Portal:Current events/2004 June 29
June 29, 2004 (Tuesday)
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the head of the ruling party in Pakistan, is elected as the new interim Prime Minister of the nation after the resignation of Zafarullah Khan Jamali. (Guardian)
- The United States Supreme Court rules 5–4 in Ashcroft v. ACLU that the Child Online Protection Act is likely in violation of the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech. The case will be reheard at a lower court. (MSNBC)
- European Union leaders formally nominate Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso to the post of European Commission president. (BBC)
- Albertan MLA Gary Masyk blames Premier Ralph Klein for causing the defeat of the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2004 federal election, and leaves the Progressive Conservative Party for the newly formed Alberta Alliance.