In November 2009, Hezbollah pressured a private English-language school to drop excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank, a book of the writings from the diary kept by the Jewish child Anne Frank while she was in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, after Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel complained, asking how long Lebanon would " remain an open arena for the Zionist invasion of education "?

* In 2009, a Hezbollah plot in Egypt was uncovered, where Egyptian authorities arrested 49 men for planning attacks against Israeli and Egyptian targets in the Sinai Peninsula.

In 2009, the United Nations special tribunal investigating the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Al-Hariri reportedly found evidence linking Hezbollah to the murder.

In an August 2009 interview, Tony Blair said he would like to see Hamas and Hezbollah included in peace talks but under the right conditions, that religious leaders should be more involved in the peace process, and that resolving the conflict could be easier than it was in Northern Ireland.

A 2003 change of command usshered in the 16th commander of the unit, and there are also reports from 2009 and 2011.

" In August 2009, with Bainimarama still controlling the government as prime minister and the constitution abrogated, Epeli Nailatikau a former military commander was appointed acting president on the retirement of Iloilo.

During the events of the comic book mini-series Star Trek: Countdown ( which serves as the canonical prequel to the 2009 Star Trek film ), Geordi ( now a commander ) is reunited with Data and Picard during an effort to stop a massive supernova that threatens all of existence.

In June 2009, the Somali navy was re-established with a new commander appointed: Admiral Farah Omar Ahmed.

The commander there, Major General Nathan Mugisha, was wounded in a car bomb attack on 17 September 2009 which left nine soldiers dead.

* S. J. A. Turney's 2009 debut, Marius ' Mules, based on Julius Caesar's invasion of Gaul, viewed from the perspective of a Legionary commander, along with the 2010 sequel following the campaign against the Belgae.

* Joseph D. Helton Jr Monroe, Georgia, 1st Lieutenant, Officer, Killed in action, Iraq, ( b. September 30, 1984, d. September 8, 2009 ), 732d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Detachment 2 flight commander ( police officer ) Police Transition Mission, 6th Security Forces Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base Florida ( Tampa ) action: ( IED detonation ; near FOB FALCON, Mahmudiyah District of Baghdad, on September 8th )

* John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford ( 1920 – 2009 )-naval commander, clergyman, politician ( Sandford Principle )

On 4 September 2009 the German commander called in an American jetfighter, which attacked two NATO fuel trucks, which had been captured by insurgents.

When a new commander took over in 2009, the French softened and narrowed their approach by shifting their focus to collaborating with locals and building local infrastructure before their eventual withdrawal.

Until August 2009, Ninth Air Force shared its commander with USAFCENT.

He was the pilot on STS-90 ( 1998 ) and STS-106 ( 2000 ), and was the mission commander on STS-109 ( 2002 ) and STS-125 ( 2009 ).

In 2009, the Michigan Militia Corps was re-founded and they elected a new state commander ; they are slowly growing in numbers again with about 14 counties claiming to be part of the Michigan Militia Corps.

Hobaugh served as commander on STS-129 mission aboard for 10 days in November 2009.

Polansky was the commander of the STS-127 mission, which launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 15, 2009 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Padalka returned to the ISS in 2009 to serve as commander of Expeditions 19 and 20.

On May 27, 2009, Romanenko was launched into space as the commander of the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft from Site 1 / 5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Sturckow was the commander of the STS-128 mission launched on August 28, 2009.

On November 11, 2009 Mohammed's consecration as commander took place in an open ceremony in the southern Somali city of Kismayo, according to a translation received by The Long War Journal of an article posted on Waaga Cusub, a pro-insurgency website, run by a Somali clan, the Hawiye.

Also in 2009, General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, planned to request an increase in teams of CIA operatives, including their elite paramilitary officers, to join with U. S. military special operations forces.

Journalist and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov was shot and killed in Moscow on 19 January 2009 leaving a press conference about his last minute appeal against the early release of Yuri Budanov, a former commander imprisoned for kidnapping, abuse of power and aggravated murder of a young Chechen woman.

