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Current events of
July 6, 2013
(
2013-07-06
)
(Saturday)
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Music
English
rock
band,
Muse
held a concert in Rome, which is called "
Live at Rome Olympic Stadium
". The concert become the first ever live concert recorded in
4K resolution
.
[1]
Armed conflicts and attacks
Nigerian Sharia conflict
:
Islamic extremists
kill 42 people
, mainly students, in an attack on the Government Secondary School
boarding school
in the
Nigerian
town of Mamudo in
Yobe
state.
(AP)
War in North-West Pakistan
:
A bomb in a market street kills 4 people and wounds 47 others in eastern
Pakistan
.
(ABC)
Disasters and accidents
At least fourteen people are killed as
Pakistan Railways
Karakoram Express
runs over a rickshaw near the city of
Sheikhupura
.
(
The News
Pakistan)
A runaway train carrying crude oil
derails and explodes
in the town of
Lac-Mégantic
,
Québec
,
Canada
. Early reports say that five are dead, a hundred are missing and 2000 are evacuated.
(CBC)
(The Gazette)
A
Boeing 777
flown by
Asiana Airlines
crash-lands
at
San Francisco International Airport
with 3 dead and 181 injured.
(CNN)
(KTVU)
(BBC News)
Politics and elections
Mali
lifts a
state of emergency
ahead of a
presidential election
.
(Reuters)
Mohamed ElBaradei
is named as the
Prime Minister of Egypt
.
(AAP via News Limited)
Portuguese political crisis, 2013:
Paulo Portas
becomes Deputy Prime Minister, the first since
1985
. Prime Minister
Passos Coelho
will make additional reshuffles to his cabinet.
Sport
At the
2013 Wimbledon Championships
in
tennis
:
Marion Bartoli
of
France
defeats
Sabine Lisicki
of
Germany
6–1, 6–4 in the
Ladies' Singles
final, claiming her first
Grand Slam
singles title.
(AP via ESPN)
Bob and Mike Bryan
of the
USA
defeat
Ivan Dodig
of
Croatia
and
Marcelo Melo
of
Brazil
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 in the
Gentlemen's Doubles
final, becoming the first men's doubles team in the Open era to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time.
(BBC Sport)
In
rugby union
, the
British and Irish Lions
rout
Australia
41–16 in
Sydney
to win their
three-Test series
2–1. It is the Lions' first series win since
1997
, when they defeated
South Africa
.
(BBC Sport)
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