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Current events of
July 4, 2013
(
2013-07-04
)
(Thursday)
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Arts and culture
The
Statue of Liberty
opens for the first time since
Hurricane Sandy
caused extensive damage to
Liberty Island
in
New York harbor
in late October 2012.
(The Atlantic Wire)
Disasters and accidents
A house fire kills 6 people in
Lancaster
,
Pennsylvania
.
(AP via
Kansas.com
)
International relations
South Korea
offers to hold talks with
North Korea
over reopening a joint factory complex in the North Korean town of
Kaesong
which shut down in April.
(AP via
The Hindu
)
Law and Crime
Scotland Yard
discovers new evidence and new witnesses in the
Madeleine McCann
case and opens a formal investigation into her disappearance.
(BBC)
Egypt
arrests
Mohammed Badie
, the Supreme Leader of the
Muslim Brotherhood
, for "inciting the killing of protesters".
(Wires via France 24)
Former
President of France
,
Nicolas Sarkozy
, announces his resignation from the
Constitutional Council of France
following a finding that he exceeded spending limits in his
2012 Presidential election campaign
.
(The Local)
At least 19 people have been shot in the US city of
Chicago
since Wednesday with four people killed and 15 injured.
(NBC Chicago)
Politics and elections
Campaigning gets underway in
Japan
for the
House of Councillors
election
with voting to start on July 21.
(Xinhua)
Portuguese political crisis, 2013
A series of talks between
Minister of Foreign Affairs
and the
Prime Minister
to solve the question around the former's resignation. After a third round the Prime Minister
Passos Coelho
is to meet with the
President of the Republic
Cavaco Silva
.
Former
South African
President
Nelson Mandela
is now in a "
permanent vegetative state
" and doctors have advised his family to turn off his life support machine.
(AFP via News24)
(Sky News)
Science and technology
A new
species
of
lizard
is found in
Sergipe
,
Brazil
.
(GloboNews)
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