Portal:Current events/2009 July 2

Current events of July 2, 2009 (2009-07-02) (Thursday)

• Heavy thunderstorms in Dublin lead to widespread flooding and the closure of some of the city's major roads and rail lines, as well as some evacuations. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
• A report by Amnesty International states that Israeli military activities and Palestinian militant rocket attacks during the Gaza War were war crimes. (BBC)
• The United States armed forces launch Operation Strike of the Sword against the Taliban in Helmand, Afghanistan. (BBC)
• The Honduran interim government defies international pressure to reverse the recent coup, saying there is no chance at all of ousted President Manuel Zelaya returning to office. (Reuters)
• A 148-year-old colonial law banning homosexual intercourse in India is overturned by the High Court in New Delhi. (BBC) (The Times)
• The South Korean Defence Ministry says North Korea has fired four missiles off its east coast. (Sky News)
• Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano is elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. (AP via The Washington Post)
• The first vaccine for H1N1 swine flu virus strain has been made by Novartis in Marburg, Germany. (BBC)
• A Royal Air Force plane crashes in a rural area of Argyll, United Kingdom. (The Guardian)