Portal:Current events/2009 January 23

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• The number of unique Internet users reached one billion in December 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10149534-93.html (CNET.com)]
• New York Governor David Paterson appoints Kirsten Gillibrand to Hillary Clinton's vacated United States Senate seat. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/nyregion/24assess.html?_r=1&hp (New York Times)]
• Japan launches the world's first greenhouse-gas-monitoring satellite, Ibuki, from the Tanegashima Space Center. [https://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUST44020090123 (Reuters)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/23/japan.rocket.launch/ (CNN)]
• A school shooting in northern Norway leaves two people dead, including the gunman. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Norway-School-Shooting-Two-People-Have-Been-Shot-At-A-School-In-Norway/Article/200901415208972?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_3&lid=ARTICLE_15208972_Norway_School_Shooting%3A_Two_People_Have_Been_Shot_At_A_School_In_Norway (Sky News)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0123/norway.html (RTE News)]
• Hamas accuses rival faction Fatah of spying for Israel during the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/22/gaza.hamas/index.html (CNN)]
• National Congress and Tutsi leader Laurent Nkunda is arrested in Rwanda. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28807477/ (MSNBC)]
• Two children and one adult are stabbed to death in an attack on a crèche in Belgium. [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Dendermonde-Belgium-Children-And-Adult-Killed-In-Knife-Attack-At-Creche-According-To-Media/Article/200901415209143?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15209143_Dendermonde_Belgium%3A_Children_And_Adult_Killed_In_Knife_Attack_At_Creche_According_To_Media (Sky News)]
• The 30-man crew of Chinese cargo ship Zhenhua 4 receives US$10,000 each after repelling Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/23/content_10709480.htm (Xinhua)]
• The United Kingdom enters a recession. [http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/uk-falls-into-recession-first-time-in-18-yrs/21/09/53560/on (Business Standard)]

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