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Wars and Main Events on 2009

January
- 01.
  - 13:25 Sri Lanka army conquered Paranthan, key area in Kilinochchi
  - 14:32 January First 2009 Slovakia adopts euro currency
  - 18:13 Wars concluded, ongoing and hidden in 2008 and 2009
- 02.
  - 13:47 Sri Lankan Army has conquered Kilinochchi, Tamil Capital
  - 20:06 Ethiopian troops are going to leave Somalia
- 03.
  - 13:04 Up to 50 new international recognitions for Kosovo in 2009
  - 13:38 Sri Lanka: bomb in Colombo downtown, 3 wounded
  - 14:16 Sri Lanka: continues offensive of army on Mullaitivu
  - 16:31 Gaza, israeli artillery in action
  - 19:49 Gaza: Humanitarian Crisis in numbers
- 04.
  - 03:16 Israel, troops enter in Gaza
  - 17:12 Israeli troops clash with Hamas
- 05.
  - 09:19 Israel intensifies assault on Gaza
  - 16:11 Sri Lankan Army advances toward northeastern and conquering Tamil positions
- 06.
  - 09:19 Sri Lanka TV station attacked by 15 tigers tamil
  - 10:20 War Balance in Gaza: 560 death, whose 100 children, and 2.700 wounded
  - 13:22 Somalia:ethiopian and somalian troups retake control of Bardera
  - 15:17 Mauritania withdraws its ambassador to Israel
- 07.
  - 12:54 Iran, 30 years after Islamic Revolution
  - 14:26 Georgia accuses Kremlin of provocations
- 08.
  - 15:21 Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador
- 10.
  - 02:52 Sri Lanka army has conquered Elephant Pass,but Tamils have not lost yet
- 11.
  - 15:07 Sri Lanka, Army tries finale offensive against Tamil Tigers
  - 17:16 Serbian Police: 1 milion of euro over the former commander Mladic
- 12.
  - 09:47 Somalia: fights between islamic groups in Griel, town in Galguduud Region
  - 11:47 How many Sri Lanka soldiers died in past 3 months during fights with Tamil Tigers?
- 13.
  - 23:12 Seborga: King Giorgio I wants Independence from Italy
- 14.
  - 20:24 Hamas responds positively to Gaza cease-fire proposal
- 16.
  - 21:42 LRA rebels commit new atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- 17.
  - 15:12 Israel wants and must dominate Hamas in Gaza
- 18.
  - 02:19 Israel announces the trouce, but Hamas says: “We will Fight”
  - 13:16 Rockets fired by Hamas from Gaza threaten unilateral Israeli ceasefire
  - 22:44 Hamas:Truce for 7 days, Israel:Withdrawal began
- 19.
  - 23:26 Red Cross: fear for civilians in northern Sri Lanka
- 20.
  - 12:54 New Puntland President faces new challenges
  - 14:23 Rwandan soldiers enter in DR Congo to joing with Congo army against Rwandan Hutu militia
  - 21:02 Panama recognizes Kosovo independence
- 21.
  - 20:22 Safe zone in Sri Lanka conflict
- 23.
  - 13:21 Laurent Nkunda, D.R. Congo rebel general arrested
- 25.
  - 09:12 Eritrea-Djibouti: still winds of war at border
  - 16:50 Uganda and Burundi ready to send more troops in Somalia
  - 17:35 Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka army has taken last Tamil Tiger bastion
- 27.
  - 10:20 Insurgency Timeline on Sri Lanka by Tamil Tigers
- 28.
  - 17:24 Serb forces crossing borderline into Kosovo
February
- 02.
  - 17:35 Republic of Malu Entu is dead
- 03.
- 04.
  - 09:05 Sri Lanka, the forgotten war
  - 10:19 The history of the Tamil Tigers
  - 17:52 Ethiopian troops crossing back into Somalia
- 05.
  - 09:17 In pictures: Inside main leader Tamil Tiger bunker
  - 09:28 Sudan army takes key town of Muhajiriya in South Darfur
- 07.
