Wikinews:2009/December
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[edit] December 1
- Wikinews interviews Stephen Murphy about the upcoming by-election in the Higgins electorate of the Australian parliament
- 4-year-old boy killed by dog in Liverpool, England
- Somali pirates seize Greek-owned tanker
[edit] December 2
- British actress Maggie Jones dies age 75
- British sailors detained, released after yacht accidentally crosses into Iranian waters
- Religious and political leaders criticise Swiss ban on minarets
- Pakistani Member of Parliament killed by suicide bomber
- US President Obama delivers address on Afghanistan plan
[edit] December 3
- Pakistani prime minister says Osama Bin Laden not in the country
- At least fifteen killed after suicide bombing in Somali hotel
- UK Government to look again at drink-drive limit
- Wikinews interviews Goronwy Price about the upcoming by-election in the Bradfield electorate of the Australian parliament
- UK's oldest museum reopened
- FIFA to make changes after Thierry Henry handball
- Iran releases five detained Britons
[edit] December 4
- Israel "illegally annexing" east Jerusalem, EU reports
- China-EU financial relations are growing
- Attack on mosque kills 30 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- American botanist Lou Jost discovers world's smallest orchid
[edit] December 5
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Russian actor most famous for Stirlitz, dies at 81
- Professional wrestler Eddie Fatu dies age 36
- State of the health care system in Sierra Leone critical
- Final draw sets groups for FIFA World Cup 2010
[edit] December 6
- Western Sahara campaigner still blocked from returning home by Moroccan authorities; on twentieth day of hunger strike
- Liberal Party of Australia win Bradfield, Higgins by-elections
- Rescuers in Egypt end search for victims of ferry crash
- Tens of thousands protest in London before Copenhagen climate change summit
- Martial law declared in Philippine province after massacre
- Obama delays arrival to Copenhagen summit by one week
- First snowfall of the season impacts the Northeast US
- US unemployment rate down to ten percent
- Official results say Namibian president reelected after polls
- Three peacekeepers in Sudan killed by gunmen
- Obiang reelected as president of Equatorial Guinea after elections
- Guinean junta head in 'stable' condition after shooting, soldiers searching for gunman
- Explosion in Russian nightclub kills at least 94
[edit] December 7
- Guinean military leader in 'favourable' condition after attempted assassination
- Iraqi parliament approves election law
- Find me all the red balloons; MIT wins DARPA challenge
- Gaza Strip reports first swine flu cases
- Reports say Bolivian president reelected
- Two more UN peacekeepers killed after attack in Darfur
[edit] December 8
- WHO: 36 million cured of tuberculosis in last fifteen years
- Bombings kill over 100 in Baghdad
- Uganda introduces anti-homosexual legislation
- Bomb blasts in Pakistan kill fifty
- School stampede in China kills eight, injures dozens more
- Copenhagen climate conference opens
- Walt Disney World twinned with Swindon, England
[edit] December 9
[edit] December 10
- Danish unofficial draft version of UNCCC treaty leaks, G77 reacts sharply
- 2009–10 UEFA Champions League: Round of 16 field set
- Monster waves make way for rare surfing competition
- Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League becomes Gippsland Football League as Wonthaggi concedes move
- Thousands of Indonesians protest against corruption
- Hubble telescope spots oldest galaxies ever seen
- Oxford to use online voting for Professor of Poetry election
- Official: Iraqi elections now set for March 7
- 'World' stops turning for longest-running US soap opera
[edit] December 11
- Arabsat puts Arabic news channel back on the air
- Thousands continue to flee fighting in Yemen
- New York City Mass Transit facing service cuts
- Corpse of former President of Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos stolen
- Guinea arrests 100 soldiers in connection with attempted assassination of leader
- Somali pirates release Greek-owned ship
- UN: 4.8 million Ethiopians in need of food aid
- Gunmen seize at least 75 hostages in Philippines
[edit] December 12
- Indonesian court overturns Garuda pilot's conviction over air disaster
- Hawaiian Representative Neil Abercrombie resigns
- Pakistani PM: Anti-Taliban offensive in South Waziristan is over
- Red Cross appeals for US$33 million in food relief for Zimbabwe
- Benet Academy, Illinois boys basketball team defeats Naperville North after scoring crucial three-pointer
- Protesters serenade Lockheed Martin outside firm's UK HQ
[edit] December 13
- Mark Ingram wins 2009 Heisman Trophy
- Joe McElderry wins UK X Factor final
- Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi assaulted
- North Korean weapons seized in Thailand
- Family of Amanda Knox plans for appeal in Italian court
- Protesters arrested at climate change rally
- Government of Canada okays WIND Mobile launch, overturning CRTC decision
- IOC posthumously awards its highest honor to late Vancouver Organizing Committee Chair
[edit] December 14
- Dubai receives bailout from Abu Dhabi
- Africa makes first draft version of UNCCC treaty, with harder goals
- Berlusconi to remain in hospital after assault
- Google mobile phone rumours ramp up
- Ryan Giggs named BBC Sports Personality of the Year
- Kaiane Aldorino wins Miss World competition
- Thirteen arrested in connection with Baghdad bombings
- Turkey bans pro-Kurdish party
[edit] December 15
- Guantanamo inmates to be transferred to Illinois
- Cyclone Mick wreaks havoc on Fiji
- Two killed as Islamic militants storm Philippine jail
- At least eight die in Afghan capital suicide bombing
- At least 22 killed in blast in central Pakistan
- Maori flag to fly along side the New Zealand Flag on Waitangi day
- WHO: Polio reemerging in Africa
[edit] December 16
- Volcano eruption in Philippines prompts evacuations
- Suicide bomber kills at least twenty in Pakistan town
- Payment pending; Canadian recording industry set for six billion penalties?
- Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" makes maiden flight
- Alleged tax-haven scheme linked to Canada's largest brokerage firm
[edit] December 17
- Suspected US drone strikes kill twelve in western Pakistan
- UK experiences first widespread snow of 2009
- Bombings in Iraq kill eight; many wounded
- Irish bishop resigns over child abuse scandal
- Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, dies at 53
- EU, Microsoft agree on browser ballot
[edit] December 18
[edit] December 19
- NASA flyby of Saturn moon Titan produces first image of liquid on another world
- London court jails man for killing wife with remote control
- US East Coast prepares for blizzard
- Copenhagen climate conference ends with "meaningful agreement"
- Students raise record amounts of money during Christmas fundraiser at Benet Academy, Illinois
- Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Jones dies at age 90
- Iraqi insurgents intercepted drone feeds using widely available software
- Sir Terry Wogan leaves BBC Radio 2 breakfast show
[edit] December 20
- American actress Brittany Murphy dies at age 32
- Rage Against The Machine top UK singles chart
- Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri dies
- Eurostar suspended due to cold weather
- US university Penn State wins 2009 NCAA Division I volleyball championship
- Democratic holdout agrees to support health care reform in US
[edit] December 21
- Yemen rebels accuse Saudi forces of killing 54 people
- Winter wonderland: the recent U.S. blizzard in photos
- Mortar exchange kills thirteen in Somali capital
- Madagascar leader names army officer as prime minister
- Macy's flagship store in New York evacuated due to fire
- Apartment fire in south London, England claims victim from smoke inhalation
- Second day of snow in UK, disruption continues
- Man killed in harbour car crash in Cornwall, England
[edit] December 22
- Scottish nurse loses appeal in murders of four patients in England
- UK Wikinews Shorts: December 22, 2009
- Mexico City legalises gay marriages
- Serbia to apply to join the EU
- US Senate advances health care reform bill
- China and Indonesia hail deal of Copenhagen summit
- Clashes between herders and farmers in Nigeria kill thirty
[edit] December 23
- UK Wikinews Shorts: December 23, 2009
- Controversy raised about 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics
- American Airlines plane overshoots runway in Jamaica; injuries reported
- Chinese dissident goes on trial for subversion
[edit] December 24
- U.S. Senate passes landmark health care reform bill
- American actor Arnold Stang dies at age 91
- UK Wikinews Shorts: December 24, 2009
- Illinois high school girls basketball: Geneva wins Benet-Naperville North tournament
- Mexican helicopter crash leaves soldier dead
- Closure of Guantánamo prison will take longer than expected
- Two killed, 47 injured in coach crash in Cornwall, England
- Israeli forensic institute illegally harvested organs in the '90s
[edit] December 25
[edit] December 26
- Guard rail kills ten in Malaysian bus crash
- Ship fire kills nine Greek and Filipino sailors in Caribbean Sea
- American actor Charlie Sheen arrested
- Pope attacked during Christmas Eve Mass
- China sentences dissident to eleven years in prison
- New regional jet takes off from St. Petersburg, Russia
- Terror alert in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai
- Failed bomb aboard Delta flight
[edit] December 27
- British Member of Parliament David Taylor dies
- German jet bound for US searched in Iceland after suitcase loaded without owner
- Deaths in Philippines ferry accidents
- Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up airliner
- Beirut car bomb targets Hamas official
- Two arrested, 40 dead in Indian bridge collapse
- Vietnam record drug seizure suspects convicted
[edit] December 28
- Elvish, Klingon and Na'vi: Constructed languages gain foothold in film
- Thailand begins repatriation of Hmong migrants to Laos
- Briton faces execution in China
- Run-off likely in Croatian presidential elections
- Finnish Olympic champion ski jumper arrested for attempted murder
[edit] December 29
- Somali pirates capture two ships
- Avenged Sevenfold drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan found dead at age 28
- US charges homeless man after plane stolen and crashed in Maryland
- British national Akmal Shaikh executed in China
- Fireworks found on US domestic flight
- Apartment block blaze kills nine in Mississippi, US
[edit] December 30
- Oldest duck in UK dies at age 22
- Gary Megson sacked as manager of Bolton Wanderers F.C
- Airline bombing suspect spent months in Yemen
- Twenty dead after double suicide bombing in Iraq
- Canadian Parliament suspended until March
- UK hostage Peter Moore released in Iraq
- Times Square shuts down due to suspicious vehicle
- California congressman George Radanovich to leave office
[edit] December 31
- 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocks San Diego and northern Mexico
- Afghan attack kills five Canadians
- Afghanistan suicide bomb leaves seven Americans dead
- Shooting in Finnish mall leaves four dead
- “Dr Death” Steve Williams, American professional wrestler, dies aged 49
- Icelandic government passes Icesave deal; €12,000 debt per citizen
