Current events of 11 July 2009 (2009-07-11) (Saturday) edit history watch

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)