Portal:Current events/2009 June 14
June 14, 2009 (Sunday)
- The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Orlando Magic four games to one to win the 2009 NBA Finals. Lakers coach Phil Jackson wins his tenth NBA Championship, becoming the all-time leader. (The New York Times)
- Europe's first death from H1N1 is reported in Paisley, Scotland. (Reuters) (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
- Around 170 people are arrested in Iran in connection with the post-election protests and street riots in Tehran. (RTÉ)
- At least seven people are killed and 50 injured by a bomb blast in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. (BBC)
- Jodhaa Akbar wins the prize for best film at the Tenth International Indian Film Academy Awards held in Macau, China. (BBC)
- Seven Germans, one Briton and a South Korean are captured by Shia rebels in Sa'dah, Yemen. (BBC) (RTÉ)
- President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko refuses to attend the Collective Security Treaty Organisation summit in Moscow after Russia's ban of Belarusian milk and dairy imports. (Reuters)
- United Nations barges carrying aid and their Sudanese People's Liberation Army escort are attacked by tribesmen on the Sobat River, Sudan. (BBC)
- Prime Minister of Israel Binyamin Netanyahu states he can visualise a Palestinian state, under certain conditions. (Full Transcript, Jerusalem Post)