Portal:Current events/2013 July 4

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;Arts and culture

• The Statue of Liberty opens for the first time since Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage to Liberty Island in New York Harbor in late October 2012. [http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/07/statue-of-liberty-reopens/66828/ (The Atlantic Wire)]

;Disasters and accidents

• A house fire kills 6 people in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [http://www.kansas.com/2013/07/05/2876333/death-toll-rises-to-6-in-central.html (AP via Kansas.com)]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

;International relations

• South Korea offers to hold talks with North Korea over reopening a joint factory complex in the North Korean town of Kaesong which shut down in April. [http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/south-korea-proposes-talk-with-nkorea-on-joint-complex/article4880079.ece (AP via The Hindu)]

;Law and Crime

• Scotland Yard discovers new evidence and new witnesses in the Madeleine McCann case and opens a formal investigation into her disappearance. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23179230 (BBC)]
• Egypt arrests Mohammed Badie, the Supreme Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, for "inciting the killing of protesters". [http://www.france24.com/en/20130704-egypt-arrests-supreme-leader-badie-muslim-brotherhood (Wires via France 24)]
• Former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, announces his resignation from the Constitutional Council of France following a finding that he exceeded spending limits in his 2012 Presidential election campaign. [http://www.thelocal.fr/20130704/sarkozy-quits-frances-highest-court-over-expenses (The Local)]
• At least 19 people have been shot in the US city of Chicago since Wednesday with four people killed and 15 injured. [http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/15-Shot-As-Holiday-Weekend-Begins-214275491.html (NBC Chicago)]

;Politics and elections

• Campaigning gets underway in Japan for the House of Councillors election with voting to start on July 21. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/04/c_132510412.htm (Xinhua)]
• Portuguese political crisis, 2013
• A series of talks between Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister to solve the question around the former's resignation. After a third round the Prime Minister Passos Coelho is to meet with the President of the Republic Cavaco Silva.
• Former South African President Nelson Mandela is now in a "permanent vegetative state" and doctors have advised his family to turn off his life support machine. [http://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/Family-advised-to-turn-off-Mandelas-life-support-20130704 (AFP via News24)] [http://news.sky.com/story/1111614/mandela-doctors-said-turn-off-life-support (Sky News)]

;Science and technology

• A new species of lizard is found in Sergipe, Brazil. [http://g1.globo.com/se/sergipe/noticia/2013/07/lagarto-quase-do-tamanho-de-moeda-e-encontrado-em-sergipe.html (GloboNews)]

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