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In association football, the Women's World Cup concludes with the United States defeating Japan in the final, and the Copa América concludes with Chile defeating Argentina in the final. Nicholas Winton (pictured), dubbed the "British Schindler" for saving more than 600 children – the majority Jewish – from the Nazis, dies at the age of 106. More than 140 people are killed when a Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes into a residential area of Medan, Indonesia. Hisham Barakat, Egypt's prosecutor general, is assassinated in a car bombing. Ongoing events: Greek debt crisis Recent deaths: Boyd K. Packer Val Doonican

Current events of July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Boko Haram insurgency, Timeline of Boko Haram insurgency Suspected militants from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed 26 people in attacks on two villages on Lake Chad, Chad. (Daily Star via Reuters) Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) The Yemeni government in exile announces that it has reached a truce with the Houthi rebels. (Al-Arabiya) Business and economy The British bank Barclays fires Chief Executive Antony Jenkins for his failure to reduce head count and the pace of cost cutting with Chairman John McFarlane to act as interim CEO until a replacement is appointed. The bank was recently convicted of earning billions of pounds through fraud as part of the LIBOR scandal (BBC), (The Guardian) The Shanghai stock market falls 30% over the past three weeks as 1,400 companies, or more than half listed, file for a trading halt in an attempt to prevent further losses. (The Guardian) Microsoft announces another 7,800 job cuts primarily in its struggling phone division acquired from Nokia. (Wired) The New York Stock Exchange stops trading due to a technical error. (CNN) Disasters and accidents A ground stop of all U.S. airport-based United Airlines (UAL) mainline flights following a system-wide network connectivity issue is lifted after a 1 hour, 21 minute suspension of morning service. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is also investigating, says all of United Continental Holdings Inc. regional airlines are now unaffected. This follows a similar issue on June 2, 2015 due to automation problems. (Reuters, via MSN) (Los Angeles Times) International relations Russia vetoes a UN resolution of calling Srebrenica massacre a "genocide". (Reuters) Law and crime 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal Malaysian police raid the offices of government owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad in relation to a corruption scandal. (The Star) Baltimore quadruple shooting Gunmen kill three, wound one, Tuesday evening near the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus in what police report was an apparently targeted shooting unrelated to the college. (AP via The Globe and Mail) (NBC News) (Reuters) Sports Gerald Bruce Lee, a United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, cancels the trademark of the Washington Redskins in the National Football League on the grounds that the team name may be offensive to native Americans. (AP) Current events of July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Boko Haram insurgency, Timeline of Boko Haram insurgency A bomb attack has killed at least 25 people and wounded 32 others in northern Nigeria's Zaria. (BBC) Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen (2015-present) Air strikes and combat kill 200 in Yemen, highest daily toll so far. (Reuters via SANAA) Terrorism in Kenya, War in Somalia (2009–present) Al-Shabaab militants kill 14 in northern Kenya. (US News) War in Afghanistan (2015–present) A NATO convoy is hit by a suicide car bomb in Kabul. Three or four civilians are injured; no fatalities have been reported. (NBC News) Business and economy Greek debt crisis timeline Eurozone leaders hold a crisis meeting to discuss options on Greek debt following the referendum as Greek banks are near to running out of cash. For the last week Greek banks allowed to withdraw only 60 euros a day. (Reuters) The Government of Greece does not present any new proposals and Greek banks are unlikely to reopen this week. (AP) The European Union gives Greece a deadline of Thursday to develop new proposals for discussion at an emergency summit on Sunday. (BBC) Disasters and accidents 2015 Moncks Corner mid-air collision A United States Air Force F-16 collides with a privately-owned Cessna to the north of Charleston, South Carolina. The pilot of the jet ejects safely, but the Cessna breaks up mid-air, killing the two unidentified occupants. (CNN) Law and crime 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal Malaysian authorities order a freeze on six accounts associated with alleged payments by development bank 1Malaysia Development Berhad to the Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Wall Street Journal) The FBI, U.S. Postal Service, and Indiana State Police seize electronics and other items from the Zionsville, Indiana home of Subway commercial spokesman Jared Fogle. The seizure comes two months after the former head of Fogle's foundation was