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June 8, 2008 (2008-06-08 ) (Sunday)
Two bombs explode at a train station near
Algiers ,
Algeria , killing at least 12 people.
(BBC News)
A fire sweeps through the historic
Texas Governor's Mansion , leaving much of the 152-year-old building charred and severely damaged.
(AP via Google News)
A dispute between
Southern Sudan and the
central Sudanese government over
Abyei will go to international arbitration.
(BBC)
Robert Kubica of the
BMW Sauber team wins the
2008 Canadian Grand Prix , becoming the first
Pole to win a
Formula One Grand Prix auto race, and giving
BMW its first win as a constructor.
(F1-live)
(Formula1)
(Wikinews)
At least two people have been killed as
an earthquake rocked southern
Greece , collapsing buildings and causing panic.
(CNN)
The government of
Southern Sudan withdraws its mediation efforts at the
Juba talks between
Uganda and the rebel
Lord's Resistance Army .
(The Uganda Monitor )
At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a
Ukrainian coal mine
causes it to collapse .
(RTÉ)
(BBC News)
At least 7 people are killed and 10 injured in a
stabbing spree in
Tokyo ,
Japan , coinciding on the 7th anniversary of the
Osaka school massacre .
(RTÉ)
(BBC News)
In tennis,
Rafael Nadal wins the
men's singles title at the
2008 French Open for the fourth year in a row, equalling Bjorn Borg's record.
(BBC News)
A day of mourning is declared in
Russia 's
Kaliningrad Region as the death toll from Thursday's explosion and fire on the MV Yenisei reaches eight, with two missing.
(Xinhua)
(Wikinews)