Portal:Current events/2005 June 12
- Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, deliveres a Commencement addresses in Stanford University. (Stanford University)
- French journalist Florence Aubenas and her Iraqi interpreter Hussein Hanoun al-Saadi are freed after five months of captivity in Iraq. (BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq:
- 28 bodies, believed to mainly be
- Four US Soldiers die from two roadside bombs in Baghdad, bringing the total death toll of US troops to over 1,700. (Associated Press)
- A series of Bombs strike the
- Mike Tyson announces he will retire from boxing. Wikinews
- North Lebanon.
- In the coup attempts. Opposition organizes a brief protest to demand Arroyo's resignation (Sun Star, Philippines) (ABS-CBN)
- Kurdish parliament in Northern Iraq elects Masoud Barzani as a president of the region (Reuters)[permanent dead link]
- In China, official death toll in the flood in Heilongjiang Province rises to 92 (Xinhua) (People's Daily)
- Ethiopian opposition appeals for calm after the last week's protests (Reuters AlertNet)
- Nepal lifts a ban on Indian television stations. (Deepika) (BBC)