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Current events of
June 26, 2013
(
2013-06-26
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least
nine people are killed and several others injured
as a bomb targeted at
Sindh High Court
judge Justice Maqbool Baqar explodes in the
Pakistani
city of
Karachi
.
(
The Express Tribune
)
(
Dawn
)
Riots in
China's
Xinjiang
region
kill at least 36 people
.
(
NBC News
)
(
The Australian
)
Syrian Civil War
:
The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
estimates that 100,000 people have died in the fighting.
(AP via Newsday)
Disasters and accidents
At least 20 people die as an
Indian
military helicopter trying to rescue victims of the
floods
in the
Himalayan
state of
Uttarakhand
crashes, killing all on board.
(AAP via News Limited)
Law and crime
Same-sex marriage in the United States
:
The
U.S. Supreme Court
rules
that
Section 3
of the
Defense of Marriage Act
is unconstitutional and in violation of the
Fifth Amendment
to the
United States Constitution
.
(NBC News)
The court also
dismisses an appeals case
on the 2008
Proposition 8
ballot measure, allowing same-sex marriage to continue in the state of
California
.
(CNN)
Former
New England Patriots
tight end
Aaron Hernandez
is formally charged with murder in the US state of
Massachusetts
more than a week after the body of former semi-professional
American football
player Odin Lloyd is found near his home.
(NBC News)
Politics and elections
Voters in
Mongolia
go to the polls for a
presidential election
and incumbent
President
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
wins with 50.23% of the vote.
(Reuters)
Former
Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd
wins leadership
of the
Australian Labor Party
against incumbent
Julia Gillard
.
(News Limited)
South African President
Jacob Zuma
cancels his scheduled trip to
Mozambique
after a visit to the critically ill former president
Nelson Mandela
in a
Pretoria
hospital.
(News24)
Sports
National Football League
tight end
Aaron Hernandez
is taken into police custody and released by the
New England Patriots
after
an ongoing murder investigation
.
(ESPN)
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