  - 09:31 Philippines: Islamic Group Abu Sayyaff shows its hostages in video
  - 15:31 Maldives recognize Kosovo
- 09.
  - 20:57 Somaliland vice president says unity with Somalia is inevitable
- 11.
  - 11:51 Mass disarmament begins in Sudan, but South Sudan in 2011 could secede
- 12.
  - 13:06 Mali army controls all rebel bases in north of the country
- 15.
  - 20:38 Uganda army will stay in DR Congo, the mandate has now been extended
- 17.
  - 08:03 Today Kosovo celebrates its First Year of Independence
- 18.
  - 00:55 Almost 700 Tuareg rebels have surrendered their weapons and now they’ll part of Mali’s Army
  - 23:03 Attempted coup d’etat to overthrow President of Sao Tome’ e Principe
- 19.
  - 02:39 Civilians trapped between Tamil Tigers and Sri Lanka Army
- 20.
  - 18:38 Air attack by Tamil Tigers on Sri Lanka Capital Colombo
- 21.
- 23.
  - 02:11 Somalia: 11 burundian peacekeepers of African Union in Mogadishu (Somalia) killed by al-Shabaab fighters
- 25.
- 26.
  - 16:15 Clashes in Moyale town, South Ethiopia, between Borana people and Gheri somali clan
- 27.
  - 13:02 South Thailandia separatist group called Patani Malay National Revolutionary Front Coordinate or (BRN-C), will continue to fight
- 28.
March
April
- 01.
  - 09:15 South Ossetian villages attacked with granades from Georgian territory
- 02.
  - 09:08 Exactly what kind of man is leader (Velupillai Prabhakaran) of Tamil Tigers? A short biography
  - 11:42 Rebel group (Sudan Liberation Army - Juba Unity) declares total war to Hassan Al Bashir, Sudan President
- 03.
  - 14:05 3 soldiers (2 cambodians and 1 thai) killed in border armed clashes between Cambodia and Thailandia
- 04.
  - 03:10 Two more top-rung Tamil Tiger leaders, perished during fights in Puthukudiyirippu, Sri Lanka
- 05.
  - 03:15 NATO will send 5000 more soldiers in Afghanistan
- 06.
  - 00:24 Indonesia will recognize Kosovo very soon
- 07.
  - 14:24 Moldova: anticomunist demonstrators assaulted Parliament in capital Chisinau
- 08.
  - 00:42 DR Congo: resumption of fights between (Popular Front for Justice in the Congo) and (Front for Peace in the Ituri), thousands of civils flee
  - 10:58 Today Moldova awaits larger protests in capital Chisinau
- 09.
  - 00:33 Niger Government and Tuareg rebels of the (Movement of Niger People for Justice) have agreed to end hostilities
- 10.
  - 02:41 The Video of Moldova Parliament in Chisinau assaulted by protesters
  - 13:15 Italy mourns almost 300 deaths of the earthquake in Abruzzo……….it seems to be in war
- 11.
  - 17:23 Video on tension at border between Eritrea and Djibouti
- 12.
  - 03:36 India: group (Black Widow), being part of Assam separatist rebels, has attacked a train
  - 12:03 Maoist armed group (Shining Path) has killed 13 soldiers in Peru’
- 13.
  - 09:04 Republic of The Gambia officially recognizes Kosovo
  - 12:44 Russian Army reinforces checkpoints in Akhalgori (South Ossetia)
- 14.
  - 00:04 Ethiopia urges United Nations to act against Eritrea
- 15.
  - 01:12 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea denies existence of Somaliland State
  - 11:38 Sri Lanka Army resumes War against Tamil Tigers
- 16.
  - 03:21 Maoist rebels killed 10 paramilitary soldiers in Orissa State, India
- 17.
  - 04:22 Russia says antiterrorism operations in Chechnya is over after 20 years of war
  - 21:55 Texas State threats secesssion from United States of America
- 18.
