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Mohamed Morsi (pictured) is deposed as President of Egypt in a coup d'état amid mass protests. King Albert II of Belgium announces his intention to abdicate in favour of his son Philippe. An earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people. The United Nations mission MINUSMA begins its operative mandate in Mali. Nineteen firefighters are killed battling a wildfire in the U.S. state of Arizona. Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union. At least five planets, including three planets suspected of being habitable, are found orbiting the star Gliese 667 C. Recent deaths: Douglas Engelbart

Current events of July 4, 2013 (2013-07-04) (Thursday) Arts and culture The Statue of Liberty opens for the first time since Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage to Liberty Island in New York harbor in late October 2012. (The Atlantic Wire) International relations South Korea offers to hold talks with North Korea over reopening a joint factory complex in the North Korean town of Kaesong which shut down in April. (AP via The Hindu) Law and Crime Scotland Yard discovers new evidence and new witnesses in the Madeleine McCann case and opens a formal investigation into her disappearance. (BBC) Egypt arrests Mohammed Badie, the Supreme Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, for "inciting the killing of protesters". (Wires via France 24) Former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, announces his resignation from the Constitutional Council of France following a finding that he exceeded spending limits in his 2012 Presidential election campaign. (The Local) Politics and elections Campaigning gets underway in Japan for the House of Councillors election with voting to start on July 21. (Xinhua) Portuguese political crisis, 2013 A series of talks between Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister to solve the question around the former resignation. After a third round the Prime Minister Passos Coelho is to meet with the President of the Republic Cavaco Silva. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is now in a "permanent vegetative state" and doctors have advised his family to turn off his life support machine. (AFP via News24) (Sky News) Sports Buenos Aires is awarded the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics July 4, 2013 Wikinews articles Current events of July 3, 2013 (2013-07-03) (Wednesday) Armed conflict and attacks 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat: Egypt's military deposes President Mohamed Morsi, and installs Adly Mansour, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, as the country's new interim leader. (CNN) The Egyptian military takes control of state TV studios and places a travel ban on Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders as a military coup d'etat unfolds, following a week of anti-government unrest. (The Independent) President Morsi is reportedly placed under house arrest as troops deploy across Cairo and armored vehicles and soldiers mass at Cairo University and other key sites. (The Times of Israel) U.S. drone attacks on Pakistan: The death toll from a United States drone strike on a militants camp in the North Waziristan area of Pakistan rises to 16. (AP via Huffington Post) Pakistan condemns the latest deadly U.S. drone strike to violate its "sovereignty and territorial integrity". (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents The death toll from a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh Province rises to 42, with more than 400 injured and thousands of buildings damaged. (AFP via Fox News) International relations Diversion of Bolivian president Evo Morales' flight: The presidential jet of Bolivia is denied access to European airspace and forced to land in Vienna amid concerns that Edward Snowden is on board. (BBC) Bolivia files a complaint at the United Nations over what is called the "kidnapping" of its president. (The Guardian) Morales's fellow South American leaders condemn what they consider to be an act of aggression by the U.S. and its allies. Protests take place at the French Embassy in Bolivia. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Ecuador announces the discovery of a bugging device used to listen in on its embassy in the United Kingdom. Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patiño declares it as "another instance of a loss of ethics at the international level in relations between governments". (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections King Albert II of Belgium announces his abdication for health reasons in favour of his son Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant. (Nieuwsblad) (DeRedactie.be) Arts and culture A 4,000-year-old pyramid at El Paraíso in Peru is destroyed by property developers. (BBC News) July 3, 2013 Wikinews articles Wikinews interviews a Restore the Fourth organizer Current events of July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks July 2013 Egyptian protests: At least 16 people are killed and over 200 injured in clashes near Cairo University. (Ahram Online) Mohamed Kamel Amr resigns as the Foreign Minister of Egypt along with five other ministers who also submit their resignations after Sunday protests. (Reuters via MSN) The President of Egypt Mohammed Morsi vows to stay in office despite the protests. (The Telegraph) Naxalite-Maoist insurgency: Six policemen in the eastern India state of Jharkhand are killed in an attack by Naxalites. (NDTV) War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Militants attack NATO headquarters in the north of Kabul resulting in at least two deaths. (Reuters), (AP via Newsday) Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): A wave of market bomb attacks mostly targeting Shi'ite Muslims kills 46 people (Herald Sun) At least seven people are killed in Pakistan after an American drone strike targets a militant compound near the border with Afghanistan. (IBN Live) Arts and culture Pending approval