Ferrer also starred in another short-lived NBC series, Kings, in 2009 as a military commander of Gath.

On 1 October 2009, Al Shabaab took full control of the city, after Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, a senior commander of Ras Kamboni Brigade ( then a part of Hizbul Islam ), challenged Al &# 8209 ; Shabaab's control.

EUFOR's commander is currently Major General Bernhard Bair ( Austrian ), since December 2009.

In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".

In 2009 radio market share in the Dutch speaking region was 63. 08 % for the VRT channels ( Radio 1, Radio 2, MNM, Studio Brussel and Klara, 23. 13 % for the VMMa channels ( Q-Music and Joe FM ) and 2. 65 % for the Corelio / Concentra joint venture channel ( Radio Nostalgie ).

Bacon speaking before a premiere of Taking Chance in February 2009

In May 2009, organisers of the Edinburgh International Film Festival returned a £ 300 grant from the Israeli Embassy after speaking with Ken Loach.

In Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, a Flemish Discovery Channel launched ( previously the Dutch version was available for IPTV, DVB-C and DVB-S ) on Cable ( and digital ) Television on October 1, 2009.

On August 19, 2009, while speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Greater Columbus, Calley apologized for his role in the My Lai massacre.

The Sheriff of Oxford for the civic year 2008 / 2009, Councillor | Cllr John Goddard, speaking shortly after his election as such, with Cllr Susanna Pressel, Lord Mayor of Oxford, next to him.

" Meanwhile, speaking in May 2009, Norwood herself stated: " The whole experience did completely change my life, and I can say that I think I'm a better person from it.

In August 2009 The Guardian speculated that The Verve have broken up for a third time, with Jones and McCabe no longer speaking to Ashcroft as they felt he was using the reunion as a vehicle to get his solo career on track.

2009 ), widely used in German speaking countries for prosodically oriented conversation analysis and interactional linguistics

Short speaking at a rally in Birmingham in January 2009, urging the crowd " not forget the crimes being committed against the people of Gaza " following the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict

Generally speaking parametric methods make more assumptions than non-parametric methods .< ref name =" Corder and Foreman "> Corder and Foreman, < cite > Nonparametric Statistics for Non-Statisticians: A Step-by-Step Approach </ cite >, John Wiley & Sons ( 2009 ), ISBN 978-0-470-45461-9 </ ref > If those extra assumptions are correct, parametric methods can produce more accurate and precise estimates.

In addition to his consulting and advisory roles, Welch has been active on the public speaking circuit, and co-wrote a popular column for BusinessWeek with his wife, Suzy, for four years until November 2009.

Rukavina speaking in 2009.

Steve Young speaking to Young Single Adult s in 2009

Carl I. Hagen speaking in Parliament of Norway | Parliament in February 2009.

Carl I. Hagen speaking at a rally in Oslo as the Progress Party " senior general " before the 2009 parliamentary election.

By contrast, Green stated that he had fond memories of jamming at the commune when speaking in 2009: " I had a good play there, it was great, someone recorded it, they gave me a tape.

* Bahār Navāi, Simourgh from Shahnameh to Opera, in Persian, Jadid Online, 9 November 2009 • Simorgh Reborn in Music, in English ( an abridged version of the above article ), Jadid Online, 26 November 2009 • An audio slideshow of the composer of the Simourgh Opera, Hamid Motebassem, speaking ( with English subtitles )

Nathan speaking to President of the Russian Federation | Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during the latter's visit to Singapore in 2009

In 2009 they became very active in lobbying against the ROAM bill for wild horses along with Willie Nelson, and continued their support speaking openly about the horse slaughter ban, the ban on de-clawing and the fight against factory farms and animal cruelty.

Sherzai speaking in 2009 with the governors of Nuristan Province | Nuristan, Laghman Province | Laghman and Kunar Province | Kunar province.