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French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner warns Ireland, saying the Irish would be the "first victim" if they reject the EU Treaty of Lisbon. (RTL France)
June 2008 Midwest Flood: A stalled storm system in the midwest of the United States causes further heavy flooding in Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin with storms on the weekend causing 10 deaths in four states. (The New York Times)
Pakistan lawyers begin a "Long March" of protests against the Government of the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf calling for the reinstatement of judges dismissed last year including the former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. (The Guardian)
24 miners are rescued from the Ukrainian coal mine collapse with 12 still missing and one reported fatality. (Reuters)
A further three British Conservative MEPs (Robert Atkins, Sajjad Karim, and John Purvis) are facing allegations of financial abuse, following the resignation of two fellow members from European Parliament positions last week. (The Independent) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Times) (The Courier)
Ali Al-Naimi, the Saudi Arabian oil minister calls for a meeting of oil producing and consuming nations to discuss record oil prices. (AP via ABC News)
Apple, Inc. introduces a new iPhone with 3G capabilities, a GPS, and new features. The device is called iPhone 3G. (Business Week)
IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory break processing speed barrier with the world's first petaflop computer, Roadrunner. (Network World)
India's prime minister Manmohan Singh calls for global nuclear disarmament asking world countries to create 'timebound framework' to rid the world of atomic weapons. (VOA)

Indonesia makes the practice of the Ahmadiyya form of Islam in Indonesia a crime punishable by five years in prison. (BBC News)
McDonalds stops serving sliced tomatoes in its hamburgers in the United States following a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to raw tomatoes. (Chicago Tribune)
Tens of thousands of Spanish truck drivers start an indefinite strike over the increases in the price of diesel. (BBC)
The government of the Indian state of Rajasthan meets with leaders of the Gujjar community after two weeks of protests over the reservation system. (BBC News)
The President of the United States George W. Bush commences the last visit to Europe of his presidency. (USA Today)
The United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates nominates Norton Schwartz to be the next Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force with Michael B. Donley nominated as the next United States Secretary of the Air Force. (RTT)

June 8, 2008 (Sunday)

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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 1 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 an 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)