  - 01:10 Almost 50 people died in fighting in Ingushetia, furthermore, are reported new clashes in the vicinity of village of Dai in Chechnya
- 19.
  - 15:29 Forces for National Liberation has handed over its weapons to African Union troops in Burundi
  - 16:53 Sri Lanka: fights army-rebels, 17 Tamil Tigers separatists killed
- 20.
  - 16:23 Sri Lankan Government has given the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 24 hours to surrender
- 21.
  - 09:34 Puntland State such as a kind of Piratestan ?
- 22.
  - 01:31 Somaliland Foreign Minister in a press conference answered about Eritrea statement about Somaliland Sovereignty
  - 09:40 Tamil Tigers don’t surrender, they’ll continue to fight against Sri Lanka Army
- 23.
  - 00:27 Russia Army moves troops closer to Georgia’s capital Tbilisi
  - 12:45 In the past 90 hours almost 103.000 people escaped from “No Fire Zone” from fights between Tamil Tigers and Sri Lanka army
- 24.
  - 13:57 Video on what’s going on in fighting zone between Tamil Tigers and army in north-east Sri Lanka
  - 20:42 Tamil Tigers started an offensive against Sri Lankan army in north-east
- 25.
  - 03:24 Numbers of War between Sri Lankan Army and Tamil Tigers: 6500 civilian victims
- 26.
  - 03:08 Sabotage action in Jokhar (Dagestan) by Shali Sector of Eastern Front of Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate
  - 17:02 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam announces unilateral ceasefire but Sri Lanka Army rejects it
- 27.
  - 21:38 Sri Lanka troops are moving in captured Ampelavanpokkanai areas in the No Fire Zone
- 28.
  - 11:34 Liberation Tigers Tamil Eelam controlled areas in Sri Lanka from 2005 to March 2009
- 29.
  - 00:02 Somalia: Militiamen of somali rebel group al-Shabaab threaten to invade town of Mandera in Kenya
- 30.
  - 12:10 10 turkish soldiers killed in PKK terrorist attacks in Diyarbakır (Turkey)
  - 12:21 Turkish warplanes hit PKK hideouts in northen Zap Region in Iraq
May
June
- 01.
  - 09:25 Separatists fire at Georgian police in Shida Kartli Region
- 02.
  - 10:43 Somaliland struggles for Recognition
  - 17:14 Somalia: still fights in Mogadishu between Government troops and Islamist Militants
- 03.
  - 12:16 At the end of April 2009, Somaliland Forces advanced towards town of Tukaraq which is located between Lasanod and Garowe (the capital of Puntland)
  - 16:03 Comoros recognizes officially Kosovo
- 04.
  - 15:53 El Salvador recognizes officially Kosovo
- 05.
  - 09:25 Ethiopia has admitted for the first time reconnaissance missions in Somalia
- 08.
  - 09:32 Mogadishu: battle between Government forces and Islamist militians leaves on the ground 123 dead included islamic leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
- 09.
  - 16:19 Afghanistan: new attack against italian soldiers, nobody wounded
- 10.
  - 09:49 India: 11 soldiers killed in an ambush by a maoist group in central oriental State of Jharkhand
- 11.
  - 09:34 Thailand has sent heavily-armed troops to reinforce positions along the Burma border and contrast Karen rebels
- 12.
  - 12:46 Somalia: Islamist Groups (Al-Shabaab and Hisb Al-Islam) are preparing for ‘major battle’ in central regions against Government Army
- 14.
  - 03:30 Separatist group ‘Abu Sayyaf’ has fought against Philippines troops, 5 killed and 11 wounds between soldiers
- 16.
  - 03:43 Russia: Armed clashes between army and mujahideen in villages of Alkun, Dattyh and Arshty Ghalghaycho (Republic of Ingushetia)
- 17.
  - 09:25 Pakistan Army readies for attack against talibans in South Waziristan Region
- 19.
  - 00:32 Somalia: Islamist group al-Shabaab killed Somalia Security Minister in a suicide bombing
- 21.
