Portal:Current events/2009 February 20
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February 20, 2009 (Friday)
- The Tamil Tigers aerially attack Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing two people and injuring at least 40 others. (Reuters)
- The United States will return Benyam Mohammed to the United Kingdom after four years of imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base's detention camp. (BBC)
- Israel seizes 425 acres of Palestinian Authority state land in the West Bank for a Jewish settlement. (AP via Google News)
- Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis and his government resign. (Bloomberg)
- Gold futures reclaim the US$1,000-an-ounce mark. (MarketWatch)
- New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenas Bank of America Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lewis for misleading investors during the purchase of Merrill Lynch. (Wall Street Journal)
- Saab Automobile files for bankruptcy protection. (MarketWatch)
- Israeli President Shimon Peres selects Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu to form the country's next government. (Ynetnews)
- A suicide attack kills 25 people in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. (BBC)
- Forty-seven people are injured when a Northwest Airlines flight from the Philippines to Japan experiences severe turbulence. (BBC)
- India investigates several deaths caused by the hepatitis B virus in the western state of Gujarat. (BBC)