Portal:Current events/2008 June 9

• 24 miners are rescued from the Ukrainian coal mine collapse with 12 still missing and one reported fatality. Reuters UK
• A further three (1,2,3) British Conservative MEPs are facing allegations of financial abuse, following the resignation of two fellow members from European Parliament positions last week. (The Independent) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Times) (The Courier)

• Ali Al-Naimi, the Saudi Arabian oil minister calls for a meeting of oil producing and consuming nations to discuss record oil prices. (AP via ABC America)
• IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory break processing speed barrier with world's first petaflop computer. (Network World)
• Indonesia makes the practice of the Ahmadiyya form of Islam in Indonesia a crime punishable by five years in prison. (BBC News)
• McDonalds stops serving sliced tomatoes in its hamburgers in the United States following a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to raw tomatoes. (Chicago Tribune)
• Tens of thousands of Spanish truck drivers start an indefinite strike over the increases in the price of diesel. (BBC)
• The government of the Indian state of Rajasthan meets with leaders of the Gujjar community after two weeks of protests over the reservation system. (BBC News)
• The President of the United States George W. Bush commences the last visit to Europe of his presidency. (USA Today)
• The United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates nominates Norton Schwartz to be the next Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force with Michael B. Donley nominated as the next United States Secretary of the Air Force. (RTT)
• Apple, Inc. introduced a new iPhone with 3G capabilities, a GPS, and new features. The device is called iPhone 3G. (Business Week)
• India's prime minister Manmohan Singh calls for global nuclear disarmament asking world countries to create 'timebound framework' to rid world of atomic weapons.(VOA)

• Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu became the first European to win the prestigious Summer Grand Tournament in Tokyo last month and is now a step closer to attaining his sport's highest rank. (Southeast European Times)

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