August 17, 2009 (Monday)
- Japan officially exits the recession. (BBC) (RTÉ)
- A bomb explodes on a truck at a fuel station in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan (20 km from Peshawar), killing seven people. (BBC News)
- A suicide bomber explodes a truck at a police station in Nazran in Russia's North Caucasus, killing at least 20 people and wounding about 60 others. (Yahoo! News) (NY Times)
- An accident at the Sayano–Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station in Russia kills seven and causes power shortages in Siberia. (Reuters) (RTÉ)
- The Canadian Forces begin exercises to protect Canada's sovereignty in the far north. (CTV)
- The MV Arctic Sea, a cargo ship missing after an apparent hijacking in July off the Swedish coast, is discovered by the Russian Navy off Cape Verde. (CNN)