arrested on child pornography charges. (Indianapolis Star) Current events of July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Iraq War (2014–present) An Iraqi Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 jet, returning from a bombing raid against ISIL militants in the north, accidentally drops a bomb on Baghdad destroying several homes and killing at least 7 civilians. American officials claimed that as many as 65% of iraqi air force bombers do not drop their bombs due to "lack of targets". (Sky News) Yemeni Civil War (2015) An air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the southern port city of Aden kills at least 30 people. It is unclear how many of the dead are civilians or Houthi rebels. (BBC) Boko Haram insurgency, Timeline of Boko Haram insurgency Two bomb attacks on the central Nigerian city of Jos have left at least 44 people dead. (BBC) Disasters and accidents A Russian Su-24 military aircraft crashes while taking off from an airfield in the Khabarovsk region in Russian Far East on a nighttime training flight and both pilots are killed. (NY Times) International relations Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, calls for a new investigation into the death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in a plane crash after a panel he appointed uncovers new evidence. (New York Times) Politics and elections Greek bailout referendum, 2015 Yanis Varoufakis resigns as the Greek Minister of Finance despite the success of the "no" vote which supported his views. (AFR) Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls Russian President Vladimir Putin in the wake of the referendum; Putin expresses his support for the Greek people in the call. Many western officials express concerns that, like Egypt, Greece may increase its ties to Russia at the expense of the west. Greece is a member of the NATO military alliance. (Yahoo) Sports In auto racing, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the NASCAR 2015 Coke Zero 400 at the Daytona International Speedway after a four-hour rain delay. On the final lap, a major crash sent Austin Dillon into the catch fence in front of the grandstands, causing minor injuries to five fans. Dillon himself walked away unhurt. (ESPN) 2015 Tour de France In cycling, the 2015 Tour de France race is neutralized 100km into the third stage due to a major crash involving about 30 riders. Yellow jersey leader Fabian Cancellara is injured in the crash and is forced to withdraw from the Tour. The race is eventually stopped 50km from the finish with Briton Chris Froome taking the yellow jersey. (News24) (BBC) In boxing, the World Boxing Organization strips Floyd Mayweather Jr. of the welterweight title he won in his fight with Manny Pacquiao for failing to pay a US$200,000 fee in time and failing to vacate a Light middleweight title he also held. (Reuters via MSN) Current events of July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks American-led intervention in Syria A United States bombing campaign against ISIL has killed at least 30 people in the Syrian city of Al-Raqqah. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Iraq War (2014–present) Iraqi government air strikes kill at least 73 people in the ISIL held cities of Ramadi and Fallujah. (Al-Jazeera) War in North-West Pakistan A roadside bomb in North Waziristan kills at least three Pakistan Army soldiers and injures six others. (AFP via Daily Star) Boko Haram A suicide bomber attacks a church in the Potiskum area of Nigeria's Yobe State, killing five and raising the toll of Boko Haram attacks for the past week to 200. (BBC) (DailyStar via AP) Arts and culture UNESCO adds more sites to the World Heritage List including the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park in the US city of San Antonio, Texas and Scotland's Forth Bridge. (My San Antonio), (BBC) Disasters and accidents 2015 Pacific typhoon season Over 1,000 people in the Philippines are stranded temporarily by Severe Tropical Storm Linfa (Egay) as landslides occur in Palawan province. (GMA Network) Canadian wildfires More than 60 wildfires start in the Canadian province of British Columbia over the weekend leading to several communities declaring a state of emergency. (CBC) Nearly 1,000 military personnel are sent to fight wildfires in Saskatchewan, (CTV) Politics and elections Greek bailout referendum, 2015 Greek voters solidly reject (61.3 percent) the latest austerity proposal of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank. (Sky News), (The Guardian) (Reuters) The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and the President of France François Hollande call for an international summit of Eurozone leaders to discuss the next moves. (Bloomberg) The Greek opposition leader Antonis Samaras resigns as leader of his party, New Democracy; the new temporary leader is Evangelos Meimarakis. (To Vima) Several hundred Turkish people protest China's treatment of Uyghurs and burn Chinese flags at the Chinese consulate in Istanbul. (Al-Jazeera) Science and technology A Russian space capsule reaches the International Space Station allowing resupply of provisions after the crash of the SpaceX space capsule last week. (CNN) Sports 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The United States defeats defending champion Japan, 5-2, to win the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (BBC) (AP via Washington Post) 2015 British Grand Prix In motorsport, Lewis Hamilton wins the race for the second consecutive year with team mate Nico Rosberg finishing second. (News24) Current events of July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Donbass A rally of war veterans in Kiev calls for Ukraine to abandon the Minsk II ceasefire agreement and to declare war on pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region. Despite two ceasefire agreements since September, combat operations, including the use of heavy artillery and ballistic missiles, never stopped.