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Current events of
July 2, 2013
(
2013-07-02
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
July 2013 Egyptian protests
:
At least 16 people are killed and over 200 injured in clashes near
Cairo University
.
(Ahram Online)
Mohamed Kamel Amr
resigns as the
Foreign Minister of Egypt
along with five other ministers who also submit their resignations after Sunday protests.
(Reuters via MSN)
The
President of Egypt
Mohammed Morsi
vows to stay in office despite the protests.
(
The Telegraph
)
Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
: Six policemen in the eastern
India
state of
Jharkhand
are killed in an
attack
by
Naxalites
.
(NDTV)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
:
Militants attack
NATO
headquarters in the north of
Kabul
resulting in at least two deaths.
(Reuters)
,
(AP via Newsday)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
:
A wave of market bomb attacks mostly targeting
Shi'ite
Muslims kills 46 people
(Herald Sun)
At least seven people are killed in
Pakistan
after an
American drone strike
targets a militant compound near the border with
Afghanistan
.
(IBN Live)
Arts and culture
Pending approval from
Pope Francis
, reports that
Pope John Paul II
may be canonized at the end of the year are confirmed after approval by the
Vatican
Congregation for the Causes of Saints
of an alleged second miracle.
(CBS News)
Disasters and accidents
At least eleven have been killed and dozens of people are injured in
Indonesia
's
Aceh Province
after a
6.2 magnitude earthquake
.
(Xinhua)
Law and crime
The
Obama administration
postpones enforcement of a major requirement of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
healthcare law - that pertaining to employers offering coverage to their workers - for a full year after its planned January 1, 2014 implementation.
(Washington Post)
68 Islamists accused of conspiring against the
United Arab Emirates
federal government
, sentenced to 15 years.
(BBC)
Two
Russian
married couples are found guilty by a
German
court of espionage for Russia
(BBC)
Court proceedings against former
Chadian
President
Hissène Habré
commence in
Senegal
, with charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture.
(BBC)
,
(Euro news)
,
(Deutsche Welle)
Politics and elections
France and Portugal refuse to allow the plane of Bolivian President
Evo Morales
to land on their respective territories after suspicions that
Edward Snowden
was on board.
(The Washington Post)
Wales
becomes the first country in the UK to adopt a
presumed consent
system of
organ donation
after members of its
legislative assembly
vote in favour of the system.
(BBC)
Portuguese political crisis, 2013:
Portuguese
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Paulo Portas
quits after disagreeing with the
prime minister's
choice for
Finance Minister
,
Maria Luís Albuquerque
. The Minister for the Environment and Agriculture and the Minister of Social Security are also set to resign.
(Euro news)
,
(BBC)
The
Communist Party of Cuba
announces a shakeup of its leadership with former President of the
National Assembly of People's Power
Ricardo Alarcón
and several others losing roles on the Central Committee.
(AP)
Science and technology
A Russian
Proton-M
rocket carrying three
GLONASS
navigation satellites loses control and crashes shortly after launch from
Baikonur Cosmodrome
in
Kazakhstan
.
(Spaceflightnow.com)
The
International Astronomical Union
names
Pluto's fourth and fifth moons
,
Kerberos
and
Styx
.
(
Sydney Morning Herald
)
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