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Current events of
June 25, 2009
(
2009-06-25
)
(Thursday)
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The King of Pop
Michael Jackson
dies
from
cardiac arrest
at the age of 50 after arrival at the
UCLA Medical Center
in
Los Angeles
,
California
.
(
The Los Angeles Times
)
(EOnline)
Farrah Fawcett
dies at approximately 9:28 a.m. in the intensive care unit of
Saint John's Health Center
in Santa Monica, California, with
Ryan O'Neal
and
Alana Stewart
by her side.
(
The Los Angeles Times
)
Iran
A mourning ceremony for protesters who died in the
post-election protests
is cancelled.
(RTÉ)
Over 180
MPs
refuse an invitation to attend a celebration of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
's election win.
(BBC)
(Zee News)
Campaigning begins for a
legislative election
in
Iraqi Kurdistan
.
(BBC)
Venezuela
and the
United States
say they will restore their ambassadors.
(
The Irish Times
)
A roadside bomb kills five
Iraqi
policemen in the western city of
Fallujah
.
(
The Irish Times
)
The last leg of the
2008–09
Volvo Ocean Race
gets underway in
Stockholm
.
(
Irish Independent
)
The
Russian
Supreme Court
orders a retrial for three men on charges related to the
murder
of journalist
Anna Politkovskaya
.
(CNN)
(RIA Novosti)
Burma
denies any link to the
North Korean
ship
Kang Nam 1
being tracked by the
United States
on suspicion of carrying weapons in violation of a
United Nations
embargo.
(BBC)
(
Bangkok Post
)
Honduran
President
Manuel Zelaya
fires his armed forces chief after he refuses to give logistical support for
a referendum on constitutional change
. The
Supreme Court
then orders that he be returned to his job immediately.
(CNN)
(BBC)
Qantas Airways
cancelled half of a 30-plan order for
787
Dreamliners from
Boeing Co.
, a cancellation that may amount to a $3.1 billion hit for Boeing.
(Bloomberg)
Cristiano Ronaldo
completes a world record transfer fee of 80 million pounds which sends him to
Real Madrid
from
Manchester United
.
(BBC)
2009
NBA Draft
also happened on June 25, 2009.
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:
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