Portal:Current events/2007 June 29

June 29, 2007 (Friday)

The EPR nuclear power plant, under construction in Finland and 18 months behind schedule, is reported as having a number of safety-related design and manufacturing "deficiencies." (New Scientist)
Spanish scientists find fossil evidence of humans living in Europe over a million years ago in Burgos, Spain. (Xinhua via the Hindu)
Rebels unsuccessfully try to assassinate Guillaume Soro, Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, but kill three others in a rocket attack. (Bloomberg)
British police defuse a bomb in Central London; a second bomb is found hours later. (CNN) (The Globe and Mail)
At least 13 people die in clashes between militants and Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. (BBC)
The European Union revises its list of designated terrorist organizations, removing Anti-Imperialist Territorial Units, Unit for Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative, and Units for Proletarian Initiative while adding Revolutionary Struggle. (Payvand)
After 16 years of existence, the (U.S.) National Football League announces that it will shut down its European operation known as NFL Europa, with immediate effect. (NFL.com)
Apple Inc. releases the iPhone to great fanfare.
The Free Software Foundation releases version 3 of the GNU General Public License

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