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A heat wave affects southeastern Australia, accompanying bushfires, with temperatures in Adelaide and Melbourne above 40 °C (104 °F).
The Illinois Senate votes unanimously to remove Governor Rod Blagojevich (pictured) from office and bar him from holding future office in the state.
At least 68 people are killed in anti-government protests in Madagascar.
A fire at a supermarket kills at least 25 people in Nairobi, Kenya.
The coalition government of Iceland under Prime Minister Geir Haarde collapses amid escalating protests against its handling of the country's financial crisis.
A set of human octuplets is born alive in Bellflower, California, the second time ever in the United States.

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February 1, 2009 (Sunday)

February 1, 2009 Wikinews articles

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January 31, 2009 (Saturday)

An armed mob storms into the main Sephardic Synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela, pillaging administrative offices and desecrating the Temple. Jewish community leadres blame the Government for the attack and escalating threats against Jewish institutions. (BBC News|Americas)
Seven people are killed and 18 are missing after a nursing home burns in Russia's Komi Republic. (CNN)
More than 50 people die in Molo, Kenya, after an oil spill ignites. (Reuters)
Thousands of Russians protest in response to the government's handling of the current economic crisis. (BBC)
Serena Williams of the United States defeats Dinara Safina of Russia to win the 2009 Australian Open women's singles. (BBC)
More than 5,000 Royal Police are deployed to Bangkok, Thailand, as supporters of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra protest. (AFP via Google News)
A heat wave affects southeastern Australia, killing 20 people, Adelaide and Melbourne peaking at temperatures above 45 °C (113 °F). (Bloomberg) (BBC)
Movement for Democratic Change President Morgan Tsvangirai agrees to become Zimbabwe's Prime Minister on February 11 in a deal with President Robert Mugabe. (The Guardian)
Sharif Ahmed is elected President of Somalia. (AFP via Google News)
Iraq's provincial elections begin. (Sky News Australia)
Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina declares himself "in charge" of Madagascar. (BBC News)

January 31, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 30, 2009 (Friday)

Six people are killed when a Piper PA-34 Seneca crashes near Huntington, West Virginia, United States. (AP via Fox News)
The U.S. State Department will not renew security contractor Blackwater Worldwide's license when it expires in May 2009. (CNN)
Michael S. Steele becomes the U.S. Republican National Committee's first African-American chairman. (CNN)
Somalia's Transitional Federal Government collapses after Al-Shabaab captures Baidoa. (NPR)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces an investigation into Israel's attack on the U.N.'s Gaza Strip headquarters. (Al Jazeera)
A heat wave affects southeastern Australia, with both Adelaide and Melbourne experiencing temperatures above 45 °C (113 °F). (ABOM)
More than one thousand workers strike at four different United Kingdom oil refineries. (Sky News)
Thirteen people are killed and 47 people are missing after a Nakumatt supermarket burns in Nairobi, Kenya. (CNN)

January 30, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 29, 2009 (Thursday)

The Illinois Senate votes unanimously to remove Governor Rod Blagojevich from office and bar him from future state employment. Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn is sworn in to finish Blagojevich's term. (Chicago Tribune)
Afghanistan's presidential election is delayed due to the country's security situation. (Times Online)
Zimbabwe allows the use of foreign currencies alongside its dollar. (BBC)
Spanish Judge Fernando Andreu investigates a possible Israeli crime against humanity during the 2002 assassination of Salah Shehade. (Jerusalem Post)
An Israeli Defense Forces air raid injures nine people in the Gaza Strip in response to continued militant rocket fire. (Al Jazeera)
German unemployment rises to 3.27 million (7.8 percent) as the global financial crisis worsens. (Bloomberg)
French workers strike to force a better response from President Nicolas Sarkozy to the global financial crisis. (Reuters)
Somali pirates hijack the German oil tanker MV Longchamp in the Gulf of Aden. (Sky News)
Violent anti-government protests in Antananarivo, Madagascar, are temporarily halted. (France 24)

January 29, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 28, 2009 (Wednesday)

The United States House of Representatives passes the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (The New York Times)
Winter storms across the Midwestern United States have killed 19 people and cut electricity to 600,000 homes and businesses from Oklahoma to West Virginia. (Reuters via News Daily)(ABC News)
A former New South Wales Police Force superintendent claims there was an attempted assassination of Queen Elizabeth II at Bowenfels railway station during a 1970 Royal Tour of Australia. (AFP via Google News)
Israel bombards smuggling tunnels along the Gaza Strip-Egypt border in response to continued militant rocket fire. (Sky News)
Sri Lankan Civil War:
- The Army kills at least 300 and wounds at least 300 Tamil people in Mullaitivu District. (AOL)
- At least 250,000 civilians are trapped in the crossfire between the Armed Forces and the Tamil Tigers. (CNN)
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board prepares its final report on the 2007 collision between two news helicopters in Phoenix, Arizona. (AZCentral.com)(AP via Google News)
Boeing anounces it will cut 10,000 jobs. (BBC)
Lithuanian flag carrier FlyLAL declares bankruptcy. (Baltic Times)

