February 25, 2009 (Wednesday)
- The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that 15,000 refugees have fled from southern Darfur to the Zam Zam refugee camp in the north. (CNN)
- U.S. President Barack Obama nominates former Washington Governor Gary Locke to serve as the next Secretary of Commerce. (Baltimore Sun)[permanent dead link]
- An improvised explosive device kills three British Army soldiers in the Gerishk District of Afghanistan's Helmand Province. (CNN)
- Three people set themselves on fire near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. (BBC)
- Iran tests its first nuclear power plant at Bushehr. (Guardian)
- Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, killing nine people and injuring 84. (BBC)
- The Bangladesh Rifles mutiny in Dhaka, killing one person and injuring eight. (AFP via Google News)
- Antarctica's subglacial Gamburtsev Mountain Range is mapped. (BBC)
- Two thousand Gardaí protest against Ireland's government at Dublin's Leinster House. (RTÉ)
- A bus crashes in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 35 people and injuring 15. (BBC)
- The Special Court for Sierra Leone convicts three Revolutionary United Front commanders of war crimes and crimes against humanity during an 11-year civil war. (BBC)
- Former Estonian Police Chief Herman Simm is jailed for 12.5 years for selling classified information on NATO to Russia. (BBC)
- Serbia suspends 11 Belgrade corrections officers for aiding the escape of assassin Milorad Ulemek. (BBC)
- Japan's exports plunged 45.7% in January 2009. (BBC)
- The U.S. State Department criticizes China's human rights record. (BBC)
- Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab seizes Hudur, Somalia. (BBC)
- The U.S. arrests 750 people in a national crackdown on Mexican drug cartels. (BBC)
- A Syrian arms dealer is jailed for 30 years for conspiring to sell weapons to Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces. (BBC)
- Former Indian Communications Minister Sukhram is jailed for three years for corruption. (BBC)
- An Australian study classifies a fossilized fish as one of the earliest known vertebrates to use internal fertilization. (BBC)
- Iraq's Council of Representatives lifts the immunity of Mohammed al-Dayni, an MP accused of organizing the 2007 bombing of Parliament. (Al-Jazeera)[permanent dead link]