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December 15, 2009 (Tuesday)
- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish hosts urge countries on to compromise to salvage agreement on a new U.N. pact aimed at averting dangerous climate change and global warming. P:GW (Reuters)
- Nauru recognizes the independence of Abkhazia and establishes formal diplomatic relations in exchange for aid from Russia. (New York Times)
- Two protesters are killed and several injured at a demonstration in opposition to the banning of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party in Turkey. (CNN) (Xinhua) (Today's Zaman)
- The Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' widebody passenger airliner takes its maiden flight, travelling from Paine Field to Boeing Field, in Washington State, U.S.A. (BBC) (Reuters) (USA Today)
- Chile receives an official invitation to become a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (Wall Street Journal)
- Evacuations begin in the Albay province of the Philippines as the Mayon Volcano oozes lava, with an eruption possible. (Philippine Inquirer) (AP via Fox News)
- Canadian sports medicine specialist Anthony Galea, who helped Tiger Woods recover from knee surgery, is accused of providing top athletes with performance-enhancing drugs. (New York Times)
- Israel condemns the issuing of a war crimes arrest warrant in the United Kingdom for former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. (Jerusalem Post) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
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