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Israeli ground forces enter Gaza after a week of airstrikes against Hamas in the area.
John Atta Mills (pictured) of the National Democratic Congress is elected President of Ghana.
The 2009 Dakar Rally, the first to take place outside of Europe and Africa, begins in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Sri Lankan military seizes control of Kilinochchi, the de facto capital of the Tamil Tigers.
Slovakia adopts the euro, replacing the koruna, and becomes the 16th member of the Eurozone.
In Bangkok, Thailand, a fire at a nightclub kills 61 people and injures 212.
The discovery of a bed of dinosaur fossils near Zhucheng in Shandong, China, believed to be the world's largest fossil site, is announced.

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January 6, 2009 (Tuesday)

University students in Kathmandu, Nepal, protest against the government's decision to replace Indian head priests at Pashupatinath Temple with Nepali priests. (CNN-IBN)
The Indian Army continues to battle Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Bhatidhar forest of Jammu and Kashmir for more than 100 hours now. (CNN-IBN)

January 6, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 5, 2009 (Monday)

A fourth bomb targeting EnCana Corporation gas pipelines is detonated outside the community of Tomslake, British Columbia, Canada, making it the first bombing since the three original blasts in October 2008. (CBC)
Al Franken is certified as the winner of Minnesota's senatorial election recount, increasing the Democratic Party's majority in the United States Senate to 59–41. (AP)(Bloomberg)

January 5, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 4, 2009 (Sunday)

A suicide bombing kills six people and injures 20 in Dera Ismail Khan, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. (CNN)
A suicide bombing outside a Shia shrine in northern Baghdad kills at least 40 people and wounds at least 72. (The New York Times)
A series of earthquakes up to 7.6 in magnitude strike the Indonesian province of West Papua, killing at least four people and wounding at least 37. (BBC News)
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson withdraws his nomination to be the United States' next Secretary of Commerce because of an ongoing federal investigation into possible pay-to-play politics. (Reuters)
United States President-elect Barack Obama nominates Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to be the Democratic National Committee's next chairman. (CNN)

January 4, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 3, 2009 (Saturday)

National Democratic Congress candidate John Atta Mills wins Ghana's 2008 presidential election after narrowly defeating Nana Akufo-Addo of the incumbent New Patriotic Party in a run-off. (BBC News)
An Israeli airstrike on the mosque in the Gaza Strip village of Beit Lahia kills at least 13 people and injures others. (CNN)
Israel's Defense Forces launch a ground attack on the Gaza Strip. (BBC News) (New York Times)
The 2009 Dakar Rally begins in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Motorsport)

January 3, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 2, 2009 (Friday)

A Swedish charter aircraft with 150 passengers touches down at Baghdad International Airport, becoming the first European commercial flight to land there since 1990. (AFP via Google News)
2008 SLA Northern offensive: The Sri Lankan Army captures the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital of Kilinochchi. (BBC)
Ethiopia withdraws its military forces from Somalia after two years of helping the Transitional Federal Government combat insurgents. (BBC)
Luis Fortuño is sworn in as Governor of Puerto Rico. (AP)
Maria de Jesus, the world's oldest person, dies in her home in Portugal at age 115. (BBC)

January 2, 2009 Wikinews articles

January 1, 2009 (Thursday)

An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip city of Jabalia kills senior Hamas military commander Nizar Rayan and six members of his family. (The Guardian)
At least five people die and more than 50 are injured in serial bombings in Guwahati, India. (CNN-IBN)
Gazprom halts deliveries of natural gas to Ukraine after negotiations over prices fail. (RIA Novosti) (Reuters)
Slovakia adopts the euro and becomes the 16th member of the Eurozone. (Reuters) (BBC)
Virgin Galactic and the U.S. state of New Mexico sign a US$150-250 million agreement to launch sub-orbital commercial space flights at Spaceport America, near Las Cruces and Truth or Consequences. (Space.com)
A nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand, kills 61 people and injures more than 200. (AP via Google News)

January 1, 2009 Wikinews articles

December 31, 2008 (Wednesday)

Several bombs and further threats by a disgruntled resident lead police to evacuate downtown Aspen, Colorado, United States. (New York Times)
Israel rejects a proposed stoppage of Operation Cast Lead that would also have ceased rocket attacks from Hamas so humanitarian aid could be delivered to affected areas in the Gaza Strip. (Bloomberg)
A car bomb explodes in Bilbao, Spain, and is blamed on Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, a Basque nationalist and separatist organisation. (CNN)
One of the world's biggest accumulations of dinosaur fossils is found near Zhucheng, China. (Reuters), (BBC)

December 31, 2008 Wikinews articles

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Recent deaths
January 5: Carl Pohlad 5: Griffin Bell 4: Lei Clijsters 3: Pat Hingle 3: Sir Alan Walters 2: Maria de Jesus 1: Willard Warren Scott, Jr. 1: Edmund Purdom 1: Claiborne Pell 1: Helen Suzman 1: Nizar Rayan December 31: Donald E. Westlake 30: Bernie Hamilton 29: Freddie Hubbard 27: Robert Graham 27: Jaafar of Malaysia 26: Justin Eilers 26: Gösta Krantz 25: Eartha Kitt 24: Samuel P. Huntington 24: Harold Pinter

Ongoing conflicts
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Elections
Recent December 7 December: Ghana, President (1^st Round) and Parliament 10 December: Switzerland, Federal Council 14 December: Turkmenistan, Parliament (1^st Round) 28 December: Ghana, President (2^nd Round) 28 December: Turkmenistan, Parliament (2^nd Round) 29 December: Bangladesh, General Upcoming January 18 January: El Salvador, Parliament 25 January: Bolivia, Constitutional referendum

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Chee Soon Juan and others Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Rod Blagojevich U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Bernard L. Madoff U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China (Taiwan): Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector

Upcoming holidays and observances
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