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In the news

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  • An IUPAC committee acknowledges the discovery of the transuranium elements ununquadium and ununhexium.
  • Security firm RSA announces that a breach in its SecurID authentication system will necessitate the replacement of almost 40 million electronic tokens (example pictured).
  • Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, is re-elected for a third consecutive term in office.
  • Israeli forces open fire on demonstrators trying to cross the Syrian–Golan Heights border, producing the deadliest clash in the Golan since 1973.
  • NATO begins employing attack helicopters for the first time in air operations over Libya.
  • In tennis, Li Na wins the women’s singles and Rafael Nadal wins the men’s singles at the French Open.
  • Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupts, forcing 3,500 people to evacuate.