Portal:Current events/2009 June 27
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June 27, 2009 (Saturday)
- Two loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland begin decommissioning their weapons. (The Telegraph)
- Brazil announces it has ended the search for bodies from Air France Flight 447. (Associated Press) (The Times of India)
- Thousands of protestors from the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship call on the government to resign in Bangkok, Thailand. (BBC)
- Saad al-Hariri is appointed the new Prime Minister of Lebanon. (Reuters)
- The Taliban claim responsibility for a suicide attack in Pakistan-administered Kashmir which killed two soldiers. (AFP)
- NATO and Russia agree to restore military ties after a 10 month period following the 2008 war in Georgia. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls on the Taliban to take part and vote in the August presidential election. (Xinhua) (New York Times)
- The United States National Transportation Safety Board identifies two incidents similar to the circumstances thought to have occurred on Air France Flight 447. (The Christian Science Monitor)