGON Championships over kicking an advertising board into the left shin of a line judge, seriously injuring him; his opponent, Marin Čilić, who was trailing Nalbandian at the time, was awarded the title and Nalbandian lost the prize money he would have received for finishing as runner-up. (BBC) June 18, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Multiple bombings kill at least 12 people in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Google reveals it has removed so-called 'terrorism videos' from the web at the request of governments, as well as blocking more than 100 YouTube videos which allegedly insult the Thai monarchy. (BBC) Disasters A fire breaks out in a prison in the southeast Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, killing 13 prisoners. (BBC) Law and crime Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers in March 1991 later led to riots in April 1992, is found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool in Rialto, California. (BBC) (CNN) (Al Jazeera) Two Palestinians who attempt to rob an Israeli truck driver are shot dead in self defense near Hebron in the West Bank. (BBC) (Ynet) Politics and elections Voters in Greece go to the polls for a second legislative election after the first election on May 6 failed to form a coalition government. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (CNN) Voters in Egypt go to the polls for a second day to vote in the second round of a presidential election, with former prime minister Ahmed Shafik and Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party both competing for the presidency. (BBC) Voters in France go to the polls for legislative election with the Socialist Party winning a majority. (AP via Idaho Press-Tribune) Sport UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against The Football Association after England fans attempted to invade the pitch during their game with Sweden in Kiev. (BBC) (UEFA) In tennis, David Nalbandian is disqualified from the final of the 2012 AEGON Championships after kicking an advertising board into the left shin of a line judge, seriously injuring him; his opponent, Marin Čilić, who was trailing Nalbandian at the time, is awarded the title and Nalbandian stands to lose the prize money he would have received for finishing as runner-up. (BBC) (Sky Sports) In golf, American Webb Simpson wins the U.S. Open. (NBC Sports) June 17, 2012 Wikinews articles Wikinews interviews 17-year-old author of 'LEGO Heavy Weapons' Current events of June 16, 2012 (2012-06-16) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011-present): The United Nations suspends its peacekeeping mission in Syria amid escalating violence. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) At least 32 people are killed in a car bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. (BBC) (CNN) A bomb explodes in the Pakistani town of Landi Kotal, killing at least thirteen people. (Reuters) (BBC) Arts and culture Aung San Suu Kyi personally accepts the Nobel Peace Prize 21 years after she was awarded the prize. (BBC) (Christian Science Monitor) Actors Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet, and singer Gary Barlow are among those recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. (BBC) Coca-Cola returns to Myanmar after 60 years, leaving North Korea and Cuba as the only two countries in the world where the company doesn't do business. (Voice of America) Disasters A stage collapse at a Radiohead concert in the Canadian city of Toronto kills one person. (BBC) More than 30 people are killed and 15 injured after a bus falls into a gorge in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. (IBN Live) A Blue Islands ATR 42 aircraft suffers an undercarriage collapse on the runway at Jersey Airport. (BBC) Law and crime A priest is stabbed to death in a church in the city of Focșani, Romania. (Realitatea TV) One of the United States's most wanted fugitives, Air Force deserter David A. Hemler, has reportedly been living and working in Stockholm, Sweden, for the past 28 years. (Dagens Nyheter) Politics and elections Voters in Egypt go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election, with ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood competing for the presidency. (AFP via News Limited) (Al Jazeera) Saudi Arabia states that Crown Prince Nayef has died in Geneva. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) Science China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. (Space.com) Sport UEFA Euro 2012: UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian Football Federation after bananas are thrown and racist chants are heard at the Italy-Croatia game. (BBC) Daredevil Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk a tightrope above the brink of Niagara Falls between the United States and Canada. (AP via Sydney Morning Herald) June 16, 2012 Wikinews articles Australian Football League's Richmond Tigers beat GWS Giants by 12 points FanFiction.Net adult content purge felt across fandom two weeks on Current events of June 15, 2012 (2012-06-15) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks The Yemeni army captures Shuqra, the third militant stronghold to fall in the last week. (BBC) Police officers attempting to evict landless farmers occupying a property in the Paraguayan department of Canindeyú turn into clashes, killing 16 officers and farmers. (BBC) Arts and culture American singer Chris Brown and Canadian rapper Drake reportedly brawl with each other over fellow popstar Rihanna in a New York nightclub. (MTV) Business and economy Italy announces it will sell off three state-owned business in hopes of reducing the country's debt problems. (BBC) Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta is convicted of three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy related to insider trading in 2011.