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 Iranian 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 as Director General for 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 Scotland, 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 was 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 — 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)
Six people, including three chldren, are killed after a fire in a 12 story 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 4, 2009 (Saturday)

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North Korea test fires two more missiles into the Sea of Japan. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)

Ongoing events
[edit] Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Tea Party protests 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 "Utegate" scandal [edit] Scientific Soyuz TMA-14 and 15 edit sidebar

Recent deaths
[edit] July 1: Alexis Argüello 1: Karl Malden 1: Mollie Sugden 1: Lyudmila Zykina [edit] June 30: Pina Bausch 28: Billy Mays 28: Fred Travalena 27: Willy Kyrklund 27: Gale Storm 25: Farrah Fawcett 25: Michael Jackson 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 3: Independence Day (Belarus) 3: Territory Day (British Virgin Islands) 3: Fishermen's Day (Marshall Islands) 3: Emancipation Day (United States Virgin Islands) [edit] Upcoming 4: Filipino-American Friendship Day (Philippines) 4: Liberation Day (Rwanda) 4: Independence Day (United States) 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 sidebar

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