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In horse racing, American Pharoah (pictured) wins the Belmont Stakes to become the first U.S. Triple Crown winner since 1978. At least 150 people are killed in the explosion of a petrol station in Accra, Ghana, which was being used as a shelter from several days of flooding. Sepp Blatter announces his resignation as president of FIFA in the wake of corruption indictments of FIFA officials. At least 430 people are confirmed dead and 11 missing after a Chinese cruise ship is struck by a tornado and sinks in the Yangtze. Almost half of the world's saiga antelopes, a critically endangered species, die in May from suspected pasteurellosis. Scientists announce the discovery of an early hominin species, Australopithecus deyiremeda. Cable telecommunications company Charter agrees to buy Time Warner Cable in a deal worth US$55.1 billion. Ongoing events: Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Recent deaths: Tariq Aziz Charles Kennedy

Current events of June 7, 2015 (2015-06-07) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen The Saudi-led coalition launches airstrikes on Houthi gatherings in Taez. (Al-Arabiya) Disasters and accidents 2015 Sabah earthquake More bodies are found on Malaysia's highest peak Mount Kinabalu with the total death from the earthquake at 13 with most casualties from Malaysia and Singapore. (AP via NBC News), (AFP and ABC Australia) Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing The death toll from the sinking of the Chinese cruise ship is now over 400 as the search area for bodies extends 1,000 km down the Yangtze River. (The Guardian) Health 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in South Korea South Korea records its fifth death from MERS with 14 new cases reported. (Yonhap) International relations 41st G7 summit The G7 summit gets underway in Germany with the Greek government-debt crisis and Ukrainian crisis dominating the agenda. (Reuters via CNBC) Politics and elections Mexican legislative election, 2015 Voters in Mexico go to the polls for a legislative election with reports of violence in southern states and widespread voter disillusionment. (USA Today) Turkish general election, 2015 Voters in Turkey go to the polls for a general election with the ruling AKP seeking enough votes to enable them to change the constitution. (The Guardian), (BBC) Sport 2015 French Open – Men's Singles In tennis, Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in the men's singles with both men seeking their first title at Roland Garros. (ATP World Tour) 2015 Canadian Grand Prix In motor sport, the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix is held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal with Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes-Benz on pole position. (The Telegraph) Current events of June 6, 2015 (2015-06-06) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi Arabia shoots down a Scud missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen according to Saudi State media. (Reuters) At least four Saudi Arabian Army soldiers and "dozens of" Yemeni Republican Guard are killed in fighting near the border, according to Saudi government. (AFP via France 24) War in Afghanistan (2015–present) The Taliban launches a major offensive in the Yamgan District of Badakhshan Province with hundreds of militants involved. (AP) War in Donbass The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko claims that his forces have repelled an attack on the town of Marinka and captured 12 rebels including one Russian. (BBC) Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel For the second time this week, a rocket fired from Gaza lands in Israel. There were no immediate reports of injuries, or claims of responsibility. (Times of Israel) Disasters and accidents Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing The death toll from the sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing rises to 396 with 46 unaccounted for. (CCTV via Twitter) Eleven bodies have been recovered from Mount Kinabalu and 8 people remain missing following yesterday's Sabah earthquake. (Straits Times) Lightning strikes at the Rock am Ring rock festival held at the Mendig Air Base in Germany, injuring 33 people. (AP via News24) Illegal immigration from Africa to Europe Ships from the British and German navies are dispatched to rescue thousands of migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea. (CNN) Health 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in South Korea The number of confirmed MERS cases in South Korea rises by 9 to 50. (AFP via Straits Times) International relations Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi travels to Bangladesh for the signing of an agreement that dissolves all 162 enclaves in the border region between the two nations and allows thousands of people living in the territories to choose their nationality. (Al-Jazeera) Reuters reports that an Egyptian court has overturned a ruling that Hamas is a terrorist organisation. (Reuters) Law and crime Five police are injured following violent protests at a gay pride march in Kiev. (BBC) Politics and elections The President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir swears in a new Cabinet after having been sworn in for a five-year term earlier in the week. (al-Arabiya) Sports Association football Italian side Juventus FC and Spanish side FC Barcelona play in the final of the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin with Barcelona winning their fifth European championship 3-1. (ESPN), (The Guardian) The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup gets underway in Canada with the Canadians beating China 1-0 in the first match. (BBC) Horse racing The 236th running of the Epsom Derby is held at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England with Golden Horn ridden by Frankie Dettori winning and stablemate "Jack Hobbs" coming second. (BBC), (The Telegraph)] The 2015 