Portal:Current events/2009 June 29

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• The Preparatory Commission for the International Renewable Energy Agency designates the headquarters of the organization to Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4442082,00.html?maca=en-en_nr-1893-xml-atom (Deutsche Welle)]
• Scientific tests show bones housed in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome are those of the apostle Saint Paul himself, according to Pope Benedict XVI. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/29/vatican.st.paul.bones/index.html?iref=mpstoryview (CNN)]
• Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for investment fraud. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/business/30madoff.html?_r=1&hp (The New York Times)]
• The United States Air Force test fires an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from the coast of California to a point in the Pacific Ocean about 4,200 miles (6,750 km) away. [http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10610182 (AP via KFMB)]
• Two passenger trains collide in Chenzhou, Hunan in central China, leaving at least three people dead and 60 injured. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2009-06/29/content_11616509.htm (Xinhua)]
• Five out of nine local staff from the British embassy in Tehran, Iran, who were recently arrested, are released. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8123579.stm (BBC)]
• The Iranian Guardian Council certifies the controversial presidential election. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/world/middleeast/30iran.html?hp (The New York Times)]
• The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Burma on Friday to press the country on democratic reform. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8125240.stm (BBC)]
• The opposition gained a large victory in Argentine legislative elections, leading party leader Néstor Kirchner to step down. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8125279.stm (BBC)]
• The U.S. resumes secret surveillance flights to aid Pakistani commanders. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/world/asia/30drone.html (The New York Times)]

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