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World Recap: June

By Dylan Hackett, News Editor

Africa: (Central African
Republic) The former president
of the Central African Republic,
Francois Bozize, had an arrest
warrant issued against him

last week under the charge of
crimes against humanity. Bozize
was ousted from power ina
coup in March and has since
fled to Cameroon. The current
regime claims their charges have
grounds in the International
Criminal Court, who has yet

to process any charges. Bozize
came to power in 2003 through
a coup and won two dubious
elections after. The new regime
states an election will be held
after an 18-month interim
period.

North America: (United
States) A second touchdown of
extreme weather hit Oklahoma
in the month of May, putting
the month’s tornado death

toll at 33. The second passing
of extreme weather has
hospitalized at least 89 others
and caused horrendous damage
to infrastructure and homes,

as Well as concurrent flash
flooding trapped motorists
across highway routes in the
Oklahoma City area.

Asia- Pacific: (Japan) The
Japanese government has
condemned statements made by
Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto
who claimed that sex slaves
abducted from nearby countries
during World War II had

a viable military purpose.
Upwards of 200,000 women

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were taken from Korea, China,
and the Philippines for the
purpose of occupying soldiers’
pleasures. Hashimoto cancelled
his upcoming visit to the United
States after Japanese defense
minister Itsunori Onodera
condemned his remarks.
Hashimoto also told US military
to allow soldiers the use of
brothels as a crime-reduction
strategy.

Middle East: (Iraq) UN figures
show Iraqi civilian casualties for
the month of May to be at 1,045.
Over half of those dead were
killed in the Greater Baghdad
area by car bombs, prompting
security forces to issue a ban on
temporary license plate issuing.
Many of the bombers and killers
are Sunni-minority militia
groups and al-Qaeda. Sunni
mosques were also attacked in
recent weeks giving cause to
believe that the Shia majority
groups are also engaging in the
local violence.

West Asia: (Turkey) Anti-
government protests raging

last weekend throughout

urban centres in Turkey were
met with tear gas and water
cannons by police forces. What
started as a small pacifist sit-

in at Takism Square, became a
series of public demonstrations
focused against Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan’s centre-right Justice
and Development Party has held
power since 2003. Solidarity
protests have been held
worldwide including one at the
Vancouver Art Gallery.

 

 

Downed utility poles block the road as a family looks on in Moore, Oklahoma. | Photo courtesy of Getty Images

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