Portal:Current events/2009 June 15

Israeli fundamentalist child molestor Avraham Katz of Eda Haredit sentenced to 5 years in prison for sodomy and indecent assault against minors. Trial came after the separatist anti-Zionist Eda Haredit sect – in an uncharacteristic move – turned him into authorities. (Ynet)
Iran
- Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi calls for the presidential election results to be annulled. (BBC)
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei orders an inquiry into claims of electoral fraud. (AFP via News Limited)
- Thousands of protestors gather in Tehran in support of Mir Hossein Mousavi, defying a government ban on protests. (Al Jazeera) (Xinhua)
Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, meets U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington to talk about North Korea. (The Washington Times)
Pierre Ngaiohni is elected Vice President of New Caledonia. (RNZI)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces that an independent inquiry into the country's role in the Iraq War will be held in private. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Leaders gather in Yekaterinburg, Russia ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and BRIC summit. (AFP) (Xinhua)

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