Portal:Current events/2009 February 24
February 24, 2009 (Tuesday)
- United States President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress. (BBC)
- The U.S. Senate confirms Hilda Solis as the Secretary of Labor. (USA Today)
- Two people are killed and 28 injured in an apartment-building fire in New York City's Chinatown. (UPI)
- Iraq's National Museum reopens for the first time since being looted during the U.S. Armed Forces' invasion in 2003. (Al Jazeera)
- Six people and an infant are injured in a shooting during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, United States. (San Francisco Chronicle) (BBC)
- Sweden's government announces the engagement of Crown Princess Victoria and personal trainer Daniel Westling. (The Local)
- The National Front marches on Thailand's Government House, demanding an early election. (Bloomberg)
- The Taliban announces a ceasefire in its war in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley. (Reuters)
- NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory lands in the Pacific Ocean near Antarctica after failing to reach Earth's orbit. (Sky News)
- Ireland's Stock Exchange falls to its lowest level since 1995. (RTÉ)
- Gardaí from Ireland's Criminal Investigation Bureau conduct a search for illegal documentation at the Anglo Irish Bank headquarters in Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin. (RTÉ)
- Iraq's Police Service kills an Iraqi interpreter and injures at least three U.S. soldiers in Mosul. (BBC)
- At least 15 people are killed and 90 injured in heavy fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia. (BBC)
- U.S. President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pledge to cooperate in stimulating economic demand and combating protectionism. (BBC)
- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agree to cooperate in reviving nuclear power in Italy. (BBC)
- Teachers in Zimbabwe will end their strike action upon receiving government aid. (BBC)