Belmont Stakes is held at Belmont Park with American Pharoah becoming the first horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown. (Bloomberg) 2015 French Open – Women's Singles In tennis, number one seed Serena Williams of the US meets number 13 seed Lucie Šafářová of Czech Republic in the women's singles final of the 2015 French Open. Williams wins her 20th Grand Slam title winning 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. (The Guardian) Current events of June 5, 2015 (2015-06-05) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks A bomb explodes in a marketplace in Yola, Nigeria, killing 31 and injuring dozens of others. (AP), (CNN) Two people are killed and more than a hundred injured as bombs explode at rallies held by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party two days ahead of the general election in Diyarbakir. (AP) Business and economy Nestlé temporarily removes its Maggi noodles product from the shelves in India following a health scare. (Economic Times) Disasters and accidents Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing The death toll from the sinking of the ship on the Yangtze River rises to 82 with officials giving up hope of finding more survivors. Only 15 out of over 450 people on the boat were rescued. (Sky News Australia) Two bodies have been removed from Borneo's Mount Kinabalu following the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Malaysia's Sabah province Friday morning. Previously-stranded climbers, reported at 137, have descended to the Laban Rata resthouse. (The Star) (CNN) (Asia Straits Times) (The Rakyat Post) 2015 Accra explosion The death toll from an explosion at a gasoline station on Wednesday in the Ghanaian capital Accra rises to over 200. (Zee News) Health 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in South Korea Four people have now died of MERS in South Korea with five new cases reported. (AFP via Bangkok Post) International relations Benigno Aquino, the President of the Philippines, says that his government will start discussions with Japan about allowing Japan Self-Defense Forces to refuel at Filipino bases allowing the extension of operations into the South China Sea. (Reuters via Daily Mail) Law and crime Eight out of the ten allegedly involved in shooting Pakistani schoolgirl and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai have been secretly set free. (BBC) Prosecutors in the state of Minnesota file criminal charges against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for allegedly mishandling sexual abuse allegations by a priest. (New York Times) Politics and elections Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate announces that it is investigating the Prime Minister Victor Ponta for alleged money laundering, forgery and corruption. Ponta denies the allegations and is refusing to stand down. (CNN) Current events of June 4, 2015 (2015-06-04) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Several rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel and exploded near the cities of Ashdod, Netivot and Ashkelon causing no casualties. The IDF retaliated with airstrikes against empty Hamas training camps in Gaza. (Al Jazeera) Naxalite Insurgents kill at least 20 Indian Army soldiers and injure 12 in an attack on a convoy in the state of Manipur. (BBC) Arts and culture St Benet's Hall at Oxford University decides to admit women, making it the last of the University's institutions to do so. (Reuters Trust) Business and economy Officials of the ruling Syriza party in Greece say that they cannot accept a last-minute deal proposed by the country's creditors: default deadline looms. (AP) Disasters and accidents Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing The death toll from the Monday night sinking of the cruise ship in the Yangtze River rises to 75 with most of the 450 passengers on board still missing. (The Guardian), (NBC News) An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, kills at least 78 people. (Al Jazeera) Health Surgeons, led by Dr. Jesse Selber, working with the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in a 15-hour, 12-doctor operation, perform the world's first partial-skull and scalp transplant, at Houston Methodist Hospital, on 55-year-old Jim Boysten, a software developer from Austin, Texas suffering from a large head wound from cancer treatment; immediately afterward, he was finally able to receive a new kidney and pancreas, which replaced the previous transplants that were failing. (MSN) 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in South Korea The number of people with Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea rises to 35 with over 700 schools suspending classes due to fears of the syndrome. (Xinhua) Panel of advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends approval of flibanserin by 18–6 to improve a woman's libido. (NPR) International relations Associated Press reports that there has been a massive hack from the American Office of Personnel Management and US Department of the Interior with the Washington Post claiming that Chinese hackers were responsible. The records of at least four million US Government workers are believed to have been compromised. (AP), (Washington Post), (The Telegraph) Politics United States presidential election, 2016 Former Governor of Texas Rick Perry announces that he will be a candidate for the Republican Party. (CNN) USA Freedom Act President Barack Obama signs the bill, reinstating expired provisions of the Patriot Act while reforming Section 215 of the Act. (NBC) Current events of June 3, 2015 (2015-06-03) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen The Saudi Arabia led coalition launches airstrikes on military bases near the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (Reuters) The Grozny Chechnya office of the Committee Against Torture NGO is attacked by masked men who came out of a crowd of protesters. They broke down the door and trashed the