(Wall Street Journal) Credit downgrades: Moody's Investor Service downgrades the credit rating of five Dutch banks including ING Bank. (Reuters) Moody's also cuts the rating of Nokia's debt to "junk" status. (Reuters) Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, convenes a conference call to discuss possible fall-out from the weekend's elections in Greece. (Reuters) Chinese manufacturer Yili Group recalls baby formula after some products are discovered with high mercury levels. (BBC) An Apple I computer sells at an auction in New York for $374,500, setting a new record. (BBC) Disasters 2012 Pacific hurricane season: Hurricane Carlotta makes landfall on the coast of Mexico. (AlertNet) International relations Canada and the U.S. state of Michigan announce a deal to construct a bridge between the U.S. city of Detroit and the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario. (Reuters) Law and crime Police in Japan arrest Katsuya Takahashi of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, the last fugitive wanted over the March 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people. (BBC) China suspends three officials and the government of Ankang city apologizes to a woman, Feng Jianmei, 23, who is forced to undergo an illegal abortion seven months into her pregnancy after graphic photos of the mother and her dead baby are circulated online. (AP via The Star) Baker Atyani, Al Arabiya's TV bureau chief for southeast Asia, disappears with four other people on the restive southern Philippine island of Jolo where Muslim militants are active. (AP via TIME) Three employees of an armoured car company are reported dead and one injured in a shooting at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. (CBC News) Politics and elections Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov is accused by the opposition of violating the law by drinking an alcoholic beverage in a government building. (Reuters) U.S. president Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will stop deporting some illegal immigrants. (The New York Times) The Congress of Colombia approves a law aimed at facilitating peace talks between the government and guerrilla groups. (BBC) Religion The Holy See establishes the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, for former Anglicans in Australia. (Bollettino) Bulgarian remains believed by some to be John The Baptist are scientifically dated to the first century AD. (The Washington Post) Sport UEFA Euro 2012: In an unprecedented development, the match between France and Ukraine at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, is postponed for 55 minutes in the midst of a lightning storm and torrential rain. (BBC) (The Guardian) June 15, 2012 Wikinews articles Darcy Richardson to seek Reform Party presidential nomination Current events of June 14, 2012 (2012-06-14) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Arab Spring: Tunisian authorities ban protests planned for Friday. (BBC) Egypt's supreme court calls for the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and for fresh elections after ruling that last year's parliamentary vote was unconstitutional. (BBC) Mexican Drug War: Víctor Manuel Báez Chino, a journalist for the Mexican newspaper Milenio, is found dead after being kidnapped in the coastal state of Veracruz. (Milenio) Violent protests demanding election reform in Togo enter into a third day. (BBC) Indonesian police kill separatist leader Mako Tabuni, causing violent protests. (BBC) The U.S. military expands its secret network of air bases across Africa, according to reports in the U.S. media. (Al Jazeera) (Washington Post) Arts and culture Westlife singer Shane Filan is declared bankrupt. (The Guardian) (BBC) Business and economics German deputy finance minister Steffen Kampeter rejects calls to pool European debt, saying "debt is a national responsibility." (BBC) Nokia announces it will cut 10,000 jobs. (BBC) Coca-Cola says that it will start doing business in Burma after sixty years as soon as the U.S. government issues a license allowing American companies to make such investments. (The Washington Times) Disasters An explosion at a government-owned steel plant in Visakhapatnam, India kills 11 and severely injures 16 others. (BBC) International relations United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that the Supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un "has a choice to make" about the country's current policies. (CNN) Law and crime José Treviño Morales, an alleged money launderer of the Mexican criminal group Los Zetas and a prominent quarter horse racer in the U.S., is arrested in Lexington, Oklahoma. (ESPN) British Prime Minister David Cameron appears before the Leveson Inquiry. The hearing is told of his relationship with former News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks, while he says his decision to appoint Andy Coulson as his Director of Communications will haunt him. (BBC) The UK Supreme Court dismisses a bid by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections Mental health problems are no longer to be a bar to becoming an MP in the United Kingdom. (The Guardian) Photos of a woman forced to have an illegal abortion by Chinese authorities due to the country's One-Child Policy spark controversy. (BBC) Falklands War anniversary: A ceremony is held in the Falkland Islands capital Stanley to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War. (BBC) Addressing the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner demands the United Kingdom enters negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. (BBC) A new survey finds that global support for U.S. president Barack Obama has declined since 2009. (BBC) Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez gives a televised address from the country's defence ministry to discuss his defence plans. (BBC) HBO issues a public apology for any offence suffered after the use of a decapitated head in Game of Thrones; the head on a spike is said to resemble that of former U.S. president George W. Bush. (BBC) Science and health A 10-year-old girl receives what is believed to be the world's first stem cell assisted vein transplant. (HealthDay) 2012 LZ1, a large near-Earth asteroid, is scheduled to pass by the planet. (National Geographic) Australia announces plans to create the world's largest marine reserve. (BBC) A second person dies after contracting Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh. (BBC) Sport UEFA Euro 2012: Fernando Torres scores twice, while David Silva and Cesc Fàbregas also score, to knock the Republic of Ireland out of the tournament in Gdańsk. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Mario Mandžukić's second-half equaliser earns Croatia a draw against Italy in the early game at the Stadion Miejski in Poznań. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Premier League club Tottenham sack manager Harry Redknapp. (Al Jazeera) Turkish weightlifting champion Nurcan Taylan is banned for four years for doping and therefore misses the London Olympics. (The Washington Post) Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford is sentenced to 110 years in prison after siphoning billions from investors. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) Robert Nkemdiche, top high school football recruit in the nation according to several sources, makes a verbal commitment to play collegiately for Clemson University. (ESPN) (Rivals.com) June 14, 2012 Wikinews articles More June 2012 events...

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