Portal:Current events/2009 February 2
February 2, 2009 (Monday)
- The United States Senate confirms Eric Holder as Attorney General. (AP via Google News)
- U.S. department store Macy's announces it will cut 7,000 jobs. (CNNMoney)
- Muammar al-Gaddafi is elected Chairman of the African Union. (Reuters)
- A human rights protester throws a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University. (CNN)
- Nine people are killed when a hospital is shelled in Puthukkudiyiruppu, Sri Lanka. (BBC)
- Japan's Mount Asama erupts. (Reuters)
- Heavy snow across England closes London City Airport and one runway of Heathrow Airport and shuts down all public transport in London. (BBC)
- The International Criminal Court announces it will investigate Israeli war crimes possibly committed during Operation Cast Lead. (Jerusalem Post)
- Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says he will not deliberate with any group that does not recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization. (Al Jazeera)
- The Israel Defense Forces bomb the Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian rocket and mortar fire. (Al Jazeera)
- Wildcat strikes spread across the United Kingdom. (Sky News)