Portal:Current events/2009 July 10
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July 10, 2009 (Friday)
- July 2009 Ürümqi riots
- Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan strengthens his rhetoric: "These incidents in China are as if they are genocide. We ask the Chinese government not to remain a spectator to these incidents." (Associated Press) (BBC) (Reuters)
- A curfew is reimposed in Ürümqi, days after it was lifted. (BBC)
- The families of "innocent victims" killed are to receive 200,000 yuan ($29,282) in compensation. (The Straits Times) (Xinhua)
- The trial of National League for Democracy General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi resumes after a six week break. (BBC) (The Times of India) (The Guardian)
- More than 400,000 people are evacuated following an earthquake in Yunnan, China. (Bangkok Post) (Xinhua)
- One person is killed by a bull, (the third fatality since 1980), during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. (The Times) (CNN) (EITB)
- A senior Iranian cleric calls for changes to the election laws in the country to prevent further post-election unrest in the future. (Press TV) (The Los Angeles Times)
- Detained Nigerian leader for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Henry Okah accepts an amnesty by government. (BBC) (Vanguard)
- A Paris court convicts four men and a girl in the kidnapping, torture and murder of Ilan Halimi, sentencing the ringleader to life in prison. (AP via Yahoo)
- Automaker General Motors emerges from bankruptcy protection after 40 days under court supervision. (AP via Yahoo)