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Current events of
May 31, 2013
(
2013-05-31
)
(Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Turkish
protestors
are removed from Gezi Park in
Taksim Square
,
Istanbul
, in a violent crackdown by police after days of anti-government unrest.
(
Reuters
)
Business and economics
Starbucks
announces it will no longer allow customers to smoke in any of its locations.
(
The Guardian
)
Disasters and accidents
Four
firemen
are killed and five others injured fighting a fire in
Houston
,
Texas
, U.S.
(
USA Today
)
Four people are killed when two small planes collide near
Phoenix, Arizona
, U.S.
(
USA Today
)
Oklahoma City
's
Will Rogers World Airport
is evacuated due to a
tornado
threat with three tornadoes touching down with five people dead and others reported missing.
(CNN)
,
(
USA Today
)
Health and environment
Italy announces its first case of
novel coronavirus
.
(Reuters)
International relations
U.S. President
Barack Obama
lifts a trade
embargo
of communications equipment and software to non-government
Iranians
.
(Bloomberg)
Law and crime
The
United States Naval Academy
announces it is investigating allegations that three
football
players sexually assaulted a female student.
(CBS News)
Politics and elections
British Conservative Party
MP
Patrick Mercer
resigns his
party whip
over allegations he broke the rules on
lobbying
.
(BBC)
Iranian presidential election
: The first televised
debate
is held with candidates discussing their
economic
plans.
(PressTV)
(Trend)
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court orders elections must be held no later than July 31.
(
RTT News
)
Science and technology
Near-Earth asteroid
1998 QE2
and its moon pass within 3.6 million miles (5.8 mil km) of the Earth.
(BBC)
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