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The centre-right Union for a Popular Movement, party of French President Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured), retains a majority in the National Assembly despite losses in the legislative elections.
Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera wins the 2007 U.S. Open Championship.
Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi is elected as the new O le Ao o le Malo (Head of State) of Samoa.
The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, four games to none, to win the 2007 National Basketball Association Finals.
Hamas takes control of the Gaza Strip, causing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to dissolve the current unity government and declare a state of emergency.
Shimon Peres is elected President of Israel after both of his opponents withdraw before the second round of voting.

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June 20, 2007 (Wednesday)

The Special Court for Sierra Leone issues the first ever guilty verdicts by an international court related to the military use of children.(BBC)
The government of the emirate of Dubai announces that it has purchased the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 from Cunard Line for $100 million USD. They intend to turn her into a floating hotel at the Palm Jumeirah when she leaves service in late 2008. (AFP via Yahoo!)
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, dissolves parliament, triggering a legislative election for August 18, 2007.(BBC)
Ehud Barak, the new Minister for Defence, states that Israel will admit "humanitarian cases" of Palestineans fleeing the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. (AP via CBC)
The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, announces plans to buy three Spanish designed warships and two large Spanish landing ships for the Royal Australian Navy at a cost of $A11 billion. (AAP via the West Australian)
The Sri Lankan military claims to have killed 30 members of the Tamil Tigers in overnight clashes in the east of the country. (BBC)
Industrial action in Nigeria over increases in fuel duty and a doubling of sales tax is stepped up to become a general strike. (BBC)

June 19, 2007 (Tuesday)

A preliminary study by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency indicates that China's greenhouse gas emissions have overtaken those of the United States for the first time, exceeding those of any other country. (NEAA)
French prosecutors launch an investigation into alleged embezzlement by two African leaders, Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo. (BBC)
Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York City leaves the Republican Party and registers as an independent. (New York Times)
North Korea is reported to have test-fired a short-range missile towards the Sea of Japan. (BBC)
Two armed robbers are holding several people hostage in a Crédit Lyonnais bank in Paris. (Sky)
Cadbury Schweppes announces plans to axe around 7,800 jobs from its workforce, closing as many as 10 manufacturing sites worldwide. (The Times)
Iraq War:
- The United States military launches Operation Arrowhead Ripper near Baqubah, Diyala province with approximately 10,000 troops involved. (Reuters)
- The Al-Khilani Mosque is bombed, killing 78. (BBC)
Fiji's interim government agrees in principle to elections in 2009 following a Pacific Islands Forum assessment and calls for assistance from the European Union and Pacific nations like Australia for funding. (Bloomberg)
A candidate in the forthcoming Papua New Guinea election is charged with attempted murder of the Deputy Prime Minister Don Polye. (ABC News Australia)
After the Senegal's parliamentary elections, Macky Sall resigns as Prime Minister and President Abdoulaye Wade appoints former Deputy Minister for the Budget Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré in his stead.

June 18, 2007 (Monday)

The Comcast Center officially becomes the tallest building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after a topping off ceremony. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Nine firefighters are killed in a collapse at a furniture warehouse blaze in Charleston, South Carolina, the largest loss of firefighters in the United States in one incident since the collapse of the World Trade Center in 2001.
The President of Turkey, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, vetoes a bill bringing forward a referendum of the direct election of the President. (BBC)
Floods kill four people in north Texas. (Reuters) (AP via The New York Times)
The European Union and United States restore foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority. (AP via Time)
Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar issues an ultimatum to the Palestinian Army of Islam to free kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, or face military action. (BBC)
A global internet pedophilia ring with over 700 suspects worldwide has been smashed by UK police. 31 children were rescued. (Sky)
Two former Croatian generals Mirko Norac and Rahim Ademi go on trial in Zagreb charged for alleged atrocities against Serb civilians in 1993. (AP via IHT)
Rwanda and Burundi join the East African Community in a meeting in Kampala, Uganda. (BBC)
Mongolian authorities confirm a helicopter crash that claimed 14 lives last Wednesday. (BBC)
As many as 36 people are killed south of Baghdad in fighting between Shiite militiamen and British forces doing searches door to door. (AP via San Jose Mercury News)
Parts of Melbourne, Australia are in lockdown after a gunman shoots three people in the CBD, sparking a massive manhunt throughout the city. (The Age) (ABC)

June 17, 2007 (Sunday)

Air strikes in Afghanistan on a suspected Al Qaeda headquarters kill several militants as well as civilians including children. (Reuters), (BBC)
Ángel Cabrera wins the 2007 U.S. Open Golf Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (NZPA)
Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, is closed for three hours at dawn to allow wildlife experts to trap 80 hares which have bred in recent months and are confusing ground radar. (BBC)
Audi wins their seventh 24 Hours of Le Mans in eight years, including their second straight win with a diesel R10 prototype.(SpeedTV) (BBC)
A Canadian pilot and five British passengers die in a plane crash in Malawi. (Channel 4 UK)
Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, outlaws armed factions of Hamas. (CTV)
At least 35 people die in Kabul, Afghanistan, as the result of a bombing of a police bus. (Newswire) (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
French voters go to the polls to elect a new French National Assembly. The centre-right Union for a Popular Movement (UPM) wins a comfortable majority, however, the left did make some gains with senior minister Alain Juppe losing his seat in Bordeaux. (BBC), (Canada East), (Reuters via CNN)

June 16, 2007 (Saturday)

Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi is chosen as the O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa by the Fono. (AAP via News Limited)
Mike Nifong is disbarred in the U.S. state of North Carolina for his role in the prosecution of the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case. (AP via WRAL)
Police in Zimbabwe confiscate opposition leader Arthur Mutambara's passport as he tries to leave for South Africa and the United Kingdom. (VOA)
The Chinese Ministry of Labour and Social Security undertakes an investigation into claims that up to 1,000 minors worked as slave labour in central China. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Iraq War: US soldiers find the Common Access Card ID cards of two captured US soldiers. Iraqi insurgents had previously released a video containing images of the IDs. (CNN)
A drag racing car plows into a crowd in Tennessee, killing 6 people and injuring as many as 20 people. (Fox News)

June 15, 2007 (Friday)

Thousands of Chinese policemen rescue 450 slave workers while arresting 120 suspects. (VOA)
Mike Nifong, facing disbarment for his actions in the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case, agrees to resign his position as district attorney for Durham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. (AP via ESPN.com)
Switzerland opens the world's longest rail tunnel on land, the 34-kilometre Lötschberg tunnel under the Alps. (BBC)
In the UK, seven members of Dhiren Barot's al Qaeda cell are sentenced to a total of 136 years in prison. (Sky)
Indonesia claims that it has captured Jemaah Islamiyah leader Zarkarsih. (Reuters via MSNBC)
A roadside bomb kills at least seven soldiers in Yala Province, Thailand. (BBC)
United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates meets with U.S. military leaders in Iraq and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal Al-Maliki to discuss the effectiveness of the current military campaign. (Reuters)
Two oil and transport unions begin a strike in Nigeria over an increase in fuel duty and a doubling of sales tax. (BBC)

June 14, 2007 (Thursday)

A U.S. federal jury convicts former Klansman James Ford Seale of kidnapping and conspiracy in connection with the 1964 deaths of two African-American teenagers in Mississippi. (AP via USA Today)
Fatah-Hamas conflict:
- Hamas claims full control of Palestinian Authority security agencies on the Gaza Strip. (CNN)
- Mahmoud Abbas, the President of Palestine, dissolves the Unity Cabinet and declares a state of emergency. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- Hamas tightens its control of the Gaza Strip as violence continues. (Reuters) (AP)
Golf's U.S. Open begins at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (ESPN)
Music producer and alleged con artist Lou Pearlman is arrested in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, and deported to the United States territory of Guam. He is accused of defrauding over 1,800 individual investors out of a total of $317 million. He will eventually be returned to Florida to face criminal charges and a growing list of civil litigation. (Orlando Sentinel)
Bertie Ahern of Fianna Fáil is elected as Ireland's Taoiseach for a record third term upon the opening of the 30th Dáil. The Taoiseach then announces his new cabinet with ministries. (RTÉ)
Entertainer Michael Barrymore is arrested in the UK along with two others over the murder of Stuart Lubbock, who was found dead in Barrymore's swimming pool in 2001. (Sky)
Lebanon prepares to bury anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido and nine others killed in yesterday's bombing with a national day of mourning declared. (CNN)
Iraq War: Three Sunni mosques near Baghdad are burned in apparent retaliation for the latest Al-Askari Mosque bombing. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
The Indian Airlines strike continues for a second day causing continuing disruption to Indian aviation. (BBC)
New Zealand condemns the expulsion of its High Commissioner to Fiji Mike Green by Frank Bainimarama's military government, which gave no reason for the expulsion. (BBC)
Cuba introduces a United Nations resolution on Puerto Rico calling on United States to expedite Puerto Rico's self-determination process; the text also requests the General Assembly to consider question; urges clean up of Vieques island, release of Puerto Rican political prisoners. (UN)
The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the 2007 NBA Finals to win the 2007 National Basketball Association Championship. (SI)
Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins wins the Hart Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League's most valuable player during the 2006-07 season in the annual NHL awards. (TSN)

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Recent Lebanese anti-government protests Six-party talks Ongoing 2007 Lebanon conflict 2007 Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2007 Zimbabwe coup d'état attempt Chinese protein export scandal Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy Fatah-Hamas conflict Global spread of H5N1 Iran's nuclear program ISS Expedition 15 2007 pet food recalls STS-117 Natural disasters 2007 heat wave Atlantic hurricane season North Indian cyclone season Pacific hurricane season Pacific typhoon season

Recent deaths
June 18: Vilma Espín 18: Bernard Manning 17: Gianfranco Ferrè 16: Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani 15: Sherri Martel 14: Ruth Graham 14: Kurt Waldheim 12: Walid Eido 12: Sir Wally Herbert 12: Don Herbert 11: Ray Mears 8: Richard Rorty 4: Craig L. Thomas 4: Tom Burns 4: Bill France Jr. 2: Steve Gilliard 2: Huang Ju

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Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada) Brazilian gang violence Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines Ituri Conflict in the DR Congo Hamas-Fatah clashes War in Somalia Ivorian Civil War Turkish-Kurdish conflict Second Chechen War South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Taliban insurgency Darfur conflict

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Recent June 3: Senegal, Parliament 10: Belgium, Parliament 10: Mayotte, Assembly 10: France, Legislature 13: Israel, President 16: Samoa, o le Ao o le Malo 17: France, Legislature Upcoming June 24: Republic of the Congo, Parliament (1^st round) 30: East Timor, Parliament 30-July 10: Papua New Guinea, Parliament June: British Virgin Islands, Legislature June: Jordan, Parliament June: Kiribati, Parliament June: Nauru, President

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