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June 25, 2005 (Saturday)
- In Destin, Florida, a 14-year-old Louisiana girl is killed in a shark attack.
- A second case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in the United States.
- Elections in Bulgaria: The people of Bulgaria are voting today and the government of Prime Minister Simeon Sakskoburggotski, the country's former Tsar, is expected to be defeated. (Reuters)
- Pope Benedict XVI's new book contains material critical of the European Union's efforts that he characterizes as an "attempt to build a human community absolutely without God" and Western liberalization of abortion. (The Associated Press)
- Hong Kong's new leader, Donald Tsang, promises to rebuild the trust of the people in the government of the Chinese territory. (The Associated Press)
- The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, a political party, says it would boycott the deal between the government and Tamil rebels for sharing tsunami relief because it shortchanged Muslims. (BBC)
- China's southern province of Guangdong suffers great damage from the flooding Pearl River. (The Associated Press)
- In Iran, the hardline Mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wins Friday's run-off election for the nation's presidency with 62% of the vote. (BBC) (Bloomberg News)
- Residents in St. Louis, Missouri are allowed back to their homes early today after an explosion at an industrial gas plant forced emergency evacuations Friday. (The Associated Press) Archived 2012-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- The board of the NAACP unanimously selects business executive Bruce S. Gordon as the civil rights organization's next president. (Guardian)
- Billy Graham meets former President Bill Clinton onstage before a crowd of 80,000 during the second of three services of his last crusade at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York.
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