Portal:Current events/2009 January 16
- Panama officially recognizes Kosovo. (Balkan Insight) (Panama Ministry For Foreign Affairs)[permanent dead link]
- Computer worm Conficker infects more than eight million Microsoft Windows-based personal computers. (CNN)
- Lithuanian police disperse angry protesters mobbing Parliament as an anti-government demonstration turns violent. (International Herald Tribune)
- Trooper Mark Donaldson of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment is awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the War in Afghanistan. (The Australian)
- Palestinian medical sources report 1,010 people have died and 4,700 have been wounded during the conflict with Israel. (CNN)
- The trial of two accused murderers of Meredith Kercher begins in Perugia, Italy. (Sky News)
- Somali pirates release the Danish cargo ship CEC Future after receiving a ransom payment. (AP via Google News)