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In ice hockey, the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup (pictured). In motorsport, Nick Tandy, Earl Bamber and Nico Hülkenberg, driving a Porsche 919 Hybrid, win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, kills at least 15 people and releases zoo animals into the streets. The Philae lander from the Rosetta mission successfully awakens from its hibernation mode, seven months after landing on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. In tennis, the French Open concludes with American Serena Williams winning the Women's Singles and Swiss Stan Wawrinka winning the Men's Singles. British actor Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93. Ongoing events: FIFA Women's World Cup Recent deaths: Qiao Shi Ron Moody James Last

Current events of June 17, 2015 (2015-06-17) (Wednesday) International relations The People's Republic of China and Australia sign a free trade agreement in Canberra. (CCTV via Twitter) Current events of June 16, 2015 (2015-06-16) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula announces that its leader Nasser al-Wuhayshi was killed in a US drone strike last Friday. (BBC) Syrian Civil War Kurdish People's Protection Units have captured the border town of Tell Abyad from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces. (Al-Jazeera) Libyan Crisis (2011–present) Three of the ten Tunisian consular staff kidnapped last week have been released and negotiation is ongoing about the others. (Reuters via Trust) Arts and culture The British Broadcasting Corporation announces that Chris Evans will be the new presenter of the very popular Top Gear television series. (BBC) Business and economy Airbus announces plans to build 900 satellites on behalf of the OneWeb satellite constellation with the project starting in 2018. (The Guardian) Rupert Murdoch confirms stepping down as the CEO of the 21st Century Fox to be succeeded by his son James on July 1, 2015. Rupert will continue as its executive chairman with his eldest son, Lachlan, as a future executive co-chairman. (USA Today) Disasters and accidents 2015 Atlantic hurricane season Texas braces for the impact of Tropical Storm Bill bringing heavy rainfall and renewed flooding. (Accuweather) A train crashes with a truck in central Tunisia killing at least 12 people and injuring 70. (Al-Jazeera) Six people are killed and eight are injured, some with life-threatening injuries, after a balcony collapses in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Berkeley, California, near the campus of the University of California, Berkeley; five of the casualties are Irish students. (NBC News), (AP) Health The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issues a mandate that all trans fatty acids (trans fats) must be eliminated, within three years (2018) from all foods grown, imported to, or sold within the United States. It is the strictest and most final type of ruling, even more so than a black-box warning or a warning to list ingredients, that can be given from the federal agency, which has ultimate jurisdiction over the safety of all food and drug products, public or private, in the United States. The substances occur in processed meats and other foods, and have been repeatedly implicated in atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. (MSN), (Washington Post),(CNN Money), (FDA's statement) 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea South Korea reports three more deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome bringing the death toll to 19 with 154 people diagnosed with the disease. (Yonhap) Law and crime Bangladesh's Supreme Court upholds the death sentence against senior Islamist leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid in an appeal hearing. (AFP via France 24) An Egyptian court commutes the death sentence given to former President Mohamed Morsi for conspiring with foreign groups but upholds a death sentence for a prison break. Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater and two others are given death sentences. (al-Jazeera), (AP via Breaking News) Politics and elections United States presidential election, 2016 Real estate mogul and reality television host Donald Trump announces that he will be a candidate for the Republican Party nomination. (Bloomberg) Current events of June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks At least 23 people are killed and more than 100 injured in suicide attacks on police headquarters and training centers by suspected Boko Haram members in N'Djamena, Chad. (New York Times) Balochistan conflict Over 100 Baloch rebels pledge allegiance to the government after abandoning armed struggle. (AFP) Syrian Civil War Kurdish YPG forces and Free Syrian Army rebels seize control of the ISIL stronghold of Tell Abyad in northern Al-Raqqah Governorate. (IBT) Arts and culture The 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John of England is commemorated around the world. (BBC) Business and economy Drugstore operator CVS Health agrees to buy Target Corporation's pharmacy and clinic businesses for $1.9 billion. (Reuters via CNBC) Greek government-debt crisis Greece and its creditors harden their stances after the collapse of talks aimed at preventing a default. (Reuters) Russian financial crisis (2014–present) The Central Bank of Russia lowers the interest rate to 11.5%. (Reuters) Gap Inc. announces