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 [1]