Portal:Current events/2007 July 9

July 9, 2007 (Monday)

A Piper Cherokee fixed-wing single engine airplane crashes during thunderstorms in Tyringham, Massachusetts, killing the two people on the plane. (The Berkshire Eagle)
Andrzej Lepper is sacked as the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland over allegations of corruption involving his Samoobrona party with the prospect of an early election. (Interfax Central Europe)
United States Senator David Vitter of Louisiana apologises after his name is found on a list associated with an escort agency operated by the so-called D.C. Madam. (AP via the Guardian)
Lal Masjid siege: An attempt to negotiate a peaceful end to the seven-day standoff at Islamabad's Red Mosque ends without any progress. (Al jazeera)
Four men are found guilty of conspiracy to murder over the failed terror attacks on the London Underground on July 21, 2005. (Sky)
The Election Commission of India issues notification for the election of the next Vice President of India. The election is scheduled to be held on August 10, 2007.
On the country's Independence Day, snow falls in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the first time in 89 years and the second time in recorded history. Two people die of exposure in Argentina while one person dies in Chile. (BBC)
The Arab League agrees to send a delegation to Israel for the first time. (AP via CNN)
The Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell orders a partial shutdown of state government functions following the failure of state legislators to agree on a budget. (AP via the Daily Review)