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**Four [[Iran national football team|international]] footballers – [[Ali Karimi]], [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]], [[Hosein Ka'abi]] and [[Vahid Hashemian]] are "retired" from the sport after their gesture in a football match against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] in [[Seoul]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/iran-football-protest-ban (''The Guardian'')] |
**Four [[Iran national football team|international]] footballers – [[Ali Karimi]], [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]], [[Hosein Ka'abi]] and [[Vahid Hashemian]] are "retired" from the sport after their gesture in a football match against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] in [[Seoul]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/iran-football-protest-ban (''The Guardian'')] |
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**[[Barack Obama]] speaks of the "unjust actions" in [[Iran]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8115232.stm (BBC)] |
**[[Barack Obama]] speaks of the "unjust actions" in [[Iran]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8115232.stm (BBC)] |
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**The [[United Kingdom]] orders the expulsion of two [[Iran]]ian diplomats in a tit-for-tat action after [[Tehran]] orders two UK diplomats to leave Iran. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8115358.stm (BBC)] |
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*Attacks on [[Romanians]] in [[Northern Ireland]] |
*Attacks on [[Romanians]] in [[Northern Ireland]] |
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**One hundred Romanians flee Northern Ireland and return to Romania. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8114234.stm (BBC)] |
**One hundred Romanians flee Northern Ireland and return to Romania. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8114234.stm (BBC)] |
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- 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 beginning of an inquiry into whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burqa. (CNN)
- Ukraine sets 17 January 2010 as the date for a presidential election said to be crucial for its future direction. (RTÉ) (The Moscow Times)
- 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)
- Four international footballers – Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Ka'abi and Vahid Hashemian are "retired" from the sport after their gesture in a football match against South Korea in Seoul. (The Guardian)
- Barack Obama speaks of the "unjust actions" in Iran. (BBC)
- The United Kingdom orders the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats in a tit-for-tat action after Tehran orders two UK diplomats to leave Iran. (BBC)
- 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, Senate Democrats lock themselves into the Senate chamber due to a refusal to accept Pedro Espada as Senate President. (The New York Times)
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo at the start of a four-day trip to Africa. (BBC)
- The Antigua and Barbuda government dismisses its chief financial regulator, Leroy King, following claims of a collaboration with Allen Stanford. (RTÉ) (The New York Times)
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