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Current events of
June 19, 2011
(
2011-06-19
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2011 Libyan civil war
:
NATO
confirms it killed civilians in an airstrike on a residential neighborhood in
Tripoli
, as Gaddafi's forces uses artillery fire to kill rebels and civilians in
Misrata
.
(Khallej Times)
2011 Spanish protests
: More than 100,000 people, the "indignant", march on
Madrid
and other Spanish cities to protest government cuts, unemployment and the policies of the
European Commission
.
(
The Age
)
(
The Financial Times
)
(Press TV)
(Reuters Africa)
(BBC)
Monitors say the
northern Sudanese army
is massing in
South Kordofan
, amid fighting with
southern-aligned
groups in the state.
(Reuters)
16 people are killed in clashes between the army and militants in southern
Yemen
.
(Reuters)
(China Radio International)
Arts and culture
The
Philippines
commemorates the 150th birth anniversary of
José Rizal
with the unveiling of the world's tallest statue of him in his hometown of
Calamba, Laguna
.
(
Philippine Daily Inquirer
)
Alyssa Campanella
,
Miss California
, is crowned as
Miss USA
.
(NPR)
Business and economy
The
Boeing 747-8
makes its international debut at the 2011
Paris Air Show
.
(
Kuwait Times
)
Disasters
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)
International relations
Hundreds of
Vietnamese citizens
protest outside the
Chinese
embassy in
Hanoi
for the third straight week as tensions escalate over disputed areas of the
South China Sea
.
(
Taiwan News
)
Law and crime
Six foreigners including two
Britons
and an
American
are jailed for lengthy terms in
Somalia
after the seizure of a plane containing $3.6 million in ransom for
pirates
.
(AFP via France24)
An
Indonesian
woman is
beheaded
in
Saudi Arabia
for killing a Saudi woman.
(
Jakarta Post
)
Politics and elections
Members of the
Parliament of Iran
sign a scroll to impeach
Foreign Minister
Ali Akbar Salehi
following the appointment of
Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh
as deputy
foreign minister
.
(PressTV)
The
Somali
Prime Minister
,
Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo
, resigns.
(BBC)
Russian
human rights activist
Yelena Bonner
dies aged 88.
(RIA Novosti)
(CNN)
Burmese
opposition figure
Aung San Suu Kyi
celebrates her first birthday in freedom for more than 10 years.
(Al Arabiya)
(AP via Google News)
(
Hindustan Times
)
Sports
Northern Ireland
golfer
Rory McIlroy
wins the
2011 U.S. Open
.
(
Washington Post
)
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