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February 18, 2009
(
2009-02-18
)
(Wednesday)
history
watch
Stefane & 3G
will represent
Georgia
at the
Eurovision Song Contest
2009
in
Moscow
with "
We Don't Wanna Put In
", a song allegedly against
Russian
Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
.
(Reuters)
A
Columbian mammoth
is discovered in the
La Brea Tar Pits
in
Los Angeles
,
California
.
(Reuters)
Switzerland
's
UBS AG
will pay the
United States
federal government
US$
780 million in
fines
and
restitution
after admitting to helping American clients
avoid taxes
.
(CNN)
A
Eurocopter Super Puma
carrying 18 people
ditches
into the
North Sea
.
(BBC)
Israel
will not
negotiate
with
Hamas
unless
war prisoner
Gilad Shalit
is released.
(BBC)
Israel
's
Securities Authority
arrests Poalim Capital Markets
CEO
Nir Burnstein on suspicion of
insider trading
.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
Iran
announces it has built an
unmanned aerial vehicle
capable of traveling 620 miles (1,000 kilometers).
(Bloomberg)
Lawyers
representing the
entertainment industry
defend
their
compensation
claims
of
US$
13 million against
The Pirate Bay
.
(
The Local
)
A
GEO Television
reporter is killed in
Pakistan
's
war-torn
Swat Valley
.
(AP via Google News)
Verizon Wireless
selects
Alcatel-Lucent
as its primary vendor of
fourth-generation
wireless communications
.
(Reuters)
Swedish
Minister of Enterprise and Energy
Maud Olofsson
criticizes
General Motors
for "abandoning" the struggling
automaker
Saab Automobile
.
(
The Local
)
The
Czech Republic
's
Chamber of Deputies
approves the
Treaty of Lisbon
.
(CTK)
General Motors
will
cut
47,000 jobs throughout
2009
.
(Sky News)
South Korea
says
North Korea
will face
United Nations
sanctions
if it proceeds with a threatening
long-range missile
test
.
(Reuters)
Russia
's
Border Guard Service
sinks a
Hong Kong
-owned
merchant vessel
, killing eight people.
(RIAN)
The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
and
European Space Agency
will continue with their
Europa Jupiter System Mission
and
Titan Saturn System Missions
.
(NASA)
Month
February 2009
Previous day
February 17
Next day
February 19
Category
:
2009 by day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
February 18, 2009
(
2009-02-18
)
(Wednesday)
history
watch
Stefane & 3G
will represent
Georgia
at the
Eurovision Song Contest
2009
in
Moscow
with "
We Don't Wanna Put In
", a song allegedly against
Russian
Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
.
(Reuters)
A
Columbian mammoth
is discovered in the
La Brea Tar Pits
in
Los Angeles
,
California
.
(Reuters)
Switzerland
's
UBS AG
will pay the
United States
federal government
US$
780 million in
fines
and
restitution
after admitting to helping American clients
avoid taxes
.
(CNN)
A
Eurocopter Super Puma
carrying 18 people
ditches
into the
North Sea
.
(BBC)
Israel
will not
negotiate
with
Hamas
unless
war prisoner
Gilad Shalit
is released.
(BBC)
Israel
's
Securities Authority
arrests Poalim Capital Markets
CEO
Nir Burnstein on suspicion of
insider trading
.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
Iran
announces it has built an
unmanned aerial vehicle
capable of traveling 620 miles (1,000 kilometers).
(Bloomberg)
Lawyers
representing the
entertainment industry
defend
their
compensation
claims
of
US$
13 million against
The Pirate Bay
.
(
The Local
)
A
GEO Television
reporter is killed in
Pakistan
's
war-torn
Swat Valley
.
(AP via Google News)
Verizon Wireless
selects
Alcatel-Lucent
as its primary vendor of
fourth-generation
wireless communications
.
(Reuters)
Swedish
Minister of Enterprise and Energy
Maud Olofsson
criticizes
General Motors
for "abandoning" the struggling
automaker
Saab Automobile
.
(
The Local
)
The
Czech Republic
's
Chamber of Deputies
approves the
Treaty of Lisbon
.
(CTK)
General Motors
will
cut
47,000 jobs throughout
2009
.
(Sky News)
South Korea
says
North Korea
will face
United Nations
sanctions
if it proceeds with a threatening
long-range missile
test
.
(Reuters)
Russia
's
Border Guard Service
sinks a
Hong Kong
-owned
merchant vessel
, killing eight people.
(RIAN)
The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
and
European Space Agency
will continue with their
Europa Jupiter System Mission
and
Titan Saturn System Missions
.
(NASA)
Month
February 2009
Previous day
February 17
Next day
February 19
Category
:
2009 by day
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