Portal:Current events/2009 February 11

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• Economy of the United States:
• The budget deficit reached US$84 billion in January 2009, due to the financial crisis. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/US-Jan-budget-deficit-840/story.aspx?guid={66E74623-DEBF-4E6C-A12D-944D8134F66A} (Market Watch)]
• The Senate and House of Representatives reach a compromise on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. [https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE51A61L20090211 (Reuters)]
• The number of worldwide connections to cellular networks reaches four billion. [https://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51A2I820090211 (Reuters)]
• Azerbaijan Air Force Lieutenant General Rail Rzayev is killed in Baku. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7882911.stm (BBC)]
• Palestinian militants launch four mortar shells and one Qassam rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israel. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213222232/http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063392.html (Haaretz)]
• Movement for Democratic Change President Morgan Tsvangirai becomes Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7882762.stm (BBC)]
• A mysterious deposit of cosmic dust is discovered inside the Red Rectangle Nebula. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123749/ (MSNBC)]
• Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announces the discovery of a 16th-century mass grave at the Tlatelolco archaeological site in Mexico City. [https://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE51A0J920090211 (Reuters)]
• Twenty-seven people die during a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Afghanistan-Suicide-Bomb-Blast-In-Government-Building-As-Gun-Battle-Rages-Near-Palace/Article/200902215220659?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15220659_Afghanistan_Suicide_Bomb_Blast_In_Government_Building_As_Gun_Battle_Rages_Near_Palace (Sky News)]
• Chinese fishing vessels desert the Northern Limit Line, signaling a possible North Korean missile test. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE51A0BO20090211 (Reuters)]
• An oil tanker and a container ship collide off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jID0IyS1a_L_t6XAyInTk16FMCagD968PVJG0 (AP via Google News)]
• The Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources rescues more than 200 dolphins after a mass beaching in Bataan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213203732/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090210-188464/Hundreds-of-dolphins-saved-in-Bataan (Philippine Daily Inquirer)]
• U.S. Democrat John Dingell of Michigan becomes the House of Representatives' longest-serving member. [https://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/02/john_dingell_longest_serving_h.html (NPR)]
• Oscar Temaru is elected President of French Polynesia for the fourth time in five years. [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=44774 (RNZI)]
• The United Kingdom's Conservative Party admits to altering the Italian painter Titian's Wikipedia entry following a confrontation with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7884121.stm (BBC)]
• Renowned Molecular Biologist Dr Abdul Majid Cheema escaped death when unknown armed men opened fire on his vehicle on Quetta,Pakistan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707114833/http://www.allvoices.com/news/2484493/s/28479265-balochistan-varsity-official-escapes-unhurt-in-attack]

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