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Current events of
August 9, 2009
(
2009-08-09
)
(Sunday)
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South African
opposition parties call on
President
Jacob Zuma
to withdraw
Sandile Ngcobo
as
Chief Justice
because he failed to consult the opposition and
Judicial Service Committee
.
(
The Times
)
Sri Lanka
's governing
coalition
wins in
Jaffna
but suffers a surprise defeat in
Vavuniya
in the country's first post-war
local elections
.
(BBC)
(AFP)
A million people are evacuated in southeastern
China
as
Typhoon Morakot
approaches.
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
(Xinhua)
(AFP)
A 6.9
magnitude
earthquake hits
Tokyo
and eastern
Japan
.
(Nikkei)
(Press Association)
(Reuters)
Tonga
raises the death toll from the
MV
Princess Ashika
sinking to 93.
(Bloomberg)
(
Matangi Tonga
)
Three bombs explode on the island of
Majorca
,
Spain
.
(Bloomberg)
(BBC)
(RTÉ)
At least 43 people are feared dead after a massive mudslide sweeps away three hamlets in northern
India
.
(CNN)
(RTÉ)
A
Kam Air
plane bound for the
Xinjiang Autonomous Region
in northwestern
China
is diverted to
Kandahar
,
Afghanistan
after an earlier alleged bomb threat.
(Associated Press)
(Xinhua)
(BBC)
Former
Taoiseach
of
Ireland
Garret FitzGerald
is among twenty Irish nationals who are quarantined at a
French
chateau due to
swine flu
.
(
Irish Examiner
)
(
Expatica
)
A senior General from the
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard
calls for opposition leaders
Mohammad Khatami
,
Mir Hossein Mousavi
and
Mehdi Karroubi
to stand
trial
.
(
Gulf Times
)
(Press TV)
A
same-sex marriage
demonstration occurs outside the
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
in
Dublin
.
(
The Irish Times
)
(RTÉ)
The last of three men who escaped from a
Belgian
jail on board a hijacked helicopter are recaptured in
Morocco
.
(BBC)
(
People's Daily online
)
(
The New York Times
)
Seventeen people, including five children, are killed when a crowded bus crashes into a ditch after being side-swiped by an oncoming heavy truck in
Mount Darwin
,
Zimbabwe
.
(IOL)
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