(BBC) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Yemen's Houthi rebels shell the Saudi Arabian cities of Jizan and Najran with claims of several Saudi soldiers being killed. (Reuters via Daily Star) Second Libyan Civil War At least ten civilians are killed when three separate car bombs exploded simultaneously in the eastern coastal city of Derna. (Yahoo news via AP) Sinai insurgency A shell kills a woman and her two children as fighting continues on the Sinai Peninsula between the Egyptian Army and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants. (AFP via Times of India) Syrian Civil War Mosque bombing in northern Syria kills 15 members of Al Qaida's affiliate Nusra Front. (Fox News via Associated Press) The Syrian Army and Hezbollah launch an offensive to capture the rebel-held Syrian city of Zabadani. (Al-Arabiyah) Kurdish People's Protection Units advance on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant de-facto capital city of Raqqa. (ALJazeera) ISIL militants execute 25 Syrian Army soldiers in the ancient city of Palmyra. (Al-Arabiya) Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Azerbaijani military shoots down two Armenian drones over Azeri positions according to Azerbaijan's defense ministry. (TREND) Arts and culture The Republic of China (Taiwan) holds a large military parade in Taipei to commemorate World War II in support of its claims that Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-Shek played a leading role in the defeat of the Empire of Japan with the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Tse-Tung playing a minor role. (AP) UNESCO adds new sites to the World Heritage List: Tusi Sites (China), Susa, Cultural Landscape of Maymand (both in Iran), Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore), Baekje Historic Areas (Republic of Korea), Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape (Mongolia), and the French wine producing regions of Champagne and Burgundy. (AFP via Straits Times) (UNESCO) Disasters and accidents At least nine people have been killed and 30 injured following a factory collapse in the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province. (AP via Star Tribune) A wildfire in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan forces 8,000 people from their homes. (CBC) Law and crime A South Korean navy officer is charged with leaking confidential information to China. (RTHK)(AFP via Sky News) Abdul Gani Patail, the Attorney General of Malaysia, says that a probe of troubled state owned investment bank 1Malaysia Development Berhad has uncovered documents that show the transfer of money into private accounts of the Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Market Watch) Politics 2015 Sousse attacks Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi declares state of emergency. (VOA News) Tupou VI is officially crowned as the King of Tonga. (BBC) Fidel Castro makes his first public appearance at a Cuban cheese factory since February 2015. (UPI) Sport 2015 Tour de France In cycling, the 2015 Tour de France gets underway in the Dutch city of Utrecht with an individual time trial. (The Guardian) 2015 Super Rugby season The Highlanders from the New Zealand region of Otago defeat the Hurricanes from the New Zealand capital Wellington in the Super Rugby final 21-14. It is the Highlanders first Super 15 final. (The Age) 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup In association football, England defeats Germany 1-0 through a extra time penalty goal by Fara Williams to win third place in the FIFA Women's World Cup. (BBC) 2015 Copa América In football, the Chile national football team win the Copa América for the first time, defeating Argentina 4–1 in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw.(The Guardian), (BBC) Current events of July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War Turkey deploys additional troops along its border with Syria as fighting intensifies. (france24 with Reuters) Boko Haram insurgency Toll of Boko Haram massacre in northeastern Nigeria rises to nearly 170.