Current Events - World Events 2013 - Part II
Current Events - June 2013
03. Trial of U.S. Army Private First
Class, Bradley Manning, who provided sensitive information to Wikileaks begins.
04. U.S. sanctions against Israel's
nuclear programme takes the shape of weakening the country's currency.
05. Nawaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan
Premier, vows to strengthen the country's ailing economy- U.s. Ambassadorto UN
Susan Rice is to became Obama's Security Adviser.
06. Myanmaropposition leader Aung-San
Suu Kyi announces her intention to run for the country's presidency·
Bangladesh's Rana Plaza collapse victim, 19-year-old Reshmaa Begum, who survived
17 days in the rubble of the collapsed building, leaves hospital.
07. Russian President Vladimir
Putin and wife Lyudmilla announce their divorce after a 30-year marriage.
08. Obama, Xi wrap up a 2-day
summit in California tackling several issues including the contentious issue of
cyber security • Reports of US surveillance of the servers of Internet companies
stir European fears· Serena Williams wins French Open women's singles title.
09. Rafael Nadal creates Grand
Slam history by winning the French Open tennis title for a record 8th time.
10. U.S. considers criminal case
against former CIA employee Edward Snowden, 29 who leaked documents of
widespread United States surveillance programme.
11. China launches its fifth
manned space mission with three astronauts including its second female
astronaut.
12. Asian officials are concerned
that the sensitive information they sent via e-mail may have been monitored by
National Security Agency (NSA)· World's oldest man according to Guinness Book
of World Records, 116 year-old Jiroemon Kimura of Japan dies.
17. Newly-elected Iranian President
Hassan Rouhani rules out halt in nuclear activity but promises transparency·
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallies supporters to counter protesters.
19. Rebels in North Mali sign a
peace deal with government to hold presidential election in July.
20. U.S. scurries to save Afghan
peace talks as Afghanistan is infuriated by the opening of Taliban embassy in
Doha.
22. Brazilian President Dilma
Roussef promises reforms to calm down the fury of widespread protests.
23. Hong Kong rejects requests
for extradition of Snowden, lets him leave for Moscow • Palestinian President
Abbas accepts Premier Hamdallah's resignation.
24. Former Italian Premier Silvio
Berlusconi gets 7 years in prison in underage sex case.
25. Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin
Khalifa al-Thani steps down in favour of his son Sheikh Tamim, a first in the
Arab world.
26. Kevin Rudd executes a stunning
party room coup to oust Julia Gillard and returns as Australian Prime Minister.
Japan's robot astronaut 'Kirobo' is ready to be launched.
27. Scientists have found a new
solar system 22 light years away with 3 habitable Earth-like stars orbiting it.
28. Britain is set to become the
first country to use a controversial IVH technique that would lead to the
creation of babies with three parents.
30. Economic woes overshadow celebrations
to mark Croatia's entry into European Union as its 28th member.
Current Events - July 2013
01. Brigadier Dahlan Jurnaan AI-Hamad
of Qatar elected Asian Athletics Association President.
03. Military coup in Egypt, President
Morsi under house arrest.
04. Douglas Engelbart, the visionary
electrical engineer who invented the computer mouse, dies in California.
06. Bolivia offers asylum to
Snowden • Marion Bartoli of France wins Wimbledon women's singles title, her maiden
Grand Slam trophy.
07. A solar-powered aircraft
completes historic cross-country flight and lands at JFK Airport.
08. Gloom and anger in pro-Morsy
camp after the carnage that left 42 people dead.
11. U.S. succeeds in landing a drone on the deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time.
11. U.S. succeeds in landing a drone on the deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time.
12. Malala Yousafzai, the
Pakistani teenager shot at byTaliban 9 months ago, celebrates her 16th birthday
with a passionate plea at the UN Youth Assembly tospread education • Ireland
passes law allowing abortion under limited circumstances.
13. The people's Democratic Party
led by Tshering Tobgaysweeps Bhutan polls winning 32 out of 47 seats.
14. England pulls off a dramatic 14-run
win in the first Ashes Test.
15. Bangladesh Jamat leader Ghulam
Azam gets 90 years prison term for his role in the 1971 genocide of
Bangladeshis.
16. NASA says a 14th moon orbiting
planet Neptune has been found.
17. Muslim Brotherhood demands reinstatement
of Mohammed Morsy as Egyptian President. Taliban urge Malala to come back and
join Madrasa.
18. Sri Lanka unwilling to hand
overpowers related to police and law enforcement to Tamil minority.
19. The acquittal of George Zimmerman
in the shooting death of Martin, a black teenager, rattles blacks' sense of
security. Australian Premier Kevin Rudd announced that asylum-seekers will not
be resettled in the country.
20. Israel agrees to release Palestinian
prisoners but reject other conditions to resume peace talks.
21. King Philippe I becomes
Belgium's 7th monarch as his father Albert abdicates • A new movie in the works
titled 'Man of Steel' features Superman and Batsman facing off against each
other.
22. A bloody Prisons raid by Iraqi
militants helps 500 escape and leaves 41 dead. Strong earthquake in West China
kills 75, injures 400.
23. Birth of a baby boy to Prince
William and Kate Middleton provokes media frenzy in Englan.
24. Afghanistan's first and only
woman provincial governor is among the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay awards
• Pulitzer - winner Jhumpa Lahiri is among the 13 writers longlisted for this
year's Man Booker Prize.
25. US House of Representatives
come very close to passing a bill defunding NSA's domestic surveillance • A
massive train derailment near Spanish pilgrimage centre Santiago de compostela
claims 78 lives, injures 140.
