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December 21, 2009
(
2009-12-21
)
(Monday)
history
watch
A police officer in
Washington, D.C
, draws a gun during a snowball fight.
(BBC)
Mexico City
's
Legislative Assembly
legalizes
same-sex marriage
and
LGBT adoption
.
(BBC)
(Guardian)
Remains of the first dwelling in
Nazareth
that can be dated back to the time of
Jesus
have been found by
Israeli archaeologists
.
(
The Jerusalem Post
)
At least 29 people freeze to death in
Poland
.
(BBC)
At least 30 people have been killed in violence in the
Nigerian
state of
Nasarawa
.
(BBC)
(AFP)
(allAfrica.com)
North Korea
establishes a "peacetime firing zone" on the
Northern Limit Line
maritime border with
South Korea
, threatening to fire shells in South Korean territorial waters.
(Yonhap)
(RIA Novosti)
(AFP)
(UPI)
The
United Nations
Security Council
lifts an
arms embargo
on
Liberia
imposed during the reign of
Charles Taylor
in 2003.
(
Liberian Observer
)
(African Press Agency)
[
permanent dead link
]
Mister
Bolivia
wins
Mister International 2009
at the end of the two-week event in
Taiwan
.
(BBC)
Two firefighters are hurt fighting a fire as
St. James's Gate Brewery
is engulfed by flames which send clouds of smoke across
Dublin
.
(RTÉ)
(Sky News)
(Reuters)
At least 10 people are killed in a rain of mortar shells during the first meeting of MPs in
Mogadishu
since August 2009.
(BBC)
(AFP)
The
Sudan People's Liberation Movement
, the ruling party in
Southern Sudan
, criticises a new security law passed by the central government, saying it could undermine the
2010 elections
.
(
Sudan Tribune
)
(BBC)
Unknown gunmen in
Lebanon
open fire on a bus carrying
Syrian
workers, killing one person.
(Al Jazeera)
(Press TV)
(Al Bawaba)
Madagascar
's President
Andry Rajoelina
abandons the power sharing agreement after appointing a new military Prime Minister, Colonel
Vital Albert Camille
.
(BBC)
(Reuters India)
Burma
's Supreme Court agrees to review the extension of the house arrest on
National League for Democracy
leader
Aung San Suu Kyi
.
(AP)
(IOL)
The funeral of Grand Ayatollah
Hosein-Ali Montazeri
takes place in the
Iranian
city of
Qom
, as anti-government protests and clashes take place.
(BBC)
(Angola Press)
(AP)
(Press TV)
Eurostar
is suspended indefinitely due to the
heavy snowfall
affecting continental
Europe
.
(BBC)
(CNN)
Polish
police arrest five men and recover the stolen
Arbeit macht frei
sign that hung over the Nazi death camp at
Auschwitz
where millions were murdered by the
Nazis
during the
Holocaust
(
The Guardian
)
(
The Jerusalem Post
)
Severe Tropical
Cyclone Laurence
becomes a
category 5
and strikes the Australian coast with winds of 285 km/h (177 mph).
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
(Bureau of Meteorology bulletin)
The leaders of the three main UK political parties agree to stage the country's first ever
live televised election debates
ahead of the
2010 General Election
.(
BBC
) (
Telegraph.co.uk
)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
December 21, 2009
(
2009-12-21
)
(Monday)
history
watch
A police officer in
Washington, D.C
, draws a gun during a snowball fight.
(BBC)
Mexico City
's
Legislative Assembly
legalizes
same-sex marriage
and
LGBT adoption
.
(BBC)
(Guardian)
Remains of the first dwelling in
Nazareth
that can be dated back to the time of
Jesus
have been found by
Israeli archaeologists
.
(
The Jerusalem Post
)
At least 29 people freeze to death in
Poland
.
(BBC)
At least 30 people have been killed in violence in the
Nigerian
state of
Nasarawa
.
(BBC)
(AFP)
(allAfrica.com)
North Korea
establishes a "peacetime firing zone" on the
Northern Limit Line
maritime border with
South Korea
, threatening to fire shells in South Korean territorial waters.
(Yonhap)
(RIA Novosti)
(AFP)
(UPI)
The
United Nations
Security Council
lifts an
arms embargo
on
Liberia
imposed during the reign of
Charles Taylor
in 2003.
(
Liberian Observer
)
(African Press Agency)
[
permanent dead link
]
Mister
Bolivia
wins
Mister International 2009
at the end of the two-week event in
Taiwan
.
(BBC)
Two firefighters are hurt fighting a fire as
St. James's Gate Brewery
is engulfed by flames which send clouds of smoke across
Dublin
.
(RTÉ)
(Sky News)
(Reuters)
At least 10 people are killed in a rain of mortar shells during the first meeting of MPs in
Mogadishu
since August 2009.
(BBC)
(AFP)
The
Sudan People's Liberation Movement
, the ruling party in
Southern Sudan
, criticises a new security law passed by the central government, saying it could undermine the
2010 elections
.
(
Sudan Tribune
)
(BBC)
Unknown gunmen in
Lebanon
open fire on a bus carrying
Syrian
workers, killing one person.
(Al Jazeera)
(Press TV)
(Al Bawaba)
Madagascar
's President
Andry Rajoelina
abandons the power sharing agreement after appointing a new military Prime Minister, Colonel
Vital Albert Camille
.
(BBC)
(Reuters India)
Burma
's Supreme Court agrees to review the extension of the house arrest on
National League for Democracy
leader
Aung San Suu Kyi
.
(AP)
(IOL)
The funeral of Grand Ayatollah
Hosein-Ali Montazeri
takes place in the
Iranian
city of
Qom
, as anti-government protests and clashes take place.
(BBC)
(Angola Press)
(AP)
(Press TV)
Eurostar
is suspended indefinitely due to the
heavy snowfall
affecting continental
Europe
.
(BBC)
(CNN)
Polish
police arrest five men and recover the stolen
Arbeit macht frei
sign that hung over the Nazi death camp at
Auschwitz
where millions were murdered by the
Nazis
during the
Holocaust
(
The Guardian
)
(
The Jerusalem Post
)
Severe Tropical
Cyclone Laurence
becomes a
category 5
and strikes the Australian coast with winds of 285 km/h (177 mph).
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
(Bureau of Meteorology bulletin)
The leaders of the three main UK political parties agree to stage the country's first ever
live televised election debates
ahead of the
2010 General Election
.(
BBC
) (
Telegraph.co.uk
)
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