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February 9, 2008 (Saturday)

Writers Guild of America strike (2007–present): Hollywood writers reach tentative agreement with the major movie studios. (The Washington Post)
2008 United States presidential election:
- Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee wins the Kansas Republican Party caucus and the Louisiana primary. (The Washington Post) (Reuters)
- Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins Democratic Party caucuses in Nebraska, Washington and the U.S. Virgin Islands and the primary in Louisiana. (AP via Yahoo! News)
- Arizona Senator John McCain wins the Washington Republican primary. (The Oregonian)
A suicide bomber kills 20 people at an opposition rally in Pakistan. (AFP)^{[permanent dead link]}
A fire at Camden Market in London, England forces the evacuation of residents. The London Ambulance Service reports no casualties. (BBC News)
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to change the Constitution of Turkey removing a ban on wearing religious head cover in Turkish universities. (The New York Times)
The military government of Myanmar announces a national referendum to pass a new constitution will be held in May, and that democratic multi-party elections will take place in 2010. (CNN)
The February 9th Killer rapes, and strangles Damiana Castillo in West Valley City, Utah, USA.

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-*[[Writers Guild of America strike (2007–present)]]: Hollywood writers reach tentative agreement with the major [[movie studio]]s. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020802592.html?hpid=topnews (Washington Post)]
+* [[Writers Guild of America strike (2007–present)]]: [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] writers reach tentative agreement with the major [[movie studio]]s. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020802592.html (''The Washington Post'')]
+* [[2008 United States presidential election]]:
-*[[United States presidential election, 2008]]: [[Mike Huckabee]] wins the [[Kansas]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] [[caucus]]. [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/09/huckabee_wins_kansas_caucus.html (Washington Post)]
+** Former [[Governor of Arkansas]] [[Mike Huckabee]] wins the [[Kansas]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] [[caucus]] and the [[Louisiana]] [[primary election|primary]]. [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/09/huckabee_wins_kansas_caucus.html (''The Washington Post'')] [https://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1055815420080210 (Reuters)]
-*A [[suicide bomber]] kills 20 people at an opposition rally in [[Pakistan]]. [http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/080209200844.skjvimq7.html (AFP)]
+** [[Illinois]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Barack Obama]] wins [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] [[caucus]]es in [[Nebraska]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]] and the [[primary election|primary]] in [[Louisiana]]. [https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080210/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp_51;_ylt=Ai_.Y_bJw134aNx0MdQHx2ME1vAI (AP via Yahoo! News)]
-*A major fire has occurred at the [[Camden Market]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. The flames are reportedly 30 feet high, and local residences and people are being evacuated from the area. [[London Ambulance Service]] reports no casualties as of now. They have [[ambulance|ambulances]] and a hazardous response team at the scene. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7237119.stm (BBC News)]
+** [[Arizona]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John McCain]] wins the [[Washington (state)|Washington]] Republican primary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141111064723/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1202626509223010.xml&coll=7 (''The Oregonian'')]
-*[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Inc.]] will decline a [[United States Dollar|$]]44.6 billion unsolicited takeover offer bid by [[Microsoft Corp.]], with Yahoo! saying that the bid was well below its value. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=alv6BSJFysYc&refer=us (Bloomberg)]
+* A [[suicide bomber]] [[2008 Charsadda bombing|kills 20 people]] at an opposition rally in [[Pakistan]]. [http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/080209200844.skjvimq7.html (AFP)]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
-*The [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] votes to change the [[Constitution of Turkey]] removing a ban on wearing religious head cover in [[List of universities in Turkey|Turkish universities]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/world/europe/09cnd-turkey.html?hp (The New York Times)]
+* A fire at [[Camden Market]] in [[London]], [[England]] forces the evacuation of residents. The [[London Ambulance Service]] reports no casualties. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7237119.stm (BBC News)]
-*[[G7]] meeting states the financial problem due to [[US]] [[subprime mortgage crisis]], and cares about the global economic slowdown. [http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/index.html (NHK)]
+* The [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] votes to change the [[Constitution of Turkey]] removing a ban on wearing religious head cover in [[List of universities in Turkey|Turkish universities]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/world/europe/09cnd-turkey.html (''The New York Times'')]
-*[[Iraq War]]:
+* The [[military government]] of [[Myanmar]] announces a [[Burmese constitutional referendum, 2008|national referendum]] to pass a new [[constitution]] will be held in May, and that [[Burmese general election, 2010|democratic multi-party elections]] will take place in [[2010]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/myanmar.elections.ap/index.html (CNN)]
-**Some [[Sunni]] armed groups known as [[Awakening movements in Iraq|Awakening Councils]] appear to have withdrawn their support for US forces and the Iraqi government in [[Diyala province]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CEA604B9-ABEC-4E89-9DD3-CDAFCFC85136.htm (Aljazeera)]
+* The [[Feb 9 Killer|February 9th Killer]] rapes, and strangles Damiana Castillo in West Valley City, Utah, USA.
-**The US military announced that five American soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CEA604B9-ABEC-4E89-9DD3-CDAFCFC85136.htm (Aljazeera)]
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