Portal:Current events/2009 December 8

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Japan unveils a new ¥7.2 trillion (US$80.6 billion) stimulus package to strengthen the country's economy amid signs it is weakening. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8400836.stm (BBC)] [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20091209a1.html (Japan Times)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113172§ionid=3510213 (Press TV)]
Anti-government protests in Iran continue at universities for a second day, with over 200 arrests. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113204§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)] [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/12/08/2nd-day-of-student-protests-rock-Iran/UPI-39251260309766/ (UPI)] [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=109574 (Lebanon Daily Star)]
Gunmen in Honduras shoot dead the head of the country's anti-drug trafficking unit, Julian Aristides Gonzalez. [http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=348623&CategoryId=23558 (Latin American Herald Tribune)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20091213050802/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/honduras-senior-anti-drugs-official-murdered (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)]
For the second time in as many years, CBS cancels a United States-produced soap opera, this time As the World Turns after 54 years, in effect putting Procter & Gamble, the creators of said genre, out of that business. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=ajBOueHZNgoU (Bloomberg News)]
President of Serbia Boris Tadić, his sports minister and ФСС/FSS chief Tomislav Karadzic are punished for breaking FIFA's strict no-alcohol policy at the Stadion Crvena Zvezda on 10 October. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1208/serbia.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/offbeat/president-fined-for-world-cup-drink-14589994.html (The Belfast Telegraph)]
The ruling junta in Guinea announces it has arrested 60 people so far for attempting to kill leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8402129.stm (BBC)] [http://apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=113155 (African Press Agency)]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Eight children are killed and a further 26 injured in a stampede at a school in Xiangtan, Hunan, in central China. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/08/content_9138262.htm (China Daily)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6948299.ece (The Times)] [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/8-killed--26-injured-in-China-school-stampede/551461 (Indian Express)]
A series of earthquakes and aftershocks kill a 1 year old child and injure several other people in northern Malawi. [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B70KC20091208 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8401720.stm (BBC)]
A Cambodian court sentences a Thai man on charges of spying for Thailand to 7 years imprisonment. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120427054341/http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=13176 (Thai News Agency)] [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aca4612e-e405-11de-b2a9-00144feab49a.html (Financial Times)]
Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, the world's first commercial spacecraft, is officially unveiled in the Mojave Desert, California. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6761213/Richard-Branson-unveils-Virgin-Galactics-spaceship-Enterprise.html (The Daily Telegraph)]
Bombings in Iraq kill over 100 people. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126025979660281539.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories (Wall Street Journal)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/12/200912881156299629.html (Al Jazeera)]
Burmese authorities burn US$93 million worth of seized narcotic drugs at a ceremony in eastern Shan State. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/08/content_12612880.htm (Xinhua)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Myanmar-destroys-seized-drugs-worth-93million/articleshow/5315270.cms (Times of India)]

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