Portal:Current events/2009 February 28
February 28, 2009 (Saturday)
- Carpatair Flight 128 – a Saab 2000 bound for Timişoara, Romania, from Chişinău, Moldova, and carrying 51 people – makes an emergency landing at Traian Vuia International Airport without its forward landing gear. (Phillyburbs)[permanent dead link]
- Burma's government announces it will allow Rohingyas who have fled to neighboring countries to return only if they identify themselves as Bengalis. (BBC)
- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao holds the first online discussion with Internet users before the National People's Congress's annual plenary session. (People's Daily)
- The Standing Committee of China's NPC approves the Food Safety Law, which will enhance supervision and strengthen quality standards. (Xinhua)
- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a state of emergency, due to severe drought. (BBC)
- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe vows to continue his policy of distributing land from white to black farmers. (BBC)
- Colombia's military kills ten and captures eight Revolutionary Armed Forces members in Cundinamarca. (BBC)
- A gene linked to a genetic motor neurone disease is discovered. (BBC)
- Bangladesh's Army finds more mass graves where Bangladesh Rifles mutinied in Dhaka. (BBC)
- The Holy See claims that the Roman Catholic Church's number of priests is slowly rising. (BBC)