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The last known individual (pictured) of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies. Mohamed Morsi is elected President of Egypt. Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials. Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco. In basketball, the Miami Heat defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the NBA championship.

Current events of June 27, 2012 (2012-06-27) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Police in Bolivia end their violent rebellion after a pay deal is reached (CNBC) Roadside bombs and an ambush by the Taliban in their stronghold of Musa Qala kill 10 police officers. (RFERL) The MNLA and al Qaeda-linked Islamists clash in a gunbattle in Gao that kills at least 20, witnesses say. (Reuters Africa) Disasters At least 50 people are killed in rain-triggered landslides in the Bangladesh districts of Cox's Bazaar and Chittagong. (Al Jazeera) Law Former Pennsylvania State Representative Stephen Stetler is convicted of all six counts in his corruption case. (NBC) Politics Uruguay aims to become the world's first country to oversee and administer the nation's cannabis market. (MSNBC) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and former IRA commander and Sinn Féin deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness shake hands at a meeting in Belfast. (BBC) (RTÉ) Sport The Indiana Pacers team president Larry Bird resigns, with Donnie Walsh being named to replace him. (ESPN) June 27, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of June 26, 2012 (2012-06-26) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Arab Spring: Bahraini uprising: The government of Bahrain announces it will pay US$2.6 million dollars to the relatives of 17 people who died in the revolt against the government. (Reuters) Syrian uprising: Turkey officially requests backing from NATO allies after a Turkish fighter jet is shot down by Syrian air defenses. (Reuters) Mexican Drug War: Armed men beat up and abduct Marcelo Ávila López, a candidate for the municipal presidency of Apaxtla, Guerrero, and politician of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). (CNNMéxico) Thousands of Muslim Rohingya people flee Burma following religious clashes with Buddhists. (Al Jazeera) A bomb explodes outside the Tunisian consulate in Libya; no casualties are reported. (Reuters) A fire breaks out on the fifth floor of the Syndicate of Journalists building in downtown Cairo. (Egypt Independent) The top police chief of Sudan announces a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in the capital, Khartoum. (Philly.com) Arts and culture Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo boycotts e-books in a bid to encourage people to buy from their local bookstores. (BBC) The five members of the Spice Girls reunite to launch Viva Forever!, a new West End musical based on the sounds they make. (BBC) The "sin" of Salman Rushdie is to be spread to another generation with the Iranian computer game Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict unveiled at a Tehran games expo. (The Guardian) Education The University of Virginia reinstates President Teresa Sullivan after she was ousted without a formal vote earlier this month. (My Northwest) Finance The city of Stockton, California's mediation with creditors fails, forcing the city to declare bankruptcy, making it the largest in the U.S. to do so. (Fox News) Disasters Bhutan's four-century old Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, a ridge-top monastery, catches fire and is destroyed; however no relics were destroyed since the monastery was undergoing a renovation. (CNN) 2012 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Debby nears the Gulf Coast of the Florida peninsula as flash floods cut off sections of Interstate 10 and Interstate 75 in the state. (USA Today) Some areas of the state receive up to 25 inches (640 mm) of rain. (Wall Street Journal) Rescue efforts restart at Algo Centre Mall, after the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, orders them resumed. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper asks the Canadian Forces to ready for deployment, if they should be needed. (Toronto Star) (Washington Times) A boat carrying around 150 people capsizes 107 nautical miles north of Australia's Christmas Island. (Reuters) Law and crime Imprisoned U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning wins his battle against the U.S. government to account for the steps his prosecutors have taken to disclose to his lawyers evidence that could be crucial in his defence. