Portal:Current events/2008 June 5
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June 5, 2008 (Thursday)
- An Irish opinion poll shows the EU Treaty of Lisbon heading for defeat. (The Irish Times)
- American and British diplomats are detained in Zimbabwe. (France24)
- United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announces the resignation of United States Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and his Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley over the 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident. (The Washington Post)
- The USS Essex, USS Juneau, USS Harpers Ferry and USS Mustin depart the coast of Burma as the State Peace and Development Council maintains its refusal of the ships' aid in Cyclone Nargis relief. (AP via Google News)
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others are arraigned at Guantanamo Bay detention camp under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, and charged with crimes related to the September 11, 2001 attacks. (AP via Google News)
- Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo of the International Criminal Court reports that crimes in the War in Darfur "required the sustained mobilization of the entire State apparatus" of Sudan. (allAfrica.com) (BBC News)
- A fire destroys major parts of the Rådhuset court house in Stockholm, the architectural landmark designed by Carl Westman. (The Local) (Svenska Dagbladet)
- Turkey's Constitutional Court reinstates a ban on the hijab in universities, citing the constitution's secular principles. (BBC News)
- Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert says that "the end of Iran's nuclear program is near". (Haaretz)
- Burma detains activist and comedian Zarganar who has been involved in private relief efforts for the victims of Cyclone Nargis and seize his computer and banned films including Rambo. (Reuters)