International Current Affairs-July,2011

• Sri Lankan Government dissolved national cricket board.
• Petra Kvltova won her first women’s singles Wimbledon title.
• Novak Djokovic won his first men’s singles Wimbledon title.
• Thailand army accepted Pheu Thai Party’s victory in general elections.
• China retained Badminton Asia Youth Under 19 Championship Mixed Team title.
• WTO ruled against China rare earth hoarding.
• Japan ordered safety test of n-plants.
• US president Obama held first twitter town hall answering questions.
• 135th and final space shuttle, Atlantis, launched from NASA. Space shuttle docked at ISS for last time.
• Republic of South Sudan became world’s newest country and Africa’s 54th nation.
• US suspended $800m aid to Pakistan.
• 1000 French troops to exit Afghanistan by 2012 end: Sarkozy
• News Corp withdrew bid for BSkyB.
• 15 killed in Karachi political violence.
• Italian Senate approved 4 year austerity budget.
• US recognized Libyan rebels as legitimate government.
• Darren Clarke won the British Open Golf Championship.
• Russia launched Spektr-R radio telescope into space.
• Hina Rabbani Khar sworn in as first Pakistani woman Foreign Minister.
• UN declared famine in South Somalia.
• Space shuttle Atlantis ended final voyage after landing in Florida
• Greece go a new bailout deal.
• British singer Amy Winehouse found dead in her flat in London.
• Ex-rebe Tamila party swept poll in North Sri Lanka.
• Syrian government adopts draft law for multipartism.
• Walt Disneyoffered to acquire UTV for about Rs. 2000 Cr.
• Russia, partners plan to ‘sink’ ISS by 2020
• Britain expelled all Libyan envoys and recognized rebel council as “sole governmental authority”.
• Libyan rebels celebrate British recognition.
• Recently Scientist decoded the full DNA sequence genome of Potato.
• The first woman Prime Minister of Thailand is Yingluck Shinawatra.