Portal:Current events/2007 June 21

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• Lebanon declares victory over Fatah al-Islam, an Al Qaeda-linked group, after a month-long battle at a Palestinian refugee camp. [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C06%5C22%5Cstory_22-6-2007_pg7_34 (Reuters via Daily Times)]
• Inflation in Zimbabwe reaches 9,000%, the highest in the world. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/21/zimbabwe.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest (CNN)]
• NASA postpones the landing of Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center due to inclement weather, prolonging STS-117 for another day. NASA states that it can extend the mission until June 24 if necessary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070624042949/http://beta.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/06/21/space.shuttle.ap/index.html (CNN)]
• A polar blast moving north over the South Island of New Zealand causes major disruptions and claims at least one life. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/1193603 (One)]
• The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone finds three leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council—Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara, and Santigie Borbor Kanu—guilty of war crimes. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/20/sierra.leone.war.ap/index.html?eref=rss_world (AP via CNN)]
• The President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, invites the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, Israel, and Jordan to a summit on Sunday to discuss the Palestinian crisis. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,285332,00.html (FOX)]
• The Kuwaiti government condemns the besieging of its embassy in Iran and the beating of a diplomat, regarding it as an "attack on Kuwait." The Iranian Foreign Ministry says it regrets that the incident occurred. [http://www.gulf-news.com/region/Kuwait/10133913.html (Gulf News)]
• Deposed Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is ordered to return to Thailand to face charges in an asset-concealment case. [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/06/20/former_thai_pm_must_return_to_face_charges/4583/ (UPI)]
• Japan changes the name of Iwo Jima to its original name, Iwo To, to reflect the wishes of its original inhabitants. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6224870.stm (BBC)]

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