Unix Timestamp: 1214092800
Sunday, June 22. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Typhoon Fengshen hits the Philippines and capsizes the ferry "MV Princess of the Stars", leaving hundreds dead or missing.

After three decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates steps down from daily duties to concentrate on philanthropy.

The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Fengshen rises to at least 155 according to Red Cross estimates with 59 people dead and 40 people missing in Iloilo province alone. //ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_3yhnZvsE90p8kvwkFoSW99kjIgD91ETB6G0 (AP via Google News) //ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_3yhnZvsE90p8kvwkFoSW99kjIgD91F2QL80 (AP via Google News)

President Robert Mugabe is reelected with 85.5% of the vote in the second round of the controversial Zimbabwean presidential election.

Zimbabwe Electoral Crisis

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulls out of the June 27 run-off presidential election after President Robert Mugabe's supporters attacked his rally. //www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2026827820080622 (Reuters) //www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=aez5d63T2B.crefer=home (Bloomberg)

A large bus collides head-on with a smaller minibus in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, leaving nine dead. //www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/22/asia/AS-GEN-Bangladesh-Road-Accident.php ("The International Herald Tribune")