Portal:Current events/2009 August 9
- South African opposition parties call on President Jacob Zuma to withdraw Sandile Ngcobo as Chief Justice because he failed to consult the opposition and Judicial Service Committee. (The Times)[permanent dead link]
- A million people are evacuated in southeastern
- A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits Tokyo and eastern Japan. (Nikkei)[permanent dead link] (Press Association) (Reuters)
- Tonga raises the death toll from the MV Princess Ashika sinking to 93. (Bloomberg) (Matangi Tonga)
- Three bombs explode on the island of
- At least 43 people are feared dead after a massive mudslide sweeps away three hamlets in northern India. (CNN) (RTÉ)
- A China is diverted to Kandahar, Afghanistan after an earlier alleged bomb threat. (Associated Press) (Xinhua) (BBC)
- Former swine flu. (Irish Examiner) (Expatica)
- A senior General from the
- A
- The last of three men who escaped from a Belgian jail on board a hijacked helicopter are recaptured in Morocco. (BBC) (People's Daily online) (The New York Times)
- Seventeen people, including five children, are killed when a crowded bus crashes into a ditch after being side-swiped by an oncoming heavy truck in Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe. (IOL)