June 14, 2005

June 14, 2005

June 14 2005 (Tuesday)

* A major earthquake strikes about 80 miles (130 kilometers) off the coast of northern California on Tuesday night, briefly prompting a tsunami warning along the Pacific coast but with no immediate reports of damages or injuries. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-14-california-quake_x.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno (AP)]
* Asafa Powell breaks the world record in the 100 meters (328 feet, 1 inch) Tuesday with a 9.77 clocking at the Athens, Greece Olympic Stadium, making him the world's fastest human at 36.85 km/h (22.9 mi/h). [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2005-06-14-world-record-100_x.htm (AP)]
* The Supreme Court of Argentina declares unconstitutional two laws that granted immunity to Dirty War human rights abusers. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=anc3YCuQpXv0&refer=latin_america (Bloomberg)]
* Jacob Zuma, Executive Deputy President of South Africa, is fired for being implicated in a high-profile corruption trial. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8786067 (Reuters)]
*Conflict in Iraq: 22 people have died following a suicide bombing in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4090626.stm (BBC)]
*Football (soccer) sex crime allegations:
** George Best, the former Manchester United star from Northern Ireland, has been arrested and bailed on suspicion of indecently assaulting a young girl. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4090216.stm (BBC)]
** Robin van Persie, the Dutch Arsenal footballer, has been arrested in Rotterdam on suspicion of rape. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4091114.stm (BBC)]
* Sudan rejects the UN's decision to use the International Criminal Court to try criminals in relation to the atrocities of the Darfur conflict, and instead opens its own recently-created special court. [http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=9073 (Al-Jazeera)] [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-6DBEPW?OpenDocument (ReliefWeb)] , [http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=11465 (ISN)]
* A TNS/MRBI Irish Times opinion poll predicts that Ireland, previously seen as certain to vote "yes", is likely to vote "no" in its planned referendum on the European Constitution. Only 30% of voters indicated that they would vote for the constitution, the lowest level in any country in the European Union to date. [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=654732005 (The Scotsman)]
* A four-year-old boy is reported dead shortly after losing consciousness while riding at Walt Disney World's Epcot. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/14/disney.death.ap/index.html (CNN)]
* According to "Washington Post", US and Russian defense officials blocked NATO demand of investigation into crackdown of unrest in Uzbekistan [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/13/AR2005061301550.html?nav=rss_politics (Washington Post)] [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6DD2ZP?OpenDocument (ReliefWeb)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/14/news/uzbek.php (IHT)]
* In Indonesia, lawyers of Schapelle Corby file appeal in Bali court [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15618241%255E2702,00.html (Australia)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8784870 (Reuters)]
* In Mexico, Raúl Salinas de Gortarí is released from prison on bail. He has been in prison for ten years [http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=10825&tabla=miami (El Universal)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8786851 (Reuters)]
* JP Morgan Chase & Co. announced a settlement of a lawsuit brought against it by Enron investors who claim that it helped the management of that company defraud them. JP Morgan will pay claimants US$2.2 billion.


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