  - 04:19 Self-rule introduced in Greenland
- 22.
  - 00:02 Ethiopian Army, first yesterday, has refused somali request, then today, has decided to return in Somalia to help armed forces to fight against islamic militants
- 24.
  - 01:06 Somalia: al-Shabaab islamist militants say they’ll attack any foreign troops in somali ground
- 27.
  - 19:10 3 Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary groups (UVF, Red Hand Commando and Ulster Defence Association) gave up their weapons and armed struggle
- 28.
  - 17:00 Coup d’Etat in Honduras, President arrested
July
- 02.
  - 10:29 Georgia agrees to sign non-use of force agreement with Russia
  - 17:57 Almost 4000 USA soldiers together with 650 Afghan soldiers attacked talibans in South Afghanistan
- 05.
  - 09:25 One Sri Lankan soldier killed and two wounded in a confrontation with Tamil Tigers in Batticaloa
  - 12:16 40 Years by dead of Republic of Rose Island
- 11.
  - 15:19 Somalia: Troops clash with islamic insurgents, 20 killed in Mogadishu
- 13.
  - 10:23 Chechnya: 25 islamic guerrillas killed at the end of this weekend
- 14.
  - 10:00 33 police killed in attacks in Indian State of Chhattisgarh
- 15.
  - 09:20 Chechnya: Killed 2 police in fights with guerrillas in Grozny and Vedeno. Riots in Dagestan
- 18.
  - 02:01 Somalia: Islamist terrorists recruiting Somaliland youth
- 19.
  - 14:42 North and South Sudan agree new plans to prevent war
- 23.
  - 17:13 Puntland: bomb blast in Bosaso hurts 12 people
- 24.
  - 00:21 Nigeria: Niger Delta rebels (Mend) declare ceasefire for 60 days
- 26.
  - 22:50 Nigeria: 42 people killed in a gun battle between nigerian talibans and police in Bauchi
- 28.
  - 20:42 Nigerian troops have begun assault on islamist rebels in Maiduguri
- 29.
  - 12:45 Spain: dozens injured in Burgos hits by ETA car bomb
- 30.
  - 10:39 Nigeria: Islamist fighters defeated by nigerian army flee from Maiduguri
- 31.
  - 10:36 Spain: in Palmanova, on Majorca isle, ETA kills 2 policemen with a bomb car
August
- 03.
  - 16:27 Somalia: Burundi sends troop reinforcements to African Union peacekeeping to Mogadishu
  - 17:35 Russia: A convoy of armored vehicles moving towards Georgia
- 05.
  - 15:53 Georgia and South Ossetia accuse each other of opening fire
- 07.
  - 09:19 Sri Lanka: New Tamil Tigers leader, Mr Selvarasa Pathmanathan, has been arrested
- 12.
  - 23:58 South Sudan threats Independence
- 14.
  - 19:50 Somalia: How defeat Islamist fighters?
- 15.
  - 10:27 Afghanistan: Talibans in Kabul attacked with a car bomb USA embassy and NATO headquarters
  - 16:11 Jordan and Dominican Republic recognize officially Kosovo
- 17.
  - 09:55 Ingushetia: 11 dead, 25 wounded in a car bomb blast inside Ministry of Interior in Nazran
- 18.
  - 09:43 Afghanistan: Kabul, talibans attacked police headquarters and presidential palace
- 19.
  - 09:20 Somaliland: an ugly face of a clannish enclave
  - 15:21 Iraq: Bagdad under attack, at least 70 people died and more than 300 injured
- 20.
  - 11:27 Somalia: Pro-government militia seizes Somali town of Luuq from islamist rebels in Geco Region
- 21.
  - 14:01 Chechnya: kamikaze kill 4 policemen in a suicide bomb attack in Grozny
- 23.
  - 09:19 Nigeria: Bayelsa guerrillas give up armed struggle
- 24.
