Portal:Current events/2009 January 14
January 14, 2009 (Wednesday)
- United Kingdom Opposition Leader David Cameron pledges to hold a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty if his Conservative Party is elected later this year. (Financial Times)[permanent dead link]
- Glen Roeder leaves his post at Norwich City amidst fears of dangerous times for FlyGlobespan. (Edinburgh Evening News)
- Steve Jobs takes a six-month medical leave of absence as CEO of Apple Inc. (CNN)
- Global financial crisis of 2008-2009:
- United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Philadelphia Fed Bank President Charles Plosser differ publicly on stabilizing the economy. (MarketWatch)
- U.S. retail sales plunged a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent in December 2008 from November, the Commerce Department estimates. (MarketWatch)
- 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict:
- In an audio message, Osama bin Laden urges Muslims to launch a holy war on Israel. (BBC News)
- Rockets are fired into Israel's North District from Lebanon. (Sky News)
- Ukraine says it cannot resume natural-gas transit because Russia's Gazprom has provided insufficient supplies. (Sky News)
- Somali pirates release two ships off the coast of East Africa. (CNN)
- U.S. Federal Judge Richard J. Leon orders the release of 21-year-old Guantánamo Bay detainee Muhammad Hamid Al Qarani, who was imprisoned in 2002. (Washington Post)