Portal:Current events/2009 July 17

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Footage of FARC leader Jorge Briceño saying he financed Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa's 2006 campaign is broadcast on Colombian television. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8157112.stm (BBC)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iy0dXqjlcq6lPRIuTDvX07q7Xa6w (AFP)]
Timothy Kirkhope MEP defends alleged homophobic remarks made by European Conservatives and Reformists' leader Michał Kamiński in a television interview. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8156187.stm (BBC)]
Pope Benedict XVI slips in the bath in his mountain chalet and is treated for a fractured wrist in Aosta, Italy. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8155372.stm (BBC)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/17/pope-fall-hospital (The Guardian)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0717/breaking23.htm (The Irish Times)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0717/pope.html (RTÉ)] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5849172/Pope-Benedict-XVI-taken-to-hospital-after-breaking-wrist.html (The Telegraph)]
A second person dies from the collapse of a stage being built in Marseille for Madonna's forthcoming tour to France. [https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090717/wl_uk_afp/entertainmentfrancebritainaccidentpeoplemadonna_20090717130643;_ylt=AjzfaUvQUpT9zOgDB5H25W6FOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNuY2djYzlyBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcxNy9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50ZnJhbmNlYnJpdGFpbmFjY2lkZW50cGVvcGxlbWFkb25uY (AFP)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8154643.stm (BBC)] [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1200191/One-dead-injured-Madonnas-stage-collapses.html?ITO=1490 (Daily Mail)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/17/madonna-stage-collapse-kills-two (The Guardian)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6717739.ece (The Times)]
Irish President Mary McAleese announces her intention to convene a meeting of the Council of State on 22 July. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0717/breaking34.htm (The Irish Times)]
Brazil complains of 64 containers with over 1,400 tonnes of British used condoms, syringes and rotting nappies located in three of the country's ports. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155082.stm (BBC)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/17/brazil-waste (The Guardian)] [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Brazil-Rubbish-Row-Containers-Packed-With-Household-Waste-From-Britain-Rot-At-Port-Of-Santos/Article/200907315339828?f=rss (Sky News)]
Two journalists from South Africa and the United Kingdom are due in court after being allegedly attacked and then arrested while filming seal hunters in Namibia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8155535.stm (BBC)]
Hong Kong appoints a new chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120223053641/http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ad2080c388782210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=teaser&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News (SCMP)]
Ruslan Balayev, Ingushetia's minister for sport, is shot dead in his car. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0717/breaking2.htm (The Irish Times)]
Ghana is set to receive a US$600 million three-year loan from the International Monetary Fund. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8155374.stm (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1642325820090716 (Reuters)]
The World Bank approves a US$76 million loan for Mozambique. [http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE56G0IQ20090717 (Reuters Africa)]
An argument between the National Portrait Gallery and online encyclopedia Wikipedia over use of images escalates. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8156268.stm (BBC)]
Bombings at the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, kill at least nine people and injure at least 50 others. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iq-RSvjSDopV724MnWihBs7hYbpwD99FT47O0 (AP)] [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25795233-661,00.html (Herald Sun)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP522493.htm (Reuters)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6717240.ece (The Times)]
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani holds Friday prayers in Tehran and calls for the release of political prisoners from the election protests. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8155203.stm (BBC)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD99G4MD80 (Associated Press)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=100926§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)]
At least 14 people, including 11 Serbian tourists, are killed and at least 10 tourists are injured in a bus collision with a lorry on a road near Port Safaga, Egypt. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8153481.stm (BBC)] [http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=83094 (Jang Group)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56F4JW20090716 (Reuters UK)] [http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLG32550420090716?feedType=RSS&feedName=egyptNews (Reuters Africa)]
22 prominent figures, including Poland's Lech Wałęsa and the Czech Republic's Václav Havel, warn in an open letter to the Barack Obama administration against developing closer ties with Russia. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/world/europe/17europe.html?_r=1 (The New York Times)]
BBC staff's expenses claims are revealed to include candles, flowers, champagne and a hamper. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5851250/BBC-expenses-public-money-for-flowers-champagne-and-hampers-for-the-stars.html (The Daily Telegraph)]
49 members of a Sicilian Mafia syndicate are jailed in Italy in what the government describes as a landmark case. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8156906.stm (BBC)]

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