Current Events, June 16-30, 2008
- June 30
- June 29
- June 28
- Obama and McCain compete for the Brown vote [9]
- Former Mossad head says Israel must attack Iran within a year [10]
- Obama’s summer vacation [11]
- Terrorist Nelson Mandela honored in London [12]
- Bulgarian National Union shows resistance to gay parade in Sofia [13]
- Israel to renew food deliveries to Gaza [14]
- More nuclear states on the horizon [15]
- June 27
- Steven Hatfill to get $5.8M in anthrax lawsuit [16]
- June 25
- June 24
- North Carolina indicts MS-13 gang members [20]
- China executes drug traffickers [21]
- 'Pastor' Obama takes some hits on religion [22]
- Spain claims universal jurisdiction in war crimes trials; John Demjanjuk again in jeopardy [23]
- One Jew is attacked in Paris and the world stops [24]
- Homer’s Fall of Troy believed to be dated 1188 BC [25]
- US military chief to visit Israel for talks on Iran [26]
- Israeli police suicide causes panic at Sarkozy farewel [27]
- McCain aide makes terrorist attack gaffe [28]
- Sarkozy presses Israel for settlement freeze [29]
- EU nations agree to increase sanctions against Iran [30]
- Zimbabwe opposition leader takes refuge in Dutch embassy [31]
- June 23
- Obama and McCain will debate at ‘Ole Miss’ on September 26 [32]
- Leader of Berlin’s Jewish community exposed as Russian mobster [33]
- Former CIA officer Ray McGovern predicts an attack on Iran [34] [35]
- Neocon predicts Israel may attack Iran after November election [36]
- Japanese advert mocks Obama as a monkey in a suit [37]
- Serbian Socialists to join governing alliance [38]
- U.S. networks putting wars on back burner [39]
- Ehud Barak moves to oust Israeli government [40]
- June 22
- Obama fundraising machine slows down [41]
- Rights group accuses Israel of abusing Palestinian prisoners [42]
- 9/11's Khalid Shaikh Mohammed under interrogation [43]
- Iran to give "devastating" response to any attack [44]
- Congo's army has killed 29 militia fighters in northeast [45]
- France's Sarkozy in Israel on fence-mending visit [46]
- Three dead, 30 wounded in north Lebanon clashes [47]
- Truce holds, but Israel offers slight increase in aid to Gaza [48]
- France's Sarkozy condemns attack on Jew in Paris [49]
- 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift [50]
- Al-Qaida urges Somalis to fight UN peacekeepers [51]
- Zimbabwe opposition leader pulling out of election [52]
- June 21
- Falling exam passes blamed on Wikipedia [53]
- Marines claim some gains against Taliban militants [54]
- Michael Bloomberg urges Jews to reject false rumors against Obama [55]
- Report: Al-Qaeda recruiting white Europeans [56]
- Israeli capabilities to strike Iran are limited [57]
- Ex-British National Party activist 'recruiting prisoners to join Al-Qaeda'[58]
- In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's men bring rape and torture [59]
- Oil pipeline breached in Nigeria [60] [61]
- June 20
- German soccer fans celebrate win with “Sieg Heil” [62]
- British detectives continue to investigate 30 year-old Bulgarian murder mystery [63]
- US Congress passes warrantless surveillance bill [64]
- UNICEF cuts ties to Israeli billionaire Leviev [65]
- Rapper 50 Cent ordered by NY judge to forfeit guns [66]
- McCain continues to support NAFTA and condemns protectionism [67]
- Obama calls Republicans racist fear mongers [68]
- Obama says Israel is always justified in her security decisions [69]
- Obama widens lead over McCain [70]
- Pat Buchanan’s peculiar views on Hitler, the ‘Holocaust’, and World War II [71]
- Tense Israeli-Hamas truce holds [72]
- Martian ice discovered beneath red soil [73]
- EU ends diplomatic sanctions on Cuba [74]
- Israel silent on rehearsal for Iran war [75]
- Iran: Invaders will suffer serious blow [76]
- June 19
- Jewish cult leader encourages the torture of children [77]
- Bloggers get Larry Sinclair arrested at National Press Club [78]
- Jewish congressmen pressuring the World Bank to stop loans to Iran [79]
- Israeli peace offensive to include Lebanon [80]
- NATO, Afghan forces kill 35 Taliban in huge offensive [81]
- Medical exams prove prisoners were tortured in Iraq and Guantanamo [82]
- Chadian army claims 'decisive' win over advancing rebels [83]
- Four charged as Politkovskaya murder inquiry ends [84]
- June 18
- Ralph Nader on Barack Obama [85]
- Larry Sinclair provides details to the Obama drug and sex scandal at the National Press Club [86]
- Insurrection continues in Peruvian province [87]
- Obama forms his national security group [88]
- Those wacky Obama emails [89]
- Spain and South Africa backed failed coup in Equatorial Guinea [90]
- Germany still claims Demjanjuk to be “Ivan the Terrible” [91]
- US envoy to Lebanon greeted with stones and “Death to America” chants [92]
- Iran: US will learn the hard way [93]
- Michelle Obama tries to improve her image [94]
- UK claims top position in global arms trade [95]
- Iran not withdrawing funds from European banks [96]
- Israelis and Hamas exchange fire one day before the Gaza truce begins [97]
- France plans return to NATO [98]
- Pakistan's Khan denies selling advanced nuke blueprint [99]
- IAEA says Syria lacks skills for nuclear facility [100]
- British mercenary goes on trial over Equatorial Guinea coup plot [101]
- Israel and Hamas reach Gaza truce deal [102]
- Taliban brace for Afghan offensive [103]
- June 17
- Israel talking to its enemies [104]
- The Taliban cooperating with other jihadist networks [105]
- Jesse Ventura may run for US Senate seat against two Jewish opponents [106]
- Al Gore backs Obama for White House [107]
- Protesters take police hostage in Peru [108]
- Hamas near truce with Israel [109]
- Taliban take over villages near Kandahar [110]
- France probes bomb alerts linked to Italy's Red Brigades [111]
- June 16
- Record high for oil [112]
- Samuel Israel convicted of securities fraud, fakes suicide, now a fugitive [113]
- Taliban threatens new wave of prison raids [114]
- Israel developing a consensus to attack Iran [115]
- Newspaper tied to National Bolshevik Party: closing [116]
- Britain and Europe to tighten economic sanctions on Iran [117] [118]
- Encyclopedia Britannica to allow entries from public [119]
- Chad rebels claim advances as US pulls out embassy staff [120]
- At least 15 killed in Afghanistan during hunt for militants [121]
- Hamas rule in Gaza enters second year unchallenged [122]