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Current events of
December 27, 2009
(
2009-12-27
)
(Sunday)
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A
consortium
led by
Korea Electric Power
gets a
US$
20.4-billion contract to build
nuclear power plants
in the
United Arab Emirates
, the largest-ever energy deal in the
Middle East
.
(
The Wall Street Journal
)
(
Korea Times
)
Officials in
Yemen
say top
Houthi
leader
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
has been killed
during an offensive
in the north of the country.
(Yemen News Agency)
(Reuters)
At least six people are dead and many missing after a ferry sinks off
Verde Island
near
Batangas
,
Philippines
, the second such disaster in as many days.
(GMA News.tv)
(
China Daily
)
Iran anti-government protest
:
The nephew of opposition leader
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
is killed by security forces in clashes with protestors.
(Reuters)
Iranian police clash with opposition protesters in central
Tehran
and other cities, with reports of some deaths.
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
Uzbekistan
holds a
parliamentary election
to elect members of the
Supreme Assembly
.
(Al Jazeera)
(Uzbekistan National News Agency)
(Reuters)
Croatia
holds a
presidential election
.
(BBC News)
(AFP)
A
tomb
, believed to be that of
Cao Cao
, one of the Chinese leaders during the
Three Kingdoms
period, is discovered in
Henan
Province.
(Xinhua)
(ABC)
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