Current Events, January 2009
- January 31
- Egypt moves to block Gaza tunnel traffic [1]
- French Jews ask Sarkozy to help curb attacks [2]
- Iran marks revolution anniversary, wishes death to Israel [3]
- Iranian vessel may have weapons destined for Gaza [4]
- Anti-forum protest turns violent in Geneva [5]
- National Bolshevik Party leader Limonov, arrested during Russia’s protests [6]
- Opposition groups stage protests in Russia [7]
- Obama's half brother arrested on drug charge [8]
- Pope Benedict XVI continues to alienate the Jews [9]
- January 30
- Hundreds of thousands protest in France [10]
- Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan a hero at home in his clash with Shimon Peres [11]
- Munich Security Conference to be held next week [12]
- Blackwater banned from Iraq [13]
- January 29
- Italian priest: Gas chambers were for disinfection [14]
- German Jews cut contact with Catholic Church [15]
- 2002 Israeli war crimes investigated in Spanish court [16]
- Raul Castro visits Russia [17]
- Peace recedes as Israeli settlements expand [18]
- Jimmy Carter says Hamas must be included in peace talks [19]
- Stormy debate in Davos over Gaza [20] [21]
- Huge crowds join French strikes [22]
- January 28
- Israel expels Venezuelan envoys [23]
- British Muslims radicalized over Gaza [24]
- Israeli jet targets Gaza tunnels [25]
- January 27
- January 25
- Pro-Israel rally crashed in Sweden [30]
- Iceland minister resigns amid financial crisis [31]
- Scotland celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns [32]
- Israel prepares legal defense of soldiers [33] [34]
- Hamas proposes year-long truce with Israel [35]
- Al-Qaeda dismisses Obama as "a house Negro" [36]
- Thousands of protester demand the BBC to air Gaza aid appeal [37]
- January 24
- Encyclopaedia Britannica reaches out to the web [38]
- Anarchists fight with police in central Athens, Greece [39]
- US-Saudi ties at risk if no peace [40]
- Al-Jazeera gets boost from U.S. viewers during Gaza war [41]
- Pope move ignites 'Holocaust' row [42]
- January 23
- German magazine, Zeitungszeugen faces legal action over Third Reich reprints [43]
- British university students protest Israel [44]
- Hamas says it's back in control of the Gaza Strip [45]
- British bishop, Richard Williamson, questions the 'Holocaust' [46]
- Israel rules out opening Gaza border if Hamas gains [47]
- January 22
- Norman Finkelstein punished for his criticism of Israel [48]
- Israeli gunboat targets Gaza civilians [49]
- Hezbollah prepared for another Israeli attack [50]
- Obama, not so cool at handling pointed questions [51]
- Gaza's tunnels are back in business [52]
- Barcelona cancels Holocaust Day over attacks in Gaza [53]
- Protests rattle Iceland's government [54]
- Bulgaria looks to restart Soviet-era reactors [55]
- Reprints of newspapers during the National Socialist era go on sale in Germany [56]
- UN vows to raise funds for Gaza emergency repairs [57]
- Fidel Castro breaks silence to praise Obama [58]
- January 21
- January 20
- January 19
- The CIA - Doctor Zhivago connection [68]
- Israel got their war, now the election [69]
- Over 50,000 Palestinians now homeless in Gaza [70]
- African National Congress lawmakers rip Israel [71]
- Ukrainian editor sentenced for anti-Semitic article [72]
- Courtney Love made anti-Semitic comments [73]
- January 18
- Hamas announces their own ceasefire [74]
- Eastern Europe braced for a violent 'spring of discontent' [75]
- The rise of mixed-race Britain [76]
- January 17
- Huge Iron Age haul of coins found in Britain [77]
- North Korea has four or five nuclear weapons [78]
- Israel declares cease fire; Hamas says it will fight on [79]
- Syria's Assad makes overtures to Obama [80]
- White phosphorus weapons used against civilians in Gaza [81]
- Two million expected for Obama’s inauguration [82]
