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Wikipedia:ITN archives/2009/July

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ITNs	Days	Continents	Countries
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• PresidentofCameroon Paul Biya (pictured) dismisses Prime Minister Ephraïm Inoni and appoints Philémon Yang to the office.^[1]
• The Preparatory Commission for the International Renewable Energy Agency designates the headquarters of the organization to Masdar City, Abu Dhabi.^[2]
• InArgentina's legislative election, the Front for Victory, the ruling party led by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, suffers a defeat and loses absolute majority in congress, despite retaining a plurality of the seats.^[3]
• Prime MinisterofCroatia Ivo Sanader announces his resignation and withdrawal from all active politics.^[4]
• Ireland eradicates brucellosis.^[5]
• TerreStar-1, the largest commercial telecommunication satellite ever built, is launched at the Guiana Space Centre.^[6]
• Prime MinisterofSweden Fredrik Reinfeldt (pictured) becomes President of the European Council.^[7]
• The Gas Exporting Countries Forum elects Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, the oil and energy ministerofQatar, as the president of the organization.^[8]
• North Korea test-fires four missiles off their eastern coast, in defiance of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874.^[9]
• Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano is elected as Director General for the International Atomic Energy Agency (flag pictured).^[10]
• The Dubai-based supply ship MVDemas Victory capsizes off the coast of Doha, Qatar, with 35 people on board.^[11]
• Algeria, Niger and Nigeria sign the intergovernmental agreement on the Trans–Saharan gas pipeline.^[12]
• AMil Mi-17 helicopter of the Pakistan Army crashes in the North-West Frontier Province, killing at least 26 people.^[13]
• Three dinosaur species—Australovenator wintonensis, Wintonotitan wattsi and Diamantinasaurus matildae—are discovered in Australia.^[14]
• The Organization of American States suspends Honduras due to the country's recent political crisis.^[15]
• Inrugby union, South Africa win the 2009 Test series against the British and Irish Lions 2–1, with the Lions achieving their first Test victory since 2001.^[16]
• Intennis, Roger Federer and Serena Williams win the singles' titles at the the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, with Federer beating Pete Sampras' Grand Slam record.^[17]
• At least three people are killed and twenty injured during riotsinÜrümqi, China.^[18]
• Centre-right party GERB, led by Boyko Borisov, wins the parliamentary electioninBulgaria.^[19]
• Al Franken (pictured)issworn in as a United States senator, giving the Democratic Party Caucusasupermajority of 60 seats in the Senate.^[20]
• The European Commission imposes its second biggest fine, €553 million each on energy companies GDF Suez and E.ON, over arrangements on the MEGAL pipeline.^[21]
• In the Philippines, a series of bomb attacksinCotabato, Jolo and Iligan kills six people and injures at least 26 others.^[22]
• Jadranka Kosor becomes the first female Prime MinisterofCroatia.^[23]
• Frank Kabui becomes the Governor General of the Solomon Islands.^[24]
• A series of organized cyber attacks strikes major public and private sector websites of South Korea and the United States.^[25]
• Urspelerpes, a new speciesoflungless salamander, is discovered in the U.S. stateofGeorgia.^[26]
• The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, carrying astronauts on the STS-127 mission, is delayed after its launch pad was struck by lightning at least 11 times.^[27]
• At least 23 police officers are killed in an ambush attack by Maoist rebels, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.^[28]
• Javier Velásquez (pictured) becomes Prime MinisterofPeru.^[29]
• At least 43 people are killed in clashes near the Somali presidential palace between Al-Shabaab and the Somali military.^[30]
• Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey sign an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Nabucco natural gas pipeline.^[31]
• Henry Okah, a guerrilla leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, is released from detainment after accepting an amnesty offered by the Nigerian government.^[32]
• Astate of emergency is declared in 11 regions of Peru after more than 250 children perished in the unusually cold winter.^[33]
• Jerzy Buzek (pictured), a former Prime MinisterofPoland, is elected the 28th President of the European Parliament, the first from the former Eastern Bloc to gain the position.^[34]
• Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, a scheduled commercial flight from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan, Armenia, crashes shortly after takeoff with 168 people on board.^[35]
• BombingsinJakarta, Indonesia, kill at least nine people and injure at least 50 others.^[36]
• Iceland's Althing votes by a narrow majority to apply for membership of the European Union after five days of debate.^[37]
• The body of Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova is located in Ingushetia after her abduction in Chechnya.^[38]
• Paul Biyoghé Mba becomes Prime MinisterofGabon after Jean Eyeghe Ndong resigns to launch his presidential campaign.^[39]
• At least 26 people are killed and 150 others injured as a result of heavy rainsinKarachi, Pakistan.^[40]
• At least 26 people are killed in floodsinKarachi, Pakistan, and at least 36 people in Orissa and 13 others in Kerala are killed in floodsinIndia.^[41]
• The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century takes place over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean (animated path pictured).^[42]
• NASA confirms an impact eventonJupiter, the first observed since the impact of Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994.^[43]
• The Permanent Court of ArbitrationinThe Hague issues a decision on the borders of Abyei, a region subject to violent contention in Sudan.^[44]
• Ingolf, American Stewart Cink wins the 2009 Open Championship (British Open) in a playoff over Tom Watson.^[45]
• Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitches the 18th perfect gameinMajor League Baseball history against the Tampa Bay Rays.^[46]
• The SEACOM high speed internet link to East Africa goes live.^[47]
• Indonesia's General Election Commission officially declares Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono the victor of the 2009 presidential election.^[48]
• Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Iran, killing at least 17 people.^[49]
• The Gran Telescopio Canarias (pictured), the world's largest telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.^[50]
• A series of wildfires across France, Greece, Italy and Spain kills at least eight people.^[51]
• The birth of the world's first Giant Panda conceived using frozen sperm is announced in Sichuan, China.^[52]
• Incycling, Alberto ContadorofSpain wins the 2009 Tour de France.^[53]
• India launches its first nuclear submarine INS Arihant, becoming the sixth country in the world that can construct the vessels.^[54]
• Kurmanbek Bakiyev (pictured)isre-elected PresidentofKyrgyzstan.^[55]
• At least 150 people are killed during battles in several Nigerian states.^[56]
• Abdelkader Belliraj, accused of leading an Islamist militant group, is sentenced to life in prison for plotting terrorist attacks in Morocco.^[57]
• The United States and the People's Republic of China hold the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (opening session pictured).^[58]
• At least 15 Haitian migrants are killed and dozens are missing following a shipwreck in the Caribbean near the Turks and Caicos Islands.^[59]
• Malam Bacai Sanháiselected PresidentofGuinea-Bissau.^[60]
• The SAT-3 submarine communications cable (route pictured) is damaged, causing major disruption in internet services in Benin, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.^[61]
• São Tomé and Príncipe agrees a loan deal with Portugal to link the dobra and the euro.^[62]
• InMoldova's parliamentary election, the ruling Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova obtains a plurality but fails to gain a majority.^[63]
• The Supreme CourtofPakistan announces that the emergency of November 2007 declared by former President Pervez Musharraf (pictured) was illegal.^[64]
• InSpain, a series of bombing attacks in Burgos and Palma Nova kills at least two people and injures 50 others.^[65]