Portal:Current events/2010 June 7

June 7, 2010 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Israeli Navy kills four Palestinians wearing diving gear; Israel says they were carrying weapons and planning an attack, off the coast of Gaza. (Ynetnews) (Haaretz) (BBC) (RTÉ) (Aljazeera)

Art, culture and entertainment

Canadian poet Anne Michaels's novel Fugitive Pieces has been judged, by a panel of teenagers, the best Orange Prize for Fiction winner in its 15-year history. Fugitive Pieces won the Prize in 1997. (BBC)

Business and economy

Chinese stock markets closed down Monday on weaker global recovery prospects. (Sina)

Disasters

A total of 172 people are killed in the floods caused by Tropical Storm Agatha that struck Guatemala. (Xinhua)
At least 5 people are confirmed dead as tornados and storms batter the Midwest U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua) (Sydney Morning Herald) (trend.az)
At least three people die and 10 go missing during an explosion in a natural gas pipeline in Cleburne, Texas. (MSNBC)
Two people die and 14 others are injured when a car ploughs into a crowd of spectators at a rally for World Environment Day in Gatsibo, Rwanda. (BBC) (Times Live)
Police say 55 bodies have been recovered so far from an abandoned mine in Guerrero, Mexico. (BBC)
Polish officials say 6,000 Polish zloty were withdrawn using credit cards stolen from a passenger killed in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk. Poland says four soldiers have been arrested, while Russia denies this. (BBC)
9 passengers are injured and a train carriage left dangling over an embankment after a derailment in Scotland. (Sky News)
The number of migrant workers who died or were injured at South Korea's workplaces has risen over the last three years to reach nearly 14,500. (Yonhap)

International relations

The Cyprus-based Free Gaza Movement packs up and leaves Cyprus for London after the Cypriot government's decision to interfere with and disrupt last week's international aid flotilla. (Xinhua)
Veteran American journalist Helen Thomas announces she is retiring, after apologizing for making remarks saying Jews should leave Israel and return to Europe are widely condemned in the United States. (Ynetnews) (BBC) (The Guardian) (RTÉ) (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Law and crime

13 executed in Iran's Qezel Hessar Prison. (fcnn)
The main suspect in the murder of Stephany Flores Ramírez, Joran van der Sloot, confesses to her murder in Peru. (CNN)
The Magistrate court in Bhopal, India convicts eight people, one posthumously, for their role in the Bhopal disaster industrial castastrophe 25 years ago in 1984. (Times of India) (AFP) (BBC) (Aljazeera)
A Chubb Security security guard is shot dead in a gunfight after being ambushed by gunmen whilst delivering cash to a Bank in the Sydney CBD, Australia. (Daily Telegraph) (Sydney Morning Herald)
22-year-old U.S. Army intelligence analyst, SPC Bradley Manning, is named as the alleged source of the leak of the Collateral murder video, along with the Granai massacre video and other documents, said to be in the possession of Wikileaks. (Wired) (BBC)

Politics and elections

Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees €80 billion of savings spread across four years with her coalition cabinet. (BBC)
North Korea holds a rare second session of its parliament, with Choe Yong-rim appointed to replace Kim Yong-il as Premier. (Aljazeera) (BBC) (Xinhua)

Science

The genetically modified variety of maize known as NK603, outlawed across the European Union, is sown and contaminates fields in seven German states. (Deutsche Welle) (BBC)
A nearly 25-year study published today in Paediatrics concludes that children raised in lesbian households are "psychologically well-adjusted" and have "fewer behavioral problems than their peers". (CNN)

Sports