July 2009

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July 2009 is the seventh month of the current year. It began on a Wednesday and will end after 31 days on a Friday. It is the current month.

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July 1, 2009 (Wednesday)

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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 2, 2009 (Thursday)

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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 3, 2009 (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 riots after a dead pig is thrown into an under-construction mosque 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—are 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)
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)
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake centred in the Sea of Cortez shakes western Mexico. (IOL)

July 4, 2009 (Saturday)

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The Cherokee County killer claims his fifth victim in South Carolina, USA.(CNN)
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, calls for the immediate release of two aid workers who were kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region. (RTÉ)
Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali calls on homosexuals to "repent and be changed" and says the Church of England will not be "rolled over by culture". (The Daily Telegraph)
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 5, 2009 (Sunday)

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One person dies after a monorail collision at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA. (CNN)
The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans claims homosexuality may split the Church of England the way the Episcopal Church has done in the United States. (BBC)
An Irish government delegation arrives in Cairo, Egypt, to be briefed on the Sudan kidnappings. (RTÉ)
Tennis: 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)
A security operation is conducted to protect the personal details of British diplomat John Sawers. (BBC)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is embarrassed by a lesbian kiss at his Sardinian estate. (The Times)
First Minister of Northern Ireland Peter Robinson holds separate talks with both sides in the dispute over the Drumcree conflict. (RTÉ)
Fourteen activists from the Free Gaza Movement are detained by Israel. (Al Jazeera video)
Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls for a parliamentary election. (Sofia News Agency) (BBC)

Ongoing events
[edit] Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession [edit] Humanitarian Flu pandemic [edit] 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 [edit] Scientific Soyuz TMA-14 and 15 edit sidebar

Recent deaths
[edit] July 4: Allen Klein 4: Robert Louis-Dreyfus 4: Steve McNair 1: Alexis Argüello 1: Karl Malden 1: Mollie Sugden 1: Lyudmila Zykina [edit] 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
[edit] Worldwide War on Terrorism [edit] 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 [edit] 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 [edit] Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War edit sidebar

Elections
[edit] Recent [edit] 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 [edit] Upcoming [edit] 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
[edit] 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 [edit] 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 [edit] 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
[edit] July [edit] Current 5: X-Day (Church of the SubGenius) 5: Independence Day (Algeria) 5: Constitution Day (Armenia) 5: Independence Day (Cape Verde) 5: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia) 5: Bloody Thursday (ILWU) 5: Saint Hetag's Day (North Ossetia-Alania) 5: Youth Day (Singapore) 5: Independence Day (Venezuela) [edit] Upcoming 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: Tynwald Day (Isle of Man) 6: Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan) 6: Statehood Day (Lithuania) 6: Independence Day (Malawi) 6 – 14: San Fermín (Pamplona) 6: Dalai Lama's Birthday (Tibet) 6: Heroes' Day (Zambia) edit sidebar

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