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Kurmanbek Bakiyev (pictured) is re-elected President of Kyrgyzstan.
In cycling, Alberto Contador of Spain wins the 2009 Tour de France.
India launches its first nuclear submarine INS Arihant, becoming the sixth country in the world to construct such a vessel.
The birth of the world's first Giant Panda conceived using frozen sperm is announced in Sichuan, China.
A series of wildfires across France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey kills at least eight people.
The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest single optical telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

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July 27, 2009 (Monday)

The United States and China begin the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. (AFP) (Xinhua) (Reuters)
Mediterranean fires which have killed eight people continue and spread to Croatia. (RTÉ) (The Times)
A rural community in the Eastern Cape in South Africa lays claim to the entire town of Mthatha in one of the biggest land restitution cases since the end of apartheid. (Sky News)
Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church begins a visit to Ukraine. (BBC)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves hospital after being tested for his fainting fit. (BBC) (RTÉ) (The Times)
German health minister Ulla Schmidt is criticised when her official car is stolen during the burglarization of her driver's hotel room in Alicante, Spain. (BBC) (Deutsche Welle)
Researchers outline bokodes, a proposed replacement for the black and white stripes of the traditional barcode. (BBC)
A British-led military offensive, Operation Panther's Claw, succeeds in clearing the Taliban from parts of southern Helmand Province in Afghanistan. (CNN)

July 27, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 26, 2009 (Sunday)

Seven people are killed in hurricane-force winds reaching 130 km/h in Poland and two more are killed by wind in the Czech Republic. Hail falls on 60,000 hectares of crops in Austria, causing damage of at least €20 million. (Sydney Morning Herald) (BBC)
Dozens are killed in clashes between radical Islamists and security forces in Bauchi, Nigeria following a police station attack by an armed gang in retaliation for the arrests of their leaders. (The Irish Times) (Reuters)
Chinese hackers target the website of Australia's biggest film festival in Melbourne over a documentary about Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer. (BBC) (France 24) (The Guardian)
Fernando Chui Sai On is elected the third Chief Executive of Macau. (BBC)
Six people are killed in an apartment building fire in Rinkeby, Stockholm. (RTÉ) (Stockholm News)
India launches its first nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant. (The Times of India) (Associated Press) (Xinhua) (RIA Novosti)
Voters in Guinea-Bissau take part in a runoff presidential election between Kumba Ialá and Malam Bacai Sanhá. (CNN) (IOL)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy takes ill whilst exercising. (RTÉ)
At least five people are killed and more are wounded by a suicide attack at a concert hall in the Chechen capital Grozny. (BBC)

July 26, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 25, 2009 (Saturday)

Harry Patch, the last surviving World War I veteran to have fought in the trenches, dies aged 111. (BBC) (CNN)
Worldwide protests in 80 cities take place in support of Iranian protesters following the disputed presidential election. (The Times) (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
Voters go to the polls in Iraqi Kurdistan for legislative and presidential elections. (The New York Times) (The Hindu) (Xinhua)
Wildfires in France, Greece, Sardinia and Spain kill and injure dozens. (RTÉ)

July 25, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 24, 2009 (Friday)

China produces a Giant Panda using frozen sperm. (BBC) (The Irish Times) (The Washington Post) (Xinhua)
At least six people die as a Croatian high-speed train travelling from Zagreb to Split derails 30km from its destination. (AP via Google News)
Chloe Smith wins the Norwich North by-election, the first British constituency by-election since the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, and gains the Conservative Party a seat held by Labour for the past 12 years. (The Guardian)
20 people are killed in a bus crash near Rostov-on-Don, Russia. (BBC)
The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is declared as the winner of the Indonesian presidential election. (AP via Google News)
Wildfires in the north east of Spain claim the lives of six firefighters in that region. (Sky News)
The trial of Burmese National League for Democracy General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi nears its end. (Jakarta Globe) (The Times) (Al Jazeera)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is urged to dismiss his choice of Vice President, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei. (Associated Press) (Press TV)
Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes in Mashhad, Iran, killing at least 17 people and injuring 19 of the 153 people on board. (BBC)
The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. (The New York Times)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, setting out his election manifesto, vows to make foreign troops sign a framework governing how they operate in a bid to limit civilians casualties. (Reuters)
Canada's national rail service, Via Rail, cancels train service due to a strike by its engineer workers. (CTV)
FBI and IRS agents arrests 44 people, including five rabbis, two New Jersey state legislators, and three mayors in Operation Bid Rig. (The New York Times)

