Template:Current events

• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is granted bail and released from a UK prison.
• Ron Paul announces that he will be chairman of the House Domestic Monetary Policies Subcommittee.
• The United States Senate votes 73–25 in favor of the Food Safety Modernization Act, which would increase the power of the FDA.
• President Barack Obama calls for a freeze in wages for civilian employees of the United States government.
• The European Union approves a bailout of Ireland in response to the country's financial crisis.

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