Portal:Current events/2008 June 14

June 14, 2008 (Saturday)

Argentine police arrest farm leader Alfredo de Angeli and 14 other farmers in an order to end the farmers strike. (Bloomberg)
Condoleezza Rice, the United States Secretary of State, criticises a planned expansion of Israeli housing in East Jerusalem as "not helpful" to the Middle East peace process. (AP via Google News)
The Space Shuttle Discovery lands having successfully completed mission STS-124. (Reuters) (NASA)
The President of the United States George W. Bush and the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy warn Syria to break with Iran and state that they will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. (AFP via Google News)
A fire breaks out at Campsfield House, a privately run Immigration detention Centre near Oxford in the United Kingdom. (BBC News)
A roadside bomb in Farah Province of Afghanistan kills 4 United States troops. (AP via Google News) (AP via Google News)^{[permanent dead link]}
The magnitude 6.8 M_w 2008 Iwate earthquake shakes Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures on Japan's main island of Honshū, killing at least 6 people and injuring at least 8 others.(BBC News) (AFP via News Limited) (AP via Forbes)
The French Defense Ministry announces France is increasing its military presence in Djibouti following border clashes with Eritrea. France has a mutual defense agreement with Djibouti. (Xinhua)