Portal:Current events/2009 July 30: Difference between revisions

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*70,000 people are evacuated from [[Bryan, TX]], [[USA]], after [[ammonium nitrate]] is released during a [[fire]] at the El Dorado Chemical Company warehouse there. [http://www.examiner.com/x-17020-DC-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Chemical-warehouse-fire-in-Bryan-TX-causes-mass-evacuation (The Examiner)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iX5KCU4Q5sZ_TCMenm1mkqeknv0wD99PDIOO0 (AP via google)]

*[[2009 Palmanova bombing|Palmanova bombing]]

**At least two people are killed in a [[car bomb]] explosion at a [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Guardia Civil]] barracks in [[Palma Nova]] on the [[Spain|Spanish]] island of [[Mallorca]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/majorca.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_410278.html (''Straits Times'')]

**Travel chaos ensues as police order the closure of all airports and ports to prevent the culprits escaping. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8176601.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8177008.stm (BBC)] [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1203213/BREAKING-NEWS-Bomb-explosion-Majorca-holiday-destination.html (''Daily Mail'')]

*[[Albania]]'s [[List of Prime Ministers of Albania|Prime Minister]] [[Sali Berisha]] indicates [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Albania|he may legalise]] [[Same-sex marriage|gay marriage]] in the country. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/30/ap/europe/main5197267.shtml (CBS)] [http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_410232.html (''Straits Times'')]

*[[2009 Nigeria religious violence]]

**[[Nigeria]]n forces [[2009 Nigeria religious violence|attack]] a mosque used by the militant [[Islamism|Islamist]] [[Boko Haram]] group. [http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=150176 (''This Day'')] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/07/200973074797836.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6732982.ece (''The Times'') ]

**[[Boko Haram]] Islamist [[sect]] leader [[Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf]] is shot and killed in Nigeria. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6734046.ece (''The Times'')]

*The [[United States Coast Guard]] calls off its search for as many as 79 [[Haiti|Haitians]] missing after their [[2009 Turks and Caicos Islands migrant shipwreck|boat capsized]] near the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] with two hundred people onboard. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/07/200973045116233738.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/30/haiti.boat.capsized/index.html (CNN)]

*[[Iran]]ian police clash with mourners at a [[Tehran]]ian cemetery for a memorial to those killed in post-election violence, using teargas to disperse crowds from the [[Death of Neda Agha-Soltan|grave of Neda Agha-Soltan]] and forcing Opposition leader [[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]] to make his exit. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8175764.stm (BBC)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/iran.html (RTÉ)]

*[[Cook Islands]] [[Prime Minister of the Cook Islands|Prime Minister]] [[Jim Marurai]] fires [[Foreign Minister]] [[Wilkie Rasmussen]], accusing him of plotting to topple the government. [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=48074 (RNZI)]

*A [[South Korea]]n fishing boat is towed away by a [[North Korea]]n patrol boat. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/07/200973002817423936.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8175752.stm (BBC)] [http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/07/116_49359.html (''The Korea Times'')] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/nkorea.html (RTÉ)]

*[[Moldova]]n [[President of Moldova|President]] [[Vladimir Voronin]] says he is ready for dialogue "with all political forces represented in the new parliament". [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/moldova.html (RTÉ)]

*[[Australia]]n [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]] promises to create 50,000 green jobs and apprenticeships to combat climate change and unemployment simultaneously. [http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_410130.html (''Straits Times'')]

*[[United States|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] arranged a meeting with police officer Sgt. James Crowley and [[African American]] [[public intellectual]] [[Henry Louis Gates]] at the [[White House]] in a bid to quell a dispute over [[racial profiling]] that arose from an [[Arrest of Henry Louis Gates|altercation]] between the two of them. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/29/us/politics/AP-US-Obama-Harvard-Scholar.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=obama%20beer&st=cse (AP via ''New York Times'')]

*[[Referendum Commission]] research indicates a [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland Bill, 2009|significant increase]] in the level of understanding of the [[Treaty of Lisbon]] among Irish voters. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/eulisbon.html (RTÉ)]

*[[Islam]]ist militants kill at least 15 [[Algeria]]n soldiers and injure 20 others in an ambush outside [[Tipaza]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8176010.stm (BBC)]

*8 people are killed and 10 are injured in a bomb attack on the offices of a Sunni political party, [[Kitab Sultan]], in [[Diyala Governorate]]. [http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_410253.html (''Straits Times'')]

*[[Multiple sclerosis]] sufferer [[Debbie Purdy]] wins a "landmark victory" in the [[House of Lords]] in her fight to allow her husband to help her commit suicide abroad. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/purdy.html (RTÉ)] [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/MS-Sufferer-Debbie-Purdy-Claims-Victory-In-Right-To-Die-Abroad-Battle-Following-Lords-Ruling/Article/200907415350055?lpos=UK_News_Top_Stories_Header_1&lid=ARTICLE_15350055_MS_Sufferer_Debbie_Purdy_Claims_Victory_In_Right_To_Die_Abroad_Battle_Following_Lords_Ruling (Sky News)]

*[[Iraq]]'s government admit that seven [[Iranian]] exiles were killed when [[Iraqi]] forces took control of their camp north of [[Baghdad]]. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56T3CB20090730 (Reuters)]

*[[University College Dublin]] quarantines seven language students after around sixty mainly [[Italy|Italian]] and [[Russia]]n students are assessed by doctors for [[swine flu]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/swineflu.html (RTÉ)]

*The [[United States]] [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] is awarded to several international figures including [[Stephen Hawking]], [[Billie Jean King]], [[Harvey Milk]], [[Sidney Poitier]], [[Mary Robinson]], [[Desmond Tutu]] and [[Muhammad Yunus]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/kennedy_gets_hi.html (''Boston Globe'')] [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-medal-freedom31-2009jul31,0,1309581.story (''The Los Angeles Times'')] [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=44566 (''San Francisco Chronicle'')]

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