Portal:Current events/2009 July 24

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China produces a giant panda using frozen sperm. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8168491.stm (BBC)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0725/1224251307368.html (The Irish Times)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/25/AR2009072500976.html (The Washington Post)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/24/content_11766726.htm (Xinhua)]
At least six people die as a Croatian high-speed train travelling from Zagreb to Split derails 30km from its destination. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hD5D6X0XVTPUcyHJi6py6gqtnCGQD99KUJQG1 (AP via Google News)]
Chloe Smith wins the Norwich North by-election, the first British constituency by-election since the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, and gains the Conservative Party a seat held by Labour for the past 12 years. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/jul/24/byelections-norwich-north-byelection (The Guardian)]
20 people are killed in a bus crash near Rostov-on-Don, Russia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8167044.stm (BBC)]
The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is declared as the winner of the Indonesian presidential election. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gF4-e2dkH3lQqiqnRwq5jW4yZ7PAD99KJRM80 (AP via Google News)]
Wildfires in the north east of Spain claim the lives of six firefighters in that region. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Spain-Wildfires-Fifth-Firefighter-Dies-Tackling-Blazes-Raging-Out-Of-Control-In-North-East/Article/200907415345239?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15345239_Spain_Wildfires%3A_Fifth_Firefighter_Dies_Tackling_Blazes_Raging_Out_Of_Control_In_North_East (Sky News)]
The trial of Burmese National League for Democracy General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi nears its end. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090725225948/http://thejakartaglobe.com/afp/myanmar-defiant-as-suu-kyi-trial-enters-final-stage/319966 (Jakarta Globe)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6726224.ece (The Times)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/07/2009724114148441717.html (Al Jazeera)]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is urged to dismiss his choice of Vice President, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hWwhfDRFoOdvTxSte5ak4cFKMAaQD99KQT7O0 (Associated Press)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=101536§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)]
Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes in Mashhad, Iran, killing at least 17 people and injuring 19 of the 153 people on board. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8168074.stm (BBC)]
The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/24/science/AP-EU-SCI-Spain-Giant-Telescope.html (The New York Times)]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, setting out his election manifesto, vows to make foreign troops sign a framework governing how they operate in a bid to limit civilians casualties. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56M3ZQ20090724 (Reuters)]
Canada's national rail service, Via Rail, cancels train service due to a strike by its engineer workers. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090724/via_090724/20090724?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
FBI and IRS agents arrests 44 people, including five rabbis, two New Jersey state legislators, and three mayors in Operation Bid Rig. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24jersey.html?em&emc=eta1 (The New York Times)]
A group of 8 people were trapped for 8 hours in an Otis elevator in Toronto. A repair man who tried to fix the elevator fell 10 floors to his death. [http://www.citynews.ca/2009/06/24/worker-dies-passengers-trapped-for-hours-after-elevator-accident-at-td-towers/ (CityNews)]

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