Portal:Current events/2007 July 2: Difference between revisions

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*[[Garda Síochána]] find over 1.5 [[tonne]]s of [[cocaine]] worth over [[Euro|€]]105 million off the coast of [[West Cork]] after a small [[ship]] sinks - the largest cocaine seizure in the history of [[Ireland]]. The [[Irish Naval Service|naval diving squad]] are continuing the search, as experts believe more of the drug is still in the sea. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0703/drugs.html (RTÉ)]

*[[Brahim Déby]], heir apparent to President [[Idriss Déby]] of [[Chad]], is murdered in [[Paris]], [[France]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/02/africa/chad.php (IHT)]

*[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] [[Commutation of sentence|commutes]] [[Lewis Libby|Scooter Libby]]'s prison sentence with a [[Pardon#Pardons and clemency in the United States|Grant of Executive Clemency]] for his role in the [[Plame Affair]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSWAT00783220070702 (Reuters)] [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070702-4.html (Whitehouse.gov)]

*[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] holds talks with the [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] in [[Kennebunkport, Maine]] discussing [[missile defense]] and [[Iran]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Bush-Putin.html?ex=1341028800&en=d0d2c45fc28cffa8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (AP via NYT)]

*The [[Carlyle Group]] offers somewhere between [[£]]4 billion and £5 billion for the purchase of heavily-indebted [[Virgin Media]]. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118338572021455294.html (WSJ)]

*Eight people die in a [[car bomb]] explosion at a [[Ma'rib|tourist site]] in [[Yemen]]. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1273294,00.html (Sky)]

*The [[United States]] accuses [[Iran]] of using [[Hezbollah]] to train [[Shia]] militants in [[Iraq]]. The Iranian Defence Minister had earlier called the US the "biggest sponsor of terrorism" in the world. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6260690.stm (BBC)] [http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=14510&sectionid=351020101 (Press TV)]

*[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] [[Thomas K. Mooney]], the [[military attaché]] at the [[United States Embassy]] is found dead in western [[Cyprus]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/02/europe/EU-GEN-Cyprus-Missing-Diplomat.php (AP via IHT)]

*[[Wesfarmers]] buys [[Coles Group]] for [[Australian dollar|$A]]22 billion in [[Australia]]'s biggest corporate deal. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/wesfarmers-buys-coles-for-22b/2007/07/01/1183228960107.html?s_cid=rss_smh (Sydney Morning Herald)]

*British [[detective]]s continue the hunt for suspects in the [[2007 Glasgow International Airport attack]] and the [[2007 London car bombs]] plot. Two doctors are among the seven people currently in custody in the UK in connection with the attacks with another person held in [[Brisbane, Queensland]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6259924.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6261076.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6263408.stm (BBC)] [http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/terror-plot-arrest-in-brisbane/2007/07/03/1183351156132.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 (The Melbourne Age)]

*[[Corporal]] [[Willie Apiata|Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata]] of the [[Special Air Service of New Zealand]] is awarded the [[Victoria Cross for New Zealand|Victoria Cross]] for bravery under fire in [[Afghanistan]] in [[2004]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/02/1967390.htm (ABC News Australia)]

*The [[trial]] over the murder of [[Turkish people|Turkish]]-[[Armenia]]n [[journalist]] [[Hrant Dink]] opens in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6259762.stm (BBC)]

*Thdoris was born in [[Pafos]], [[Cyprus]].

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