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Current topics
- Russian state-controlled supplier Gazprom cuts off gas deliveries to Ukraine, with several European countries reporting a fall in supplies.
- John Atta Mills (pictured) of the National Democratic Congress is elected President of Ghana.
- The 2009 Dakar Rally, the first to take place outside of Europe and Africa, begins in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- The Sri Lankan military seizes control of Kilinochchi, the de facto capital of the Tamil Tigers.
- Slovakia adopts the euro, replacing the koruna, and becomes the 16th member of the Eurozone.
- In Bangkok, Thailand, a fire at a nightclub kills 61 people and injures 212.
- The discovery of a bed of dinosaur fossils near Zhucheng in Shandong, China, believed to be the world's largest fossil site, is announced.
- Israeli and Hamas forces resume fighting in Gaza after a six-month ceasefire.