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At least 140 people are killed and 816 others injured during riots in Ürümqi, People's Republic of China.
In tennis, Roger Federer (pictured) and Serena Williams win the singles titles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, with Federer beating Pete Sampras' Grand Slam record.
The Organization of American States suspends Honduras due to the country's recent political crisis.
In rugby union, South Africa win the 2009 Test series against the British and Irish Lions 2–1.
The discovery of three fossilised dinosaur genera—Australovenator, Diamantinasaurus and Wintonotitan—in Australia is announced.
A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Pakistan Army crashes in the North-West Frontier Province, killing at least 26 people.

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July 6, 2009 (Monday)

2009 Honduran coup d'état
- Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is prevented from landing his jet. (BBC)
- Zelaya diverts his jet to Nicaragua after being barred from landing in Tegucigalpa as ground troops battle supporters and kill two of them with the country in turmoil. (BBC) (The Guardian)
Riots in China's Xinjiang region leave 140 dead and more than 800 injured. (Xinhua) (BBC) (Times of India) (Al Jazeera)
Iran frees another British embassy member, leaving one local worker in jail. (CNN) (Reuters)
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says it has seized a chemical tanker with six crew and attacked a second oil facility. (Associated Press) (This Day)

July 6, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 5, 2009 (Sunday)

Three people are killed and twenty injured following clashes in Ürümqi, capital of Xinjiang, western China. (BBC) (Xinhua)
Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick to win the men's singles of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. (BBC) (Washington Post)
An Iranian political analyst employed by the British embassy in Tehran faces a lengthy prison sentence after being charged with "acting against national security". (The Times)
Two British service personnel participating in Operation Panther's Claw are killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan. (BBC)
Five people die in an explosion outside a Catholic cathedral in Cotabato, Mindanao, Phillipines. (BBC) (Boston Globe) (GMA News) (The Irish Times) (Reuters) (RTÉ)
First Minister of Northern Ireland Peter Robinson holds separate talks with both sides in the dispute over the Drumcree conflict. (RTÉ)
Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls for a parliamentary election. (Sofia News Agency) (BBC)
At least 23 Somalis are killed and over 50 are wounded in Mogadishu as government soldiers retaliate to mortars fired at the presidential palace by insurgents. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (France 24) (Reuters)

July 5, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 4, 2009 (Saturday)

North Korea test fires seven more missiles into the Sea of Japan. (The Daily Telegraph) (The Korea Times) (Xinhua)
Torrential rain forces over 150,000 people from their homes, topples hundreds of houses and punches a hole in the spillway of a dam in southern China. (IOL)
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is denied access to meet detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi while on a visit to Burma. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Bangkok Post)
12 militants are killed in an air raid in northwestern Pakistan. (Xinhua)
Candidates in Indonesia hold their final rallies before the presidential election. (AFP)
Nine Chechen policeman are killed after their vehicle is attacked in neighbouring Ingushetia, southern Russia. (BBC) (The Hindu)
10 are killed and eight are injured in a mini-bus taxi and car collision in Eastern Cape, South Africa. (IOL) (RTÉ)
The Iranian state-owned newspaper Kayhan calls for Mir-Hossein Mousavi to stand trial. (The Los Angeles Times)
35 people are arrested in Mazandran, northern Iran, during post-election protests. (Press TV)
Serena Williams wins the women's singles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships after defeating her sister, Venus Williams. (The Daily Telegraph)
Three people die as a result of contracting swine flu in New Zealand, the country's first flu deaths. (IOL) (The Irish Times)

July 4, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 3, 2009 (Friday)

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 riots after a dead pig was thrown into an under-construction mosque in Mysore, India. (CNN)
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)
Two more people die in Viareggio, Italy, following the train explosion, bringing the death toll to 21. (RTÉ)
Six people, including three children, are killed after a fire in a 12-storey residential tower block in Camberwell, south London, England. (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, announces her resignation as Governor, 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)

July 3, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 2, 2009 (Thursday)

Heavy thunderstorms in Dublin lead to widespread flooding and the closure of some of the city's major roads and rail lines, as well as some evacuations. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
A report by Amnesty International states that Israeli military activities and Palestinian militant rocket attacks during the Gaza War were war crimes. (BBC)
The United States armed forces launch Operation Strike of the Sword against the Taliban in Helmand, Afghanistan. (BBC)
The Honduran interim government defies international pressure to reverse the recent coup, saying there is no chance at all of ousted President Manuel Zelaya returning to office. (Reuters)
A 148-year old colonial law banning homosexual intercourse in India is overturned by the High Court in New Delhi. (BBC) (The Times)
The South Korean Defence Ministry says North Korea has fired four missiles off its east coast. (Sky News)
Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano is elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. (AP via The Washington Post)
The first vaccine for H1N1 swine flu virus strain has been made by Novartis in Marburg, Germany. (BBC)
Japanese scientists intend to breed super-tuna to meet demands for the fish. (The Daily Telegraph)
A Royal Air Force plane crashes in a rural area of Argyll, United Kingdom. (The Guardian)

