Portal:Current events/2009 June 23

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United Kingdom Commons speaker John Bercow breaks with tradition by abandoning the traditional court dress worn by his predecessor Michael Martin. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6565099.ece (The Times)]
Boeing delays the first test flight of its lightweight jet, the 787, because of stress found where the wings attach to the sides of the plane. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/24boeing.html (The New York Times)]
The French National Assembly announces the beginning of an inquiry into whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burqa. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/23/france.burkas/index.html (CNN)]
Ukraine sets 17 January 2010 as the date for the next presidential election said to be crucial for its future direction. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0623/ukraine.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1010/42/379002.htm (The Moscow Times)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2009 Iranian election protests:
The Guardian Council rules out a re-run of the presidential election saying that there was no sign of serious electoral fraud in the June 12 vote. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200962374448861297.html (Al Jazeera)]
Iran accuses U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of meddling in its affairs after he urged the Islamic state to stop its crackdown on opposition protesters. [https://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55M3GI20090623 (Reuters)]
Four international footballers – Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Ka'abi and Vahid Hashemian – are "retired" from the sport after their gesture in a football match against South Korea in Seoul. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/iran-football-protest-ban (The Guardian)]
The United Kingdom orders the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats after Tehran orders two UK diplomats to leave Iran. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8115358.stm (BBC)]
Attacks on Romanians in Northern Ireland
One hundred Romanians flee Northern Ireland and return to Romania. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8114234.stm (BBC)]
President of Ireland Mary McAleese tells Strasbourg that the racist attacks in Belfast are "distressing and sickening". [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0623/racism.html (RTÉ)]
In the New York State Senate legislative deadlock, Senate Democrats lock themselves into the Senate chamber due to a refusal to accept Pedro Espada as Senate President. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/nyregion/24albany.html?hp (The New York Times)]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo at the start of a four-day trip to Africa. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8114811.stm (BBC)]
The government of Antigua and Barbuda dismisses its chief financial regulator, Leroy King, following claims of a collaboration with Allen Stanford. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0623/antigua.html (RTÉ)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/global/24stanford.html?ref=global (The New York Times)]

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