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Contents

  • 1 January 1
  • 2 January 2
  • 3 January 3
  • 4 January 4
  • 5 January 5
  • 6 January 6
  • 7 January 7
  • 8 January 8
  • 9 January 9
  • 10 January 10
  • 11 January 11
  • 12 January 12
  • 13 January 13
  • 14 January 14
  • 15 January 15
  • 16 January 16
  • 17 January 17
  • 18 January 18
  • 19 January 19
  • 20 January 20
  • 21 January 21
  • 22 January 22
  • 23 January 23
  • 24 January 24
  • 25 January 25
  • 26 January 26
  • 27 January 27
  • 28 January 28
  • 29 January 29
  • 30 January 30
  • 31 January 31

January 1

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  • Mathematician Martin Taylor awarded knighthood
  • Mount Everest plane crash blamed on pilot error
  • New Year fire kills at least 59, injures 212 more at Bangkok pub
  • Wikinews Shorts: January 1, 2009


January 2

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  • Maria de Jesus, the world's oldest person, dies at age 115
  • NASA issues survivability report on Columbia crash


January 3

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  • Criminal appeals denied for American Evangelists
  • Ghanaians elect new President
  • Illinois Governor Blagojevich appoints Roland Burris for vacated U.S. Senate seat
  • Israel begins ground assault on Gaza Strip
  • Mexican billionaire denies buying Honda Formula One team
  • Philippines Senate and House of Representatives to probe ‘P50-million drug bribe mess’
  • Wikinews Shorts: January 3, 2009


January 4

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  • Bangkok nightclub owner to face charges over New Year's fire
  • Belgian king swears in PM Van Rompuy, cabinet
  • South Africa defeats Australia in second cricket test
  • Sri Lanka Army captures Tamil Tiger's capital of Kilinochchi
  • USC defeats Penn State in 95th Rose Bowl Game


January 5

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  • Female suicide bomber kills 40 Shi'ite pilgrims at Baghdad shrine
  • Helicopter crash kills eight, injures one in Louisiana
  • Imperial College London geology students fined in China for "illegal map-making"
  • Protester killed in West Bank; world reacts to Gaza conflict
  • UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Gaza


January 6

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  • Australian Jews condemn Israeli ground attack on Gaza


January 7

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  • Australian Tax Office warns against tax return scam
  • China targets Google, Baidu and Internet portals over porn
  • CNN medical correspondent to be named US Surgeon General
  • Ice, snow, and cold strike throughout Europe


January 8

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  • International experts probe deadly Ebola Reston virus outbreak in Philippine pigs
  • Matt Smith revealed as 11th incarnation of Doctor Who
  • Palestinian president pleads with UN Security Council for help in Gaza
  • Princess Beatrice's unlocked BMW stolen
  • Rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon
  • Washington flooded by rain and melting snow
  • Ziff Davis sells 1UP to UGO Networks/Hearst, closes Electronic Gaming Monthly


January 9

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  • Chemical firm LyondellBasell collapses
  • Florida wins BCS National Championship Game over Oklahoma
  • Israeli rocket targets Press TV building in Gaza
  • Spider-Man to save Obama's Inauguration Day in upcoming Marvel comic
  • United Nations suspends operations in Gaza after schools and trucks are hit by Israeli forces


January 10

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  • Canadian trio claim South Pole record for trans-Antarctic trip
  • Chinese version of Wikinews gets blocked in China
  • Illinois House impeaches Blagojevich
  • Magazine closures, cuts, for January 5-9, 2009
  • Major merger among American LGBT media outlets announced
  • Mayor of Baltimore indicted on theft, perjury
  • MV Sirius Star oil tanker released by pirates
  • Strongest earthquake in 150 years hits Costa Rica


January 11

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  • Cristiano Ronaldo crashes Ferrari at Manchester Airport
  • Too Grimm? Mother Goose cartoonist sued by Colombian coffee growers
  • UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution
  • US salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, brand recalls product
  • Waves of arrests in Turkey on suspicion of involvement in 'Ergenekon' organization


