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Nikola Gruevski re-elected for a third consecutive term in office. Israeli forces shoot at demonstrators along the Syrian–Golan Heights border, producing the deadliest clash in the Golan since 1973. air operations over Libya . In Li Na wins the women's singles and Rafael Nadal wins the men's singles at the French Open . erupts , forcing 3,500 people to evacuate. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is injured in an attack on the presidential palace and transported to a Saudi Arabia hospital for treatment. Recent deaths – More current events...
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June 7: Shavuot begins at sunset (Judaism, 2011); Sette Giugno in Malta; Journalist Day in Argentina Royal Assent by Charles I (pictured). 1892 – Homer Plessy, an "octoroon" from New Orleans, Louisiana, was arrested for refusing to leave the "whites-only" car on a train. mines under the German lines, killing 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history. nuclear reactor, assuming it was producing plutonium to further an Iraqi nuclear weapons program. safehouse near Baqubah . More anniversaries: June 6 – June 7 – June 8 List of historical anniversaries It is now June 7, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Meadow Argus (Junonia villida) is a species of butterfly native to Australasia. Its brown wings are each covered with two distinctive black and blue eyespots

as well as white and orange marks that appear on the edge of the wings. Males and females are similar in appearance and size, with females being slightly larger.

Photo: JJ Harrison

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