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- Overnight News Summaries ,
- Tags: Africa, earthquake, Iraq, Libya, Mexico, Middle East, Protest, protests, Russia, United States, Yemen
- 06 Jun
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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