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June 2, 2011
(
2011-06-02
)
(Thursday)
history
watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Almost 100 civilians are killed in the disputed
Abyei
region between
North
and
South Sudan
since northern troops seized the area on 21 May.
(Reuters)
Syrian civil war
: At least 13 people are killed in a continuing crackdown by security forces in
Syria
; opposition leaders meeting in
Turkey
call for
President
Bashar al-Assad
to step down.
(Al Jazeera)
Twenty-five
Pakistan Army
soldiers die after an attack by
Afghan
militants on a border post in the
Dir District
.
(Reuters)
2011 Yemeni uprising
A freelance reporter claims that
snipers
are shooting at
protesters
in the
Yemeni
capital
Sana'a
.
(Al Jazeera)
Reports also claim that flights have been cancelled at
Sana'a International Airport
due to heavy fighting.
(Al Jazeera)
The
FBI
investigate claims that hackers in
China
attacked the
Google
email accounts of officials in the
United States
and Asian countries, as well as Chinese pro-democracy activists.
(BBC)
(
Global Times
)
(
Calcutta Telegraph
)
Arts and culture
Julian Assange
of
Wikileaks
wins the 2011
Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism
.
(journalism)
The finals of the
Scripps National Spelling Bee
are held in the US town of
Oxon Hill
,
Maryland
with Sukanya Roy of
South Abington
,
Pennsylvania
.
(NPR)
,
(AP via
San Jose Mercury News
)
[
permanent dead link
]
Business and economy
Following the
PlayStation Network outage
, the
Sony
website
SonyPictures.com
has been hacked, with
unencrypted
passwords and
personal information
of Sony customers within the website's database being discovered by the hackers.
(BBC)
Canada Post
workers prepare to start a mail strike as last minute talks fail.
(CBC)
The 2011
Large Cities Climate Leadership Group
"C40" summit concludes in
São Paulo
.
(New York Times)
Disasters
Four people die after an explosion and fire at a
Chevron
oil refinery
in
Pembroke Dock
,
Wales
.
(Sky News)
,
(Press Association via
The Guardian
)
42 people are injured and 13,000 people evacuated from settlements in
Russia
's
Udmurt Republic
following an
ammo depot
fire.
(RIA Novosti)
Approximately 250 people fleeing from the
Libyan Civil War
to
Europe
may have died as their ship sinks off the coast of
Tunisia
.
(Al Jazeera)
International relations
South Korea
and the
United States
launch an investigation into allegations by former
United States Army
soldiers that chemicals including
Agent Orange
were dumped at
Camp Carroll
near the city of
Daegu
.
(Yonhap News)
WikiLeaks
releases secret documents on
Egypt
's
nuclear power plant
.
(Al-Masry Al-Youm)
Law and crime
Five people are killed and one person injured in a multiple shooting at
Yuma County
,
Arizona
.
(
Yuma Sun
)
Philip and Nancy Garrido are given life sentences in the US state of
California
for the
Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard
.
(AP via
Daily Breeze
)
[
permanent dead link
]
Politics and elections
Presidential elections
in
Latvia
.
Andris Bērziņš
won the election.
[1]
Japanese politics
Prime Minister of Japan
Naoto Kan
survives a
no-confidence motion
in the
Diet
(Bloomberg via
Business Week
)
,
(AP via
Seattle PI
)
Kan states that he will step down when the country has achieved some recovery from the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
.
(Reuters)
,
(Kyodo News)
Mitt Romney
announces
plans
to seek the
Republican Party
nomination
as
President of the United States
.
(
Time
)
,
(
Washington Post
)
Science
The
World Health Organization
states that the strain of
E. coli
responsible for the
2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
had never "been isolated from patients before."
(Reuters)
Sport
The
Dallas Mavericks
beat the
Miami Heat
95-93 in the second game of the
2011 NBA Finals
to tie the series.