July 2, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 1, 2009 (Wednesday)

TerreStar-1, the largest commercial telecommunication satellite ever built, is successfully launched. (spaceflightnow.com )
The European Union declares Ireland free of brucellosis, a disease which cost the country millions of euro to eradicate. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
The Organization of American States gives Honduras three days to restore its deposed president, Manuel Zelaya. (The New York Times)
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt assumes the rotating presidency over the European Union. (Reuters)
Officials in Comoros confirm that one passenger from Yemenia Flight 626, a 14-year-old girl, has been found alive. (BBC)
Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigns amidst European Union negotiations standstill and economic crisis. (BBC)
The Met Office issues a level-3 heatwave alert across London and the South East of England for the first time since June 2006. (BBC)
Taoiseach Brian Cowen informs Dáil Éireann that Ireland has 11.9% unemployment, with June's growth the slowest rate of increase since January. (RTÉ)
Three staff from the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, are released after being detained for allegedly having a role in the post-election protests. (BBC)
The remains of Jane Deasy are positively identified in the bodies recovered from Air France Flight 447. (RTÉ)
Up to 30 people are feared dead after the MV Demas Victory capsizes and sinks in choppy Persian Gulf waters off the Qatari capital Doha. (Sky News)

July 1, 2009 Wikinews articles

June 30, 2009 (Tuesday)

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
- The Minnesota Supreme Court orders that Al Franken be certified winner of the state's Senate election. (Reuters)
- Norm Coleman concedes the election saying "further litigation would damage the state's unity." (Bloomberg)

June 30, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Humanitarian Flu pandemic Political / Military British Parliamentary spending and vote-selling scandals Constitutional change in the Philippines Honduran political crisis Iranian election protests Peruvian political crisis North Korean nuclear program Piracy in Somalia Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal Thai political crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification Australian "OzCar" Affair Scientific Soyuz TMA-14 and 15 edit sidebar

Recent deaths
July 4: Allen Klein 4: Robert Louis-Dreyfus 4: Steve McNair 4: Lasse Strömstedt 4: Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard 1: Alexis Argüello 1: Karl Malden 1: Mollie Sugden 1: Lyudmila Zykina June 30: Pina Bausch 29: Jan Rubes 28: Billy Mays 28: Fred Travalena 27: Willy Kyrklund 27: Gale Storm 25: Michael Jackson 25: Farrah Fawcett 24: Roméo LeBlanc 23: Phyllis Busansky 23: Ed McMahon 23: Jerri Nielsen 22: Steve Race 20: Neda Agha-Soltan edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Worldwide War on Terrorism Africa / Middle East Fourth Chadian Civil War War in Darfur Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Somali Civil War Second Tuareg Rebellion Turkey–PKK conflict Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Laotian Secret War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency War in North-West Pakistan South Thailand insurgency Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War edit sidebar

Elections
Recent June 4–7: European Union, Parliament 7: Denmark, Act of Succession referendum 7: Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies 7: Lebanon, Parliament 12: Iran, President 21: Haiti, Senate (2^nd Round) 21–22: Italy, Electoral law referendum 28: Albania, Parliament 28: Argentina, Legislative 28: Guinea-Bissau, President Upcoming July 5: Bulgaria, Parliament 5: Mexico, Legislative 8: Indonesia, President (1^st Round) 12: Republic of the Congo, President 18: Mauritania, President 23: Kyrgyzstan, President 29: Moldova, Parliament edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded New Zealand: Nai Yin Xue New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector Ongoing Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Larry O'Brien France: Church of Scientology Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six Upcoming Germany: John Demjanjuk United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, William J. Jefferson, Bernard Madoff, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno edit sidebar

Holidays and observances
July Ongoing 6 – 14: San Fermín (Pamplona) Current 6: Esala Full Moon Poya (Buddhism) 6: Ali's Birthday (Islam) 6: CARICOM Day (Caribbean Community) 6: Constitution Day (Cayman Islands) 6: Independence Day (Comoros) 6: Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic) 6: Father's Day (Iran) 6: Tynwald Day (Isle of Man) 6: Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan) 6: Statehood Day (Lithuania) 6: Independence Day (Malawi) 6: Dalai Lama's Birthday (Tibet) 6: Heroes' Day (Zambia) Upcoming 7: Tanabata (Shinto, Japan) 7: Asalha Puja (Theravada Buddhism) 7: Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine) 7: Independence Day (Solomon Islands) 7: Saba Saba Day (Tanzania) 7: Unity Factory Day (Yemen) 7: Unity Day (Zambia) 8: Vassa begins (Theravada Buddhism) edit sidebar

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