Current events of 12 July 2009 (2009-07-12) (Sunday) edit history watch

Chinese Foreign Minister Jiechi Yang says tranquility can be restored in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and the perpetrators will be brought into court without any ethnical discrimination, in a 1 hour 15 minute phone conversation regarding the recent incidents with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoğlu. (Anadolu Agency) Countries in the Middle East take precautionary measures to control the spread of H1N1 during and after the Hajj, where several million Muslims from all over the world will arrive in Mecca for the annual pilgrimage in late November. (IRIN) Five people are killed and several injured in India after a bridge being constructed for the Delhi Metro collapses. (Indian Express) (Associated Press) (BBC) A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Puno Region in southern Peru with epicenter near Juliaca. (CBS) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan wins the most seats in the Tokyo prefectural election. (Kyodo) (The Daily Telegraph) Kidnapped Italian Red Cross volunteer Eugenio Vagni is freed by Abu Sayyaf. (The Philippine Star) (AFP) Head of the CIA Leon Panetta accuses former United States Vice President Dick Cheney of hiding an intelligence program from Congress. (CNN) (BBC)