Portal:Current events/2009 June 23

• Boeing delays the first test flight of its lightweight jet, the 787, because of stress found where the wings attach to the sides of the plane. (The New York Times)
• The French National Assembly announces the creation of a inquiry into whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burqa. (CNN)
• Setanta Sports goes into administration and ceases its UK broadcasts. (RTÉ)
• 2009 Iranian election protests:
  • The Guardian Council rules out a re-run of the presidential election saying that there was no sign of serious electoral fraud in the June 12 vote. (Al Jazeera)
  • Iran accuses U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of meddling in its affairs after he urged the Islamic state to stop its crackdown on opposition protesters. (Reuters)
• Attacks on Romanians in Northern Ireland
  • One hundred Romanians flee Northern Ireland and return to Romania. (BBC)
  • President of Ireland Mary McAleese tells Strasbourg that the racist attacks in Belfast are "distressing and sickening". (RTÉ)
• In the New York State legislative deadlock, see 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis, the Senate Democrats have locked themselves into the Senate chamber and the Republicans out because they refuse to accept Pedro Espada as Senate President. (New York Times)

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