| Current events of July 4, 2009 (2009-07-04) (Saturday) |
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| Current events of July 3, 2009 (2009-07-03) (Friday) |
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- The African Union stops cooperation with the International Criminal Court because it charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with war crimes. (BBC)
- Three people die and over a dozen are injured in an argument involving bamboo sticks and a dead pig in Mysore, India. (CNN)
- John Demjanjuk is declared fit to stand trial for assisting in the deaths of 29,000 Jews in Treblinka extermination camp. (RTÉ)
- Energy ministers of Algeria, Niger and Nigeria sign the intergovernmental agreement on the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline. (Reuters) (Bloomberg) (BBC)
- Flooding affects parts of County Mayo and County Galway in Ireland. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Burma, meeting junta leader Senior General Than Shwe and calling for the release of political prisoners. (BBC) (Bangkok Post)
- Two Iranian staff working for the British embassy in Tehran will face trial over allegedly inciting protests. (BBC)
- Three dinosaur species—Australovenator wintonensis, Wintonotitan wattsi and Diamantinasaurus matildae— have been discovered in Australia. (BBC) (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Syria invites United States President Barack Obama to the Damascus summit. (Sky News)
- Algerian raï music star Cheb Mami is jailed for five years in France for trying to force his former partner to have an abortion. (BBC) (IOL) (Reuters)
- Manuel Pinho, Portugal's Economy Minister, resigns after performing a cuckold gesture at an opposition MP. (BBC)
- North Korea broadcasts its first ever beer commercial, for Taedonggang beer. (BBC) (The Los Angeles Times)
- Two more people die in Viareggio, Italy following the train explosion, bringing the death toll to 21. (RTÉ)
- A fire breaks out in the Lakanal House, a 12 storey building in Camberwell, south London, two children die. (BBC)
- Russia opens a route for the United States to fly arms to Afghanistan. (The New York Times)
- American politician Sarah Palin, current Governor of Alaska and 2008 Vice Presidential candidate in her country, announces her resignation, effective July 26. (Fox News) (CNN)
- Two aid workers, including one Irish woman, with the charity GOAL are kidnapped by an armed gang in Sudan's Darfur region. (RTÉ)
- Thirteen people are injured after the Paris to Cahors train derails near Limoges, France. (RTÉ)
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| Current events of July 2, 2009 (2009-07-02) (Thursday) |
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| Current events of July 1, 2009 (2009-07-01) (Wednesday) |
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| Current events of June 30, 2009 (2009-06-30) (Tuesday) |
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- The Gas Exporting Countries Forum elects Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, oil and energy minister of Qatar, as the president of the organization. (Bloomberg)
- The President of Cameroon Paul Biya sacks Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni and appoints Philemon Yang to the role. (AP via Google News)
- Dresden loses its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Bloomberg)
- Germany's Constitutional Court approves the Treaty of Lisbon, but suspends ratification of it. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Official figures from the Central Statistics Office show a dramatic contraction in the Irish economy in the first three months of 2009. (RTÉ)
- At least 15 people are killed and 40 are injured by the derailment of an Italian freight train and subsequent explosion of two wagons carrying liquified petroleum gas in Viareggio. (BBC)
- Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310, crashes en route to Moroni, Comoros, from Sana'a, Yemen. (CNN)
- U.S. forces pull out of Baghdad and leave major cities across Iraq. (The New York Times)
- The Pirate Bay, one of the world's largest BitTorrent trackers, confirms today that it would be acquired by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) for 7.8 million USD. (The Pirate Bay blog)
- The Taliban scraps the truce offered in February by the Pakistani government, killing approximately 30 Pakistani soldiers shortly after making the announcement. (The New York Times)
- The Israeli navy intercepts a boat carrying humanitarian supplies headed for Gaza, which remains under a blockade. (The Jerusalem Post) (Al Jazeera)
- United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008
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| Current events of June 29, 2009 (2009-06-29) (Monday) |
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- The Preparatory Commission for the International Renewable Energy Agency designates the headquarters of the organization to Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. (Deutsche Welle)
- Scientific tests show bones housed in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome are those of the apostle Saint Paul himself, according to Pope Benedict XVI. (CNN)
- Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for investment fraud. (The New York Times)
- The United States Air Force test fires an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from the coast of California to a point in the Pacific Ocean about 4,200 miles (6,750 km) away. (AP via KFMB)
- Two passenger trains collide in Chenzhou, Hunan in central China, leaving at least three people dead and 60 injured. (Xinhua)
- Five out of nine local staff from the British embassy in Tehran, Iran, who were recently arrested, are released. (BBC)
- The Iranian Guardian Council certifies the controversial presidential election. (The New York Times)
- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Burma on Friday to press the country on democratic reform. (BBC)
- The opposition gained a large victory in Argentine legislative elections, leading party leader Nestor Kirchner to step down. (BBC)
- The U.S. resumes secret surveillance flights to aid Pakistani commanders. (The New York Times)
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