Portal:Current events/2007 June 4

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• 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. [http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=512&ArticleID=5599&l=en (UNEP)]
• A massive mudflow destroys Eurasia's unique Geyser Valley. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070607190356/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2614553.ece (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. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/04/laos.arrests/index.html?eref=rss_world (CNN)]
• The government of Nigeria sues pharmaceutical company Pfizer for $6.95-billion in damages. [https://www.reuters.com/article/health-SP/idUSL0480897320070604 (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. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21851506-2,00.html (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. [http://seattlepi.com/national/1107AP_Oman_Cyclone.html (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. [http://www.abidik.net (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. [http://kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2007/06/04/2149_type82914type82916_132772.shtml (Kremlin.ru)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The United States and NATO condemn Putin's stance. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/04/russia.putin.ap/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0412763320070604 (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. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/04/content_6196302.htm (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6716557.stm (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6717717.stm (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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929222913/http://thesouthernafrican.com/news/world_news/charles_taylors_trial_begins_20070603_1465_83.html (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/6718243.stm (BBC)]

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