Wikipedia:ITN archives/2009/June

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 * Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, dies at the age of 97.
 * General Motors, the world's second-largest automaker, files for bankruptcy.
 * Air France Flight 447 with 228 people onboard disappears over the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
 * The European Union and Georgia renounces the 2009 parliamentary election in South Ossetia as illegitimate.
 * Mauricio Funes is inauguated as President of El Salvador.
 * The remotely operated vehicle Nereus becomes the third in the world to reach the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean.
 * The leftist party Inuit Ataqatigiit wins a plurality of seats in the Parliament of Greenland.
 * Former President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana (pictured) is sentenced in absentia to incarceration for alleged abuse of office.
 * The Organization of American States revokes its suspension of Cuba in 1962.
 * Luís Cabral, the first President of Guinea-Bissau, dies aged 78.
 * 61 illegal miners from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe are found dead in a mine in the Free State, South Africa.
 * United States President Barack Obama (pictured) delivers a speech entitled "A New Beginning" at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt.
 * Baciro Dabó, a candidate in the 2009 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, is assassinated.
 * At least 52 people are killed and 155 others are injured in clashes between security forces and indigenous tribes near Bagua in Peru.
 * Shanghai Pride, the People's Republic of China's first gay pride event, is hosted in Shanghai (gay pride flag pictured).
 * In tennis, Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova win the singles' titles at the the 2009 French Open, with Federer completing the career Grand Slam.
 * The first operational floating wind turbine is towed out to sea to begin tests off the coast of Norway.
 * President of Gabon Omar Bongo, the longest-serving non-royal head of state, dies in Spain aged 73.
 * A daycare center fire kills at least 41 children and burns 46 people in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
 * The March 14 Alliance, led by Saad Hariri (pictured), wins a majority in Lebanese parliamentary elections.
 * American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years hard labor.
 * Elections for Members of the European Parliament finishes in the European Union.
 * Four people, including Real Irish Republican Army leader Michael McKevitt, are found responsible for the 1998 bombing of Omagh in Northern Ireland.
 * Royal Dutch Shell settles a lawsuit for US$15.5 million over its involvement in the executions of six people, including environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, in Nigeria.
 * Indian students stage protests in Melbourne and Sydney against the recent attacks on Indians in Australia.
 * Denmark (coat of arms pictured), the Faroe Islands and Greenland vote in favour of abolishing male-preference primogeniture in their Act of Succession referendum.
 * At least 11 people are killed and at least 46 others are injured in a bomb blast at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
 * Rose Francine Rogombé is sworn in as Interim President of Gabon, following the death of President Omar Bongo.
 * The World Health Organization declares the current outbreak of H1N1 (virus pictured) to be a pandemic, the first since 1968.
 * Michael Thomas wins the 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel Man Gone Down.
 * In ice hockey, the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings in seven games in the 2009 Finals.
 * The Iranian election commission announces that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) has won the presidential election, while Mir-Hossein Mousavi makes allegations of election fraud.
 * North Korea announces that it will "weaponise all plutonium" following United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 against the country.
 * President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins re-election, amid protests (pictured) and allegations of electoral fraud.
 * At least 40 people are killed during an attack by tribesmen on a World Food Programme convoy in Sudan.
 * David Brabham, Marc Gené (pictured) and Alexander Wurz win the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
 * In basketball, the Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Orlando Magic in five games to win the 2009 NBA Finals.
 * The BRIC countries hold their first official summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
 * NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite as part of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, the first United States mission to the moon in over ten years.
 * At least 18 soldiers are ambushed and killed by Islamist rebels in Bordj Bou Arréridj, Algeria, in the deadliest attack aimed against the government this year.
 * Tropical Depression One-E (path pictured), the first known tropical cyclone to impact the Mexican state of Sinaloa during the month of June, causes flooding in the region.
 * The Acropolis Museum (pictured) opens in Athens, Greece, rekindling debate over the Elgin Marbles and other displaced Parthenon art.
 * Greenland becomes a self-ruling country, taking control of its judicial affairs, policing and natural resources, as approved by the 2008 referendum.
 * At least 67 people are killed and over 200 more are injured near Kirkuk in the worst single attack in Iraq since March 2008.
 * Somalia declares a state of emergency, asking the international community to send troops to fight Islamist forces in the country.
 * In cricket, Pakistan wins the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 world cup after beating Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England.
 * President of Ingushetia Yunus-bek Yevkurov (pictured) is critically wounded in an assassination attempt.
 * Salvatore Miceli, a member of the Sicilian Mafia and one of the most wanted fugitives in Italy, is arrested in Caracas, Venezuela.
 * Conservative MP John Bercow is elected the new Speaker of the British House of Commons.
 * A derailment and collision occurs between two trains on the Red Line of the Washington Metrorail, killing four people and injuring at least 70 more.
 * Lucas Glover wins the 2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship.
 * Iran (flag pictured) and the United Kingdom expel each other's diplomats, in the aftermath of the disputed 2009 Iranian presidential election and the protests that followed.
 * A bomb blast kills at least 69 people and injures more than 150 others in Baghdad, Iraq.
 * Michael Jackson dies at the age of 50.
 * Archeologists confirm the discovery of a 35,000-year-old flute, the oldest known musical instrument, in Germany.
 * President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya (pictured) is arrested by the army ahead of a disputed constitutional referendum.
 * In association football, Brazil win the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
 * Two passenger trains collide in Chenzhou, killing at least three people and injuring an additional 60.
 * The 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race concludes in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with the winner being Sweden's Ericsson 4 team (boat pictured with Ericsson 3 in Stockholm) skippered by Torben Grael of Brazil.
 * At least 13 people are killed in the Czech Republic and Poland by floods, which have also affected Austria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.
 * Yemenia Flight 626 crashes with more than 150 people aboard, soon after takeoff from Sana'a, Yemen, en route to Moroni, Comoros.
 * A freight train carrying liquified petroleum gas exploded in Viareggio, Italy, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 50 others.
 * Iran's Guardian Council self-declares as the highest authority on the recent election, closing it with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President.
 * The Taliban withdraws from a peace deal with the Government of Pakistan, killing approximately 30 Pakistani soldiers shortly after making the announcement.