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February 25, 2009
(
2009-02-25
)
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The
United Nations
'
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
estimates that 15,000
refugees
have fled from southern
Darfur
to the
Zam Zam
refugee camp
in the north.
(CNN)
U.S. President
Barack Obama
nominates former
Washington Governor
Gary Locke
to serve as the next
Secretary of Commerce
.
(
Baltimore Sun
)
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An
improvised explosive device
kills three
British
Army
soldiers in the
Gerishk District
of
Afghanistan
's
Helmand Province
.
(CNN)
Three people
set themselves on fire
near
Tiananmen Square
in
Beijing
,
China
.
(BBC)
Iran
tests
its first
nuclear power plant
at
Bushehr
.
(
Guardian
)
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
crashes at
Amsterdam
's
Schiphol Airport
, killing nine people and injuring 84.
(BBC)
The
Bangladesh Rifles
mutiny
in
Dhaka
, killing one person and injuring eight.
(AFP via Google News)
Antarctica
's subglacial
Gamburtsev Mountain Range
is mapped.
(BBC)
Two thousand
Gardaí
protest
against
Ireland's government
at
Dublin
's
Leinster House
.
(RTÉ)
A bus crashes in
Indian-administered Kashmir
, killing 35 people and injuring 15.
(BBC)
The
Special Court for Sierra Leone
convicts three
Revolutionary United Front
commanders
of
war crimes
and
crimes against humanity
during an 11-year
civil war
.
(BBC)
Former
Estonian Police
Chief
Herman Simm
is jailed for 12.5 years for selling
classified information
on
NATO
to
Russia
.
(BBC)
Serbia
suspends 11
Belgrade
corrections officers
for
aiding
the escape of
assassin
Milorad Ulemek
.
(BBC)
Japan
's
exports
plunged 45.7% in January 2009.
(BBC)
The
U.S. State Department
criticizes
China
's
human rights record
.
(BBC)
Islamist
terrorist group
Al-Shabaab
seizes
Hudur,
Somalia
.
(BBC)
The U.S. arrests 750 people in a national crackdown on
Mexican
drug cartels
.
(BBC)
A
Syrian
arms dealer
is jailed for 30 years for
conspiring
to sell
weapons
to
Colombia
's
Revolutionary Armed Forces
.
(BBC)
Former
Indian
Communications Minister
Sukhram is jailed for three years for
corruption
.
(BBC)
An
Australian
study classifies a
fossilized
fish
as one of the earliest known
vertebrates
to use
internal fertilization
.
(BBC)
Iraq
's
Council of Representatives
lifts the
immunity
of
Mohammed al-Dayni
, an
MP
accused of organizing the
2007 bombing of Parliament
.
(Al-Jazeera)
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