office. National Leader Ramzan Kadyrov speculated the attack could have been carried out by relatives of Dzhambulat Dadayev upset that the NGO which investigates torture did not lead protests of the shooting of Dadayev by law enforcement officers from another region. Moscow Times War in Donbass Pro-Russian separatists launch an offensive to take Marinka, Ukraine, 5 kilometers from the separatist capital of Donetsk. At least 19 people have died in fighting. Ukrainian sources claimed at least 10 tanks took part in the battle. (AFP via Yahoo! News), (New York Times) Disasters and accidents Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing The search continues for survivors of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing which sank on China's Yangtze River with 450 passengers on board. So far, 18 people have been confirmed dead with 14 people rescued. (CCTV via Twitter) At least 11 people are killed in a fire at a filling station in the Ghanaian capital Accra. (Kasapa) International relations South Korea has successfully test fired two ballistic missiles that can hit all of North Korea. (AP) Law and crime 2015 FIFA corruption case Interpol issues red notices linked to arrest warrants for two former FIFA officials Jack Warner and Nicolas Leoz and four executives. (Interpol via Twitter), (AP), (ITV) Former FIFA official Chuck Blazer admits to taking bribes in relation to bids for the 2010 and 1998 FIFA World Cups. (CNN) Politics and elections United States presidential election, 2016 Former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee announces he is seeking the Democratic Party nomination. (New York Times) Current events of June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Yemeni Civil War (2015) Armed tribesmen kill 18 Houthi fighters in an ambush in Yemen's Ibb Governorate. (Reuters) Communist insurgency in the Philippines Adelberto Silva, the highest ranked leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People's Army, has been arrested. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Boko Haram A suicide bombing in the city of Maiduguri in the north of Nigeria kills 20 people. (AP) Disasters and accidents Alton Towers: The Smiler roller coaster crash This roller coaster breakdown resulted in 4 people critically injured. Many injured in this theme park were stuck in the ride for several hours. (ITV) 2015 Indian heat wave The official death toll from the Indian heat wave rises to 2,330 with meteorologists warning that relief from the monsoon season could still be days away. (CNN) Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing Rescue efforts continue for people on board the ship that sank on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province with over 450 people on board. So far, fewer than 12 have been rescued and five bodies recovered. (New York Times), (CNN) Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Two brothers whose father was on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 last year when it disappeared receive compensation from the government of Malaysia and Malaysian Airlines. (AP via Asian Correspondent) Health 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in South Korea Two people die of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. (NBC News) Law and crime Beijing bans smoking in indoor public places, including offices, shopping malls, restaurants, bars and airports, and in outdoor public places, including hospitals and schools. (CNN) Thai Army Lieutenant General Manus Kongpan is suspended after police order his arrest on involvement in people trafficking. (Reuters via ABC Online) 2013 Boston Marathon bombings Dias Kadyrbayev, a college friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is sentenced to six years for obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges after Kadyrbayev removed incriminating evidence from Tsarnaev's college dorm room. (CBS Local) Politics and elections The United States Senate passes the USA Freedom Act, which will transfer the responsibility of Americans' bulk telephone metadata collection from the National Security Agency to telephone companies. (The Guardian) Sport 2015 FIFA corruption case Sepp Blatter announces that he will resign as President of FIFA as a result of the corruption scandals with an emergency congress to be called as soon as possible. (BBC) (RTÉ News) In Cricket, New Zealand beats England by 199 runs to draw the test series. (Telegraph) Current events of June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Iraq War (2014–present): An Islamic State suicide bombing kills 37 at an Iraqi police base. (Yahoo) War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Nine Afghan employees of a Czech charity People In Need have been killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in Zari District in the north of the country. (Al Jazeera), (BBC), (Radio Prague) Disasters and accidents A ship carrying 458 people capsizes on Yangtze River in China's Hubei province. So far, just seven have been rescued. (Xinhua via Twitter), (News Limited) International relations Illegal immigration from Africa to Europe A European Union mission rescues more than 5,000 migrants over three days. (Deutsche Welle) Law and crime Nigeria's anti-graft authority arrests six senior officials from the Central Bank of Nigeria and 16 people from commercial banks for fraud. (AFP via Fraud) Politics and elections Parts of the Patriot Act expire at 12:01 a.m. due to Congressional failure to reform the USA Freedom Act, temporarily making new surveillance of telephone records by the NSA illegal. (New York Times) Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina enters the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. (New York Times) Politics Former German chancellor, "architect of German reunification" and one of the authors of the European single currency Helmut Kohl is reported to be in a "critical condition" after surgery at a Heidelberg hospital. (Guardian) More May 2015 events...

