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Current events of
January 28, 2009
(
2009-01-28
)
(Wednesday)
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The
United States House of Representatives
passes the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
.
(
The New York Times
)
Winter storms
across the
Midwestern
United States
have killed 19 people and cut
electricity
to 600,000 homes and businesses from
Oklahoma
to
West Virginia
.
(Reuters via News Daily)
(ABC News)
A former
New South Wales
Police Force
superintendent
claims there was an attempted
assassination
of
Queen Elizabeth II
at
Bowenfels railway station
during a
1970
Royal Tour
of
Australia
.
(AFP via Google News)
Israel
bombards
smuggling
tunnels
along the
Gaza Strip
-
Egypt
border
in response to continued
militant
rocket
fire.
(Sky News)
Sri Lankan
Civil War
:
The
Army
kills at least 300 and wounds at least 300
Tamil people
in
Mullaitivu District
.
(AOL)
At least 250,000
civilians
are trapped in the crossfire between the
Armed Forces
and the
Tamil Tigers
.
(CNN)
The
U.S.
National Transportation Safety Board
prepares its final report on the
2007
collision
between two news
helicopters
in
Phoenix
,
Arizona
.
(AZCentral.com)
(AP via Google News)
Boeing
announces it will
cut
10,000 jobs.
(BBC)
Lithuanian
flag carrier
FlyLAL
declares
bankruptcy
.
(
Baltic Times
)
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