Portal:Current events/2009 September 9
September 9, 2009 (Wednesday)
- US Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) interrupts President Barack Obama's health care speech to the Congress with an audible shout of "You lie!" (New York Times)
- Aeroméxico Flight 576, a Boeing 737 carrying 104 people, is hijacked shortly after take-off from Cancún, and forced to land at Mexico City International Airport. (BBC News)
- Floods in Istanbul, the worst in 80 years, kill around 20 people and injure a further 20. (Today's Zaman) (Reuters)
- The Democratic Party of Japan agrees to form a coalition with two other parties, the Social Democratic Party and People's New Party. (Mainichi Shimbun) (BBC) (Xinhua)
- South Korea accuses North Korea of deliberately releasing water from a dam across the Korean Demilitarized Zone, in which six people died. (Xinhua) (Yonhap) (Associated Press)
- Iranian authorities close the offices of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, confiscating material. (Al Jazeera) (Press TV)
- A new series of hypodermic needle stabbings occur in Ürümqi, northwestern China. (China Daily) (Press Trust of India) (Press TV) (The Straits Times)
- The son of former Filipino President Corazon Aquino, Benigno Aquino III, announces his intention to run for the presidency. (The Philippine Inquirier) (CNN) (The Australian)
- North Korea holds celebrations to mark the 61st anniversary of its founding. (CBC) (The Straits Times)
- Stephen Farrell, a journalist with The New York Times, is rescued in northern Afghanistan after four days as a captive of the Taliban, but his Afghan colleague Mohammad Sultan Munadi is shot dead during the raid. (The Irish Times)
- "Beatles Day" is celebrated worldwide as remastered versions of The Beatles' albums are released, as well as The Beatles: Rock Band. (Newsday)