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The completion of the first draft of the Neanderthal genome (reconstructed Neanderthal pictured) is announced by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany.
A passenger train derails in the Indian state of Orissa, killing at least 15 people and injuring 150.
In the United States, Continental Airlines Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing 50 people.
Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 are destroyed in space, in the first major collision between artificial satellites.
The discovery of a 16th-century mass grave containing at least 49 human skeletons at the Tlatelolco archaeological site in Mexico City is announced.
Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change party becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.

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February 15, 2009 (Sunday)

Venezuelans vote in a referendum to remove presidential term limits. (Washington Post)

February 15, 2009 Wikinews articles

Thousands flee after volcano begins to erupt in Colombia

February 14, 2009 (Saturday)

The Milk of Sorrow by Peruvian director Claudia Llosa wins the Golden Bear at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. (ABC/Reuters)
Two missiles fired from American drone aircraft kill at least 25 people in South Waziristan, Pakistan. (New York Times)
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will not negotiate any long-term ceasefire in its conflict with Hamas unless prisoner-of-war Gilad Shalit is released. (Al Jazeera)
Japan's National Astronomical Observatory completes the first topographic map of the Moon. (Daily Yomiuri)
Somali pirates release the Japanese oil tanker Chemstar Venus and its 23 crew members. (Reuters)

February 14, 2009 Wikinews articles

February 13, 2009 (Friday)

The United States Congress approves the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (BBC)
Zimbabwe's Republic Police charge Roy Bennett of the Movement for Democratic Change with treason. (BBC)
The Peanut Corporation of America files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and liquidation. (Reuters via Forbes)
Germany's economy shrank by 2.1 percent in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
Microsoft places a US$250,000 bounty on the Conficker computer worm's creator. (PC World)
A suicide bomber kills 40 people and injures 60 others in Karbala, Iraq. (AP via Fox News)
China's government urges Yves Saint Laurent's estate to return two Qing Dynasty sculptures scheduled for auction in Paris. (Bloomberg)
Australia's Senate approves a $42-billion economic stimulus package. (BBC)
Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip discover grenades made by Hamas from humanitarian supplies. (Jerusalem Post)
Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the United States' 454 Life Sciences map the Neanderthal genome. (AP via Google News)
Lloyds Banking Group warns that HBOS wil register a loss of £8.5 billion for 2008. (Sky News)
Unix time equalled "1234567890" at 23:31:30 UTC. (The Times)
British Airways CityFlyer Flight 8456 crash-lands at London's City Airport. (RTÉ)
A passenger train derails in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, killing at least 15 people and injuring 150 others. (Thaindian News)
The Air Accident Investigation Unit announces that several of Virgin Atlantic Airways' Airbus A340s contain faulty electrical wiring. (AAIU)
Six crew members are missing after China's MV Changhai 178 capsizes in the South China Sea. (Xinhua)

February 13, 2009 Wikinews articles

February 12, 2009 (Thursday)

Continental Airlines Flight 3407 crashes in Clarence Center, New York, killing 50 people. (Buffalo News) (CNN)
The United States National Transportation Safety Board concludes that Canada geese caused US Airways Flight 1549 to ditch into New York City's Hudson River. (CNN)
Pope Benedict XVI condemns any denial of the Holocaust as "intolerable and altogether unacceptable". (New York Times)
Republican Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire withdraws his nomination as U.S. Secretary of Commerce. (BBC)
Iraq's Parliament demands reparations from Israel for an attack on a nuclear reactor in 1981. (Haaretz).
Hamas agrees to an 18-month truce in its conflict with Israel, which has not yet responded. (Al Jazeera)
Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. reopens for the bicentennial of assasinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's birth. (BBC)
Late 2000s recession:
- Japanese electronics company Pioneer Corporation will leave the television business and cut 10,000 jobs. (AFP via Google News)
- European steelmaker Corus Group cuts 3,500 jobs. (Business Standard)
A man is arrested after threatening self-immolation outside the Government Buildings in Dublin, Ireland. (RTÉ)
Taliban militants kill 26 people in attacks on three government buildings in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Sky News)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez alleges that the Army attempted to overthrow his government. (AFP via France 24)
Australia announces a national day of mourning for victims of bushfires in Victoria. (CNN)
The European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, is robbed. (RTÉ)
Indian businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant, Surender Koli, are convicted of murder. (BBC)
Dutch Member of Parliament and critic of Islam Geert Wilders is denied entry into the United Kingdom. (BBC)
China's Sanlu Group declares bankruptcy. (BBC)

February 12, 2009 Wikinews articles

February 11, 2009 (Wednesday)

Iridium Satellite LLC's Iridium 33 and Russia's Kosmos-2251 collide in low-Earth orbit. (Reuters) (New York Times)
Economy of the United States:
- The budget deficit reached US$84 billion in January 2009, due to the financial crisis. (Market Watch)
- The Senate and House of Representatives reach a compromise on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (Reuters)
The number of worldwide connections to cellular networks reaches four billion. (Reuters)
Azerbaijan Air Force Lieutenant General Rail Rzayev is killed in Baku. (BBC)
Palestinian militants launch four mortar shells and one Qassam rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israel. (Haaretz)
Movement for Democratic Change President Morgan Tsvangirai becomes Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister. (BBC)
A mysterious deposit of cosmic dust is discovered inside the Red Rectangle Nebula. (MSNBC)
Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announces the discovery of a 16th-century mass grave at the Tlatelolco archaeological site in Mexico City. (Reuters)
Twenty-seven people die during a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Sky News)
Chinese fishing vessels desert the Northern Limit Line, signaling a possible North Korean missile test. (Reuters)
An oil tanker and a container ship collide off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP via Google News)
The Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources rescues more than 200 dolphins after a mass beaching in Bataan. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
U.S. Democrat John Dingell of Michigan becomes the House of Representatives' longest-serving member. (NPR)
Oscar Temaru is elected President of French Polynesia for the fourth time in five years. (RNZI)
The United Kingdom's Conservative Party admits to altering the Italian painter Titian's Wikipedia entry following a confrontation with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. (BBC)