from Pope Francis, reports that Pope John Paul II may be canonized at the end of the year are confirmed after approval by the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints of an alleged second miracle. (CBS News) Disasters and accidents At least eleven have been killed and dozens of people are injured in Indonesia's Aceh Province after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. (Xinhua) Law and crime The Obama administration postpones enforcement of a major requirement of the PPACA healthcare law - that pertaining to employers offering coverage to their workers - for a full year after its planned January 1, 2014 implementation. (Washington Post) 68 Islamists accused of conspiring against the United Arab Emirates federal government, sentenced to 15 years. (BBC) Two Russian married couples are found guilty by a German court of espionage for Russia (BBC) Court proceedings against former Chadian President Hissène Habré commence in Senegal, with charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture. (BBC), (Euro news), (Deutsche Welle) Politics and elections France and Portugal refuse to allow the plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales to land on their respective territories after suspicions that Edward Snowden was on board. (The Washington Post) Wales becomes the first country in the UK to adopt a presumed consent system of organ donation after members of its legislative assembly vote in favour of the system. (BBC) Portuguese political crisis, 2013: Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas quits after disagreeing with the prime minister's choice for Finance Minister, Maria Luís Albuquerque. The Minister for the Environment and Agriculture and the Minister of Social Security are also set to resign. (Euro news), (BBC) The Communist Party of Cuba announces a shakeup of its leadership with former President of the National Assembly of People's Power Ricardo Alarcón and several others losing roles on the Central Committee. (AP) Science and technology A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites loses control and crashes shortly after launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.(Spaceflightnow.com) The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx. (Sydney Morning Herald) July 2, 2013 Wikinews articles Current events of July 1, 2013 (2013-07-01) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks July 2013 Egyptian protests: Demonstrations across Egypt gather about 15 million people nationwide calling for the resignation of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. (The Atlantic) At least 16 people, including an American, have been killed, and 800 injured, in the anti-government demonstrations that began last week. (The Jerusalem Post) (CNN) Egyptian army officials issue a 48-hour ultimatum to the Muslim Brotherhood-linked government of President Mohamed Morsi to respond to the concerns of millions of protesters who have taken to the streets calling for Morsi’s resignation, or it will “step in to restore order”. (BBC) (The New York Times) (CNN) At least 47 people are killed and more than 90 wounded in two separate bomb blasts in Pakistan, one in a Shiite suburb of Quetta and the other in an attack on a paramilitary convoy in the northwest of the country; a Sunni extremist group reportedly claims responsibility. (CNN) Two suspected militants and a policeman are shot dead during a gun battle in Tral, Jammu and Kashmir. (BBC) Arts and culture The United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a decisive battle in the American Civil War. (Washington Post) Archaeology The Manning River Skull is purported to be the oldest European remains discovered in Australia and possibly rewriting Australian history. (Yahoo! News) International relations Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union. (ABC News) Former United States spy agency contractor Edward Snowden applies for political asylum in Russia. (Reuters) Politics and elections Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet gets a landslide victory, becoming the presidential candidate of the Nueva Mayoría centre-left coalition for the next November elections. Pablo Longueira, former Minister of Economy, wins the centre-right primary. (The New York Times) Vitor Gaspar, Minister of Finance of Portugal, resigns due to lack of support and willingness to strenghten austerity measures, prompting a political crisis. The Minister was replaces by Treasury Secretary Maria Luis Albuquerque. July 1, 2013 Wikinews articles Egyptian military issues ultimatum to Morsi Canada approves revision to previously anti-competitive broadcaster acquisition Pride in London 2013: in pictures Current events of June 30, 2013 (2013-06-30) (Sunday) Armed conflict and attacks 175 prisoners in the southern Nigeria town of Akure are freed by armed gunmen who also kill two civilians during the raid. (Reuters) War in North-West Pakistan: A bomb attack on a security convoy in northwest Pakistan kills at least 11 people while injuring 19. (AP via Fox News) Disasters and accidents At least 30 are killed when a fuel truck explodes on a busy highway outside the Ugandan capital of Kampala. (Reuters) US heatwave: A heatwave hits the southwestern United States with a death recorded in the state of Nevada and record or near-record days. (AP via Fox News) 19 firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona. (Associated Press via ABC) (KSAZ) Politics and elections Former President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is sworn-in as the newly elected Mayor of Manila, the nation's capital. (Rappler) Hassan Rouhani, President-elect of Iran, criticizes the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) over its news censorship of the Syrian civil war and the 2009–10 election protests. He also says Iran needs a cautious approach in its foreign policy. (Al Jazeera) The President of the European Parliament demands an explanation from the U.S. for allegations of spying, while new sources hint that the NSA could gather