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Portal:Current events/2013 June 9

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • A Lebanese man protesting against Hezbollah's role in the Syrian civil war is shot dead outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22832615 (BBC)]
  • War in North-West Pakistan:
  • Thirty-five militants and one soldier are killed in fighting in the Khyber Agency tribal region of northwest Pakistan in an operation. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/35-militants-1-soldier-killed-in-Pakistan-clashes/articleshow/20507089.cms (The Times of India)]
  • Nigerian Sharia conflict:
  • Suspected Islamist insurgents kill 13 people in Maiduguri, Nigeria after hiding their weapons in a coffin. [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/06/09/13/nigeria-islamists-hide-guns-coffin-kill-13-witnesses (ABS-CBN News)]

;Arts and culture

  • The Tony Awards, honoring excellence in Broadway theatre, are held in New York City. Kinky Boots takes home the most awards, with six, including Best Musical. [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-tonys-2013-20130607,0,4926630.story (Los Angeles Times)]
  • Scottish author Iain Banks dies of cancer at age 59. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/06/09/britain-banks-death-idINL5N0EL0O120130609 (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • A fire destroys 150 stores in Lagos, Nigeria. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130610094102/http://www.punchng.com/news/fire-razes-150-spare-parts-shops-in-apapa/ (The Punch)]

;Health and environment

  • An outbreak of Hepatitis A linked to a fruit juice product made by Townsend Farms sickens 79 people in the United States. [http://www.rttnews.com/2132700/hepatitis-a-outbreak-linked-to-berry-mix-sickens-79-people-cdc.aspx (RTT News)]

;Law and crime

  • U.S. government surveillance programs (including PRISM):
  • A former CIA employee named Edward Snowden comes forward as the source of recent NSA leaks in the United States. Fearful of prosecution for his actions, he defects to Hong Kong. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/intelligence-leaders-push-back-on-leakers-media/2013/06/09/fff80160-d122-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html (Washington Post)]
  • 300 Muslims are arrested in Moscow, Russia while they pray at a mosque in an apparent crackdown on radical Islam. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/06/09/300-detained-at-moscow-muslim-prayer-room-following-putin-crackdown/ (Fox News)]

;Politics and elections

;Sports

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