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120,000 people are expected at the Jean-Michel Jarre 's concert '' Space Of Freedom '' in Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland commemorating 25th anniversary of the creation of " Solidarity " trade union; live at 20:00 CET at iTVP (Radio Polonia)

The High Court Of Fiji overturns that country's Sodomy Laws after hearing the case of one Australian and one native Fijian who were previously sentenced to two years in jail under the legislation (365gay.com) (ABC)

14 children and three adults die as a fire breaks out in a building in Paris which housed Africa n Immigrant s. (BBC)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict :

--- An Israeli Border Policeman is wounded when a Palestinian man stabs him in the back of the neck near The Cave Of The Patriarchs in Hebron . (Ha'aretz) , (The Jerusalem Post , (Reuters)

--- The Interior Ministry of Israel has announced that the number of Israeli citizens living in Israeli Settlement s on the West Bank has increased by more than 9,000 thus far This Year . (BBC)

Typhoon Mawar (11W) makes landfall at Chiba City , just east of Tokyo , having weakened from super-typhoon strength. (BBC)