Current events of 9 February 2008 (2008-02-09) (Saturday) edit history watch

Writers Guild of America strike (2007–present): Hollywood writers reach tentative agreement with the major movie studios. (The Washington Post) United States presidential election, 2008: 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) 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)