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Viswanathan Anand (pictured) defeats Boris Gelfand to win a fourth consecutive World Chess Championship. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry approves the names flerovium and livermorium for two recently discovered synthetic elements. American author Madeline Miller wins the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel The Song of Achilles. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War. In response to the Houla massacre, high-ranking Syrian diplomats are expelled from several countries.

Current events of June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): Clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad kill 10 and injure 25 people in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli. (Reuters) A drone attack conducted by the United States kills two suspected militants outside their hideout in South Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan. (AP via Google News) Four aid workers kidnapped by Taliban insurgents in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on May 22 are rescued by ISAF forces. (CNN) (ISAF) Law and crime A court in Cairo, Egypt, finds former president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib al-Adly guilty for complicity in the killings of demonstrators in the 2011 revolution that ousted Mubarak and both are sentenced to life in prison. Mubarak and his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, are all acquitted on separate corruption charges. (BBC) June 2, 2012 Wikinews articles Australia women's water polo team into FINA Women's World League Super Finals semi finals Current events of June 1, 2012 (2012-06-01) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): The United Nations Human Rights Council votes to condemn the massacre carried out by Syrian forces in the town of Houla on May 25, despite Russia, China and Cuba voting against the resolution. (The Guardian) The New York Times reports that U.S. President Barack Obama accelerated the pace of the American cyberwarfare campaign after the 2010 Stuxnet. (The Guardian) (The New York Times) An armed Palestinian infiltrator and an Israeli soldier are killed during an exchange of fire along the Gaza border, and at least three militants are injured during an Israeli air strike on Gaza. (BBC) Arts and culture Madonna kicks off the MDNA Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel. (BBC) Business and economics World stock markets hit their lowest level in 2012. (The Guardian) Health Gonorrhoea soars in England. (BBC) International relations China arrests a security ministry official on suspicion of spying for the United States; the official is reported to have been blackmailed by the CIA. (BBC) Law and crime The Venezuelan government outlaws the commercial sale of guns and ammunition, the latest in a series of initiatives to improve security and cut crime. (BBC) Samoa announces the pardon of 35 prisoners to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its independence from New Zealand. (BBC) The Food and Drug Administration, a U.S. government agency, goes to court to secure supplies of a drug used in lethal injections, which have dwindled since an importation ban. (BBC) Politics and elections Counting of votes in the Irish referendum on the European Fiscal Compact gets underway, with early tallies indicating the Compact has been approved. (Reuters via Yahoo! News Australia) (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) Sports In baseball, Johan Santana pitches a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals, the first in New York Mets history. (ESPN) June 1, 2012 Wikinews articles Australia women's water polo team into FINA Women's World League Super Finals quarter finals Buddy Roemer suspends U.S. presidential campaign Current events of May 31, 2012 (2012-05-31) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills 14 people. (CNN) A suicide bomber kills five policeman at a police headquarters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. (BBC) A German engineer taken hostage by gunmen in Kano, Nigeria, in January is killed by his captors during a failed rescue operation by Nigerian forces. (BBC) Arts and culture American conservative Christian lobby group One Million Moms launches a campaign against the decision of DC and Marvel Comics to include characters who identify as gay. (The Guardian) BBC Radio 4 announces a five-and-a-half-hour celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses on this coming Bloomsday, claiming it as the novel's first full-length dramatisation in Britain. (The Guardian) Business and economy A nationwide strike against rising petrol prices closes shops and disrupts public transport in India, with the government facing widespread criticism over its economic management. (Al Jazeera) International relations The 2012 Bilderberg Conference begins in Chantilly, Virginia. (The Guardian) (RT) (List of participants) Law and crime British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt appears at the Leveson Inquiry into media practices in the UK. The inquiry hears that he congratulated James Murdoch on the progress of News Corporation's bid for BSkyB just hours before he was charged with overseeing it, but acted impartially once he took on the role. Prime Minister David Cameron says he will not order an inquiry into Hunt's ministerial conduct. (BBC) A jury clears former Democratic Party candidate for Vice-President of the United States John Edwards on one count of corruption, with the judge ordering a mistrial on the other five counts. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Egypt formally ends its 31-year state of emergency, which gave security forces broad powers to suppress civil unrest and detain dissenters. (BBC) Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a referendum on whether the Irish government can approve the European Fiscal Compact. (Irish Examiner) (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera) (France24) (BBC) After four days of negotiations with student leaders, the Quebec government pulls out of talks meant to end a mass student protest against tuition fees. Demonstrations have been ongoing since February 13, with more than 150,000 students on strike. (CBC) Science SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule successfully returns to Earth following its demo mission to the International Space Station, landing intact in the Pacific Ocean. It is later recovered and shipped back to the United States. (AP via Google) (USA Today) (NASA) Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope predict that the Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in four billion years' time. (Los Angeles Times) Sports Kevin Pietersen announces his retirement from all forms of international limited overs cricket. (The Daily Telegraph) Defenseman Nicklas Lidström of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings announces his retirement from professional ice hockey after a 20-year career in Detroit, including six years as Detroit's captain. (Houston Chronicle) May 31, 2012 Wikinews articles President Obama easily wins Texas primary; Romney secures Republican nomination Indonesians retrieve missing recorder from crashed Russian jet Current events of May 30, 2012 (2012-05-30) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising: Several nations, including Turkey, Germany and Canada, expel Syrian diplomats in response to the May 25 Houla massacre. (BBC) Russia states that it is "categorically against" foreign intervention into the ongoing Syrian conflict. (BBC) The United Nations reports the deaths of 13 men in a mass execution in eastern Syria. (AFP via ABC News Australia) Romeo Langlois, a freelance journalist from France 24 who was abducted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on April 28, is released by FARC in southern Colombia. (Reuters) Arts and culture The South African gallery which exhibited Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear reaches a deal with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), which opposes its display. (BBC) It is announced that a UK concert by the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, Venezuela's premier youth orchestra, is to be live-streamed online on 23 and 26 June, after live tickets sold out eight months in advance. (The Guardian) English novelist Terry Pratchett is awarded the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. (The Guardian) The winner of the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction is announced. (The Guardian) Disasters Aftershocks continue to strike northern Italy in the wake of yesterday's earthquake, which killed 17 people and left over 14,000 homeless in the Emilia-Romagna region. (Daily Telegraph) International relations United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta calls for the United States to strengthen its naval presence in Asia, in order to counter China's growing military power. (BBC) President of the United States Barack Obama angers the people of Poland by referring to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz as "Polish". Prominent Poles demand an apology for the "outrageous" gaffe. (BBC) Enhanced security preparations are reported in the lead-up to the 2012 Bilderberg Conference in Chantilly, Virginia. (Daily Mail) Law and crime Assange v The Swedish Judicial Authority: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses his appeal in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom against extradition to Sweden on rape charges. (BBC) (AP via ABC News America) The former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, is sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague for aiding and abetting war crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war. (BBC) Andy Coulson, former director of communications for British Prime Minister David Cameron, is detained for questioning by police investigating claims of perjury. (BBC) At the Leveson Inquiry into British media practices, UK Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable, who initially had responsibility for overseeing News Corporation's bid to take full control of BSkyB, tells the hearing he was warned the Liberal Democrats would be "done over" by the company's newspapers if he ruled against the takeover. (BBC) A gunman opens fire in the U.S. city of Seattle, killing three people and injuring two more before shooting himself. A fourth person is killed in a separate incident in the city before the suspected gunman in both incidents kills himself. (AP via Washington Post) (King 5) (Seattle Times) Canadian police begin a manhunt for suspected murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta, who is believed to have dismembered a man and mailed his severed hand and foot to political party offices in Ottawa. (Montreal Gazette) Politics and elections Ireland's High Court refuses an application by Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty against the Referendum Commission's statements on the European Stability Mechanism, as voting continues on offshore islands in the referendum on the European Fiscal Compact. (RTÉ) The Parliament of Albania fails without a vote in the first round to elect the President of the republic. (Top Channel) (Reuters) The Parliament of Papua New Guinea meets to choose a new Prime Minister after a ruling by the Supreme Court last week, with de facto Prime Minister Peter O'Neill again chosen. (ABC News Australia) (The Australian) Doctors in the United Kingdom agree to stage a day of industrial action on 21 June, the first such action by the British medical profession since 1975. The strike will lead to cancellations