July 24, 2009 Wikinews articles

Armenia to send military forces to Afghanistan

July 23, 2009 (Thursday)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 9000 for the first time since January. (The New York Times)
The United States signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia. (BBC)
Two Swedish passenger ferries sailing between the mainland and Gotland collide in fog just off the port of Nynäshamn south of Stockholm, injuring at least 15 people. (Reuters)
The Bank of Canada declares the recession has ended in Canada predicting the economy will grow by 1.3 per cent over the summer months. (CTV)
Voters in Kyrgyzstan go to the polls for a presidential election, as the main opposition candidate Almazbek Atambayev pulls out. (AFP via Google News) (BBC)
The SEACOM high speed internet link to East Africa goes live. (AFP) (BBC) (All Africa.com)
Ireland's Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. (Irish Independent) (The Irish Times)
The FBI arrests 30 officials and rabbis in the U.S. state of New Jersey as part of a public corruption and international money laundering probe called Operation Bid Rig. Authorities also search a synagogue and remove several boxes. (Newark Star-Ledger)
Peter Harry Carstensen, premier of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, intentionally loses a vote of confidence, clearing the way for early elections simultaneously with the German federal election, 2009. (Deutsche Welle)
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle completes a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. (ESPN.com)

July 23, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 22, 2009 (Wednesday)

Chinese and Russian troops begin a five-day joint military drill, aimed at boosting their ability to fight terrorism. (Xinhua)
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issues a decision on the borders of Abyei, a region subject to violent contention in Sudan. (BBC)
The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century takes place over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean. (ABC News Australia)
The first Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 case is found in Canada, bringing the world total of such cases to five. (Sympatico MSN News Canada)
Ireland's Council of State meets to consider two pieces of controversial legislation at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. (RTÉ)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns that it could arm its allies in the Gulf and extend a "defense umbrella" over the region, if Iran goes nuclear. (Sky News)
Ukrainian former Interior Ministry official Oleksiy Pukach confesses to murdering journalist Georgiy R. Gongadze and implicates other high-ranking officials.(AFP)

July 22, 2009 Wikinews articles

July 21, 2009 (Tuesday)

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolves the House of Representatives, setting the stage for a general election on August 30. (Xinhua)
NASA scientists confirm an impact event on Jupiter, the first observed since the impact of Shoemaker-Levy 9 on July 16–22, 1994. (New Scientist)
Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years. (The New York Times)

July 21, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Health / Medicine H1N1 - 2009 flu pandemic H5N1 ("Bird Flu") Political / Military Australian "OzCar" Affair British Parliamentary spending and vote-selling scandals Constitutional change in the Philippines Honduran political crisis Iranian election protests Peruvian political crisis Mindanao bombings North Korean nuclear program Piracy in Somalia Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal Thai political crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification Xinjiang riots edit sidebar

Recent deaths
July 26: Merce Cunningham 25: Harry Patch 24: Jose Carlos da Costa Araujo 24: Harry Towb 19: Frank McCourt 19: Henry Surtees 18: Henry Allingham 17: Meir Amit 17: Walter Cronkite 17: Leszek Kołakowski 15: Natalia Estemirova edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Worldwide War on Terrorism Africa / Middle East Fourth Chadian Civil War War in Darfur Kivu conflict 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 Insurgency in the Philippines Laotian Secret War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency War in North-West Pakistan South Thailand insurgency Ürümqi riots Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War edit sidebar

Elections
Recent June 28: Albania, Parliament 28: Argentina, Legislative 28: Guinea-Bissau, President 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 Upcoming 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, Bernard Madoff 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, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno edit sidebar

Holidays and observances
July Ongoing 9 - 30: The Three Weeks (Judaism) 21 evening - 30: The Nine Days (Judaism) 25 - 27: Rebellion Days (Cuba) Current 27: National Sleepy Head Day (Finland) 27: Victory Day (North Korea) 27: Dr. José Celso Barbosa's Birthday (Puerto Rico) 27: Hurricane Supplication Day (United States Virgin Islands) Upcoming 28 - 29: Independence Day (Peru) 28: Anniversary of the Fall of Fascism (San Marino) 28: Day of Baptism (Ukraine) 29: Ólavsøka (Faroe Islands) 29: National Anthem Day (Romania) 29: Territory Day (Wallis and Futuna) edit sidebar

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