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About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia  Ongoing events Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths June 6: Aarthi Agarwal 6: Ronnie Gilbert 6: Richard Johnson 6: Ludvík Vaculík 5: Tariq Aziz 5: Alan Bond 5: Jerry Collins 5: Irving Mondschein 5: Manuel Camacho Solís 5: Lecretia Seales 4: Wayne Harris 4: Leonid Plyushch 4: Hermann Zapf 3: Bevo Francis 3: Margaret Juntwait 3: Tiffany Two 2: Fernando de Araújo 2: Irwin Rose 1: Charles Kennedy 1: Joan Kirner 1: Jacques Parizeau 1: Jean Ritchie May 31: Nico Castel 31: Will Holt 31: Karl Wlaschek 30: Jim Bailey 30: Beau Biden 30: Joël Champetier 30: Julie Harris 30: Tony McNamara 30: Lennie Merullo 30: Cornell Moss 30: L. Tom Perry 30: Azmat Rana 29: Doris Hart 29: Chris Kohlhase 29: Betsy Palmer 28: John Buckner 28: Reynaldo Rey 27: Erik Carlsson 27: Bill Foster 27: Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki 27: Andy King 27: John Siegal 26: Vicente Aranda 26: Walter Byers 26: Bob Hornery 26: Art Thieme 25: Mary Ellen Mark 25: John M. Murphy 25: Bill O'Herlihy 24: Marcus Belgrave 24: Tanith Lee 24: Michael W. Ryan 23: Anne Meara 23: John Forbes Nash, Jr. 22: Marques Haynes 22: Vladimir Katriuk 22: John Mosley 22: Terry Sue-Patt 21: Louis Johnson 20: Bob Belden 19: Bruce Lundvall 19: Happy Rockefeller 19: Robert S. Wistrich 18: Aruna Shanbaug 17: Chinx 16: Prashant Bhargava 16: Moshe Levinger 16: Dean Potter 16: Adrian Robinson 16: Abu Sayyaf 16: Peter Tallberg 16: John Templeton, Jr. 16: Yeung Kwong 15: Elisabeth Bing 15: Alfred DelBello 15: Corey Hill 15: Jacob Jensen 15: John Lo Schiavo 15: Garo Yepremian 14: B.B. King 14: Franz Wright 13: Derek Davis 13: David Sackett 12: Peter Gay 12: Bill Guthridge 12: William Zinsser 11: Tony Ayala, Jr. 11: Maggie Black 11: Jef Geeraerts 11: John Watts 10: Chris Burden 10: William T. Cooper 10: Kim Kyok-sik 10: Rachel Rosenthal 10: Victor Salvi 9: Kenan Evren 9: Johnny Gimble 9: Alexandre Lamfalussy 9: Michael Mackellar 9: Elizabeth Wilson 8: Rutger Gunnarsson 8: Mwepu Ilunga 8: Leif Holger Larsen 8: Domingo Lucenario, Jr. 7: Maurice Flanagan 7: Frank DiPascali  Ongoing conflicts Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent: April–May 30: Tanzania, Referendum 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons 10: Poland, President (1st round) 11: Guyana, National Assembly 13: Lebanon, President (23rd round) 22: Ireland, Referendum 24: Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives 24: Poland, President (2nd round) 25: Suriname, National Assembly 26: Netherlands, Senate Upcoming: June 3: Lebanon, President (24th round) 5: Burundi, National Assembly 7: Luxembourg, Referenda 7: Mexico, Congress 7: Turkey, National Assembly 14: Switzerland, Referenda 18: Denmark, Parliament 26: Burundi, President  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan,Jodi Arias Dzhokhar Tsarnaev International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Romania: , Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu, Relu Fenechiu, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: 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