Portal:Current events/2009 July 5

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Three people are killed and twenty injured following clashes in Ürümqi, capital of Xinjiang, western China. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8135203.stm (BBC)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/06/content_11658819.htm (Xinhua)]
At least eight people die in blasts at two explosives factories in Madhya Pradesh, India. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8135536.stm (BBC)]
One person dies after a monorail collision at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/07/05/u.s.disney.monorail/index.html (CNN)]
The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans claims the debate over homosexuality may split the Church of England the way it has split the Episcopal Church in the United States. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8134797.stm (BBC)]
An Irish government delegation arrives in Cairo to be briefed on the Sudan kidnappings. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0705/sudan.html (RTÉ)]
Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick to win the men's singles of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8133424.stm (BBC)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/04/AR2009070402054.html?hpid=moreheadlines (Washington Post)]
An Iranian political analyst employed by the British embassy in Tehran faces a lengthy prison sentence after being charged with "acting against national security". [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6638263.ece (The Times)]
Two British service personnel participating in Operation Panther's Claw are killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8134876.stm (BBC)]
Five people die in an explosion outside a Catholic cathedral in Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8134820.stm (BBC)] [http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/07/05/blast_outside_church_in_philippine_south_kills_5/ (Boston Globe)] [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/166620/Bomb-attack-on-Cotabato-City-cathedral-kills-five-hurts-29 (GMA News)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0705/breaking5.htm (The Irish Times)] [http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFMAN10891320090705 (Reuters)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0705/philippines.html (RTÉ)]
Mexico holds its legislative election. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100107154452/http://pac.ife.org.mx/index.html (El Universal)]
A security operation is conducted to protect the personal details of British diplomat John Sawers. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8134807.stm (BBC)]
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is embarrassed by a lesbian kiss at his Sardinian estate. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6638172.ece (The Times)]
First Minister of Northern Ireland Peter Robinson holds separate talks with both sides in the dispute over the Drumcree conflict. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0705/drumcree.html (RTÉ)]
Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls for a parliamentary election. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309145411/http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=105360 (Sofia News Agency)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8134851.stm (BBC)]
At least 23 Somalis are killed and over 50 are wounded in Mogadishu as government soldiers retaliate to mortars fired at the presidential palace by insurgents. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/07/20097420526395612.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8135229.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090706124319/http://www.france24.com/en/20090705-somalia-clash-troops-insurgents-mogadishu-islamists-african-union (France 24)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL4554458 (Reuters)]
US Vice President Joe Biden says in an ABC interview that Washington will not interfere in an Israeli attack on Iran. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/07/20097633411395606.html (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/us/politics/06biden.html?_r=1 (The New York Times)]

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