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{{*mp|July 4}} [[General (United States)|U.S. General]] '''[[David Petraeus]]''' formally takes command of the [[International Security Assistance Force]] in [[Afghanistan]]. |
{{*mp|July 4}} [[General (United States)|U.S. General]] '''[[David Petraeus]]''' formally takes command of the [[International Security Assistance Force]] in [[Afghanistan]]. |
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{{*mp|July 4}} [[Islamic scholar]] [[Grand Ayatollah]] '''[[Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah]]''' dies at the age of 74. |
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{{*mp|July 3}} At least 230 people are killed and 196 others injured in '''[[2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion|an explosion]]''' caused by a fuel truck overturning in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. |
{{*mp|July 3}} At least 230 people are killed and 196 others injured in '''[[2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion|an explosion]]''' caused by a fuel truck overturning in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. |
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{{*mp|July 1}} [[Pierre Nkurunziza]] ''(pictured)'' is '''[[Burundian presidential election, 2010|re-elected]]''' [[List of Presidents of Burundi|President]] of [[Burundi]] with more than 91% of the vote. |
{{*mp|July 1}} [[Pierre Nkurunziza]] ''(pictured)'' is '''[[Burundian presidential election, 2010|re-elected]]''' [[List of Presidents of Burundi|President]] of [[Burundi]] with more than 91% of the vote. |
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Revision as of 07:48, 5 July 2010
- U.S. General David Petraeus formally takes command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
- Islamic scholar Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah dies at the age of 74.
- At least 230 people are killed and 196 others injured in an explosion caused by a fuel truck overturning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Pierre Nkurunziza (pictured) is re-elected President of Burundi with more than 91% of the vote.
- Senegal begins eight days of national mourning upon the death of Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, Grand Marabout of the Mourides.
- Collaborating astronomers confirm the orbital motion of the first directly imaged exoplanet near a pre-main sequence star.
- At least 41 people are killed and 175 others injured in a series of suicide bomb attacks in Lahore, Pakistan.
- A common market comes into force in the East African Community.
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