Current Events, February 2009

• February 28
  • Daniel Pearl's father fearful of anti-Semitism on campus [1]
  • Mugabe celebrates 85th birthday with huge party [2]

• February 26
  • Palestinians to form unity government [3]
  • SPLC’s annual Hate Report issued[4]

• February 25
  • U.S. losing war in Afghanistan, McCain says [5]
  • Jews want Bishop Williamson prosecuted [6]
  • Bishop Williamson arrives in Britain [7]
  • Abbas calls for Hamas recognition [8]
  • Rockets hit Israel from besieged Gaza [9]
  • Al-Jazeera English struggles for U.S. audience [10]
  • Border guard mutiny in Bangladesh [11]
  • Hillary Clinton warns Israel over delays in Gaza aid [12]

• February 24
  • East European financial crisis worsens [13]
  • Mikhail Khodorkovsky faces new trial [14]
  • UK sued over arms sales to Israel [15]
  • Bishop Richard Williamson leaves Argentina. [16]

• February 23
  • Thousands of Nationalists gather in Dresden [17]
  • Bishop Richard Williamson deported over anti-Semitism [18]

• February 22
  • Cairo hit by deadly bomb blast [19]
  • Egypt briefly opens Gaza border [20]
  • NAACP calls for firing of New York Post cartoonist [21]

• February 21
  • Israel shells Lebanon after rocket attack [22]

• February 20
  • Israel's Avigdor Lieberman backs Netanyahu [23]

• February 19
  • Argentina expels Bishop Richard Williamson [24]

• February 18
  • Calls for Burris resignation intensify as new details emerge [25]

• February 17
  • Neocons welcome Geert Wilders to Washington DC [26]
  • Eastern European currencies crumble as fears of debt crisis grow [27]
  • Burris agreed to raise funds for Blagojevich [28]
  • Obama's war: 17,000 US troops to Afghanistan [29]
  • Explosives haul missing in Gaza [30]

• February 15
  • GOP lawmakers call for Burris's resignation [31]
  • Milky Way Galaxy may have 'billions of Earths' [32]
  • US army 'wants more immigrants' [33]
  • Israel's Kadima seeks Likud deal [34]
  • Russia marks Afghanistan retreat [35]
  • Obama enjoys the ride on Air Force One [36]

• February 14
  • Illinois Senator Rolland Burris now says he was asked for donations [37]

• February 7
  • German bishops say 'no room' for Holocaust denier in Catholicism [38]
  • U.S. unveils changes to foreign policy [39]
  • Obama to attend G20 summit in London [40]
  • Israeli polls show far-right gains [41]

• February 4
  • Ex-Black Panther dies; triggerman in '69 killing. [42]
  • Will Hillary Clinton send flowers? [43]
  • 'Holocaust bishop' told to recant [44]

• February 3
  • Kyrgyzstan to shut key U.S. base [45]
  • Pope urged to act on Holocaust-denying bishop [46]

• February 1
  • Legendary British warship found [47]
  • Obama mocks Robert E. Lee [48]
  • Hamas leader well received in Iran [49]
  • Olmert pledges to respond 'disproportionately' to attacks [50]
  • Synagogue attacked in Venezuela [51]

See also

• Current Events archive