Portal:Current events/2008 February 9
February 9, 2008 (Saturday)
- Writers Guild of America strike (2007–present): Hollywood writers reach tentative agreement with the major movie studios. (The Washington Post)
- 2008 United States presidential election:
- Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee wins the Kansas Republican Party caucus and the Louisiana primary. (The Washington Post) (Reuters)
- Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins Democratic Party caucuses in Nebraska, Washington and the U.S. Virgin Islands and the primary in Louisiana. (AP via Yahoo! News)
- Arizona Senator John McCain wins the Washington Republican primary. (The Oregonian)
- A suicide bomber kills 20 people at an opposition rally in Pakistan. (AFP)[permanent dead link]
- A fire at Camden Market in London, England forces the evacuation of residents. The London Ambulance Service reports no casualties. (BBC News)
- The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to change the Constitution of Turkey removing a ban on wearing religious head cover in Turkish universities. (The New York Times)
- The military government of Myanmar announces a national referendum to pass a new constitution will be held in May, and that democratic multi-party elections will take place in 2010. (CNN)
- The February 9th Killer rapes, and strangles Damiana Castillo in West Valley City, Utah, USA.