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{{*mp|February 8}} An [[airplane]] '''[[2009 Amazonian airplane crash|crashes]]''' near [[Manaus]], the capital of [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]], [[Brazil]], killing 24 people. |
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{{*mp|February 7}} In [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], '''[[2009 Victorian bushfires|bushfires]]''' ''(satellite image pictured)'' cause major property damage and kill at least 107 people. |
{{*mp|February 7}} In [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], '''[[2009 Victorian bushfires|bushfires]]''' ''(satellite image pictured)'' cause major property damage and kill at least 107 people. |
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{{*mp|February 7}} [[Madagascar]] police open fire on a '''[[2009 Malagasy protests|protest]]''' in [[Antananarivo]], killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds. |
{{*mp|February 7}} [[Madagascar]] police open fire on a '''[[2009 Malagasy protests|protest]]''' in [[Antananarivo]], killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds. |
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- In Victoria, Australia, bushfires (satellite image pictured) cause major property damage and kill at least 107 people.
- Madagascar police open fire on a protest in Antananarivo, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the clinical use of ATryn, the first medicine produced using genetically engineered animals.
- Severe winter conditions, including the heaviest snowfall for 18 years in South East England, disrupt air and road traffic and close schools across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- The chairman of a Tokyo bedding supplier is arrested following the exposure of an investment scam, reportedly worth US$1.4 billion, involving the use of a quasi-currency, "Enten".