Review of the Year 2009: International

Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. Obama appointed George Mitchell as his special envoy for Arab-"Israeli" affairs.
Obama announced a $775 billion plan to help create 3 million to 4 million jobs, as the US unemployment rate hits a 16 year high.

February

Guantanamo bay's final terror trial was halted after the senior military judge dropped charges against a suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing in Yemen.

March

The combined fortune of the wealthiest people in the world fell by $2trillion in the last year with Warren Buffet alone losing $25 billion in 2008, according to Forbes report.
In the United States, Bernard Madoff, who set up a Ponzi scheme that erased as much as $65 billion of his customer's money, pled guilty to all charges.

Chas Freeman, a former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia and US President Barack Obama's nominee to head the National Intelligence Council, withdrew from his appointment blaming character assassination by the pro-"Israel" lobby.

April

World leaders met in London for the Group of 20 Conference, agreeing to increase the International Monetary Fund's resources to $750 billion, support a new Special Drawing Rights allocation of $25o billion, provide $100 billion in additional lending to the IMF's multilateral development banks, and use additional resources from IMF gold sales for concessional finance to the poorest countries.

May

The World Health Organization was considering an overhaul of its pandemic ratings system, amid growing criticism that it provoked unnecessary alarm by rapidly escalating its warnings over swine flu.

President Obama committed to a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with UAE.
North Korea announced it had successfully tested a nuclear bomb as powerful as the weapon used to destroy Hiroshima.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened France's first military base in Abu Dhabi, the first new French overseas base in 5o years.
June

The WHO declared that swine flu had escalated into the world's first influenza pandemic in 40 years.
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana met Hizbullah official Hussien Hajj Hassan, while the British ambassador met with Hizbullah parliament Member Mohammad Raad.

July

The US government's budget deficit reached $1 trillion for the first time, official data showed.
Political deadlock in Japan led Prime Minister Taro Aso to dissolve parliament.

August 

European Union election observers stated that some of 1.5 million of an estimated 5.5 million votes cast in last month's afghan elections could be fraudulent, with approximately 1.1 million votes cast for incumbent President Hamid Karzai deemed "suspicious".

A United Nations inquiry into human rights violations during the Gaza war accused ""Israel"" of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

September

The United States and ""Israel" "said they were close to reaching an agreement regarding illegal settlement building in the Occupied West Bank, after "Israeli" Prime Minsiter Benyamin Netanyahu held talks with US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell.
October

Nine months into his first term and with two wars underway, United States President Barack Obama was awarded the Noble Peace Prize.
"Israeli" - American billionaire Haim Saban reportedly attempted to buy a 50 percent stake in Al Jazeera satellite news network.