Current events of 24 June 2009 (2009-06-24) (Wednesday) edit history watch

Togo abolishes the death penalty. (BBC) China blocks Google services. (The Guardian) A flute carved over 35,000 years ago, and thought to be the oldest musical instrument in the world, is unearthed in Germany. (BBC) (National Geographic) (The New York Times) Mark Sanford, Governor of the U.S. state of South Carolina, admits to adultery with an Argentine woman and resigns as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association. (Politico) Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declares the recent election result will stand. (BBC) (RTÉ) Further violent clashes break out in Tehran. (CNN) (The New York Times) A number of Britons are arrested in Tehran following clashes between protesters and police, Iran state television reports. (Sky News) At least 43 people are killed by United States aircraft in South Waziristan, Pakistan. (BBC) (France 24) (RTÉ) The Chinese government formally arrests dissident Liu Xiaobo on charges of state subversion. (Wall Street Journal) (Al Jazeera) (Press TV) The United States is to send an ambassador to Syria after an absence of four years. (Al-Arabiya) A bomb kills two people and injures six others in Chechnya, Russia. (Xinhua) (RIA Novosti) Former detainees allege abuses at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. (BBC) (AFP) More than 60 are killed and 150 are injured after a bombing in Baghdad. (BBC) Seven members of Bolivia's Mennonite Christian community are detained over the alleged rape of 60 women or girls from their own community. (BBC) (Reuters)