(News 24)(Naij) 2015 Sousse attacks The United Kingdom holds a minute of silence at midday to commemorate the 38 people - including 30 Britons - killed in Tunisia a week ago. (BBC) Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) A United States drone strike kills at least four militants in Yemen. (AFP via Frnce24) Arts and culture The XV International Tchaikovsky Competition concludes with a ceremony awarding top prizes to Dmitry Masleev in piano, Yu-Chien Tseng in violin, Andrei Ionuț Ioniță in cello, as well as Yulia Matochkina and Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar in voice. (medici.tv) (Reuters) Business and economy American health insurer Aetna agrees to buy competitor Humana in a $37 billion deal. (AP) A UBS whistle blower is assisting the government of Brazil in its investigation of currency manipulation by global banks, according to a Brazilian paper. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents Six people are dead following an explosion at a chemical plant in Ulsan in South Korea. (Yonhap), (AP via ABC News America) 2015 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Chan-hom strengthens as it heads towards the Pacific island of Guam. (Accuweather) At least four people are dead and 48 injured following a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Pishan County in China's Xinjiang region. (BBC) Sinking of the Kim Nirvana The death toll from yesterday's capsizing of the M/B Nivana off the coast of the Philippines rises to 56 as murder charges are filed against the owner and crew. (AP via USA Today), (AFP via Straits Times) Health and medicine Research shows that during the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, the ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test, developed by Corgenix, showed promise as a bedside rapid Ebola test, successfully detecting Ebolavirus. (Harvard), (Corgenix), (The Lancet) At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in South Sudan. (AFP via Daily Star) Law and crime Phil Walsh, the coach of the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League, is stabbed to death in his home with his son charged with murder. (ABC News Australia) Dutch police detain 200 young people in The Hague for not following curfew as violence continues in the Schilderswijk district for a fourth night. (AFP via Daily Star) Jeffrey Webb, a former Vice President of FIFA and President of CONCACAF, is reportedly charged with healthcare fraud in his native Cayman Islands. (Eurosport via Yahoo!) Politics and elections Danish general election, 2015 Pia Kjærsgaard becomes the first woman to be elected speaker of the Danish parliament, the Folketing. (Politiko.dk/Berlingske) Science and technology The U.S. Air Force's outgoing chief scientist, Mica Endsley, announces plans for an unmanned hypersonic flying weapon by 2023, which could travel at least up to Mach 5. (CNN) Solar Impulse project The solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 landed in Hawaii from Japan, completing the longest leg of its circumnavigation trip starting in Abu Dhabi. (BBC) Current events of July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Sinai insurgency: July 2015 Sinai attacks Egypt vows to continue an offensive on the Sinai Peninsula until ISIL militants have been removed. A hundred people have been killed in fighting in the past two days. (BBC) Egyptian Air Force air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula kill at least 23 ISIS-linked militants a day after the deadliest clashes in the region in years. (Reuters) Boko Haram Boko Haram gunmen kill scores of people in attacks on the Nigerian towns of Kukawa and Musarram in recent days. (Agencies via WA Today) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Airstrikes on Sanaa kill eight, according to Houthi officials. (AP) An attack on a convoy in northern Mali kills six UN Peacekeepers. (AP) Business and economy Deepwater Horizon oil spill London-based BP agrees, pending court approval, to pay $US18.7 billion to compensate the United States government and the five Gulf Coast states--Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas--for damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The settlement includes a civil penalty of $US5.5 billion under the Clean Water Act. (Fortune) (AP via Washington Post) According to a statement from Ukraine's nuclear energy authority, Yadernoye Toplivo, a private U.S. nuclear energy company, ConverDyn, could begin helping Ukraine in the production of enriched uranium, a day after Russia shut off natural gas supplies to the country after the two failed to reach agreement over Ukraine's unpaid gas debts to Russia.(MSN) Disasters and accidents Sinking of the Kim Nirvana The Kim Nirvana ferry capsizes off the Philippines en route from the city of Ormoc to Camotes island with 173 people onboard; at least 33 people are confirmed dead while at least 50 people have been rescued. (AFP via ABC Online), (BBC) A bridge collapses under a Pakistan Army train at Gujranwala, killing nineteen and injuring over 100.Dawn Politics and elections United States presidential election, 2016 Former Senator Jim Webb announces that he will seek the Democratic Party nomination. (Fox News) Health and medicine Health officials announced that a 21-year-old woman from Bishop, California had died June 20th at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada from cardiac arrest caused by the rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. (Reno Gazette-Journal) (Inquisitr.com) More July 2015 events...

