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January 22, 2009
(
2009-01-22
)
(Thursday)
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Hamas
announces it will distribute maximums of
€
4,000 to families seriously affected by the
recent conflict
in the
Gaza Strip
.
(Reuters)
Israel
prepares to defend itself against accusations of
war crimes
in its
conflict
with
Hamas
.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
United States
President
Barack Obama
will close
Guantánamo Bay
Naval Base
's
detention camp
within one year and bans
torture
.
(BBC)
Microsoft
announces it will
cut
5,000 jobs, due to a rapid decline in demand for
personal computers
.
(
New York Times
)
Pope
Benedict XVI
will rescind the
excommunications
of
four bishops
consecrated
in
1988
by
French
Archbishop
Marcel Lefebvre
.
(AP via Google News)
Iceland
's
National Police
uses
teargas
against
protesters
for the first time since anti-
NATO
riots
in
1949
.
(AP via Google News)
Pakistan
arrests seven
militants
in
Peshawar
in connection with the
London
bombings
of July 7, 2005.
(AFP via News Limited)
Two
Sanlu Group
executives are
sentenced to death
for endangering
public safety
during
China
's
2008
milk scandal
.
(Sky News)
General Motors
receives
a second
loan
installment of
US$
5.4 billion.
(MSNBC)
Nominees
for the
81st Academy Awards
are announced.
(BBC)
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