Portal:Current events/2006 June 2
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June 2, 2006 (Friday)
- The UK Independent newspaper reports that a great-grandson of Apache leader Geronimo has appealed to US President Bush to help recover the remains of his famous relative. The remains were purportedly stolen over 90 years ago by a group of students including the President's grandfather, and employed in ceremonies by Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University. (Independent) (Yale Alumni Magazine) (Newwest.net)
- British police shoot a suspect in an anti-terrorism raid, although his injuries are non-life threatening. The 23-year-old was shot in front of his family as 250 police raided his home in Forest Gate, London. (BBC) (ABC)
- The BBC shows a video about a new alleged massacre by US troops in Ishaqi, Iraq, on March 15, 2006. (BBC)
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., writing in Rolling Stone magazine, accuses George W. Bush and his Republican Party of widespread voting fraud during the 2004 Presidential Election. (Rolling Stone) Archived 2006-06-02 at the Wayback Machine (Editor and Publisher)
- China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States propose a set of incentives and possible sanctions in an effort to encourage Iran to suspend or abandon its plans of nuclear development. (Washington Post)
- Female genital cutting is found to increase infant mortality and childbirth complications. (BBC) (WHO)
- Expedition 13/Soyuz TMA-8: Pavel Vinogradov and Jeffrey Williams spend more than six hours outside the International Space Station, conducting an extended maintenance spacewalk. (VOA), (CNN)