information from several European countries and had placed microphones in the Embassy of Italy to the U.S.. Many European leaders declare themselves greatly disappointed and the issue may bring serious political and economical consequences. (The Guardian) Millions of Egyptians flood the streets on the anniversary of the inauguration of President Mohammed Mursi demanding his resignation. (Reuters) 90,000 people attended the 'Concert per la llibertat' (Concert for freedom) for the independence of Catalonia, organized by Òmnium Cultural and the Assemblea Nacional Catalana in Camp Nou in Barcelona, Catalonia. (Vilaweb) Sport In golf: Korean Inbee Park wins the U.S. Women's Open, becoming only the fourth woman to win three major championships in a season. (AP via ESPN) American Kenny Perry wins the Champions Tour's Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship for his first senior major win. (AP via ESPN) In football, Brazil defeats Spain 3-0 in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. (BBC Sport) In ice hockey, Nathan MacKinnon, a Canadian centre with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, is chosen by the Colorado Avalanche as the first pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. (AP via ESPN) June 30, 2013 Wikinews articles Current events of June 29, 2013 (2013-06-29) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Eight Royal Thai Army soldiers are killed during an ambush in Krong Pinang District in Yala Province located in Southern Thailand. (BBC) One policeman is killed and 14 are wounded in a clash with the North Caucasian rebels in Chechnya, Russia. (Reuters) Syrian civil war: Three German Gruenhelme e.V. aid workers have been missing since May 19 in the town of Harem in northern Syria and are believed to have been kidnapped. (AP) Syrian government troops launch a major offensive on rebel-held areas in the city of Homs, following the regime’s success in seizing the city of Qusayr with Hezbollah backing.[ http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Assads-forces-launch-offensive-in-Homs-city-318116 (The Jerusalem Post)] Business and economy The Australian Dollar falls to its lowest level against the US Dollar since 2010. (Sydney Morning Herald) Disasters and accidents Four men including the pilot die in a helicopter crash in southern Switzerland. (AP via News24) 2013 North India floods: A Uttarakhand lawmaker claims the actual death toll from the floods is 10,000, ten times the official estimate. (Hindustan Times) Extreme heat in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, leads to dozens of hospitalizations. (LA Times) International relations Vice President of the United States Joe Biden asks Ecuador to reject an asylum request by Edward Snowden. (The Independent) Politics and elections Large crowds gather in Cairo, Egypt to protest against the presidency of Mohammed Morsi (BBC) Riot police clash with protesters in Soweto, South Africa, shortly before a visit by United States President Barack Obama. (Reuters) Former South African president F. W. de Klerk cuts short his European trip because of former president Nelson Mandela's ill-health. (SAPA via News24) Dozens of people are arrested at a gay pride parade in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. (AP via St Louis Today) 2013 protests in Brazil: Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, experiences a sharp drop in popularity. Only 30 percent of people asked by the Datafolha's opinion poll considered Rousseff's administration "great" or "good". (Reuters) Sport In cycling, the 100th running of the Tour de France gets underway in Corsica. (The Australian) June 29, 2013 Wikinews articles Judge jails two men for life over Liam Aitchison murder Quebec to appeal long-gun registry destruction to the Supreme Court Air Pacific re-brands as Fiji Airways Current events of June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks One trainee member of the Philippine National Police is killed and six injured in an ambush in Mountain Province. (ABS-CBN News) One person is killed and four injured in an attack on a provincial party office in the Egyptian city of Zagazig. (Reuters) Thirty-three are killed in an attack in Nigeria's Plateau State. (Xinhua) Two people are killed and seven injured in a bomb attack in Songkhla, Thailand. (The Nation) Three people are killed and seven injured in an attack in Karachi, Pakistan (Gulf News) Fifteen people are killed in attacks targeting Iraqi police and anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen. (The Daily Star) Arts and culture Former President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez wins the Simón Bolívar National Award for Journalism posthumously. (Mail & Guardian Online) Business and economics Gold falls below $1200 per ounce for the first time since 2010. (BBC) The USDA approves a plant to slaughter horses for meat in New Mexico. (Reuters) News Corp. completes a planned split into two companies, creating 21st Century Fox. (LA Times) Law and crime A senior Vatican bank cleric, Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, and two others are arrested on suspicion of smuggling €20 million into Italy from Switzerland. (BBC) French businessman Bernard Tapie is placed under investigation for improperly using political influence to benefit his businesses. (Xinhua) A man is arrested in England on charges related to an attack on the John Constable painting The Hay Wain. (AP via Silicon Valley Mercury News) Gay marriage in the state of California is legalized after the stay held on the unconstitutional California Proposition 8 is lifted. Two women who successfully challenged Proposition 8 in the Supreme Court of the United States are married in San Francisco. (NBC News) Sport Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Salman Butt admits to fixing matches in 2010. (The News International) June 28, 2013 Wikinews articles Stephen Lawrence police corruption allegations lead to calls for investigation Emir of Qatar abdicates throne More June 2013 events...

