Tomorrow until Thursday – Fourth Annual GCC Nationalisation Summit at Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel and Towers
Tomorrow until Friday – 5th Sanaa International Exhibition at Sanaa Expo Centre, Sanaa, Yemen
Monday – IT Managers Forum and Expo at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai
Monday and Tuesday – Third and final preparatory round of the Major Economies Forum meeting, called by the US, in Mexico City.
Monday to Wednesday – G8 Science and Technology ministers meeting in Monza, Italy.
Monday and Tuesday – EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting in Luxembourg.
Tuesday until Saturday – Arab Information Technology Exhibition and Conference (AITEC) 2009 at Expo Centre Sharjah
Tuesday – Corporate Counsel Forum Middle East at Mina A'Salam, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Tuesday and Wednesday – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Forum 2009 in Paris
The Day in History
June 20, 1979 American ABC News Correspondent Bill Stewart was summarily shot by Nicaraguan forces while reporting in Managua. Stewart and his camera crew were stopped at a checkpoint by the Nicaraguan National Guard, the force of President Anastasio Somoza Debayle.
A young lieutenant ordered him out of the vehicle. Stewart held a white flag and official press documentation from the Nicaraguan government. While Stewart was escorted a few metres from the van, cameraman Jack Clark began filming. Stewart was forced to kneel and then to lie face down on the ground. The lieutenant put his rifle to the back of Stewart's head and fired, killing the reporter instantly.
This horrified the American public and ultimately caused the US government to turn against Somoza's tottering regime.
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