27. Crackdown on Morsy supporters
leaves scores dead in Cairo.
28. Kuwaits Shia minority lose
more than half of their seats and liberals make slight gains in Kuwait's'
second polls in 8 months.
29. Costumes from the classic
1965 film Sound of Music fetches 1.3 million dollars in a California auction.
30. Pakistan elects businessman
Mammon Mussain as its 12th President.
Current Events - August 2013
01. US whistleblower Edward Snowden
is granted asylum in Russia.
02. Snowden disclosures show that
US has paid at least £100 million to UK spy agency GCHQ over the last 3 years •
The African Union offers cautious endorsement to Zimbabwe's hastily conducted elections.
The Italian Supreme Courtslapsa 4 year prison term for former Prime Minister Silvia
Berlusconi for tax evasion and fraud.
03. Landslide victory for President
Robert Gabriel Mugabe in Zimbabwe elections amid allegations of fraud • Moderate
cleric Hassan Rouhani takes office as Iran's President succeeding Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
04. US shuts down 22 embassies
following AI Quaida threat
05. Closure of US missions across
West Asia extended as AI Qaeda threat is most serious· An ll-year old school
girl in the UK achieves the highest possible score of 162 on a Mense 10 test
making her braiiner
than scientists Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.
than scientists Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.
06. Japan unveils its biggest
warship since World War II with a flight deck, designed to carry upto 14
helicopters.
07. Obama cancels next month's
summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Snowden asylum seen as primary
reason • NASA warns the sun's 180-degree flip in the next three to four months
may affect Earth's climate.
08. Venezuelan court rejects
opposition demand contesting Presidential election.
10. World Athletic championships begin
in Moscow, Mo Farah wins 10,000 metres.
11. Iran marks the deadliest
Ramzan in years as car bombs blasts and shootings kill 61 • Jamaican star Usain
Bolt captures the men's 100 m gold at the World Athletics Championships in
Moscow clocking 9.77 see.
12. Israel supplies a list of
Palestinian prisoners to be released in an effort to kick-start a dialogue with
Palestinians.
13. Former Premier Ibrahim
Boubacar Keita elected Mali's President.
14. Israel starts releasing
Palestinian prisoners jailed before 1993 • Taliban kidnaps an Afghan woman M.P.,
demands release of 4 Taliban prisoners in exchange for the M.P.'s release.
17. Iran's new President Hasan
Rouhani hints at shift in foreign policy towards moderation.
18.A new study warns that climate
change will trigger more frequent heat waves in the next 30 years.
20. Former Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf charged with murder in Benazir Bhuto assassination case.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie arrested.
21. Court orders release of
deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
22. Robert Mugabe sworn in
Zimbabwe's President for another 5-year term.
24. US soldier gets life term for
slaughtering 16 Afghan in their homes.
25. Syria agrees to allow UN
inspection of sites near Damascus where chemical attacks occurred.
26. Snipers attack UN probe team
in Syria, government denies hand.
28. UN and Arab League envoy on
Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi stresses Security Council mandate for attack on Syria.
29. US GDP accelerates sharply in
second quarter.
30. President Obama prepares to
launch a unilateral American military action on Syria • Acclaimed Irish poet
Seamus Heaney, 1995 Nobel Prize winner in Literature passes away.
Current Events - September 2013
01. Syria calls Obama's decision
to seek Congressional approval for a military strike a retreat.
03. Microsoft buys up Nokia's
business for $7.2 billion· India cautions against military intervention in Syria.
04. Putin does not rule out
supporting a UN resolution authorising use of force in Syria.
05. Manmohan Singh calls G-20
leaders for a collective commitment to revive growth.
08. Tokyo wins bid to host 2020 Olympics,
Wrestling returns to Olympics.
09. Russia urges Syria to
surrender its chemical weapons to avert war as suggested by US· Rafael Nadal wins
US Open, his thirteenth Grand Slam singles title.
11.Syria agrees to eliminate its
chemical weapons under international supervision.
12. A Russian educational foundation suggests nominating Putin for Nobel Peace Prize for averting war on Syria.
12. A Russian educational foundation suggests nominating Putin for Nobel Peace Prize for averting war on Syria.
13. Russia and the US agree to
push negotiations for a plan to destroy Syrian President's chemical weapons •
Voyager space probe becomes the first human-made object to cross out of the Solar
System and into interstellar space.
14. Syrian government is given a
week to hand over the inventory of its chemical weapons arsenal under the Kerry
- Lavrov plan.
15. Brazil, Atgentina team up for
joint cyber-defence mechanism.
18. Syria hands over material to
Russia implicating opposition of using chemical weapons.
19. Iran President Hassan Rouhani
vows Iran won't develop nuclear weapons.
20. US approves flight plan over
Peurto Rico for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
21. Somali militant group AI-Shabab
kill 59, injures 175 in attack on Kenyan mall.
22. Peshawar church blasts by suicide
bombers kill 78 • China's ex-politburo member Bo Xilai sentenced for life on charges
of bribery and graft and abuse of power.
23. Angela Merkel is German Chancellor
for third term after landslide victory.
25. Balochistan earthquake toll crosses
300.
27. Accord reached among permanent
members of UN Security Council on Syria's elimination of chemical weapons.
28. UN Security Council
resolution orders destruction of Syria's chemical weapons • US President Obama
and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani hold telephone talks, first such talks
since 1979.
29. 44 killed in another Peshawar
blast. 50 students killed in a millitant attack of an agricultural college in
northeastern Nigeria.
30. US federal government faces an
across the-board shutdown as Congress is on the brink of denying the White
House a critical line of financing.
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