ONS: 06 June 2011

By TRG Alerts Admin

KEY STORYLINES

AFRICA: Russian envoy went to meet with Libyan opposition
ASIA: US drone strikes killed at least 21
EUROPE: Portugal’s center-right opposition party won parliamentary elections.
LATIN AMERICA: Ollanto Humala won Peru’s presidential election
MIDDLE EAST: 16 killed in Iraq bombings
TECHNOLOGY: Hackers stole passwords from an FBI affiliate

TOP STORY

Departure of President Saleh continued to provoke reactions in Yemen
- Thousands of opponents to the Yemen government continued to celebrate in the streets.
- Violence continued throughout the country; at least six were killed in Sana’a.
- The opposition expressed support for the transfer of power to Vice President Hadi.
- US officials expressed concern over the situation following Saleh’s departure.
- Coverage: WSJ, WaPo-1, WaPo-2, WSJ, AP, Bloomberg

AFRICA

Region: Algeria began freezing Gaddafi’s and other Libyan officials’ assets. (Xinhua)
Libya: Russia dispatched envoy Mikhail Margelov to meet with opposition forces. (CNN)
Morocco: Demonstrators gathered in Rabat to protest the death of an Islamist opposition member. (AP)
Nigeria: Politician Dimeji Bankole, the outgoing speaker of the house, was arrested on corruption charges. (AP)

ASIA

Afghanistan: US government officials raised the possibility of a more rapid departure from Afghanistan than currently planned. (NYT)
Pakistan: Three suspected US drone strikes killed 21 militants. (AP, CNN, NYT)
Pakistan: A suicide bombing in Nowshera killed at least 18 and injured over 30. (AP)
Philippines: Separate grenade blasts in a Mindanao Island town injured two soldiers. (Xinhua)

EUROPE

Greece: Over 50,000 gathered in Athens to protest austerity policies. (AFP)
Macedonia: PM Nikola Gruevski’s ruling coalition prevailed in snap elections. (AP)
Portugal: The country’s center-right opposition party, the Social Democrats, won parliamentary elections. (AFP)

LATIN AMERICA

Haiti: The government evacuated 50 families after the country’s largest lake overflowed. (AP)
Peru: Leftist candidate Ollanto Humala won the presidential election. (AFP)
Peru: An attack on a military patrol in Choquitaro killed five soldiers. (Xinhua)

MIDDLE EAST

Iraq: 17 people were killed in two separate attacks; a car bomb in Tikrit killed 13 and gunmen killed four in Baghdad. (AFP)
Iraq: A rocket attack struck the Camp Victory base outside of Baghdad. (DPA, AFP)
Israel: Security forces went on high alert following the shooting of 23 protestors along the Syrian border. (AFP)
Syria: Security forces killed at least 38 protestors in the northern province of Idlib. (NYT)

TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

USA: Lulz Security hackers stole 120 passwords from Infragard, a Georgia-based FBI affiliate. (AP)

WORLD

Cyclones: Nothing to report
Hurricanes: 90% chance of tropical cyclone formation
- Location: 450 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico
- Movement: Northwest
- Map
Hurricanes: 40% chance of tropical cyclone formation
- Location: 175 miles south of Grand Cayman islands
- Movement: Slowly northwest
- Map
Earthquakes: West of Macquirie Island
- Magnitude: 6.3
- Depth: 10 km
- Map
Volcanoes: Puyehue volcano, Chile
- Erupted; spewing ash and gas 10 km high and 5 km wide. (AP)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK (07JUN)

United States: German Chancellor Merkel visits the US on 07JUN.
Iraq: Protests planned as 100-day deadline expires for government deadlock.
Mongolia: US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Kurt M. Campbell visits Mongolia.

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