(NBC Dallas)
Month
June 2011
Previous day
June 1
Next day
June 3
Category
:
2011 by day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
June 2, 2011
(
2011-06-02
)
(Thursday)
history
watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Almost 100 civilians are killed in the disputed
Abyei
region between
North
and
South Sudan
since northern troops seized the area on 21 May.
(Reuters)
Syrian civil war
: At least 13 people are killed in a continuing crackdown by security forces in
Syria
; opposition leaders meeting in
Turkey
call for
President
Bashar al-Assad
to step down.
(Al Jazeera)
Twenty-five
Pakistan Army
soldiers die after an attack by
Afghan
militants on a border post in the
Dir District
.
(Reuters)
2011 Yemeni uprising
A freelance reporter claims that
snipers
are shooting at
protesters
in the
Yemeni
capital
Sana'a
.
(Al Jazeera)
Reports also claim that flights have been cancelled at
Sana'a International Airport
due to heavy fighting.
(Al Jazeera)
The
FBI
investigate claims that hackers in
China
attacked the
Google
email accounts of officials in the
United States
and Asian countries, as well as Chinese pro-democracy activists.
(BBC)
(
Global Times
)
(
Calcutta Telegraph
)
Arts and culture
Julian Assange
of
Wikileaks
wins the 2011
Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism
.
(journalism)
The finals of the
Scripps National Spelling Bee
are held in the US town of
Oxon Hill
,
Maryland
with Sukanya Roy of
South Abington
,
Pennsylvania
.
(NPR)
,
(AP via
San Jose Mercury News
)
[
permanent dead link
]
Business and economy
Following the
PlayStation Network outage
, the
Sony
website
SonyPictures.com
has been hacked, with
unencrypted
passwords and
personal information
of Sony customers within the website's database being discovered by the hackers.
(BBC)
Canada Post
workers prepare to start a mail strike as last minute talks fail.
(CBC)
The 2011
Large Cities Climate Leadership Group
"C40" summit concludes in
São Paulo
.
(New York Times)
Disasters
Four people die after an explosion and fire at a
Chevron
oil refinery
in
Pembroke Dock
,
Wales
.
(Sky News)
,
(Press Association via
The Guardian
)
42 people are injured and 13,000 people evacuated from settlements in
Russia
's
Udmurt Republic
following an
ammo depot
fire.
(RIA Novosti)
Approximately 250 people fleeing from the
Libyan Civil War
to
Europe
may have died as their ship sinks off the coast of
Tunisia
.
(Al Jazeera)
International relations
South Korea
and the
United States
launch an investigation into allegations by former
United States Army
soldiers that chemicals including
Agent Orange
were dumped at
Camp Carroll
near the city of
Daegu
.
(Yonhap News)
WikiLeaks
releases secret documents on
Egypt
's
nuclear power plant
.
(Al-Masry Al-Youm)
Law and crime
Five people are killed and one person injured in a multiple shooting at
Yuma County
,
Arizona
.
(
Yuma Sun
)
Philip and Nancy Garrido are given life sentences in the US state of
California
for the
Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard
.
(AP via
Daily Breeze
)
[
permanent dead link
]
Politics and elections
Presidential elections
in
Latvia
.
Andris Bērziņš
won the election.
[1]
Japanese politics
Prime Minister of Japan
Naoto Kan
survives a
no-confidence motion
in the
Diet
(Bloomberg via
Business Week
)
,
(AP via
Seattle PI
)
Kan states that he will step down when the country has achieved some recovery from the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
.
(Reuters)
,
(Kyodo News)
Mitt Romney
announces
plans
to seek the
Republican Party
nomination
as
President of the United States
.
(
Time
)
,
(
Washington Post
)
Science
The
World Health Organization
states that the strain of
E. coli
responsible for the
2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
had never "been isolated from patients before."
(Reuters)
Sport
The
Dallas Mavericks
beat the
Miami Heat
95-93 in the second game of the
2011 NBA Finals
to tie the series.
(NBC Dallas)
Month
June 2011
Previous day
June 1
Next day
June 3
Category
:
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