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2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict: Israel announces restrictions on Al Jazeera broadcasts within its borders. The Palestinian National Authority demands an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip. (Washington Post) California's government goes broke and issues IOUs on all expenditures not required by law.
National People's Assembly Speaker Raimundo Pereira becomes Guinea-Bissau's interim President following the assassination of João Bernardo Vieira.; The European Court of Human Rights rules that Turkey's government violated the property rights of a Greek Orthodox foundation by seizing its land and fines it €105,000.
By March 2020, the practice was illegal in 35/50 states; [3] by May 2020, FGM was banned in 38/50 U.S. states. [14] On 5 January 2021, the STOP FGM Act of 2020 was enacted, which considers FGM 'a form of child abuse, gender discrimination, and violence', empowering federal authorities to prosecute people who 'carry out or conspire to carry out ...
Typhoon Parma hits the Philippines, with early reports indicating at least four deaths as trees are uprooted and roofs torn off houses. ( Philippine Inquirer ) (Reuters) The death toll in Italy rises to 21 following sudden extreme spells of rain and mud showers in Messina and other parts of Sicily as the injured total reaches at least eighty.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers the annual government work report as the 11th National People's Congress's second session begins. (Xinhua News) China emphasizes domestic demand and targets 8% economic growth in 2009 .
The death toll from the 2009 Java earthquake rises to at least 57. Gabonese presidential election. The results of Gabon's presidential election were delayed as backers of the main candidates waited outside the offices of the Electoral Commission. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
President Jacob Zuma vows to create 500,000 jobs through 2009 in South Africa's State of the Nation Address. The Nigerian government recaptures 130 of 150 inmates who escaped from a prison in Enugu. Former Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana is sentenced in absentia to incarceration until 2013 for misconduct.
Independent Television reports a loss of £2.7 billion for 2008 and will cut 600 jobs. The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for a five-year campaign of violence in Darfur. Ukraine's Security Service raids Naftogas's headquarters in Kiev.