Portal:Current events/2009 July 3

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The African Union stops cooperation with the International Criminal Court because it charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with war crimes. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8133925.stm (BBC)]
Three people die and over a dozen are injured in riots after a dead pig is thrown into an under-construction mosque in Mysore, India. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/india.pig.religious.riot/index.html?iref=mpstoryview (CNN)]
John Demjanjuk is declared fit to stand trial for assisting in the deaths of 29,000 Jews in Treblinka extermination camp. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0703/demjanjukj.html (RTÉ)]
Disney XD is in Latin America and Brazil
Energy ministers of Algeria, Niger and Nigeria sign the intergovernmental agreement on the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL345766620090703?sp=true (Reuters)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=a3Ug7flkzUM8 (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8132823.stm (BBC)]
Flooding affects parts of County Mayo and County Galway in Ireland. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0703/flooding.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0703/breaking32.htm (The Irish Times)]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Burma, meeting junta leader Senior General Than Shwe and calling for the release of political prisoners. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8131869.stm (BBC)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/147864/un-chief-meets-burma-leaders-to-discuss-suu-kyi (Bangkok Post)]
Two Iranian staff working for the British embassy in Tehran will face trial over allegedly inciting protests. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8132397.stm (BBC)]
Three dinosaur species—Australovenator wintonensis, Wintonotitan wattsi and Diamantinasaurus matildae—are discovered in Australia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8131915.stm (BBC)] [http://www.smh.com.au/national/banjosaurus-new-aussie-dinosaurs-found-20090703-d78t.html (Sydney Morning Herald)]
Syria invites United States President Barack Obama to the Damascus summit. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Syria-President-Bashar-Al-Assad-Invites-US-President-Barack-Obama-To-A-Summit-In-Damascus/Article/200907115328250?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15328250_Syria_President_Bashar_Al_Assad_Invites_US_President_Barack_Obama_To_A_Summit_In_Damascus (Sky News)]
Algerian raï music star Cheb Mami is jailed for five years in France for trying to force his former partner to have an abortion. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8130873.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430180521/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 (IOL)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSTRE5614DJ20090702 (Reuters)]
Manuel Pinho, Portugal's Economy Minister, resigns after performing a cuckold gesture at an opposition MP. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8132413.stm (BBC)]
North Korea broadcasts its first ever beer commercial, for Taedonggang beer. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8132199.stm (BBC)] [http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-as-nkorea-beer-commercial,0,4464914.story (The Los Angeles Times)]
Two more people die in Viareggio, Italy, following the train explosion, bringing the death toll to 21. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0703/viareggio.html (RTÉ)]
Six people, including three children, are killed after a fire in a high rise residential tower block in Camberwell, south London, England. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8133871.stm (BBC)]
Russia opens a route for the United States to fly arms to Afghanistan. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/world/europe/04russia.html?hp (The New York Times) ]
American politician Sarah Palin, current Governor of Alaska and 2008 Vice Presidential candidate, announces her resignation as Governor, effective July 26. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/03/palin-opts-run-second-term-alaska-governor/ (Fox News)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/03/palin/index.html (CNN)]
Two aid workers, including one Irish woman, with the charity GOAL are kidnapped by an armed gang in Sudan's Darfur region. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0703/darfur.html (RTÉ)]
Thirteen people are injured after the Paris to Cahors train derails near Limoges, France. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0703/traincrash.html (RTÉ)]
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake centred in the Sea of Cortez shakes western Mexico. [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=122&art_id=nw20090703142432352C264768 (IOL)]

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