Portal:Current events/2009 June 29
June 29, 2009 (Monday)
- The Preparatory Commission for the International Renewable Energy Agency designates the headquarters of the organization to Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. (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. (CNN)
- Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for investment fraud. (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. (AP via KFMB)
- Two passenger trains collide in Chenzhou, Hunan in central China, leaving at least three people dead and 60 injured. (Xinhua)
- Five out of nine local staff from the British embassy in Tehran, Iran, who were recently arrested, are released. (BBC)
- The Iranian Guardian Council certifies the controversial presidential election. (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. (BBC)
- The opposition gained a large victory in Argentine legislative elections, leading party leader Néstor Kirchner to step down. (BBC)
- The U.S. resumes secret surveillance flights to aid Pakistani commanders. (The New York Times)