Portal:Current events/2008 June 8
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June 8, 2008 (Sunday)
- Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 12 people. (BBC News)
- A fire sweeps through the historic Texas Governor's Mansion, leaving much of the 152-year-old building charred and severely damaged. (AP via Google News)
- A dispute between Southern Sudan and the central Sudanese government over Abyei will go to international arbitration. (BBC)
- Robert Kubica of the BMW Sauber team wins the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the first Pole to win a Formula One Grand Prix auto race, and giving BMW its first win as a constructor. (F1-live) (Formula1) (Wikinews)
- At least two people have been killed as an earthquake rocked southern Greece, collapsing buildings and causing panic. (CNN)
- The government of Southern Sudan withdraws its mediation efforts at the Juba talks between Uganda and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. (The Uganda Monitor)
- At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse. (RTÉ) (BBC News)
- At least 7 people are killed and 10 injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan, coinciding on the 7th anniversary of the Osaka school massacre. (RTÉ) (BBC News)
- In tennis, Rafael Nadal wins the men's singles title at the 2008 French Open for the fourth year in a row, equalling Bjorn Borg's record. (BBC News)
- A day of mourning is declared in Russia's Kaliningrad Region as the death toll from Thursday's explosion and fire on the MV Yenisei reaches eight, with two missing. (Xinhua) (Wikinews)