Portal:Current events/2009 December 27
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December 27, 2009 (Sunday)
- A consortium led by Korea Electric Power gets a US$20.4-billion contract to build nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates, the largest-ever energy deal in the Middle East. (The Wall Street Journal) (Korea Times)
- Officials in Yemen say top Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has been killed during an offensive in the north of the country. (Yemen News Agency) (Reuters)
- At least six people are dead and many missing after a ferry sinks off Verde Island near Batangas, Philippines, the second such disaster in as many days. (GMA News.tv) (China Daily)
- Iran anti-government protest:
- The nephew of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi is killed by security forces in clashes with protestors. (Reuters)
- Iranian police clash with opposition protesters in central Tehran and other cities, with reports of some deaths. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- Uzbekistan holds a parliamentary election to elect members of the Supreme Assembly. (Al Jazeera) (Uzbekistan National News Agency) (Reuters)
- Croatia holds a presidential election. (BBC News) (AFP)
- A tomb, believed to be that of Cao Cao, one of the Chinese leaders during the Three Kingdoms period, is discovered in Henan Province. (Xinhua) (ABC)