June 2005 - June 11 2005 (Saturday)

June 11 2005 (Saturday)

  • The G8 announces the cancellation of the multilateral debt of eighteen of the poorest countries in the world (BBC)
  • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Arlene makes landfall near Pensacola, Florida. One death has been reported thus far. (ABCNews)
  • In Ethiopia, opposition says that the leaders of Coalition for Unity and Democracy, Hailu Shawel and senior official Lidetu Ayalew, are under house arrest and demand their release. (IOL) (BBC)
  • In Portugal, former prime minister Vasco Gonçalves, one of the figures of the Carnation Revolution, dies (Guardian Unlimited) (BBC)
  • In Poland, gay rights activists defy ban and march in the streets of Warsaw (Radio Polonia) (BBC)

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