Portal:Current events/2009 February 25

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• The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that 15,000 refugees have fled from southern Darfur to the Zam Zam refugee camp in the north. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/26/darfur.refugees/index.html?eref=edition (CNN)]
• U.S. President Barack Obama nominates former Washington Governor Gary Locke to serve as the next Secretary of Commerce. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-commerce-nomination0225,0,6132027.story (Baltimore Sun)]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• An improvised explosive device kills three British Army soldiers in the Gerishk District of Afghanistan's Helmand Province. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/afghanistan.deaths/ (CNN)]
• Three people set themselves on fire near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7909569.stm (BBC)]
• Iran tests its first nuclear power plant at Bushehr. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/25/iran-reactor-bushehr-trial (Guardian)]
• Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, killing nine people and injuring 84. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7909683.stm (BBC)]
• The Bangladesh Rifles mutiny in Dhaka, killing one person and injuring eight. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jAAcSqn2DUgFEZ9270SF7tSlv-jg (AFP via Google News)]
• Antarctica's subglacial Gamburtsev Mountain Range is mapped. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7908824.stm (BBC)]
• Two thousand Gardaí protest against Ireland's government at Dublin's Leinster House. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0225/pension.html (RTÉ)]
• A bus crashes in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 35 people and injuring 15. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7909330.stm (BBC)]
• The Special Court for Sierra Leone convicts three Revolutionary United Front commanders of war crimes and crimes against humanity during an 11-year civil war. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7910841.stm (BBC)]
• Former Estonian Police Chief Herman Simm is jailed for 12.5 years for selling classified information on NATO to Russia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7910814.stm (BBC)]
• Serbia suspends 11 Belgrade corrections officers for aiding the escape of assassin Milorad Ulemek. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7910913.stm (BBC)]
• Japan's exports plunged 45.7% in January 2009. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7909248.stm (BBC)]
• The U.S. State Department criticizes China's human rights record. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7911226.stm (BBC)]
• Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab seizes Hudur, Somalia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7909880.stm (BBC)]
• The U.S. arrests 750 people in a national crackdown on Mexican drug cartels. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7911468.stm (BBC)]
• A Syrian arms dealer is jailed for 30 years for conspiring to sell weapons to Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7909411.stm (BBC)]
• Former Indian Communications Minister Sukhram is jailed for three years for corruption. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7910204.stm (BBC)]
• An Australian study classifies a fossilized fish as one of the earliest known vertebrates to use internal fertilization. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7909984.stm (BBC)]
• Iraq's Council of Representatives lifts the immunity of Mohammed al-Dayni, an MP accused of organizing the 2007 bombing of Parliament. [http://english.aljazeera.com/news/articles/34/Iraq_Hunts_Fugitive_MP_in_Parliament_Bombing.html (Al-Jazeera)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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