Portal:Current events/2009 January 9
January 9, 2009 (Friday)
- Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to have climbed Mount Everest died whilst climbing in the French Alps
- Israel and Hamas ignore the United Nations Security Council's call for a ceasefire in the conflict in the Gaza Strip. (UNNewsCentre)
- Microsoft Corporation releases the beta version of its Windows 7 operating system. (BusinessWeek)
- India faces a major shortage of petroleum products as a strike by employees of the Indian Oil Corporation and 14 other PSUs enters its third day. (CNN-IBN)
- The House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Illinois votes 114–1 to impeach embattled Governor Rod Blagojevich. (CNN)
- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. (CNN)
- Piracy in Somalia:
- The MV Sirius Star, a supertanker seized in the world's largest hijacking, is released with 2,000,000 barrels (320,000 m3) of oil and all 25 crew members unharmed after a US$3 million ransom is paid. (Guardian)
- The Iranian-chartered wheat-carrying vessel MV Desire is released with 25 crew members unharmed. (Xinhua)