February 11, 2009 Wikinews articles

February 10, 2009 (Tuesday)

South Africa announces that a general election will be held on April 22, 2009. (CNN)
Automotive industry crisis of 2008-2009:
- United States automaker General Motors announces it will cut 10,000 jobs in its salaried workforce and the pay of remaining employees. (AP via Google News)
- English automaker Bentley cuts 220 jobs and all salaries by 10 percent. (Press Association via Google News)
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is named Germany's Federal Minister of Economics and Technology. (IHT)
Russian financial crisis of 2008–2009:
- Russia will request postponement of repayment of US$400 billion in private-sector debt to foreign banks. (Reuters)
- The Russia Tower will be reduced in size, due to funding issues and the construction of the Moscow International Business Centre. (Moscow Times)
Swiss financial services company UBS AG lost 19.7 billion francs for fiscal year 2008 and will cut 15,000 jobs throughout 2009. (The Street)
Israel's legislative election takes place. (Reuters)
Zimbabwe's dollar depreciates and its cholera epidemic has killed more than 3,000 people. (Sky News)
The United States Senate approves the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (CNN) (New York Times)
The United Kingdom imposes new visa requirements on nationals from Bolivia, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, and Venezuela. (BBC)
Mexico will nationally register all its mobile phone users and catalog their fingerprints. (Reuters)
An EF4 tornado kills at least eight people and injures 50 in Lone Grove, Oklahoma, United States. (The Oklahoman)
Fifty thousand people protest living costs in Guadeloupe and Martinique. (MSNBC)

February 10, 2009 Wikinews articles

February 9, 2009 (Monday)

Ten-year-old Sussex spaniel Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee wins the 2009 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show's Best-in-Show Award. (Los Angeles Times)
Thirty mummies are discovered in a 2,600-year-old ancient Egyptian tomb at Saqqara. (AP via National Geographic)
Bishop Richard Williamson is removed from a Roman Catholic seminary in Argentina after denying the Holocaust. (BBC)
Automotive industry crisis of 2008-2009:
- Japan's Nissan Motors cuts 20,000 jobs in response to the global economic downturn. (CNN)
- France's government announces a €6.5-billion bailout for the automotive industry. (International Herald Tribune)
Cécile Manorohanta resigns as Madagascar's Minister for Defense. (AFP via Google News)
Bushfires in Victoria, Australia, have now killed at least 130 people and destroyed at least 750 homes. (Daily Telegraph)
A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber kills 28 people and injures 90 others at a Sri Lankan refugee camp. (Sky News)
The Associated Press receives a video showing Pakistani militants beheading kidnapped Polish engineer Piotr Stanczak. (AP via Google News)
A video confirms that al-Qaeda has kidnapped Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler in Niger. (The Globe and Mail)
Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez admits using performance-enhancing drugs between 2001 and 2003. (ESPN)
A fire destroys the Television Cultural Center in Beijing, China. (New York Times)
The mythical birthplace of Zeus is possibly discovered at Mount Lykaion, Greece. (FOX News)

February 9, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Malagasy protests Automotive industry crisis Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence International recognition of Kosovo Global financial crisis Icelandic financial crisis Nord-Kivu campaign Piracy in Somalia Russian financial crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis Zimbabwean cholera outbreak edit sidebar

Recent deaths
February 12: Hugh Leonard 11: Estelle Bennett 11: Willem Johan Kolff 11: Rail Rzayev 10: Carolyn George 9: Eluana Englaro 9: Orlando "Cachaito" López 9: Jeremy Lusk 8: Marian Cozma 7: Blossom Dearie 7: Brian Naylor 7: Reg Evans 6: Philip Carey 6: James Whitmore 6: Bashir Ahmad 5: Noah Weinberg 4: Antonie Dixon 4: Lux Interior 3: Sheng-yen 2: Joe M. Rodgers 2: James E. Long 1: Tim Grundy 1: Michael Homer 1: Peter Howson 1: Lukas Foss 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 30 January: 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 Upcoming 15 February: Venezuela, Constitutional referendum 16 February: Bangladesh, President (by the parliament) 11 February: French Polynesia, President (by the parliament) edit sidebar

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm 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 Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox 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 14: Valentine's Day and Singles Awareness Day 14: Admission Day (Arizona, Oregon) 14: Scout Sabbath (Boy Scouts of America) 15: Parinirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism) 15: Sexagesima (Western Christianity) 15: Liberation Day (Afghanistan) 15: National Flag of Canada Day (Canada) 15: National Day (Serbia) 15: Total Defence Day (Singapore) 15: Susan B. Anthony Day (United States) 15: John Frum Day (Vanuatu) 16: Arba'een (Shia Islam) 16: Family Day/Heritage Day (Canada) 16: Louis Riel Day (Manitoba) 16: Independence Day (Lithuania) 16: Kim Jong-il's Birthday (North Korea) 16: President's Day (United States) 17: Sepandarmazgan (Iran) 17: Independence Day (Kosovo) edit sidebar

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