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About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia  Ongoing events Cultural New Zealand flag debate Economic Greek government-debt crisis Puerto Rican debt crisis Environmental Oklahoma earthquake swarms North American drought South Asian heat waves Indian heat wave Pakistani heat wave Health Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea Political Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Greek bailout referendum, 2015 Lebanese presidential election Russian military intervention in Ukraine Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South China Sea disputes Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths July 8: Harry Messel 7: Craig Norgate 6: John Maxtone-Graham 6: Jerry Weintraub 5: Philip Goodhart 5: Sakari Momoi 5: Amanda Peterson (body found on this date) 5: Burt Shavitz 4: Scot Breithaupt (body found on this date) 4: Carlo de Gavardo 4: Diana Douglas 3: Goran Gogić 3: Boyd K. Packer 3: Phil Walsh 2: Slavko Avsenik 2: Val Doonican 2: Charlie Sanders 2: John Whitman 2: Jacobo Zabludovsky 1: Lawrence Herkimer 1: Arthur Porter 1: James C. Weaver 1: Nicholas Winton June 30: Paolo Piffarerio 29: Hisham Barakat 29: Glenn Ford 29: Charles Harbutt 29: Kauto Star 29: Jackson Vroman 28: Jack Carter 28: Wally Stanowski 28: Ben J. Wattenberg 27: Chris Squire 26: Damion Cook 26: Matti Makkonen 26: Richard Matt 26: Yevgeny Primakov 26: Chris Thompson 26: Donald Wexler 25: Patrick Macnee 25: Alejandro Romay 24: Mario Biaggi 24: Walter Browne 24: Marva Collins 23: Norm Berryman 23: Nirmala Joshi 23: Magali Noël 23: Harvey Pollack 23: Dick Van Patten 23: Chris Woodhead 22: Laura Antonelli 22: Carlinhos 22: James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife 22: Albert Evans 22: Donald Featherstone 22: James Horner 22: Buddy Landel 22: Tama 21: Juan José Estrada 21: Darryl Hamilton 21: Tony Longo 21: Walter Scheib (body found on this date) 21: Gunther Schuller 20: Esther Brand 20: Harold Feinstein 20: Miriam Schapiro 20: Takeover Target 19: Phil Austin 19: Harold Battiste 19: H. M. Knight 19: Paul Quinn 19: James Salter 18: Jack Rollins 17: Ron Clarke 17: Süleyman Demirel 17: Nelson Doubleday, Jr. 17: James B. Lee, Jr. 17: Clementa C. Pinckney 16: Kirk Kerkorian 15: Jesús Moroles 15: Blaze Starr 14: Mokhtar Belmokhtar 14: John Carroll 14: David Kennedy 14: Qiao Shi 13: Magnus Härenstam 13: Junix Inocian 13: David Oniya 13: Mike Shrimpton 13: George Winslow 12: Nasir al-Wuhayshi 12: Monica Lewis 12: Nek Chand Saini 11: Jim Ed Brown 11: Ornette Coleman 11: Jack King 11: Ron Moody 11: Dusty Rhodes 10: Bonecrusher 10: Robert Chartoff 9: Igor Kostin 9: James Last 9: Vincent Musetto 9: Pumpkinhead 9: Peter Williams  Ongoing conflicts Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent June 5: Burundi, National Assembly 7: Luxembourg, Referenda 7: Mexico, Congress 7: Turkey, National Assembly 8: British Virgin Islands, House of Assembly 14: Switzerland, Referenda 18: Denmark, Parliament Upcoming July 5: Greece, Referenda 15: Burundi, President  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai, Zhou Yongkang Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Jodi Arias Dzhokhar Tsarnaev International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Jiang Jiemin, Yao Mugen, Li Chuncheng, Guo Youming France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Romania: , Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu, Relu Fenechiu, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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