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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visits Germany, Britain and Italy ahead of July G8 summit in Japan.

•June 1- 5: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visits Germany, Britain and Italy ahead of July G8 summit in Japan.

•June 2: Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has summoned the budget session of Parliament. The PPP-led coalition Government to table constitutional reforms aimed at clipping his wings.

•June 3-5: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to visit the United States for talks with President George W Bush. Though the official reason is the annual conference by the pro-Israeli lobby, political observers see it as a farewell visit, plagued as Olmert is by a bribery scandal.

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•June 3-5: Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will hold an urgent conference in Rome on world food security. The meet will debate the establishment of a global food fund, new international guidelines on the cultivation of biofuels, which have been blamed for diverting land, crops and other resources away from food production.

•June 4: Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests and their subsequent suppression in 1989. Annual candle-lit vigil is expected to take place in Hong Kong.

•June 4-6: World Economic Forum on Africa will meet in Cape Town, South Africa.

•June 4-8: Turkish President Abdullah Gul will be visiting Japan for talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the designation gives law enforcement “enhanced powers to combat a group that has instilled fear through violence and intimidation”.

Canada designates Lawrence Bishnoi gang a terrorist entity

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The Canadian government has labeled the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist group, granting authorities more authority to combat their violent behavior. The gang, operating in British Columbia, Ontario, and Alberta, has been connected to 50+ violent incidents since 2023.

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