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Yannis Stournaras is appointed as Greece's new finance minister. (Reuters) The vice president of Colombia, Angelino Garzon, awakes from an induced coma following his ischemic stroke. (Colombia Reports) Science and technology Social network Facebook enrages its users by making its @facebook.com email system the default contact shown on profiles without asking for permission. (BBC) Zynga unveils Farmville 2. (BBC) Sports UEFA charges the Russia national football team and Spain national football team for racist comments made by fans. (Associated Press) Four more players - captain Steven Davis, Allan McGregor, Kyle Lafferty and Jamie Ness - object to their transfer to a "newco" Rangers. (BBC) Jockey Campbell Gillies dies the day before his 22nd birthday after an accident while on holiday in Corfu. (BBC) In ice hockey, the Washington Capitals name Adam Oates their new head coach, sources say. (ABC) June 26, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of June 25, 2012 (2012-06-25) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011-present): At least 33 army officers, including a general, defect to Turkey. (BBC) (CNN) Turkey's deputy prime minister, Bülent Arınç, states that Syrian forces opened fire on a second Turkish plane, a CASA search and rescue plane searching for the wreckage of an F-4 fighter jet earlier shot down by Syria. (AP via FOX News) (BBC) At least 40 people are injured due to a fire attack by protesters on a religious shrine in India. (GloboNews) Mexican Drug War: Alleged drug traffickers shoot and kill 3 policemen who were on an anti-narcotics operative inside the Mexico City International Airport. The assassins were wearing law enforcement uniforms, although the Mexican authorities said that the cartel members sometimes wear false uniforms. No suspects have been arrested. (Yahoo! News) War On Terror: The chief of one of Britain's top intelligence agencies says that potential British terrorists are going to countries that have been made unsecure by the Arab Spring to get training from Al Qaeda. (Reuters) Business and economics Tens of thousands of Ulster Bank customers will now be unable to access their money until at least the end of the week as the crisis worsens, with monthly salaries due to be paid this week. (The Irish Times) (Irish Examiner) Greece's new finance minister Vassilis Rapanos resigns due to ill health. (Reuters) Cyprus says that it plans to ask its European partners for a loan of about 1.8 billion euros by the end of this week; this would make Cyprus the fifth European country to seek help. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) International relations UK Labour MP Tom Watson adds his voice to the growing opposition to the extradition of Richard O'Dwyer, calling it an example of a younger generation being "hung out to dry by lawmakers". (The Guardian) Fernando Lugo, the deposed President of Paraguay, rallies allies at home and abroad, and creates a parallel cabinet intent on returning to power. (Al Jazeera) Vladimir Putin makes a rare trip to Israel and discusses Iran's nuclear program and the uprising in Syria. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Law and crime The pre-trial hearing of imprisoned U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning takes place at Fort Meade, Maryland. (WBAL Radio) The mother of Julian Assange reports that the WikiLeaks editor-in-chief has been "buoyed" by the public's support since he sought refuge in Ecuador's London embassy, refers to U.S. threats to withdraw billions of dollars in aid from Ecuador if it granted asylum, and condemns the Australian government, which has not sought to intervene on behalf of her son, as "nothing more than a puppet" of the United States. (BBC) Channel 4 news anchor Jon Snow tells the Leveson Inquiry that Associated Newspapers, which publishes the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, is worse than News International's titles, that it has a "pernicious" and sometimes "mendacious" agenda to undermine people in public life, and predicts that "very possibly they will go after me for saying so". (The Guardian) Indian police report that Sayed Zabiuddin, a key figure allegedly involved in the planning of the deadly Mumbai attacks of 2008, is arrested. (BBC) (Times of India) The United States Supreme Court rules that the sentence of life imprisonment without parole cannot be automatically given to a minor at all, extending its earlier restrictions on its automatic use in cases involving minors. (Catholic News) The United States Supreme Court rules that Arizona's immigration law is mostly unconstitutional, except for the part that allows for law enforcement officers, in the course of their duties, to ask about an illegal immigrant's legal status if they have actual reasons to believe that the person is an immigrant and is here illegally, especially if they are of relevance to a case. (CNN) (Al Jazeera) Science and technology Venezuela announces its intent to design unmanned aircraft for defence and to monitor pipelines, dams and other rural infrastructure. (Al Jazeera) The final steel beam of 4 World Trade Center is lifted into place in a ceremony. (AP) Sport UEFA Euro 2012: Police launch an investigation into allegations of online racist abuse during England's quarter-final exit on penalties after their latest defeat on Sunday. (BBC) UEFA punish Germany for a second time. (BBC) Liquidation