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Gray June 29: Margherita Hack 29: Jim Kelly 29: Paul Smith 28: Peter Lehmann 28: Matt Osborne 27: Alain Mimoun 26: Justin Miller 26: Marc Rich 26: Bert Stern 25: Sarah Charlesworth 25: Jim Hudson 25: Harry Parker 24: Mick Aston 24: Emilio Colombo 24: William Hathaway 24: Puff Johnson 24: James Martin 24: Alan Myers 23: Bobby Bland 23: Richard Matheson 23: Frank Stranahan 22: Gary David Goldberg 22: Allan Simonsen 20: Philip Slater 20: Jeffrey Smart 19: Vince Flynn 19: James Gandolfini 19: Michael Hodgman 19: Gyula Horn 19: Slim Whitman 18: Michael Hastings 18: David Wall 17: James Holshouser 16: Hans Hass 16: Bernard Sahlins 16: Kenneth G. Wilson 15: Dennis O'Rourke 15: Syd Young 14: Gene Mako 13: Edmund D. Pellegrino 12: Scott Winkler 12: Jiroemon Kimura 12: Jason Leffler 11: Kristians Pelss 11: Miller Barber 11: Henry Cecil 11: Robert Fogel 11: Stephen Porter 11: Vidya Charan Shukla 10: Barbara Vucanovich 9: Iain Banks 9: Niels Diffrient 9: Elías Querejeta 8: Yoram Kaniuk 7: Pierre Mauroy 7: Richard Ramirez 6: Jerome Karle 6: Esther Williams 6: Tom Sharpe 6: Maxine Stuart 5: Ruairí Ó Brádaigh 4: Joey Covington  Ongoing conflicts Global War on Terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on Drugs Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF - Horn of Africa OEF - Trans Sahara DR Congo: M23 rebellion Egypt Egyptian protests Libya: Libyan factional fighting Nigeria: Nigerian Sharia conflict Niger Delta conflict Somalia: Civil War Sudan and South Sudan: Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War: Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: North-West War Sectarian violence India: Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Islamic insurgency in the Philippines: Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Korea: Korean maritime border conflict Southeast Asia: Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Dissident Irish Republican campaign Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan: Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian civil war Yemen: al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency  Elections Recent: June 14: Iran, President, Local 23: Albania, Parliament 26: Mongolia, President Upcoming: July 11: Japan, House of Councillors (one half) 13: Bhutan, National Assembly (2nd Round) 21: Togo, Parliament  Trials Recently concluded Canada: Michael Rafferty Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Germany: Breno Borges Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY) Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, 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 Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Beate Zschape Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Russia: Platon Lebedev South Africa: Oscar Pistorius Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Koo Stark, Liam Adams, Eddy Shah United States: Jodi Arias, Bradley Manning, Robert Bales, George Zimmerman Upcoming Czech Republic: Václav Klaus France: Éric Raoult Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo South Africa: Oscar Pistorius United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Ian Watkins, Neville Neville, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Adebowale United States: Nidal Malik Hasan, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Crystal Mangum, Dylan Quick, Richie Farmer, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Ariel Castro, Aaron Hernandez

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