Portal:Current events/2009 July 9

July 9, 2009 (Thursday)

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Yunnan province of China, killing one person and destroying over 10,000 homes. (BBC)
July 2009 Ürümqi riots
- Chinese President Hu Jintao returns to Beijing and chairs Politburo Meeting, vowing "severe punishment" on culprits as the social order in Ürümqi is being restored. (Xinhua)
- China opposes Turkey's attempt to place the riots on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council, saying it is a "domestic affair", as Turkish Trade and Industry Minister Nihat Ergun and some Turkish companies call for a boycott of Chinese goods. (Xinhua)

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2009 Iranian election protests
- Tehran Governor Morteza Tamaddon vows to "smash" any new protests. (Al Bawaba)
- Iranian police fire tear gas at protesters near Tehran University as new protests continue. (BBC) (The Globe and Mail) (CNN)
Sudan confirms negotiations are underway to free the kidnapped Irish and Ugandan aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki. (RTÉ)
New cyber attacks strike South Korean websites, after several successive days of attacks. (Yonhap) (Associated Press) (The Korea Times)
The death toll from a mass poisoning involving home-brewed alcohol in Gujarat, India rises to 71. (RTÉ)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says G8 action on climate change is "not good enough". (BBC)
Kul Bahadur Khadka, the Nepalese general appointed acting army chief by former Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda denies allegations of plans to stage a coup d'état. (BBC)
British phone tapping controversy
- David Cameron is asked to dismiss one of his most trusted advisers over allegations of illegal phone hacking by the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid. (The Times)
- British police are to investigate phone hacking claims by a newspaper. (BBC) (Bloomberg) (The New York Times)
A drone strike by the United States kills 50 Taliban militants in South Waziristan, Pakistan. (BBC)
25 people, including 21 civilians and 4 police, die and four are injured when an overturned truck carrying explosives blows up on a road south of Kabul, Afghanistan. (RTÉ)
Bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq kill at least 41 people and wounded more than 80, police say. (Sky News)
The United States claims to have released five Iranian diplomats held in Iraq since 2007, but in fact delivers them into Iraqi custody. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)