Current events of June 27, 2009 (2009-06-27) (Saturday) edit history watch

Two loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland begin decommissioning their weapons. (The Telegraph) Brazil announces it has ended the search for bodies from Air France Flight 447. (Associated Press) (The Times of India) Thousands of protestors from the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship call on the government to resign in Bangkok, Thailand. (BBC) Saad al-Hariri is appointed the new Prime Minister of Lebanon. (Reuters) The Taliban claim responsibility for a suicide attack in Pakistan-administered Kashmir which killed two soldiers. (AFP) NATO and Russia agree to restore military ties after a 10 month period following the 2008 war in Georgia. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls on the Taliban to take part and vote in the August presidential election. (Xinhua) (New York Times) The United States National Transportation Safety Board identifies two incidents similar to the circumstances thought to have occurred on Air France Flight 447. (The Christian Science Monitor)