Portal:Current events/2008 July 9

July 9, 2008 (Wednesday)

Questioned about conspiratorial ties at a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, Ohio, Senator John McCain does not deny he was president of the New Citizenship Project (forerunner of the neo-conservative Project for the New American Century). Instead he states his pride in the 9/11 Commission. (therawstory) (Current.com)
India formally submits the nuclear safeguards agreement to IAEA to implement the United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act. (The Washington Post)
The Senate of the United States approves legislation overhauling the rules for eavesdropping and offering immunity to telecom companies who may have violated wiretapping and privacy laws after the September 11, 2001 attacks. (AP via The New York Times)
Five peacekeepers are killed and another 17 missing following an ambush on a patrol by the joint United Nations/African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur. (AP via Google News)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Three members of the Turkish police force are killed during an armed attack on the United States consulate in Istanbul with three attackers also dead. The US ambassador states that it is an "obvious case of terrorism". (Hurriyet) (CNN)
Iran test-fires nine long- and medium-range missiles, including the Shahab-3. (Reuters via The New York Times)
A road crash near Potosí in southern Bolivia leaves at least 47 dead. It is unclear if the vehicle was a bus or a truck. (BBC News) (ABC News)
Tillman Thomas succeeds Keith Mitchell as the new Prime Minister of Grenada following the general elections. (The Nation)