Portal:Current events/2009 June 30

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• The Gas Exporting Countries Forum elects Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, oil and energy minister of Qatar, as the president of the organization. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ao3fGMSgFHO0 (Bloomberg)]
• The President of Cameroon Paul Biya sacks Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni and appoints Philemon Yang to the role. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h4Ib05FRASnWQ2dXDwus6TZEh6PQD9959AVG0 (AP via Google News)]
• Dresden loses its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aG8BgbUGjgWg (Bloomberg)]
• Germany's Constitutional Court approves the Treaty of Lisbon, but suspends ratification of it. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124635093094272327.html (The Wall Street Journal)]
• Official figures from the Central Statistics Office show a dramatic contraction in the Irish economy in the first three months of 2009. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0630/economy1.html (RTÉ)]
• At least 15 people are killed and 40 are injured by the derailment of an Italian freight train and subsequent explosion of two wagons carrying liquified petroleum gas in Viareggio. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8125644.stm (BBC)]
• Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310, crashes en route to Moroni, Comoros, from Sana'a, Yemen. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/29/yemen.plane.crash/index.html (CNN) ]
• U.S. forces pull out of Baghdad and leave major cities across Iraq. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/world/middleeast/30iraq.html?hp (The New York Times)]
• The Pirate Bay, one of the world's largest BitTorrent trackers, confirms today that it would be acquired by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) for 7.8 million USD. [http://thepiratebay.org/blog/164 (The Pirate Bay blog)]
• The Taliban scraps the truce offered in February by the Pakistani government, killing approximately 30 Pakistani soldiers shortly after making the announcement. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/world/asia/01pstan.html?hp (The New York Times)]
• The Israeli navy intercepts a boat carrying humanitarian supplies headed for Gaza, which remains under a blockade. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246296538815&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (The Jerusalem Post)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009630134729211311.html (Al Jazeera)]
• United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008
• The Minnesota Supreme Court orders that Al Franken be certified winner of the state's Senate election. [https://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN3045153320090630 (Reuters)]
• Norm Coleman concedes the election saying "further litigation would damage the state's unity." [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a_0vTv_Vz92c (Bloomberg)]

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