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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Arab Spring:
  • Syrian uprising:
  • United Nations monitors reach the site of the massacre in Mazraat al-Qubeir, where up to 78 people are reported to have been killed. [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Jun-08/176155-syria-troops-attack-homs-rebel-bastion-activists.ashx#axzz1xFO6CaUy (Daily Star Lebanon)]
  • One person is shot dead and three others wounded by gunfire in clashes in a pro-Syrian government neighbourhood of Tripoli, Lebanon. [http://www.france24.com/en/20120608-lebanon-one-killed-pro-syrian-regime-neighbourhood (France 24)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Bahraini uprising: Bahraini authorities tear gas and sound bomb a pro-democracy rally, among the largest such rallies there in recent weeks. Meanwhile, a defence lawyer confirms that a court hearing is scheduled for next week in the case of a jailed 11-year-old boy accused of protesting against the regime. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/20126817618322179.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/06/08/245239/bahraini-forces-attack-rally-rights-activist-nabeel-rajab/ (Press TV)]
  • Egyptian protestors rally on the streets of Cairo to demand the ban of the ousted regime's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq from standing in the country's presidential run-off election. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/06/08/245232/cairo-echoes-with-antishafiq-slogans/ (Press TV)]
  • The people of Jordan rally in Amman against their government's decision to raise fuel and electricity prices to ease budget deficit. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/06/08/245229/jordanians-rally-against-fuel-price-hike/ (Press TV)]
  • 7 United Nations peacekeepers from Niger are killed in an ambush in Ivory Coast. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/06/201268201721292527.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • Mexican Drug War: At least 14 mutilated corpses are abandoned inside a vehicle in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, about 250 miles from the Texas border. The bodies are accompanied by a banner taking credit for the killings. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/06/dismembered-bodies-of-14-dumped-in-northern-mexican-state.html (Los Angeles Times)]
  • A bomb targeting a bus carrying Government of Pakistan employees kills 32 people. [http://www.newser.com/article/d9v8s7no4/bomb-targeting-bus-carrying-government-employees-in-northwest-pakistan-kills-18.html (AP via Newser)]
  • Amnesty International issues a report claiming that Israel is guilty of torture and human rights violations, but the report is criticised as biased because of the alleged involvement of an anti-Israel activist in its writing. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120611064248/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/06/08/3097666/amnesty-israel-guilty-of-torture-unfairly-detains-palestinians (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)]

;Arts and culture

  • The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, North London, vows to recognise Amy Winehouse's contribution to music by erecting a statue to her. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jun/08/amy-winehouse-statue-camden-venue (The Guardian)]
  • Booker Prize winning writer of historical fiction Barry Unsworth dies in Italy. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jun/08/barry-unsworth-booker-prizewinner-dies (The Guardian)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/books/barry-unsworth-historical-novelist-dies-at-81.html?_r=1 (The New York Times)]
  • The Commonwealth Writers prizes are handed out at Hay: Shehan Karunatilaka from Sri Lanka wins the £10,000 Commonwealth Book Prize for his debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, while Emma Martin from New Zealand wins the £5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for "Two Girls in a Boat". [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18365600 (BBC)]

;Business and economy

  • Chesapeake Energy shareholders, at their annual meeting, reject two incumbent directors in a vote widely regarded as a repudiation of CEO Aubrey McClendon. [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-09/chesapeake-investors-punish-board (BusinessWeek)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • A military judge at Fort Meade in Maryland rejects dropping charges against imprisoned U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning and says his trial would likely be delayed by two months until November. [http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/245249.html (Press TV)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/bradley-manning-fails-military-judge?newsfeed=true (The Guardian)] [http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/06/08/us-military-judge-refuses-to-dismiss-wikileaks-charges/ (Voice of America)]
  • Chuck Blazer, the FIFA official who blew the whistle on corruption within the governing body last year, faces accusations by Jack Warner of secretly funding the rent on a luxury New York apartment using funds from the football federation he ran. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18367869 (BBC)]
  • Jamaican "drug lord" Christopher "Dudus" Coke is sentenced to 23 years in a U.S. prison. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18371383 (BBC)]

;Politics and elections

;Sport

  • UEFA Euro 2012:
  • The UEFA European Football Championship gets underway in Poland. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18355986 (BBC)]
  • UEFA confirms incidents of racist chanting were aimed at Netherlands players during an open training session ahead of the tournament. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18363736 (BBC)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/08/racist-chants-holland-uefa (The Guardian)]
  • An Irish fan becomes the target of a World Wide Web hunt after leaving his tickets in an airport shop. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18364819 (BBC)]
  • Co-hosts Poland take on 2004 champions Greece in the opening match at the National Stadium in Warsaw. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18339071 (BBC)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/football/2012/06/20126715512928466.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer in straight sets to reach his first French Open final. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18373533 (BBC)]

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