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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)
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Events from the year 2009 in the United States.. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20.The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
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(New York Daily News) Evidence that haggis was invented by the English is unearthed. (News.com.au) Iran is reportedly ready to build a nuclear weapon, according to Western intelligence services. Barclays posts a profit of £2.98bn for the first half of the year, up 8% on the same period of 2008.
Illinois legalized recreational use of marijuana on January 1, and other states are expected to reform marijuana laws in 2020. [4] Voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota approved legalization of marijuana in the November 3 elections. [604]
(Xinhua News) Former Yukos businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky again stands trial for alleged financial crimes. (Moscow Times) [permanent dead link ] Seven Sri Lankan cricket players are wounded and six policemen killed in shootings near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
Treaty of Lisbon: . Ireland approves the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon by a margin of 67.1% to 32.9% in a second referendum. (The Guardian) (Toronto Star)Czech President Václav Klaus declines to say how he would proceed in ratification of the Lisbon Treaty after the second referendum is approved by Irish voters.