Portal:Current events/2007 June 4
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June 4, 2007 (Monday)
- The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that 40% of the world population will be affected by the loss of glaciers and snow on the mountains of Asia due to global warming. (UNEP)
- A massive mudflow destroys Eurasia's unique Geyser Valley. (The Independent)
- The United States government arrests ten people, including former Laotian Army general Vang Pao, on charges of organizing a plot to overthrow the Laotian government. (CNN)
- The government of Nigeria sues pharmaceutical company Pfizer for $6.95-billion in damages. (Reuters)
- The Palestinian government agrees on the terms of a cease-fire proposal for Israel.
- Fresh clashes break out between protesters and police in Rostock, Germany prior to the 33rd G8 summit. (AFP via News Limited)
- Cyclone Gonu forces the Government of Oman to evacuate 7,000 people from Masirah Island, off the east coast of Oman. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- A military judge dismisses terrorism-related charges against a Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with killing a United States Army soldier in Afghanistan. (CNN)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia may consider targeting new sites across Europe with nuclear weapons if part of the United States' nuclear capability is introduced into Europe. (Kremlin.ru)[permanent dead link] The United States and NATO condemn Putin's stance. (CNN) (Reuters)
- China publishes its first National Action Plan on Climate Change, expected to cut national carbon emissions by up to 1.5 million metric tons annually by 2010. (Xinhua)
- Sri Lankan Civil War:
- Two Red Cross aid workers are found dead after being detained for questioning by unknown men claiming to be police. (BBC)
- There is heavy fighting in the north of Sri Lanka, with both the Army and the Tamil Tigers claiming that they have inflicted heavy casualties on their opponents. (BBC)
- The war crimes trial of former President of Liberia Charles G. Taylor at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone begins at The Hague. (The Southern African)
- The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games unveils the official logo for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Paralympics, to be held in London, England. (BBC)