- Tzipi Livni callous to Gazans suffering [83]
- President Bush, Ehud Olmert’s poodle [84]
- Israel plans unilateral cease-fire, no agreement with Hamas [85]
- January 16
- Food aid reaches needy Gazans [86]
- Qatar, Mauritania cut Israel ties [87]
- Israelis shell hospitals and United Nations headquarters [88][89]
- January 15
- Susan Rice: Israel treated unfairly at UN [90]
- Amerithrax hoax [91] [92]
- Islamist militants take over Somalia’s capital [93]
- Methane plumes spotted on Mars may be a sign of life [94]
- North Korea leader picks 3rd son as heir [95]
- Israel and Hamas agrees on 2-week truce [96]
- David Irving: 'I'm Hitler's biographer' [97]
- Bolivia breaks ties with Israel over Gaza [98]
- January 14
- January 13
- January 12
- Jewish lobby brings European leaders to Israel [105]
- Israel bans Arab Parties in upcoming election [106]
- Judge lets Bernard Madoff remain free [107]
- Abbas weakened by Israel's Gaza war [108]
- Prosecutor: ex-Congo VP used rape as weapon [109]
- Olmert getting desperate, threatens Hamas with an 'iron fist' [110]
- Iran tells Obama: Don't repeat false U.S. charges [111]
- Palestinian death toll tops 900 [112]
- British foreign secretary wants Israeli war crimes investigated [113]
- British hacker to plead guilty in NASA case [114]
- Tzipi Livni condemns worldwide anti-Semitism [115]
- Jewish communities in Europe living in fear [116]
- January 11
- Israeli troops attempt to move into Gaza City but withdraw after heavy fighting [117]
- Turkish leader's criticism of Israel raises eyebrows [118]
- Gaza war may be nearing an end [119]
- Prince Harry, first the swastika and now the 'Paki' remark [120]
- Hamas promises to continue their resistance in Gaza [121]
- January 10
- Hezbollah warns Israel against sparking conflict [122]
- Mauritania recalls its ambassador to Israel [123]
- GlobalPost a new international news source to start Monday [124]
- Plan to install Israel’s puppet Abbas over Gaza [125]
- Ron Paul holds US liable for Gazans death [126]
- Alexander Cockburn: Israel made a huge blunder in Gaza [127]
- Obama's first foreign trip as president: Canada [128]
- Bush reportedly rejected Israeli plea to attack Iran [129]
- Somali pirates drown with ransom share [130]
- Naomi Klein calls for a boycott of Israel [131]
- Protesters clash with police at anti-Israel rallies [132]
- Russia and the EU come to agreement on gas supplies [133]
- January 9
- Hamas initially supported by Israel [134]
- UN to investigate Israeli war crimes in Gaza [135]
- Zimbabwe introduces new $50 billion note [136]
- Obama's train trip poses security issues [137]
- Israel wanted Hamas to break the ceasefire agreement [138]
- Ray McGovern endorses Obama’s pick of Leon Panetta to head the CIA [139]
- US congress votes to back Israel [140]
- January 8
- Bernie Madoff's Jewishness [141]
- Soviet massacre: mass grave found in Poland of German civilians [142] From The Guardian[143]
- Hamas fighters still strong [144]
- Obama may start low level contact with Hamas [145]
- Race riots in Oakland, California [146]
- January 7
- Three New York men indicted on hate crime charges [147]
- Israelis targeting ambulances and medical personnel [148]
- Israelis trick Gaza civilians into killing zones [149]
- Cambodia marks Khmer Rouge fall [150]
- BBC blackout on Gaza [151]
- DC traffic restrictions on Inauguration Day [152]
- German trial of former SS man collapses [153]
- Obama 'deeply concerned' over Gaza [154]
- January 6
- January 5
- Growing links seen in Germany between Hells Angels and Neo-Nazis [162]
- Homeschooling in America on the rise [163]
- Wikipedia gets its $6m [164]
- January 4
- January 3
- Bruce Ivins: the anthrax suspect’s troubled life [168] [169]
- Hamas will defeat Israel in Gaza [170]
- Hamas warns against ground attack [171]
- January 2
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