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Current events of
July 29, 2009
(
2009-07-29
)
(Wednesday)
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Nigerian battles
The death toll in
Nigeria
's
worst violence since November 2008
reaches over 250.
(
The Sydney Morning Herald
)
Boko Haram
members flee
Maiduguri
after the military storms their leader's base and overruns their enclave.
(BBC)
São Tomé and Príncipe
signs a loan deal with former colonial power
Portugal
aimed at anchoring the
dobra
to the
euro
.
(BBC)
Moldova
goes to the polls for a
parliamentary election
, with an
exit poll
suggesting a setback for the
Communist Party
.
(
Boston Globe
)
(BBC)
(Reuters)
(
The Moscow Tkmes
)
(
Time
)
Massoud Barzani
is re-elected President of
Kurdistan
.
(IOL)
Guinea-Bissau
former leader
Malam Bacai Sanhá
wins a presidential run-off to decide who replaces the assassinated
João Bernardo Vieira
.
(BBC)
A
car bomb explodes
outside a police barracks in the northern
Spanish
city of
Burgos
, injuring dozens of people.
(RTÉ)
(Sky News)
An
Internet
blog
belonging to a group calling itself "
al-Qaeda
Organisation
Indonesia
" claims responsibility for the
July 17 Jakarta hotel bombings
.
(IOL)
Iran
announces it is to put 20 people detained during
protests
on trial after the disputed
presidential election
.
(Xinhua)
(AFP)
Venezuela
"freezes" diplomatic relations with
Colombia
, after a dispute over
Swedish
weapons bought by Venezuela were allegedly found on
FARC
rebels.
(
Colombia Reports
)
(
El Universal
)
(BBC)
Dozens of people are arrested at opposition rallies in
Kyrgyzstan
, protesting against the disputed
presidential election
.
(Press TV)
(AFP)
(
The Straits Times
)
China
announces it will reduce
its use
of the
death penalty
for all but the most serious crimes.
(
China Daily
)
(Reuters India)
(BBC)
The trial of
Sudanese
journalist and
United Nations
worker
Lubna Ahmed Hussein
, who faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers, is adjourned.
(BBC)
French
President
Nicolas Sarkozy
claims he is fine after his
fainting
fit
.
(IOL)
The
International Monetary Fund
says it will take "unprecedented" measures to help poor countries cope with the economic downturn.
(BBC)
Cuba
and
Russia
sign a deal which allows Russia to begin
oil
exploration in the
Gulf of Mexico
.
(BBC)
A rocket is launched from
Kazakhstan
carrying two
British
-built satellites designed to help monitor
natural disasters
.
(BBC)
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