of Rangers Football Club: The Crown Office asks Strathclyde Police to investigate Craig Whyte's takeover of Rangers Football Club in May last year. (BBC) (The Guardian) Six clubs publicly oppose the application of Newco Rangers, meaning they will not likely get the votes required for transfer to the Scottish Premier League. (BBC) (Daily Record) (GOAL) 2012 Wimbledon Championships: Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams is dumped out of the first round by Elena Vesnina. (BBC) Heather Watson is the first British woman to win a game on Centre Court since Jo Durie in 1985. (BBC) The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club considers moving Wimbledon back one week in future to give players more recovery time following the French Open. (BBC) 2012 College World Series: Arizona defeats South Carolina to win its first College World Series title since 1986 and fourth overall. Arizona outfielder Robert Refsnyder is named the Most Outstanding Player. (ESPN) June 25, 2012 Wikinews articles Cyprus seeks EU bailout EU condemns Syria for shootdown, urges Turkish restraint Current events of June 24, 2012 (2012-06-24) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks At least 16 Syrian soldiers are killed in clashes with rebels in Aleppo. (BBC) Seven Pakistani soldiers are beheaded and four others remain missing after being seized by Taliban militants close to the Afghan border.(BBC) Ousted President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo condemns the "coup against the citizenry and democracy" that ousted him from his office. (BBC) Business and economics Ulster Bank opens branches on a Sunday for the first time as the payments crisis affecting the bank continues unabated. (BBC) Disasters Tropical Storm Debby continues to organize off the coast of Florida, lashing the state with high winds and heavy rains. The outer bands of the storm spawn two tornadoes, killing one person near Sarasota. (CNN) Rescue efforts end after a boat capsized near Christmas Island, with more than 90 people still missing. (Al Jazeera) Manitou Springs in the U.S. state of Colorado is evacuated due to a raging wildfire just three miles from the popular vacation town. (ABC) The roof of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada collapses killing at least one person and trapping several others in the debris. (CBC) Entertainment Canadian-American game show personality Alex Trebek suffers a mild heart attack, but is expected to "fully recover". (Hollywood Reporter) International relations Pope Benedict XVI chooses Fox News reporter and Opus Dei member Greg Burke to take a strategic communication role in the Vatican's most important government department, the secretariat of state. (The Guardian) Antonis Samaras, the Prime Minister of Greece, is to miss a European Union summit as he recovers from an eye operation. (BBC) NATO is to meet on Tuesday, based on a request from Turkey to consult them on what to do with Syria which shot down a Turkish jet after it had entered Syrian airspace. (Al Jazeera) The United States admits that it infected Iranian computers with Spyware. (Washington Post) Law and crime Imprisoned U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning's civilian lawyer argues the U.S. government is deliberately attempting to prevent his client from receiving a fair trial. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood is declared the winner of Egypt's presidential election run-off. (BBC) Tunisia extradites former Libyan Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali Al Mahmoudi. (BBC) Science China successfully carries out its first manual docking of a spacecraft between the Shenzhou 9 capsule and Tiangong-1 station. (BBC) Lonesome George, the last known Pinta Island Tortoise, is found dead in the Galapagos Islands. (BBC) Sport Miki Roqué, a defender of the Spanish football club Real Betis, dies of cancer at the age of 23. (ESPN) UEFA Euro 2012: England lose by a penalty shoot-out, with former West Ham player Alessandro Diamanti converting from the spot at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kiev to take Italy through to the semi-final against Germany. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Philipp Lahm, captain of the Germany team due to meet the winner, concludes that Italy are "a bit stronger" than England. (BBC) France midfielder Samir Nasri criticises the media after his team's quarter-final exit to Spain, saying "you are always looking for shit, you write nothing but shit in your papers". His comments came after a L'Equipe journalist wrote an article that upset Nasri's mother. (AFP via NDTV) (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Several former Rangers players, including Steven Naismith and Steven Whittaker, lodge objections to their transfer from the old team to the new, saying they now consider themselves free agents. (BBC) Saudi Arabia allows its women athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time. (BBC) In single-seater auto racing, the Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso wins the 2012 European Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit, becoming the first driver this season to win two races. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) June 24, 2012 Wikinews articles US court jails second man for Revolution Muslim web postings Swedish House Mafia to separate Norway killer Breivik of 'sound mind', argue defence team Current events of June 23, 2012 (2012-06-23) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Palestinian militants fire rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel severely injuring an elder. Israel launches a missile strike in return, killing two Palestinians. (The Jerusalem Post) (BBC) In a Mexican Drug War-related crime, 14 mutilated corpses are found inside a truck outside of a Mexican supermarket. (Reuters) In the Pakistani city of Quetta, armed people on motorcycles kill eight people; targeting Shias. (Al Jazeera) Arts and culture 100,000 people attend the first day of a two-day music concert at Hackney Marshes in London, which forms part of the build-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics. (The Guardian) Business and economics Tens of thousands of Ulster Bank customers continue to struggle to access their cash after days of problems. (Evening Herald) (The Irish Times) (Irish Examiner) Greece's new coalition seeks to slow down austerity by proposing a two-year extension to the period allocated to it to meet bailout targets, without further cuts to salaries and pensions. (BBC) Disasters At least eight people are killed and 44 injured after a bus carrying Czech tourists crashes in Croatia. (AP via CP-24) At least 51 people are injured after a bus carrying pensioners crashes in Ireland. (RTE) (Irish Examiner) A major clear-up operation begins after a month's worth of rain falls in 24 hours, causing flooding across parts of northern England. (BBC) 2012 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Debby forms in the Gulf of Mexico with a warning issued for the US state of Louisiana. This is the first time since 1851 that four storms have formed before July. (MSNBC) (AP via The Province) 76 monks are taken to hospital following an attack by a swarm of bees at Chedi Luang in Thailand's northern Chiang Mai Province. (BBC) International relations Ecuador's ambassador to the UK, Anna Alban, is reported to be flying to Quito to discuss WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange's attempt to gain political asylum. (The Guardian) Latin American countries come together to express concern over the ousting from power of President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo, with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez vowing not to recognise the government of the newly-installed Paraguayan leader. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) The United Nations sustainable development summit ends in Brazil with a warning on corporate power. (BBC) Law and crime A United States judge dismisses an injunction from Apple Inc. against Motorola for patent infringement. (PC World) After a five-day trial in the High Court, 27-year-old assistant tutor Luke Cooper, who is completing a PhD in international relations at the University of Sussex, is awarded £35,000 over a front page Evening Standard article and £25,000 over a follow-up piece in the Daily Mail. These articles threatened his future academic prospects during the November 2010 march against government cuts. (Press Association via The Guardian) Politics and elections Voters in Papua New Guinea start going to the polls for a general election. (The Sydney Morning Herald) Results in Egypt's election are now expected tomorrow as Hosni Mubarak languishes between life and death. (Associated Press via CBC) Hundreds of people demonstrate against next week's visit of Elizabeth II to Belfast. (BBC) Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner becomes the national security minister of Trinidad and Tobago. (BBC) Sport UEFA Euro 2012: Spain tear through a feeble France team in their quarter-final meeting at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, with Xabi Alonso scoring two goals on his 100th international appearance. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph) UEFA punishes Russia for a third time over the misbehaviour of their fans. (BBC) Alan McDonald, former Northern Ireland captain and veteran of his country's 1986 FIFA World Cup campaign, collapses and dies suddenly at the age of 48. (BBC) (ESPN) (Sky Sports) In athletics, Ashton Eaton sets a new world record for the decathlon in the US selection trials for the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP via ABC News America) June 23, 2012 Wikinews articles One Australian male and female archer qualify for Olympics after Ogden event Basketball Australia announces final Olympic teams for the Opals and Boomers Current events of June 22, 2012 (2012-06-22) (Friday) Armed conflict and attacks Syrian uprising (2011-present): The Syrian military shoots down a Turkish F-4 Phantom