of routine medical appointments, but will not affect emergency care. (BBC) The Prime Minister of Lesotho, Pakalitha Mosisili, resigns after his Democratic Congress party failed to win a majority in the recent general election, while opposition parties form a coalition. (Sky News Australia) Science Following the successful sequencing of the tomato genome, scientists state that tastier and more pesticide-resistant tomato varieties can be engineered for commercial use within five years. (BBC) Scientists report that supervolcanoes can develop much faster than previously suspected – erupting within just a few hundred years of their formation, instead of tens of thousands of years. (BBC) Sports Vishwanathan Anand defeats Boris Gelfand to win the World Chess Championship for the fourth consecutive time, and the fifth time overall. (The Guardian) May 30, 2012 Wikinews articles Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes U.S. Congressman Thad McCotter denied ballot in re-election primary race; announces write-in campaign Current events of May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising: Several Arab and Western countries expel Syrian diplomats in response to the Houla massacre. (Al Jazeera) A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander admits that the country has sent troops to Syria to fight against opposition forces. (RIA Novosti) The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that 98 people were killed in Syria today including 61 civilians. (AAP via News Limited) Rebels attack the convoy of Somali president Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during an overland trip; he escaped unharmed. (Reuters) 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: Sudan and South Sudan restart talks to avoid war amid accusations of bombing raids. (Reuters) Arts and culture The gallery which exhibited Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear agrees to take down an image of the artwork from its website as thousands of people march in protest through the streets of Johannesburg. (Al Jazeera) China's best-known microblogging site Sina Weibo introduces new restrictions on the content its 300 million users can post. (Radio Television Hong Kong) Business and economy Four of Wall Street's market makers involved in Facebook's botched IPO are expecting losses from technical glitches to be around US$115 million. (Reuters) Three Spanish savings banks - Ibercaja, Liberbank and Caja3 - approve a merger. (BBC) Russian social network VK announces that it will postpone its planned initial public offering indefinitely, following the recent botched float of Facebook. (Reuters via Chicago Tribune) Disasters A 5.8-magnitude earthquake rocks northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people. (Al Jazeera) (AP via Google News) North Korea faces its worst drought in 50 years. (CNN) International relations Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy opposition party in Burma and MP for Kawhmu, leaves Yangon for Bangkok, Thailand on her first overseas trip in 22 years. (Al Jazeera) (AFP via Google News) Law and crime Assange v The Swedish Judicial Authority: WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange learns he will find out tomorrow if he is to be deported to Sweden from the UK. (The Guardian) The mother of Assange arrives in London ahead of his final legal bid against extradition to Sweden. (The Sydney Morning Herald) Assange interviews representatives of the Occupy movement on World Tomorrow ahead of the verdict. (Digital Journal) The Senate of the Philippines finds the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Renato Corona guilty of failure to disclose to the public his assets following a four-month long impeachment trial. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (Channel News Asia) (Al Jazeera) Police in Indonesia seize over 1 million ecstasy pills totalling US$45 million, in the biggest drug bust in 10 years. (Bangkok Post) Politics and elections Voters in the US state of Texas go to the polls for primary elections, with Mitt Romney securing the Republican nomination in the Republican primary. (AP via Yahoo! News) (Boston Globe) Groups of indigenous peoples in Brazil block roads and occupy government buildings. (BBC) The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Papua New Guinea declares that the Prime Minister's office is vacant following a ruling by the Supreme Court. (ABC News Australia) Chen Xitong former mayor of Beijing apologises for deaths during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, adding that they could have been avoided, in a book released in Hong Kong this week. (AFP via Google News) U.S. president Barack Obama gives out the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 13 recipients, including Israeli president Shimon Peres, astronaut John Glenn and musician Bob Dylan, at the White House. (BBC) Sports Italian prime minister Mario Monti suggests that professional football in Italy should be suspended immediately after the latest match-fixing row to hit the country. (BBC) More than 150 runners complete the world's highest marathon on Mount Everest. (AFP via Google News) May 29, 2012 Wikinews articles Short-haired bumblebees reintroduced to UK Australian adaptive rowers prepare as paralympics looms Current events of May 28, 2012 (2012-05-28) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Arab Spring: Syrian uprising: The Syrian opposition claims that the Syrian Army has killed at least 41 people in the city of Hama over the past day. (Reuters via The Daily Star) United Nations Special Envoy Kofi Annan visits Syria a day after the Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre. (BBC) France says Syrian regime leaders will answer for "murderous folly". (Al Arabiya) Bahraini uprising: Bahraini authorities release human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on bail, though he still faces a travel ban and criminal charges. (AFP via Google News) (Al Jazeera) Reports are coming in that Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is to consider ending his 110-day hunger strike against the regime. (BBC) Colombian armed conflict (1964–present):**The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) releases a video proving that Romeo Langlois, a French reporter they kidnapped on 28 April 2012, is still alive. (Reuters) A suspected bomb explodes in a shopping complex in Nairobi, Kenya, injuring 33 people. (BBC) For the first time a series of self-immolations have reached the Tibetan capital of Lhasa when two Tibetans set themselves on fire.