Portal:Current events/2009 July 4

July 4, 2009 (Saturday)

The Cherokee County killer claims his fifth victim in South Carolina, United States.(CNN)
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, calls for the immediate release of two aid workers who were kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region. (RTÉ)
Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali calls on homosexuals to "repent and be changed" and says the Church of England will not be "rolled over by culture". (The Daily Telegraph)
North Korea test fires seven more missiles into the Sea of Japan. (The Daily Telegraph) (The Korea Times) (Xinhua)
Torrential rain forces over 150,000 people from their homes, topples hundreds of houses and punches a hole in the spillway of a dam in southern China. (IOL)
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is denied access to meet detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi while on a visit to Burma. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Bangkok Post)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12 militants are killed in an air raid in northwestern Pakistan. (Xinhua)
Nine Chechen policeman are killed after their vehicle is attacked in neighbouring Ingushetia, southern Russia. (BBC) (The Hindu)
The Iranian state-owned newspaper Kayhan calls for Mir-Hossein Mousavi to stand trial. (The Los Angeles Times)
35 people are arrested in Mazandran, northern Iran, during post-election protests. (Press TV)
Serena Williams wins the women's singles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships after defeating her sister, Venus Williams. (The Daily Telegraph)
Three people die as a result of contracting swine flu in New Zealand, the country's first flu deaths. (IOL) (The Irish Times)