  - 00:08 Yemen: Army during fights has killed at leat 100 Zaidi Shia rebels in the north of the country
  - 10:31 Faults of Eritrean regime
- 25.
  - 09:15 Somalia: ethiopian troops reach in Beledweyne town
  - 11:36 Chechnya: Suicide attack kills 4 policemen in Mesker-Yurt
- 26.
  - 00:53 South Ossetia: Georgia prepares for terrorist attacks on South Ossetia
  - 10:22 Venezuela: Chavez ready to break relations with Colombia
- 27.
  - 00:02 Myanmar: Tensions between Government troops and Myanmar Peace and Democracy Front (MPDF), thousands flood into China
- 28.
  - 00:14 Sudan war in Darfur is really over?
  - 12:55 An interview to the founder of Republic of Rose Island
  - 15:56 Burma: fights between army and ethnic militias of Kokang
- 29.
  - 02:01 Somalia: Heavy fighting flares up between islamist forces and government soldiers between Mogadishu and Afgooye
  - 15:15 Burma: fights are continuing between army and ethnic militias of Kokang
- 30.
  - 01:30 Somalia: Ethiopian troops seized control of town of Beledweyne
- 31.
  - 10:55 Turkey: 4 soldiers killed in an attack by Pkk
September
- 02.
  - 00:42 Russia: 5 years are passed (September 1 2004) from school siege and massacre in Beslan
  - 13:56 Abkhazia: tension is raising with Georgia
- 03.
  - 10:50 Yemen: 1 leader and 2 rebels of group al-Houthi surrender themselves in Saada
- 04.
  - 09:02 Afghanistan: 95 dead in Kunduz Nato air strike
- 05.
  - 19:03 Yemen: Fresh fighting hits Yemen’s north
- 07.
  - 10:54 Somalia: 6 civilians and 18 wounded in Mogadishu in fights between forces of African Union and islamic insurgents
- 08.
  - 13:53 Abkhazia: navy has the order to destroy Georgia’s ships violating the Abkhazian sea border
- 09.
  - 12:49 Transnistria and Gagauzia: the history of conflict with Moldova
- 10.
  - 00:02 Uganda: ugandian army fights rebels of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) into the Central African Republic
  - 13:15 Venezuela today recognizes officially independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
- 11.
  - 12:01 Yemen: fierce fights between army and shiite militants in Saada
- 12.
  - 15:16 India-Pakistan: firefights at border near Punjab
- 14.
  - 11:10 Yemen: 22 Houthi insurgents killed, while others, have been injured and/or captured
- 15.
  - 01:40 Somalia: Killed Saleh Ali Nabhan, leader of terrorist group al-Shabaab
- 16.
  - 00:26 Tensions at border between India and China
- 17.
  - 11:17 Afghanistan: attack against italian soldiers in Kabul, many killed and injured
- 23.
  - 03:33 Somalia: Islamist militants al-Shabaab warns Djibouti not to send troops to Somalia
- 27.
  - 10:31 Yemen: President Saleh calls on al-Houthi rebels to stop further bloodshed, meanwhile dozens die in new air strike
- 29.
  - 17:21 Abkhazia: Russia will send more boats to control Abkhazian waters
- 30.
  - 17:33 Georgia ’started unjustified war’ in South Ossetia and Abkhazia according an European Union sponsored report
October
- 02.
  - 03:48 Somalia: Islamist fighters of Harakat al-Shabaab al-mujahideen and Hizbul Islam are fighting each-others in port town of Kismayu
- 04.
  - 10:16 India: Maoist rebels killed 16 people
- 06.
  - 09:52 Nigeria: Niger Delta militants and their leaders accepted the Federal Government’s amnesty
- 09.
  - 13:35 Afghanistan: Kabul and dilemma of the allied forces
  - 22:35 Afghanistan: military operation Usa-Italy against talibas near Herat
- 11.
  - 13:44 Somalia: Puntland authorities condemn Ethiopia of invading its territory
- 13.
