Unix Timestamp: 1213315200
Friday, June 13. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Finance ministers from the Group of Eight meet in Osaka, Japan with rising food and oil prices high on the Agenda. //www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.a9a417cee9213e16b9bf91ace72e540c.b71.html (AFP)

The People's Republic of China and Taiwan agree to regular civil aviation flights across the Taiwan Strait for the first time since 1949 with flights limited to weekend charters. //www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7582549 (Reuters via "The Guardian")

The Station nightclub fire: Sealed Air pay a US$25 million settlement for manufacturing foam used in the club. 100 people died in the disaster. //ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5CMQKwNvVeIyOIxllb1n7aBsBnAD919GSPG0 (AP via Google News) (Wikinews)

At least 40 people are injured on Sagar Island in the Ganges delta in clashes between supporters of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and local Muslim villagers. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7452132.stm (BBC News)