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Business and economy Euro zone leaders secure a €109 billion bailout for Greece with the country going into default for a short period, but with increased powers for the main European rescue fund to assist countries that have not been bailed out, such as Spain and Italy. (New York Times) Disasters The Government of Japan publishes a reconstruction plan for areas devastated by the 2011 ...
Business and economy Bank of Moscow, the fifth largest bank in Russia, in record bailout of $14 billion, after the discovery that almost a third of the bank's assets are "problematic," the Central Bank of Russia said. (BBC) (Moscow Times) A Bank of Japan survey shows that business confidence has fallen markedly since the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Washington Post) Manufacturing ...
Business and economy Sony Corp. says that it will fully restore all the PlayStation Network videogame services in Japan, which will complete worldwide restoration of those services, disrupted in April. (Reuters) Disasters At least 2 people are killed and 4 others are declared missing after a landslide in a village in western Nepal. (AP via The Washington Post) Several African countries ...
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International relations South Sudan secedes from Sudan, becoming a sovereign state. (Los Angeles Times) Politics Malaysian police fire tear gas and arrest hundreds of people as more than 20,000 people march in the 2011 Bersih 2.0 rally demanding electoral reform in Kuala Lumpur. (Bloomberg via Business Week) (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer) (BBC) Sport The Queensland Reds of Australia ...
International relations ASEAN foreign ministers get together for their annual summit on the island of Bali in Indonesia with concerns over territorial claims on the South China Sea. (AP via Sydney Morning Herald) (BBC) Law and crime The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrests an alleged agent of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence in the US state of Virginia for making illegal ...
2011 Norway attacks. Anders Behring Breivik attends court for the first time in connection with the attacks. (AFP via France24) Trond Berntsen, the stepbrother of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, was among the 68 people killed in the attack on the island of Utøya. (AP via Miami Herald) [permanent dead link ]
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