Portal:Current events/2005 June 25

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In Destin, Florida, a 14-year-old Louisiana girl is killed in a shark attack.
A second case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in the United States.
Elections in Bulgaria: The people of Bulgaria are voting today and the government of Prime Minister Simeon Sakskoburggotski, the country's former Tsar, is expected to be defeated. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050911103156/http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-06-25T092340Z_01_SCH533781_RTRUKOC_0_BULGARIA-ELECTION.xml (Reuters)]
Pope Benedict XVI's new book contains material critical of the European Union's efforts that he characterizes as an "attempt to build a human community absolutely without God" and Western liberalization of abortion. [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/books/news/3240142 (The Associated Press)]
Hong Kong's new leader, Donald Tsang, promises to rebuild the trust of the people in the government of the Chinese territory. [http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/25/hong_kong_leader_seeks_to_rebuild_trust/ (The Associated Press)]
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, a political party, says it would boycott the deal between the government and Tamil rebels for sharing tsunami relief because it shortchanged Muslims. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4621981.stm (BBC)]
China's southern province of Guangdong suffers great damage from the flooding Pearl River. [https://web.archive.org/web/20051107120518/http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/11984445.htm (The Associated Press)]
In Iran, the hardline Mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wins Friday's run-off election for the nation's presidency with 62% of the vote. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4621249.stm (BBC)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=ad7YyC5iMZuk&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg News)]
Residents in St. Louis, Missouri are allowed back to their homes early today after an explosion at an industrial gas plant forced emergency evacuations Friday. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062500222.html (The Associated Press)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919111258/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062500222.html |date=2012-09-19 }}
The board of the NAACP unanimously selects business executive Bruce S. Gordon as the civil rights organization's next president. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5098780,00.html (Guardian)]
Billy Graham meets former President Bill Clinton onstage before a crowd of 80,000 during the second of three services of his last crusade at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York.

[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050627/ap_on_re_us/billy_graham (AP)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/nyregion/26graham.html?ex=1277438400&en=1dff640642e4bd49&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (New York Times)]

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