Portal:Current events/2008 June 29
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June 29, 2008 (Sunday)
- A ship arrives in North Korea carrying food aid from the United States as part of a deal between North Korea, the US and the United Nations. (CNN)
- Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps set world records for the 400-meter individual medley at the United States Olympics swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP via Google News)
- Two medical helicopters collide in Flagstaff, Arizona, resulting in seven deaths and three people being critically injured. (AP via Google News)
- Spain wins the UEFA Euro 2008 championship defeating Germany 1-0 in the final through a goal by Fernando Torres. (BBC News)
- China will commence a new range of talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama in early July. (AFP via Google News)
- At least six people die and 39 are laid by bomb blasts in Assam, India, with the United Liberation Front of Asom believed to be responsible. (AFP via Google News)
- The Israeli cabinet votes in favour of a prisoner swap with Hezbollah. (AP via Forbes)
- Voters in Mongolia go to the polls for the Mongolian legislative election, 2008. (BBC News)
- An investigation into the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter on HMAS Kanimbla that killed two concludes excessive loading on the engine caused it to lose power. (The Australian)
- Robert Mugabe is sworn in for his sixth term as President of Zimbabwe after a controversial run-off presidential election in which opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdraws his candidacy due to election-related violence. (AFP via Google News)
- An aide of Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim lodges a police report claiming that he had been sodomised by Anwar. (BBC News)