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Current events of
June 12, 2009
(
2009-06-12
)
(Friday)
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Iran
goes to the polls for its
presidential election
.
(AFP via Yahoo)
(BBC)
The
Pittsburgh Penguins
defeat the
Detroit Red Wings
in game seven to win the
2009
Stanley Cup
Finals
.
(AP via WSLS)
The head of the
fourth largest coalition
in the
Iraqi
parliament
,
Harith al-Obeidi
, is assassinated in west
Baghdad
.
(BBC)
U.S.
television stations complete their
switch from analog
to
digital television
.
(
The Washington Times
)
The
United Nations Security Council
unanimously
votes
to impose further
sanctions
on
North Korea
, following recent
nuclear
and missile tests.
(UN)
(BBC)
Prominent
Pakistani
anti-
Taliban
cleric
Sarfraz Naeemi
is killed in a suspected
suicide bomb
attack at his
Islamic
religious school in
Lahore
.
(Al Jazeera)
The United Kingdom
Foreign Secretary
,
David Miliband
, is asked to explain how four
Chinese
detainees from
Guantánamo Bay
were released to
Bermuda
without the knowledge of
Whitehall
.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
The world's first
City of Film
is announced by
UNESCO
, with
Bradford
beating competition from
Los Angeles
,
Cannes
and
Venice
.
(
The Guardian
)
Mombasa
's courts are overwhelmed with
Somali
pirate
trials; some cases could be transferred to
Nairobi
.
(
The Times
)
The
trial
of
National League for Democracy
General Secretary
Aung San Suu Kyi
is adjourned until June 26.
(AP)
(BBC)
India
is to withdraw troops from
Kashmir
's towns and cities for the first time in 20 years.
(
The Times
)
(UPI)
Two
Japanese
citizens are detained in
Italy
after allegedly attempting to take $134 billion worth of U.S.
bonds
over the border into
Switzerland
starting the
Chiasso financial smuggling case
.
(Bloomberg)
Analog TV shuts down across
USA
(Wikipedia)
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