February 15, 2009 (Sunday)
- The United Kingdom confirms the first case of a person contracting Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after receiving contaminated blood plasma. (Telegraph)
- At least 15 people are killed and seven injured in a hostel fire in Molodyozhny, Astrakhan, Russia. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- Israel will pay US$50,000 to the family of a Palestinian man who was killed by the country's Defense Forces in December 2003. (PCHR) (Ma'an)
- Zimbabwe replaces a treason charge against Deputy Agriculture Minister-designate Roy Bennett with "conspiring to acquire arms with a view to disrupting essential services." (BBC)
- The Karen National Union attacks Myawaddy, Burma. (AFP via Google News)
- Colombia's Galeras volcano erupts. (CNN)
- Fifty-four percent of participating Venezuelan voters approve a constitutional referendum to remove term limits for elected offices, including the Presidency. (BBC)
- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denies reports that Israel is negotiating with Hamas. (CNN)
- General strikes over high living costs continue in Guadeloupe and Martinique. (Chicago Tribune)
- Cancer Research UK's London Institute discovers a "danger receptor" that may initiate an immune reaction to cancer. (BBC)
- The Taliban announces a ten-day ceasefire in its war in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley. (BBC)
- NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth wins the rain-shortened 2009 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway after 152 of 200 laps. (NASCAR.com)