(Al Jazeera) (The Times of India) Following the UN Committee Against Torture's condemnation of the Irish government's failure to acknowledge and assist former detainees of the country's Catholic-run Magdalene asylums, the Justice for Magdalenes campaign group announces its discovery that women were transferred from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries, where they were held against their will and without their children. (RTÉ) Arts and culture Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace performs in public for the first time since announcing she is transgender. (The Guardian) An image of Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear is removed from a the website of a South African newspaper. (BBC) Awaara has been included in the All-Time 100 greatest films by the Time Magazine. (Time Entertainment) Business and economics Financial irregularities are revealed at Bloxham Stockbrokers. (RTÉ) Disasters and accidents A helicopter crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing two ISAF troops. (CNN) 19 people are killed in a fire at a shopping centre in Doha, Qatar. (BBC) International relations Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh makes the first official visit to Myanmar by an Indian PM since 1987. (BBC) (The Times of India) Law and crime Leveson Inquiry: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the Leveson Inquiry he had a "working relationship" with News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch, but that Murdoch did not influence policy during his time in office. (BBC) An intruder interrupts proceedings to accuse Blair of being a war criminal, on the payroll of U.S. multinational JPMorgan Chase and implicit involvement in war crimes committed in Iraq. (Al Jazeera) (UPI) (MSNBC) (The Belfast Telegraph) Politics and elections The Parliament of Malawi reverts the Flag of Malawi to the original version used between 1964 to 2010. The outgoing flag was introduced in 2010 by the late President Bingu wa Mutharika. (The Nation) (Nyasa Times) The father of a victim of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests commits suicide in Beijing after failing attempts for government redress. (Washington Post) The Chinese Communist Party expels the former railways minister, Liu Zhijun, over corruption. (China Daily) Political parties in Nepal fail to agree on a new constitution, leaving the country with no constitution and no sitting national Legislature. (UPI) Early voting begins in the Irish European Fiscal Compact referendum, 2012. (The Daily Telegraph) Sport Several Italian football players, including Lazio captain Stefano Mauri, are arrested as apart of an ongoing investigation of a sports betting scandal involving match fixing. (AFP via Yahoo! News) May 28, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of May 27, 2012 (2012-05-27) (Sunday) Armed conflict and attacks War in Afghanistan: A NATO air strike kills a family of eight, including six children. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (The News) Arab Spring: Six people are given up to 15 years in prison as the regime continues its clampdown on protesters. (Al Jazeera) Syrian uprising: The death toll from the Houla massacre is updated to 116. (Rueters) Opposition activists accuse the Syrian army of firing artillery into a neighborhood in Hama, killing at-least 30. (Reuters) The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre. (The Guardian) Arts and culture Michael Haneke scoops the Palme d'Or for Love at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. (BBC) Disasters Tropical Storm Beryl makes landfall near the US city of Jacksonville with northern Florida and southern Georgia. (New York Times) (Florida Times Union) International relations IMF head Christine Lagarde is accused of "insulting the Greek people" following her latest controversial comments about the country. (BBC) Law and crime French police arrest the military leader of the Basque seperatist group ETA Oroitz Gurruchaga Gogorza and his deputy Xabier Aramburu in the village of Cauna. (AFP via Google News) Politics and elections Taoiseach Enda Kenny makes a televised address on the European Fiscal Compact ahead of Thursday's referendum. (The Irish Times) Thousands of people rally in Tblisi calling for the ousting of President Mikheil Saakashvili's regime. (Al Jazeera) The new season of the Parliament of Iran is opened. (Press TV) Sports Mark Webber wins the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, his second victory there in Formula 1 racing. (BBC Sport) Ryder Hesjedal wins the 2012 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Canadian to win a Grand Tour in cycling. (CBC Sports) Kolkata Knight Riders win the 2012 Indian Premier League Championship, defeating defending two-time champions Chennai Super Kings 192/5 to 190/3. Scottish driver Dario Franchitti wins the 2012 Indianapolis 500, making it his third victory in the event. (AP via Yahoo! Sports) May 27, 2012 Wikinews articles Miami police shoot, kill naked man chewing face of male victim More May 2012 events...

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