January 12

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  • Eight killed by flooding in Fiji
  • Five Toronto teenagers charged with armed robbery
  • Former Satyam CEO Raju, his brother and CFO arrested and detained in profit-fraud scandal
  • Indonesia ferry sinks near Majene, more than 260 people missing


January 13

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  • Heavy fighting continues in the Gaza Strip
  • Human Rights Watch: Israel used white phosphorus on densely populated areas in Gaza
  • Israel bans two Arab political parties
  • US financier Madoff to remain free on bail
  • Wikinews Shorts: January 13, 2009


January 14

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  • British Columbia avalanche death toll rises
  • Clinton confirmation hearing raises concerns about funding for husband's foundation
  • Paris rail terminus temporarily shut down by unplanned strike


January 15

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  • Canadian energy company offers reward for info on pipeline bombings
  • Main UN compound in Gaza shelled with 'white phosphorus'
  • US Airways jet makes emergency landing in river by New York City


January 16

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  • Burris sworn in as US Senator for Illinois
  • Tighten 'noose' so Osama can't operate: Obama
  • US actor Patrick McGoohan dead at age 80


January 17

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  • 22 million counterfeit cigarettes found in Wales
  • Cadillac unveils Obama's 'Beast', the 2009 Presidential State Car
  • Israeli shelling on UN school on the Gaza Strip kills six
  • Man arrested in Mississippi over Internet assassination threats against Barack Obama


January 18

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  • Gunmen abduct 3 ICRC representatives in the Philippines
  • Israel announces ceasefire in Gaza Strip; rocket fire into Israel continues
  • Obama's Inaugural Celebration "We are One" attracts 400,000
  • Queensland win W-League Grand Final
  • UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashes at Texas A&M, kills one, injures four
  • US Airways jet recovered from Hudson River


January 19

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  • Conficker computer worm infections soar
  • Royal Bank of Scotland shares plummet
  • Seven dead, one missing, two survive French helicopter crash off Gabon coast
  • Steelers, Cardinals win championship games to advance to Super Bowl XLIII
  • US Senators push for DTV delay


January 20

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  • Irish millionaire found dead, suicide suspected
  • Obama succeeds Bush as 44th president of the United States
  • Parajet Skycar expedition takes off from London to Timbuktu
  • US Senator Ted Kennedy collapses during inaugural luncheon


January 21

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  • Portland, Oregon mayor admits to sexual relationship he previously denied
  • ASEAN basketball league moves closer to reality
  • Australian writer Harry Nicolaides jailed for three years for insulting Thai Royal Family
  • UN chief visits Gaza, demands investigation into attacks on UN facilities
  • Wikinews Shorts: January 21, 2009


January 22

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  • Caroline Kennedy drops bid for New York Senate seat
  • Explosion in Bay Area, California suburb damages cigarette store
  • Oldest ex-Major League Baseball player, Billy Werber dies at age 100
  • Photo source for Barack Obama presidential campaign "HOPE" poster discovered
  • US Senate confirms Clinton as Secretary of State


January 23

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  • Fatal stabbings kill three at Belgian day care center
  • Gillibrand named as Clinton's Senate replacement
  • Internet group Anonymous hacks No Cussing Club's website, owner's e-mail account
  • Israeli military confirms the use of white phosphorus bombs in the Gaza Strip
  • Obama's choice for Treasury issues warning on China
  • Strong earthquakes in Indian and Pacific Oceans
  • Trial date scheduled for Austrian man who kept his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years
  • United Kingdom officially enters economic recession


January 24

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  • Details emerge on fatal stabbing at Belgian day care centre


January 25

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  • British newspaper makes House of Lords bribery claims
  • Hurricane-force winds kill 15 people as storm hits Europe
  • Indian Premier Manmohan Singh undergoes heart bypass; Pranab Mukherjee takes charge
  • Thousands of jobs to go at Corus
  • Thousands of pounds worth of damage caused to railway station and stonework in Bath, England
  • Former Prime Minister of Senegal Mamadou Dia dies


