International Events in June 1998
1st Jun
The Prime Minister of Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia, Mr. Valery Khubulov, is shot dead by unidentified gunmen.
Japan's ruling coalition led by the Liberal Demoratic Party loses majority in the Upper House with two allies breaking away.
2nd Jun
Russia, Germany and France sign a plutonium pact which provides for conversion of Russian weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear fuel.
Space shuttle Discovery takes off on the last U.S. mission to the Russian space station, Mir.
4th Jun
Discovery docks with Mir.
5th Jun
The Sri Lankan Government imposes an indefinite ban on `sensitive' military news coverage by the international and local media.
7th Jun
Twentytwo persons are killed in a bomb blast on the Peshawar- bound Khyber Express near Khairpur in Pakistan's Sindh province.
9th Jun
East Timorese reject a ``special status'' offer made by the Indonesian President, Mr. J.B. Habibie. They want only a referendum on autonomy.
10th Jun
Astronomers discover 143 galaxies previously obscured by the Milky Way through radio telescopes, one in The Netherlands and the other in Australia.
11th Jun
Pakistan announces a `unilateral moratorium' on nuclear testing.
An attempt is made on the life of the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Qadhafi, in which 16 bodyguards get killed.
Pakistan announces austerity measures in the wake of the sanctions imposed on it for its nuclear tests.
15th Jun
NATO launches air exercises over Albania and Macedonia in the wake of fighting between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
19th Jun
Turkey sends six F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus as tensions between Ankara and Athens increase.
25th Jun
Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund agree to restart a $43-billion economic bailout.
Nothern Ireland province goes to polls to elect an Assembly which provides for sharing of power by the Catholics and the Protestants.
26th Jun
The visiting U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, raises a human rights issue with China saying he is concerned at reports of detentions of dissidents. He also says there would be no change in the U.S. stance on Taiwan.
28th Jun
The Ulster Unionist Party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Fein get majority in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections.