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Archive 2009

News stories

- Deadly jellyfish stings on paradise island
  30 December 2009
- New taxis to reduce pollution in Cairo
  23 December 2009
- Auschwitz sign recovered
  21 December 2009
- Santa Claus is too unhealthy
  18 December 2009
- Original Eiffel Tower steps for sale
  14 December 2009
- Transgender teenager sues McDonald's
  9 December 2009
- Copenhagen summit opens
  7 December 2009
- US-Russia nuclear agreement close
  4 December 2009
- Catching loneliness from the lonely
  2 December 2009
- New guidelines for fighting HIV
  30 November 2009
- 'Trousers woman' defies travel ban
  25 November 2009
- Ghost rainforest in London
  16 November 2009
- Language after stroke
  13 November 2009
- Statues on the move at Thai airport
  11 November 2009
- New medical careers for Sherpas
  9 November 2009
- Jurassic fossil discovery
  2 November 2009
- UK crop research
  28 October 2009
- Japanese pop star goes on trial
  26 October 2009
- Silent phone calls
  23 October 2009
- Hunger in India
  19 October 2009
- Flooding apology
  14 October 2009
- Why do we sleep?
  9 October 2009
- Obama's decision on Afghan troops
  7 October 2009
- Arctic warmest in two millennia
  5 October 2009
- Money for code-breaking site
  30 September 2009
- Merkel enters coalition talks
  28 September 2009
- UN: Improve literacy in Africa
  25 September 2009
- Royal charity action role
  23 September 2009
- Former French Prime Minister on trial
  21 September 2009
- Mary Queen of Scots' last letter
  18 September 2009
- Peruvian mummy found
  16 September 2009
- Planes cause rise in CO2 targets
  11 September 2009
- Future of US space travel uncertain
  9 September 2009
- Japan to cut harmful emissions
  7 September 2009
- Paris one-way traffic trouble
  2 September 2009
- Multitasking harmful to productivity
  31 August 2009
- Bangladeshi police makeover
  26 August 2009
- Controversial census in Kenya
  24 August 2009
- Jackson's birthday burial
  19 August 2009
- Bomb attack in Russia
  17 August 2009
- Brazil TV crime
  12 August 2009
- Deadly storms in East Asia
  10 August 2009
- Malaysian crimefighters: fit or fat?
  5 August 2009
- Former Philippine leader dies
  3 August 2009
- Smiles all around on Japan trains
  31 July 2009
- Summer fires in Europe
  29 July 2009
- West African internet conference
  27 July 2009
- East Africa gets high-speed internet
  24 July 2009
- Unlucky solar eclipse
  22 July 2009
- Stornoway starts Sunday sailing
  20 July 2009
- Missing backpacker is found
  15 July 2009
- Japan calls for August election
  13 July 2009
- How mice went global
  8 July 2009
- World's oldest Bible put online
  6 July 2009
- UK's first atheist summer camp
  1 July 2009
- Honduras curfew
  29 June 2009
- Greenland self-rule
  22 June 2009
- Acropolis Museum row
  17 June 2009
- Iran opposition rally
  15 June 2009
- Millionth English word imminent
  10 June 2009
- North Korea jails US journalists
  8 June 2009
- Far right gains in Holland
  5 June 2009
- Drug trafficking grannies
  1 June 2009
- Illegal downloads
  29 May 2009
- North Korea abandons ceasefire
  27 May 2009
- Working protects against dementia
  25 May 2009
- Many die in Indonesian air crash
  20 May 2009
- Tall people earn more
  18 May 2009
- Belgian city goes veggie
  13 May 2009
- Civilian casualties in Sri Lanka
  11 May 2009
- US Afghan Strikes
  6 May 2009
- Disappearing languages
  4 May 2009
- Thai effeminate priests
  29 April 2009
- Europe's first swine flu case
  27 April 2009
- South Africa goes to the polls
  22 April 2009
- Civilians escape fighting in Sri Lanka
  20 April 2009
- Somali pirates strike again
  15 April 2009
- Washington Aids epidemic
  13 April 2009
- Earthquake rescue continues
  8 April 2009
- Leaders gather for G20 summit
  1 April 2009
- Romania crisis aid
  27 March 2009
- Israel to form coalition
  25 March 2009
- Peru water shortages
  23 March 2009
- Compensation for night-shifters
  16 March 2009
- Acidic oceans destroying sea life
  11 March 2009
- Obama to fund stem cell research
  9 March 2009
- Gordon Brown addresses Congress
  4 March 2009
- President of Guinea-Bissau is killed
  2 March 2009
- Turkish plane crashes in Holland
  25 February 2009
- Learning English with Obama
  23 February 2009
- Venezuelan leader wins key reform
  16 February 2009
- More US troops to Afghanistan
  18 February 2009
- Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister
  11 February 2008
- UK hit by heavy snow
  2 February 2009
- Cloned dog
  28 January 2009
- Obama first day
  21 January 2008
- Fragile peace returns to Gaza
  19 January 2009.
- Arabic T-shirt payout
  7 January 2009

Business stories

- China's economy is growing
  11 December 2009
- Dubai dream turns sour
  27 November 2009
- India to import rice grains
  20 November 2009
- Business in Africa to change
  6 November 2009
- US economy grows
  30 October 2009
- EU, South Korea free trade deal
  16 October 2009
- Most valuable brands
  2 October 2009
- TV pirates
  4 September 2009
- Porsche probe
  28 August 2009
- US, Swiss agree UBS tax deal
  21 August 2009
- Mobile homes for LAX pilots
  14 August 2009
- German economy recovering
  7 August 2009
- Call for change in UK banking system
  17 July 2009
- Rio Tinto executives accused of bribery
  10 July 2009
- Schwarzenegger declares budget crisis
  3 July 2009
- Canada seal cull dwindles
  19 June 2009
- US prepares for digital switchover
  12 June 2009
- Bing launch
  3 June 2009
- BA's record losses
  22 May 2009
- Chrysler loses quarter of dealers
  15 May 2009
- US banks fail 'stress tests'
  8 May 2009
- China doubles gold reserves
  1 May 2009
- Ministers tackle financial crisis
  24 April 2009
- Japan pledges $1bn to Pakistan
  17 April 2009
- Unemployment in Britain rises
  10 April 2009
- The G20 have agreed a $1tn deal
  3 April 2009
- US bonus tax at 90%
  20 March 2009
- Tax havens to ease bank secrecy
  13 March 2009
- China deficit biggest in 60 years
  6 March 2009
- Production gloom in Japan
  27 February 2009
- China faces drop in recruitment
  20 February 2009
- Microsoft offers reward for bug creator
  13 February 2009
- Toyota triples year loss forecast
  6 February 2009
- UK refinery strike
  30 January 2009
- Sony's first loss in 14 years
  23 January 2009.
- US banks bailout
  16 January 2009.
- Russian gas deal close
  9 January 2009

Sports, Arts & Entertainment stories

- Oprah's show to end
  23 November 2009
- 'Inappropriate' hospital dramas criticised
  18 November 2009
- Monty Python in US election row
  4 October 2009
- Hollywood films in Georgia
  21 October 2009
- Edgar Poe's second send-off
  12 October 2009
- Clijsters wins US Open
  14 September 2009
- Music legend Michael Jackson dies
  26 June 2009
- Wimbledon 2009 gets underway
  24 June 2009
- Confucius the movie
  6 April 2009
- Football fans killed in stadium crush
  30 March 2009
- Pakistani cricket tour postponed
  18 March 2009
- Success at Baftas
  9 February 2009
- West Indies' first white player
  4 February 2009
- Mixed footie match angers Iran
  26 January 2009
- Controversy over Czech EU art
  14 January 2009
- Slumdog Millionaire Golden Globe triumph
  12 January 2009
- Hollywood economy worries
  5 January 2009
- New words
  2 January 2009

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