January 28, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 27, 2009 (Tuesday)

Sir Paul Stephenson is appointed Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service. (BBC)
At least one person is killed and eight wounded by Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. (BBC)(Australian News)
Seven people die in a murder-suicide in Wilmington, California. (UPI) (New York Times) (mercurynews.com)
Florida hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel is arrested by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and charged with fraud. (Bloomberg)
The United Kingdom Information Tribunal orders Her Majesty's Government to release the minutes of Cabinet discussions regarding the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (AP via Google News)
United Kingdom Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Peter Mandelson unveils a £2.3-billion bailout for the British motor industry. (BBC)
Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a single nuclear weapon later this year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies predicts. (Sky News)
Two crew members escape a FedEx ATR 42 that crashed at Texas's Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport. (Lubbock Online)
The ninth World Social Forum is held in Belém, Brazil. (SwissInfo)
A man hijacks a bus in Bulgaria and holds the 37 passengers hostage for two hours before surrendering. (Reuters)
A special leaders meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, held in Papua New Guinea, sets a deadline of 1 May for Fiji to set a date for elections before the end of the year. Fiji rejects the deadline. (Xinhua)

January 27, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 26, 2009 (Monday)

The United States Senate confirms Timothy F. Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury. (The New York Times)
2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict:
- An Israeli soldier is killed and three others injured in a bombing at the Gaza Strip border. (BBC)
- Nine youths are arrested for alleged nationalist attacks on Arabs in Upper Nazareth. (Jerusalem Post)
Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde announces the collapse of his coalition government in the wake of the country's financial crisis. (BBC)
United States pharmaceutical company Pfizer announces it will buy rival Wyeth in a US$68-billion deal. (BBC)
A gunman kills two people and injures seven others in Portland, Oregon, before shooting and critically wounding himself. (Sky News)
Forty people are killed when a riverboat sinks in central Vietnam. (CNN)
A state of emergency is declared in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, following a series of arson attacks. (USA Today)
A set of human octuplets are born alive for the second time in the United States. (BBC) (Los Angeles Times)

January 26, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Automotive industry crisis Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Global financial crisis Greek riots Guinean coup d'état Icelandic financial crisis Nord-Kivu campaign Piracy in Somalia Russian financial crisis Slovakian transition to the Euro Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis Zimbabwean cholera outbreak edit sidebar

Recent deaths
January 30: H. Guy Hunt 30: Ingemar Johansson 29: Bill Frindall 29: John Martyn 28: Wendell Wyatt 28: Billy Powell 27: John Updike 26: James Brady 25: Mamadou Dia 24: Kay Yow 23: George Perle 21: Jean Jadot 20: David Newman 18: Tony Hart 17: Anders Isaksson 17: Edmund Leopold de Rothschild 16: Sidney Brichto 16: Andrew Wyeth 16: John Mortimer 15: Tapan Sinha edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Casamance Conflict Fourth Civil War of Chad Second Chechen War Colombian Civil War War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Iraq War Israeli-Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Kayin State Conflict Kivu conflict Insurgency in the Maghreb Mexican Drug War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Insurgency in Ogaden War in North-West Pakistan Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines The Secret War Somali Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War War on Terrorism South Thailand insurgency Second Tuareg Rebellion Turkey-PKK conflict Second Ugandan Civil War edit sidebar

Elections
Recent January 12 January: Malta, President (by the parliament) 18 January: El Salvador, Parliament 25 January: Bolivia, Constitutional referendum Upcoming February 2 February: Somalia, President (by the parliament) 8 February: Turkmenistan, Parliament (3^rd Round) 8 February: Liechtenstein, Parliament 8 February: Switzerland, Referendum on freedom of movement with the European Union 10 February: Israel, Parliament edit sidebar

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Chee Soon Juan and others Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Bernard L. Madoff U.S.: Ehren Watada U.S.: Sheila Dixon U.S.: Joseph Bruno Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China (Taiwan): Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Phil Spector edit sidebar

Upcoming holidays and observances
February 1: Suyapa Day (Honduras) 1: Federal Territory Day (Malaysia) 1: Abolition Day (Mauritius) 1: Heroes' Day (Rwanda) 1: National Freedom Day (United States) 2: World Wetlands Day 2: Candlemas (Western Christianity) 2: Imbolc (Pagan, Wicca in Northern Hemisphere) 2: Lughnasadh (Pagan, Wicca in Southern Hemisphere) 2: Constitution Day (Mexico) 2: Nelson Anniversary Day (Nelson Province) 2: Inventors' Day (Thailand) 2: National Agriculture Day (Thailand) 2: Groundhog Day (United States, Canada) edit sidebar

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