Portal:Current events/2009 July 11
July 11, 2009 (Saturday)
- The President of Peru Alan García names Javier Velásquez as the Prime Minister of Peru. (AFP via Google News)
- The death toll from the recent riots in Ürümqi rises to 184. (NDTV) (CNN) (China Daily)
- A mass funeral takes place in Srebrenica, Bosnia, to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the massacre that took place in the town. (Al Jazeera) (The Hindu) (Reuters)
- United States President Barack Obama addresses the Ghanaian parliament. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (Joy FM)
- The UK announces that 8 British soldiers are killed in Afghanistan, the country's worst death toll in a 24-hour period. (Al Jazeera)