closing 175 stores, including 140 this year, and terminating 250 jobs at its headquarters. (Reuters) Beijing Gehua CATV Network announces its plan to partnership Alibaba Group, China Film Group Corporation, and the new firm China TV Theaters Operating Co. Ltd. to expand the video streaming service throughout China, which may resemble Netflix and is called Tmall Box Office (TBO). (Forbes)(Reuters) Disasters and accidents Nepal announces plans to reopen heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley two months after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. (BBC) 2015 Pacific hurricane season Hurricane Carlos hits southwestern Mexico with heavy rain ahead of making landfall as a tropical storm later in the week. (Reuters via El Econimista) 2015 Alaska Sockeye wildfire The wildfire grows to 8,500 acres. (Alaska Dispatch News) Health 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea The number of deaths resulting from the MERS outbreak in South Korea rises to sixteen with the number of total cases rising to 150. (CNN) Law and crime International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur The High Court in Pretoria rules that the President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir should be arrested in South Africa and detained pending a formal request from the International Criminal Court. However, immediately after the ruling, the South African Government announces that Al-Bashir has already departed. He is wanted in connection with the war in Darfur. (News24) Politics and elections United States presidential election, 2016 / Bush family Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida, announces his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination. (CNN) Sports 2015 Stanley Cup Finals In ice hockey, the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 in the sixth game of the Stanley Cup Final and win the series 4 games to 2. It is the Blackhawks' third win in six years. (The Guardian) Current events of June 14, 2015 (2015-06-14) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan (2015–present) Fifteen Taliban militants, including the shadow governor for Kunar Province, are killed in a NATO airstrike. (IANS via Business Standard) Syrian Civil War Thousands of Syrians flee into Turkey as Kurdish fighters come closer to capturing the border town of Tell Abyad from Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. (AP) Disasters and accidents 2015 Tbilisi flood Flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, destroys animal enclosures at a zoo resulting in the release of potentially dangerous animals and the death of three zookeepers and six other people. (AP), (USA Today), (Reuters, DPA via WA Today) 2015 Alaska Sockeye wildfire A wildfire near Willow, Alaska in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough burns over 6,500 acres, numerous structures and closes the George Parks Highway, severing the road link between Anchorage and Fairbanks.(Alaska Dispatch News) Health 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea A South Korean man is hospitalised in the Slovak capital Bratislava with symptoms of MERS as the death toll in Korea rises to 15. (Sky News Australia), (Al-Jazeera) International relations Save The Children Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan has suspended its order against the NGO Save the Children for closure of its working and allowed the international aid agency to resume its operation in Pakistan. (Express Tribune) (ARY Digital ) A South Korean official claims that North Korea is placing land mines in the Korean Demilitarized Zone to stop soldiers from defecting. The Korean DMZ already contains an estimated 1 million mines. (Yonhap) Law and crime International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur The International Criminal Court asks South Africa to arrest the President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes when he arrives at the African Union summit. (AFP via Straits-Times The High Court in Pretoria grants an interim order preventing al-Bashir from leaving South Africa, and postpones the application for his arrest to the next day to allow the government more time to prepare. (News24) (News24) Politics and elections Thousands of people march in Hong Kong to demand the Legislative Council reject a China backed proposal for the naming of candidates for Chief Executive be done by a nominating committee. (Bloomberg) Science The European Space Agency's Philae spacecraft wakes up after six months in hibernation as comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko gets closer to the sun. (BBC) Sport In motor sport, the Porsche 19 team of Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy and Nico Hulkenberg wins the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans. (Fox Sports) Current events of June 13, 2015 (2015-06-13) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan The Taliban kill 20 policemen in an attack in Helmand, Afghanistan. (WTVM) Syrian Civil War Some 13,000 refugees have crossed into Turkey as Syrian Kurd People's Protection Units encircle the ISIL-held town of Suluk. (AP via Yahoo!) War on Terror An American air strike targeting jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar in Libya reportedly kills him. (CNN) Arts and culture The trooping the colour ceremony is held in London to celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday while singer Van