Portal talk:Current events/2008 June 8

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[edit] June 8

Current events of June 8, 2008 (2008-06-08) (Sunday) edit history watch

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)

[edit] ITN Candidates

• Nom Akihabara massacre. Not the most impactful thing going on right now, but it does have a decent new article. - BanyanTree 07:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Support given the rarity on such incidents in Japan and increased toll. - Mailer Diablo 11:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. Posted. - BanyanTree 13:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Note: Caribbean Monk Seal item moved to June 6.

• OK, how about: "The government of Southern Sudan stops mediating two-year-old peace talks between Uganda and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, following a rebel attack on a Sudanese town"? - BanyanTree 09:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

The peace talks stopped already in April, didn't they? Narayanese (talk) 18:35, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Not officially. Kony just refused to sign the peace agreement, but everyone has been continuing under the illusion that they are actually continuing. - BanyanTree 23:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Posted.--Pharos (talk) 00:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Further comments: Decent article, sourced, picture (++). Spencer^T♦C 23:58, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• In tennis, Ana Ivanović (pictured), of Serbia, and Rafael Nadal of Spain, win the singles titles in the 2008 French Open.

An alteration to the existing article, to incorporate the men's event. Kevin McE (talk) 15:19, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Done by Aecis. - BanyanTree 23:24, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Why, oh why, oh why...would you want to replace the Ivanovic picture? Madness. 131.111.129.126 (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

The attractiveness of the Main Page did drop by about an order of magnitude, didn't it? Heh. Oh, the burden of being a "serious" template. - BanyanTree 01:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)