Portal:Current events/2006 July 28

July 28, 2006 (Friday)

Six people are shot, one fatally, at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington in a religiously-motivated killing spree. The killer identified himself as a Muslim American who was angry over the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. (Associated Press)
Iran's nuclear program:
- The UN Security Council approves a resolution to give Iran until the end of August to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of sanctions. (Reuters)
A U.S. jury convicts four members of the Aryan Brotherhood on charges of murder, racketeering and conspiracy in a federal case aiming to dismantle the white-supremacist group. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
A U.S. federal appeals court upholds the conviction and 25 year sentence of former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers for fraud. (USA Today)
Coroners in the U.S. state of California estimate the death toll from the current heat wave at at least 123.
An explosion at a fluorine plant in China's Jiangsu Province kills 12 people and leads to the evacuation of 7,000 people. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur)
2006 Kodori crisis: both Georgia and Abkhazia threaten war over the dispute. (civil.ge)
The United States should immediately close all secret detention facilities used in its campaign against terror groups, the UN Human Rights Committee has said. (BBC NEWS)
The first World Outgames are held in Montreal, Canada. Outgames co-president and Canadian Olympian, Mark Tewksbury, states that the event will "bridge the gap between the gay sport movement and the traditional sport movement."(CTV NEWS) Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict:
- The EU President and US State Department react to Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon's claim that the deadlocked Rome conference was a sign that the world supported Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The EU described the claim as "totally wrong" and the US declared the statement "outrageous". (BBC News) (EUobserver).
- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is reported to have taken refuge in the Iranian Embassy in Beirut. (Washington-Times)
- The White House has dismissed UK concerns about the use of Prestwick Airport, in Scotland, by US planes carrying bombs to Israel.(BBC NEWS)
- Tony Blair arrived in Washington, D.C. for talks with President George W. Bush on the crisis in the Middle East. Both leaders agree that a multinational force must be sent to Lebanon soon, and that a UN Security Council resolution must be introduced next week.(CTV NEWS)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
- The UN removes its unarmed observers from posts along the Israeli-Lebanese border three days after four of them were killed by an Israeli bomb.(CTV NEWS) Archived 2006-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
- 15 Hezbollah militants are killed while fighting in Bint Jbeil.(YNET NEWS)
Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Operation Summer Rains):
- The mutilated body of Dr. Danny Yaakovi, an Israeli physician, is found in the West Bank.(YNET NEWS)