Morrison and American actor Kevin Spacey are given knighthoods at the Birthday Honours. (CNN), (BBC) The wedding of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, and Sofia Hellqvist takes place in Stockholm. (BBC News) Disasters and accidents At least 22 Hindu pilgrims died after a van they are travelling in falls into a reservoir in the southern Indian town of Dhavaleswaram in Andhra Pradesh. (AAP via News Limited) International relations Immigration to Europe Austria stops processing asylum requests in an effort to pressure other European Union member states to do more to help absorb waves of refugees pouring into the continent. (Irish Times), (Telegraph) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Scheduled talks of 14th June, 2015 between Yemen's Houthi rebels and the exiled government which are brokered by the UN have been postponed with a new schedule set for Monday 15 June, 2015. (The Daily Star (Lebanon) via Reuters P5+1 Iran asks Austria to secure the talks over its nuclear program following reports of cybersecurity breaches. (AFP via Daily Star) Egypt opens its border with the Gaza Strip temporarily for the first time in months. Egypt blames Hamas for the Sinai insurgency. (AP via Daily Star) Dozens of migrants who were refused entry to France go on hunger strike at the border crossing in the Italian town of Ventimiglia. (AFP via Daily Star) Law and crime A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in the Texan city of Dallas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police snipers following a car chase and standoff. (AP), (CNN) Politics and elections Thousands of people protest in Skopje demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Current events of June 12, 2015 (2015-06-12) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Boko Haram insurgency Boko Haram militants raid five different villages around Maiduguri, Nigeria killing 37 people. (Reuters) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen The Saudi-led coalition bombs the World Heritage Listed old quarter of Sana'a destroying three houses and killing five people. (AFP via Daily Mail) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) An armed group storms the Tunisian embassy in Libya taking ten hostages. (al-Arabiyah) Operation Protective Edge The Israel Defense Forces Advocate General has announced criminal investigations into three more incidents from Operation Protective Edge. Of the 190 incidents reported to the IDF, investigations have been completed on 105, with seven leading to criminal investigations. (YNet) Business and economy Residents of the Galápagos Islands conduct a strike and protest over decisions by the Ecuador National Assembly to axe cost of living subsidies causing cancellation of flights to and from the islands. (AP via ABC News) Public school teachers in the Brazilian state of São Paulo vote to return to work after three months of strike action. (BBC)| Disasters and accidents Japan approves a thirty-to-forty year plan to clean up the site of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (AP) Heavy rain hampers the search for dozens of missing people from the landslides in Nepal's Taplejung district which have resulted in at least 24 deaths in six villages. (AP via US News and World Report) 2012–15 North American drought California orders the biggest cuts to water allocations in the state's history because of the worst drought in the state's history. (BBC) Health 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea The death toll from the South Korean MERS outbreak rises to 11 with 126 people now diagnosed with the disease but the number of people in quarantine falls slightly to 3,680. Two hospitals have closed as a result of the outbreak and the Bank of Korea has lowered interest rates due to concerns about effects of the outbreak on the economy. (Yonhap), (CNN) International relations The Pacific Ocean nation of Palau burns four Vietnamese fishing boats caught poaching sea cucumbers and other marine life in its waters. (AP via The Republic) Pakistan orders the Save the Children NGO to leave the country claiming it supports "anti-Pakistan" activity. (BBC) Germany doubles its funding to states and cities for asylum seekers as 450,000 are expected to enter the country during 2015. (Deutsche Welle) Two Russian citizens are arrested for entering a Latvian military base as the Baltic nation was participating in US-led military exercises. (Reuters via Daily Mail) The Associated Press reports that hackers linked to the People's Republic of China appear to have gained access to sensitive background material about people seeking security clearances from the United States government. (AP) Law and crime Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is acquitted of pimping charges in France. (The Guardian) Sudanese police use tear gas to break up Khartoum protests against government land policy. (Reuters) Politics and elections Chiril Gaburici resigns as the Prime Minister of Moldova after questions arise over his education qualifications. (AP via Washington Post) The United States House of Representatives votes down key supporting legislation that would support the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 Pacific Rim nations. (Washington Post) Sport Hachim Mastour, aged 16 years and 363 days, becomes the youngest ever footballer to represent the Morocco national football team. (RFI Afrique) Current events of June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Military intervention against ISIL A US citizen fighting alongside Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) against ISIL is killed in action near Kobani. (Today's Zaman via AP) Syrian Civil War Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the Al-Nusra Front, shoots dead at least 20 Druze villagers in Idlib in what is being described as a "massacre". (The Telegraph) Boko Haram Residents of northeast Nigeria claim that Boko Haram has killed at least 43 people and burnt down three villages in recent attacks. