Portal:Current events/2005 June 27
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- Domino Harvey dies of an OD, Harvey was a legendary bounty hunter and her biography was made a movie with Keira Knightley as Domino.
- The Supreme Court of the United States releases a unanimous decision in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., finding that P2P file sharing companies can be held liable for the copyright infringement of their users. [https://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68018,00.html?tw=wn_1culthead (Wired)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20051204144404/http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2672d3cc-e772-11d9-a721-00000e2511c8.html (Financial Times)]
- Walmart heir John T. Walton dies when his ultra-light plane crashes right after taking off in Jackson, Wyoming. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/27/obit.walton/index.html (CNN)]
- Kenya releases three men suspected of conspiracy to a suicide bombing in 2002 and links to al Qaeda. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4625675.stm (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8898799§ion=news (Reuters)]{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- South Africa's Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has organized a nationwide strike to protest job losses and unemployment. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050912204856/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 (IOL)] [http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=businessNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8897504 (Reuters SA)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4625135.stm (BBC)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aYSwevowRthQ&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)]
- In the Philippines, president Gloria Arroyo apologizes and admits that she took a phonecall to an election official during the presidential elections last. She denies any vote fixing and refuses to resign. [http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN2005062838072.html (Manila Bulletin)] [http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN2005062838072.html (Sun Star)] [https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8909718 (Reuters)]{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- In Mexico, Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatistas announces a "new political initiative" after a week-long meeting in the jungle. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050602075039/http://chiapas.indymedia.org/ (Indymedia Chiapas - Spanish and English)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27328575.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
- Greek prosecutor launches a preliminary investigation to determine if Greeks fighting for Bosnian Serbs were involved with the Srebrenica massacre. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27144632.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
- In Bosnia, Bosnian Serb police arrests 11 for connection with war crimes. [https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8903452 (Reuters)]{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Israeli military tribunal convicts ex-soldier Wahid Taysir of manslaughter for killing British peace activist Tom Hurndall in April 2003. The victim's family accuses Israeli army of using Taysir as a scapegoat. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1119838847665 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/593011.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1671898,00.html (Times)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4625355.stm (BBC)]
- Dennis Rader plead guilty in the Sedgwick County District Court to ten counts of murder in the BTK trial.
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