Current events of 20 February 2009 (2009-02-20) (Friday) edit history watch

The Tamil Tigers aerially attack Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing two people and injuring at least 40 others. (Reuters) The United States will return Benyam Mohammed to the United Kingdom after four years of imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base's detention camp. (BBC) Israel seizes 425 acres of Palestinian Authority state land in the West Bank for a Jewish settlement. (AP via Google News) Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis and his government resign. (Bloomberg) Gold futures reclaim the US$1,000-an-ounce mark. (MarketWatch) New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenas Bank of America Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lewis for misleading investors during the purchase of Merrill Lynch. (Wall Street Journal) Saab Automobile files for bankruptcy protection. (MarketWatch) Israeli President Shimon Peres selects Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu to form the country's next government. (Ynetnews) A suicide attack kills 25 people in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. (BBC) Forty-seven people are injured when a Northwest Airlines flight from the Philippines to Japan experiences severe turbulence. (BBC) India investigates several deaths caused by the hepatitis B virus in the western state of Gujarat. (BBC)