Unix Timestamp: 1230854400
Friday, January 2. 2009, 12:00:00 AM UTC

A Swedish charter aircraft carrying 150 passengers touches down at Baghdad International Airport, becoming the first European commercial flight to land there since 1990. //www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jBjzrB283ngvL3NYgUm9iuczhJcg (AFP via Google News)

Ethiopia withdraws its military forces from Somalia after two years of helping the Transitional Federal Government combat insurgents. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7808495.stm (BBC)