Current events of 17 August 2009 (2009-08-17) (Monday) edit history watch

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) The actor Miguel Magno, of the series Toma Lá, Dá Cá dies at the age 58.