  - 09:09 Nigeria: Under amnesty has started disarm of Niger Delta rebels
- 14.
  - 15:06 Somalia: Puntland on high alert following al-Shabaab threats
- 16.
  - 14:11 China anger over visit by indian prime minister to Arunachal Pradesh Indian State
- 17.
  - 16:40 Pakistan: Army launched a ground offensive against talibans in South Waziristan
- 19.
  - 12:12 Iran threats Usa, Great Britain and Pakistan after that a kamikaze has killed many pasdaran in Beluchistan
- 20.
  - 16:34 Rwenzururu: Charles Wesley Mumbere elected sovereign of Rwenzururu Kingdom
- 25.
  - 02:58 Congo: fights between ugandan rebel group of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and armed forces of Congo and Uganda
- 27.
  - 10:06 Somaliland, the unrecognized State
- 28.
  - 14:23 Somali al-Shabaab fighters threaten capitals of Uganda and Burundi
- 29.
  - 15:40 Abkhazia: Russia deploys forces and armoured vehicles in Gali district
November
- 01.
  - 09:46 Somalia: War between Puntland e Galmudug erupted in town of Galkayo
- 02.
  - 09:27 Southern Sudan could already secede in 2011
  - 12:29 Caos in Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland
- 06.
  - 01:44 Yemen: Saudi Arabia jets attacked Yemen Houthi rebels
  - 15:54 Djibouti will send peacekeepers as part of African Union peacekeeping mission to Somalia, despite threats
- 07.
  - 16:13 Nagaland: 300 Naga separatists surrounded and hit by Burma and India troops
- 08.
  - 03:29 Ingushetia: A second Chechnya?
  - 18:08 Saudi Arabia: Saudi armed forces wrested control of areas from hands of Houthis rebels
- 10.
  - 09:21 Venezuela: President Chavez orders military to prepare civilians for a possible war against Colombia
  - 12:23 Venezuela sends 15.000 troops to Colombia border
  - 16:08 Colombia replays sending 12.000 troops to Venezuelan border
  - 16:59 Naval battle between North Korea and South Korea
- 11.
  - 09:20 South Korea: Troops on high alert for possible North Korea retaliation after naval battle of yesterday
  - 15:50 Somaliland, stability at risk
- 12.
  - 00:02 How to stabilise Horn of Africa
  - 09:35 Iraq: November 12 2003, sixth anniversary of the italian massacre of Nassirya
- 13.
  - 14:20 New Zealand recognizes officially Kosovo independence
- 14.
  - 12:45 Ethiopia: ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) fighters took over control of more military bases in eastern Ethiopia
- 16.
  - 00:31 Who are they and for what are fighting the rebels of ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) in Ethiopia
- 17.
  - 12:11 Sri Lanka: Rebels of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) armed and trained rebels of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in the early 1990s
  - 16:53 Ogaden: Rebels of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) affirm that 626 ethiopian soldiers have been killed in clashes
- 19.
  - 10:35 Sri Lanka: Tamil rebels face doubtful future
- 20.
  - 09:40 Yemen: 2 Houthi rebel leaders killed during clashes with Yemeni army
- 22.
  - 20:42 Somalia: islamic militants of al-Shabaab conquest town of Afmadow in Juba region previously in islamic hands of Hizbul Islam
- 23.
  - 13:38 Peru: Congress of Peru could consider recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
- 24.
  - 13:08 Saudi Arabia: Shelling continues on border with Yemen between saudi army and Houthis rebels
- 25.
  - 12:59 Somalia: Heavy fighting between transitional government troops and the Islamist fighters kills 10 in north Mogadishu
- 28.
  - 01:32 Georgia has asked Belarus not to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia
- 29.
  - 10:32 Ogaden: rebels of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) have killed 985 ethiopian soldiers and burned 6 militar vehicles
- 30.
  - 00:42 Saudi Arabia ‘clears’ key areas from yemeni Houthi rebels
  - 12:18 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly…..Israel, Iran and Venezuela
December