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip towards the Ashkelon region fell short and did not land in Israel with Palestinian sources indicating it may have hit a house. There were no immediate reports of injuries, or claims of responsibility. Journalists speculate that ISIL-affiliated groups are responsible. (Times of Israel) Arts and culture Spain gives the late writer Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, a formal burial at a Madrid convent nearly 400 years after his death in 1616. (AP) Business and economics After a poor 1st quarter earnings report, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo steps down with co-founder Jack Dorsey taking over as interim CEO effective July 1. (USA Today) Rupert Murdoch will step aside as CEO of 21st Century Fox to be replaced by his son James Murdoch. (AFP via ABC Online) Disasters and accidents At least 41 people have been killed, 8 injured, and scores are missing in landslides in Nepal's Taplejung District caused by heavy rain. (The Hindu) Health Health officials in the United States are advising doctors to be on the lookout for MERS following an outbreak in South Korea. (AP via Washington Post) International relations NGO Save the Children Federal Interior Ministry of Pakistan has sealed the offices of the NGO Save the Children in Pakistan and issued order for its foreign staff to leave the country within 15 days on account of the NGO’s anti-Pakistan activities. (Express Tribune). Nuclear program of Iran: A new version of the Israeli-linked malware Duqu is found at hotels hosting Iran nuclear talks by Kaspersky; Israel denies involvement. (The Guardian) Law and crime China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang is given a life sentence for bribery, leaking state secrets and abuse of power. (ABC News Australia) Shooting of Tamir Rice A court in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, finds probable cause that Cleveland Police Department officer Timothy Loehmann should face murder charges in relation to the shooting of Tamar Rice. (Cleveland.com) King Felipe VI of Spain strips his sister Cristina of her titles after she is charged with tax evasion. (AFP via Yahoo!) Authorities from the Marshal's Service, the FBI, Customs, state and local police, and the Forest Police searching for 6 days in northeastern New York (about 25 miles south of the Canadian border, near Lake Champlain and Vermont, in the Adirondack Forest area, in Dannemora, New York and Plattsburgh, New York) for two high-risk murderers who staged an elaborate escape from the high-security Clinton Correctional Facility- the first there- the night of Friday, June 5, 2015 (it was discovered the next morning), using bloodhounds, find a scent and leftover evidence that could be from the two, Richard Matt and David Sweat. (CNN) More June 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 17: Ron Clarke 17: Süleyman Demirel 16: Kirk Kerkorian 15: Blaze Starr 14: Mokhtar Belmokhtar 14: John Carroll 14: Qiao Shi 13: Magnus Härenstam 13: Junix Inocian 13: David Oniya 13: Mike Shrimpton 12: Nasir al-Wuhayshi 12: Monica Lewis 12: Nek Chand Saini 11: Jim Ed Brown 11: Ornette Coleman 11: Jack King 11: Ron Moody 11: Dusty Rhodes 10: Bonecrusher 10: Robert Chartoff 9: Igor Kostin 9: James Last 9: Vincent Musetto 9: Pumpkinhead 9: Peter Williams 8: Paul Bacon 8: Mervin Field 8: Chea Sim 7: Christopher Lee 7: Peter Petherick 7: Gwilym Prichard 7: Vasili Zhupikov 6: Aarthi Agarwal 6: Vincent Bugliosi 6: Ronnie Gilbert 6: Richard Johnson 6: Victoria Siegel 6: Ludvík Vaculík 5: Tariq Aziz 5: Alan Bond 5: Jerry Collins 5: Irving Mondschein 5: Manuel Camacho Solís 5: Lecretia Seales 5: Roger Vergé 4: Wayne Harris 4: Marguerite Patten 4: Leonid Plyushch 4: Hermann Zapf 3: Horst Brandstätter 3: Bevo Francis 3: Margaret Juntwait 3: Eugene Kennedy 3: Tiffany Two 2: Fernando de Araújo 2: Irwin Rose 1: Charles Kennedy 1: Joan Kirner 1: Jacques Parizeau 1: Jean Ritchie 1: Dolores Richard Spikes 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: Henry Carr 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 20: Harald Eriksson 20: Mary Ellen Trainor 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  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: May–June 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 3: Lebanon, President (24th round) 5: Burundi, National Assembly 7: Luxembourg, Referenda 7: Mexico, Congress 7: Turkey, National Assembly Upcoming: June 14: Switzerland, Referenda 18: Denmark, Parliament 24: Lebanon, President (25th round) 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, Zhou Yongkang 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 China: Jiang Jiemin 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: Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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