Portal:Current events/2007 June 7

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• Sri Lankan Civil War: Police in Sri Lanka force hundreds of the minority Sri Lankan Tamils community out of Colombo for what they say are security reasons. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6729555.stm (BBC)]
• Italian police arrest a group of people for allegedly providing material support for an al Qaeda-linked organisation, Salafist Group for Call and Combat. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/07/italy.qaeda.ap/index.html?eref=rss_world (AP via CNN)]
• 33rd G8 summit:
• President of the United States George W. Bush and President of Russia Vladimir Putin meet to discuss missile defense. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6690625,00.html (AP via the Guardian)] Putin, in a minor reversal of recent rhetoric regarding Bush's European missile shield plans, suggests placing a radar installation in Azerbaijan. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2098256,00.html (The Guardian)]
• G8 leaders reach agreement on a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6691506,00.html (Press Association via the Guardian)]
• Four supposed agent provocateurs who had encouraged peaceful protesters to throw stones are unmasked. A police spokesperson points to a possible involvement of Intelligence agencies. [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/372797.html (Indymedia)] [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fpolitik%2Fdeutschland%2F0%2C1518%2C487262%2C00.html&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 (Spiegel)]
• At least 12 citizens of Oman are killed by Cyclone Gonu. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070613040300/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21865927-1702,00.html (Reuters via Australia)]
• Hamas militants kill a Fatah member, and five other Palestinians are injured in a renewal of fighting between the two groups. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/07/ap/world/main2896187.shtml (AFP via CBS News)]
• The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raises interest rates in New Zealand to 8%, the highest level of any industrialised nation. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6729195.stm (BBC)]
• American scientists identify a new strain of potentially lethal bacteria called Bartonella rochalimae. [https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070607/sc_afp/ushealthbacteria (AFP via Yahoo! News)]
• Cloture votes fail in the United States Senate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, potentially killing the bill. [http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/06/07/0608natimmigmain.html (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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