fighter jet after it had entered Syrian airpsace over the Mediterranean Sea. (BBC) Twenty-six people believed to belong to the pro-government armed group Shabiha are killed in northern Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera) Saudi Arabia announces it plans to pay salaries of the Free Syria Army, in an attempt to encourage more defections from Assad's forces. (The Guardian) NATO-backed Afghan security forces end a 12-hour siege carried out by Taliban insurgents on the Spozhmai Hotel outside Kabul, killing all five insurgents. (BBC) Anti-austerity protests spread through the Sudanese city of Khartoum, with security forces breaking them up. (Al Jazeera) At least 14 people are killed and 106 others wounded in two successive bombings at a popular market on the northern outskirts of Baghdad. (Reuters) Arts and culture Carol Ann Duffy, Jeanette Winterson, Simon Armitage, Melvin Burgess and the creator of Coronation Street are among signatories calling for the destruction of books to stop in Manchester. (The Guardian) Thousands of students in rebel Islamist-controlled northern Mali leave schools after the imposition of Sharia law. (IRIN) Torrential rain causes chaos at the Isle of Wight musical festival. (The Guardian) Business and economics The Philippines lends the International Monetary Fund $1 billion. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Wells Fargo plans to move jobs to India and the Philippines. (Reuters) International relations WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange gives an interview on Australian radio as his attempt to gain political asylum in Ecuador continues. (The Guardian) South China Sea dispute: China criticizes Vietnam for passing a law that claims sovereignty of the Spratly Islands. (The Sydney Morning Herald) China asks the Philippines to refrain from "influencing public opinion" in their dispute over the Scarborough Shoal. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Law and crime Ugandan ethics minister Simon Lokodo signs a government statement saying that it does not discriminate against homosexuals and that they are free to meet. (IOL) Khilal Mamedov, a prominent Azeri human rights activist and journalist, is arrested on suspicion of drug possession, a move a fellow rights watchdog says is politically motivated. (MSNBC) Jerry Sandusky, former American football coach at Pennsylvania State University, is convicted on 45 charges of child sex abuse. He is on suicide watch. (AP via Atlanta Journal-Constitution) (MSNBC) Politics and elections Protests over pay by police officers in Bolivia spread; a police building is ransacked while president Evo Morales offers concessions. (BBC) (Latin American Herald Tribune) (France 24) Teachers in Swaziland go on an open-ended strike in a dispute over pay. (IOL) The Senate votes to impeach the President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo with former Vice President Federico Franco sworn in as the new president. (BBC) (AP via Yahoo News) Egyptian presidential election: Thousands of Egyptians crowd Cairo's Tahrir Square ahead of the announcement of the results of the presidential election. (Al Jazeera) Possibly unreliable reports claim that Ahmed Shafiq will be named the president of Egypt on June 24. (AhramOnline) (CNN) The ruling Pakistan People's Party nominates Raja Pervez Ashraf to replace Yousuf Raza Gilani after a judge orders the arrest of its first choice candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin for alleged illegal importation of drugs. (BBC) Daphne Leef and and several other Israeli activists tried to restart the housing protests by re-erecting a tent encampment in the Rothschild Boulevard in Tel-Aviv. The municipality had not given a permit and as a result Leef, along with eleven other activists, were arrested when they resisted the 20 policemen and municipal inspectors who arrived to dismantle the tents. The protesters' tents were confiscated by the police forces as well.Jerusalem PostYnet Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will shake hands with Elizabeth II at a historic first meeting between a British Monarch and member of Sinn Fein during the Queen's forthcoming trip to Northern Ireland. (BBC) Sports UEFA Euro 2012: Germany defeat Greece 4–2 in their quarter-final meeting, with goals from Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedira, Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus sending the Greeks to a Euro exit at the PGE Arena in Gdańsk. (TSN) Milan Baroš announces his retirement from international football after the Czech Republic's exit to Portugal at the quarter-final stage yesterday; Baroš was top scorer at the 2004 tournament. (BBC) Technology Software developer Tim Bray proposes a new HTTP status code inspired by Fahrenheit 451, the 1953 dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury. (The Guardian) June 22, 2012 Wikinews articles UK education secretary Michael Gove to drop GCSEs in favour of new O-level-style exams Assange seeks asylum in Ecuadorian embassy At Australian gymnastic team announcement, media turns out for Tony Abbott Current events of June 21, 2012 (2012-06-21) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Arab Spring: Syrian uprising: The pilot of a Syrian MiG 21 fighter plane defects to Jordan after landing in a military air base in northern Jordan. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) In Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, ousted from power in last year's revolution, is reported to be "clinging to life" as his deterioration adds further to Egyptian uncertainty. (The Independent) (IBN Live) Human Rights Watch expresses concern over the Egyptian military's level of commitment to handing over power to civilian rule. (Al Jazeera) War on Drugs: Mexican Drug War: Mexican marines detain Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, the son of Joaquín Guzmán Loera (alias El Chapo), Mexico's most-wanted drug lord in the western state of Jalisco. (The Washington Post) The Uruguayan government announces plans to start selling marijuana in limited amounts to registered users. (RT) In Afghanistan, Taliban soldiers invade a hotel in Kabul, kill guests, and hold some hostages. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) Arts and culture U.S. artist LeRoy Neiman, one of the world's most commercially successful contemporary artists and an official painter of five Olympiads famed for his instant renditions of sporting action, dies in New York. (BBC) A Lucian Freud self portrait painted on an egg shell is sold at auction to a private collector for £27,000. (BBC) Business and economics Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. (RTE) Air France announces its decision to cut just under 10% of the total workforce (more than 5,000 jobs) by the end of next year in an attempt to restore profitability. (BBC) Moody's downgrades the credit rating of 15 major world banks: UK (Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC), US (Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan), Rest of world (Credit Suisse, UBS, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley). (CNBC) (BBC) Avianca, Copa Airlines and TACA Airlines join Star Alliance, becoming the 26th, 27th and 28th member airlines. This will prompt TAM Airlines to transfer to Oneworld in the foreseeable future (Fox Business) The US Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 251 points on the back of weak economic data and poor news from the Eurozone. (CNBC) Disasters An Indonesian Air Force Fokker 27 crashes in a residential complex in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, killing at least six people. (BBC) A boat carrying up to 200 asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island, between Indonesia and Australia with 110 survivors rescued. (BBC) (AAP via Brisbane Times) International relations President of Ecuador Rafael Correa decides on the issue of granting asylum to WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange as Assange remains in the Ecuadorian embassy of London, risking arrest by the British authorities. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Oakland-based group Courage to Resist asks participants in the 42nd annual Pride parade this Sunday to march in celebration of the imprisoned U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning, imprisoned by the U.S. government for alleged leaking of classified information into the public domain. (San Francisco Examiner) A court in Jakarta sentences Umar Patek to 20 years' imprisonment for Patek's involvement in the October 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) The father of previous President of Chile Michelle Bachelet was probably tortured to death after the 1973 coup led by Augusto Pinochet, a judge says. (BBC) Penn State sex abuse scandal: The adopted son of former football coach Jerry Sandusky says that Sandusky molested him. (CNN) The jury begins deliberations in the trial. (CNN) Politics and elections John Bryson resigns as United States Secretary of Commerce following a seizure that led to two car accidents. (Politico) President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo faces impeachment. (BBC) Sport UEFA Euro 2012: Cristiano Ronaldo scores the match-winning goal as Portugal defeat the Czech Republic and continue into the semi-finals. (BBC) Reports are made of a France dressing room bust-up involving at least two separate incidents after the team's defeat to Sweden, including a "shouting match" between Alou Diarra and Samir Nasri, followed by an ugly exchange between Laurent Blanc and Hatem Ben Arfa. (New York Daily News) In American basketball, the Miami Heat wins the 2012 NBA Finals defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder four games to one. LeBron James wins the NBA Finals MVP award. (ESPN) (Wall Street Journal) June 21, 2012 Wikinews articles Kate Lundy and Tony Abbott assist in Olympic dreams with Gymnastics Australia's artistic gymnastics team announcement More June 2012 events...

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