January 26

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  • BBC and Sky networks reject Gaza appeal
  • Bolivia's Evo Morales wins referendum on a new leftist constitution
  • Confusion over British cannabis status
  • Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal
  • Republican leaders in US want more tax relief in economic stimulus
  • Sumo: Asashoryu wins New Year Grand Tournament


January 27

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  • SLM shareholders led by Martin Garbus sue Spider-Man creator Stan Lee and Marvel for $750m
  • Sprinter Allan Davis wins the Tour Down Under
  • Tamil Tigers promise to fight back against Sri Lankan forces
  • Two British footwear chains enter administration
  • Widespread strike action may hit France
  • Woman gives birth to octuplets
  • Accident on set of British television program Heartbeat
  • Anger and unrest continue over US raid in Laghman, Afghanistan
  • Belgium's Queen Fabiola seriously ill
  • British Airways issues profits warning
  • Fast food chain McDonald’s set to open up 1000 more stores by end of year
  • Iceland's coalition government falls in economic crisis
  • Israeli foreign minister says another war with Hamas possible
  • Obama to Muslims: 'Americans are not your enemy'
  • Search and rescue beacons soon to make the digital jump


January 28

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  • New Zealander discovers US military data on MP3 player
  • Russian Orthodox Church elects first new patriarch of post-Soviet era
  • Scottish budget rejected
  • Scottish politician to face perjury trial
  • UK home shopping retailer Shop Direct group to cut 1,150 jobs
  • US novelist John Updike dies age 76
  • 93-year-old Michigan man freezes to death after electric company limits his power usage
  • Australia celebrates Australia Day 2009
  • BBC announces pay freeze and no bonuses for managers
  • British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough receives hate mail from creationists
  • British government launches car industry aid package
  • Encyclopædia Britannica fights back against Wikipedia, soon to let users edit contents
  • First openly gay prime minister to be appointed in Iceland
  • GLAAD Media Awards nominees announced
  • New BBC Radio 2 boss announced


January 29

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  • Sir Paul Stephenson to head London's police
  • Starbucks Coffee set to cut 6,700 staff, 300 stores to close
  • Strike threat at UK's Northern Rail
  • Zimbabwe submits to popular pressure: foreign currencies now legal tender
  • Bart Simpson used to promote Scientology
  • Dairy cattle with names produce more milk, according to new study
  • Father throws 4-year-old daughter from bridge
  • Former Indian President R. Venkataraman dies age 98
  • Global economy could lose up to 51 million jobs this year, says UN agency
  • Heat wave, industrial action cripples Melbourne railways
  • Iran's Ahmadinejad wants change in US policies, not 'tactics'
  • Philippine fireworks factory explosion kills at least 8, injures 70 more
  • Red Cross urges Sri Lanka to respect lives of Tamil civilians


January 30

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  • Proposition 8 donors to be named
  • Wikinews interviews Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Party about the upcoming Queensland State election
  • Winners and losers on UK's East Coast rail line
  • Zimbabwe opposition agrees to join government
  • Failed suicide bomber imprisoned for life
  • Illinois governor Blagojevich removed from office
  • Israel resumes attacks in Gaza, Rice asks for war crimes investigations
  • Lawmakers ask US Secretary of State for Gaza crisis help
  • Mass industrial walkouts in UK
  • Musician John Martyn dies at age 60
  • Nebraska senators may not support stimulus plan
  • North Korea cancels all military, political agreements with South Korea
  • Post-probe, problematic peanut paste products pulled


January 31

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  • Trial date set for fraud case against Church of Scientology in France
  • US Republicans elect first African-American chairman
  • Brain chemical Serotonin behind locusts’ swarming instinct
  • British Airways plans to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2050
  • Discworld author films his battle with Alzheimer's
  • Franco-Belgian bank Dexia to restructure, lose 900 jobs
  • Holocaust denial bishop apologizes
  • Iraqi provincial elections relatively peaceful
  • Jack Herrick, wikiHow founder interviewed by Wikinews
  • Sony net profit falls by 95%
  • Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden fights back after invasion of German naked hikers
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