* 2009 – North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket.

__NOTOC__The current Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile, approved by Chilean voters in a controversial and tightly controlled plebiscite on September 11, 1980, under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, partially effective March 11, 1981, fully effective 11 March 1990 and amended considerably on August 17, 1989 ( via referendum ) and on September 22, 2005 ( legislatively ), and also in 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, replaced the earlier constitution of 1925.

* Roadsworth: Crossing the Line ( 2009 ) is a Canadian documentary about Montréal artist Peter Gibson and his controversial stencil art on public roads.

A new census was undertaken in 2009, but it turned out to be controversial, as the questions about ethnic affiliation seemed inappropriate after the ethnic violence of the previous year.

Prohibition has become controversial in Gujarat following a July 2009 episode in which widespread poisoning resulted from alcohol that had been sold illegally.

In 2009, Dean appeared in the documentary film Power Trip: Theatrically Berkeley about the controversial greening of Berkeley after the passage of Berkeley Proposition G.

Its links with the IAEA and distribution of contraception have both proved controversial, as have guidelines on healthy eating and the 2009 flu pandemic.

Other controversial issues involving Snyder were the 2009 banning of signs at Fedex Field because of their negative nature toward the owner, and 2009 lawsuits in which team owner Dan Snyder sued unemployed season ticket holders who backed out of contracts because they could not afford them.

in 2009 noted that " The deep phylogeny of eukaryotes is an extremely difficult and controversial problem.

In the spring of 2009 completes the controversial relocation of the Piazza Trento e Trieste ( the ancient medieval Pratum magnum ).

In November 2009, gay rights groups in New Zealand protested after controversial rapper Beenie Man was included in the second round of announcements for the 2010 tour.

On October 30, 2009, The Weather Channel, in a move deemed controversial by many longtime viewers, began airing weather related movies on Friday nights.

After petitioning the WBA to protest against the outcome of his controversial fight with Valuev, Ruiz was made the WBA's mandatory challenger to fight the winner of Chagaev-Valuev II in 2009.

Sting is a supporter of Newcastle United, and in 2009, backed a Newcastle United Supporters campaign against the controversial plan of owner Mike Ashley to sell off the naming rights to St James ' Park.

The results from the above 2009 “ Public Area CCTV and Crime Prevention: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis ” conducted by Walsh and Farrington, are somewhat controversial.

One of the most notable hires was Edwin Barlow, a math teacher whose controversial classroom methods and enigmatic life are chronicled in the 2009 memoir, Teacher of the Year: The Mystery and Legacy of Edwin Barlow.

The geyser has not erupted since June 2009, possibly in part because of controversial nearby geothermal development by the Town of Lakeview to supply the Warner Creek Correctional Facility with water for heating., Additional development of the site for geothermal power generation purposes may further threaten the hot springs.

In 2009, a controversial Walmart store was proposed on U. S. Route 11 within the borough.

On May 15, 2009, Taylor released a book titled " Two Seconds From Glory " detailing the fight with Julio Cesar Chávez along with other controversial subjects.

This building is of controversial design winning both best building awards and " carbuncle " awards in 2009 / 10.

Following a transitional period, he won the 2002 presidential election, which lacked meaningful opposition participation ; he was again re-elected under controversial circumstances in the 2009 presidential election.

In January 2009, Hoon gave the official go-ahead for the controversial expansion of Heathrow Airport.

This controversial practice was banned in Massachusetts ( except for major incidents, such as a fire in the ED ), effective January 1, 2009 ; in response, hospitals have devoted more staff to the ED at peak times and moved some elective procedures to non-peak times.

In October 2009, when visiting Yerevan, the World Bank ’ s managing director, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, warned that Armenia will not reach a higher level of development unless its leadership changes the " oligopolistic " structure of the national economy, bolsters the rule of law and shows " zero tolerance " towards corruption.

Shareholder nominations can only occur at the general meeting itself or through the prohibitively expensive process of mailing out ballots separately ; in May 2009 the SEC proposed a new rule allowing shareholders meeting certain criteria to add nominees to the proxy statement.

The follow-up album entitled Act II-The Father of Death was released in 2009 and serves as a prequel to Act I by establishing the history of Dr. Light, Dr. Wily, and how the world came under the rule of Wily.

However, as of February 2009, at least four players must wear numbers between 50 and 79 on first, second, or third down, which by rule would make them ineligible receivers.

Since 2009 the tournament resumed, the opening rule being played was changed and now is swap2.

This rule was changed for the start of the 2009 season, making the site for any tiebreaker game to be determined by the winner of the regular season head-to-head record between the teams involved.

This form of transnational policing plays an increasingly important role in United Nations peacekeeping and this looks set to grow in the years ahead, especially as the international community seeks to develop the rule of law and reform security institutions in States recovering from conflict ( Goldsmith and Sheptycki, 2007 ) With transnational police development-aid the imbalances of power between donors and recipients are stark and there are questions about the applicability and transportability of policing models between jurisdictions ( Hills, 2009 ).

The main challenger to the ANC's rule is the Democratic Alliance, led by Helen Zille, which received 16. 66 % of the vote in the 2009 election and 24. 1 % of the popular vote in the 2011 election.

The islands ' political troubles in recent years have resulted in a rewritten constitution promulgated in 2006 and a reintroduction of direct UK Government rule in 2009.

The Supreme Court ruled in Arizona v. Evans, and Herring v. United States ( 2009 ), that the exclusionary rule does not apply to evidence found due to negligence regarding a government database, as long as the arresting police officer relied on that database in " good faith " and that the negligence was not pervasive.

In 2009, José Mujica, a former left-wing militant who spent almost 15 years in prison during the country's military rule, emerged as the new President as the Broad Front won the election for a second time.

In 1979, the Folketing granted the island home rule and, in 2009, all matters other than defense and foreign policy were transferred to the regional parliament.

EPA published in the Federal Register a final rule in 2009.

The only exceptions to this rule are regulated in the Publicity and Secrecy Act ( Offentlighets-och sekretesslagen 2009: 400 ) which succeeded the Secrecy Act ( Sekretesslag 1980: 100 ) in 2009, detailing what government agencies can keep secret, what type of document, under what circumstances, and towards whom.

Some European financial regulation experts have argued that the hastily drafted, unevenly transposed in national law, and poorly enforced EU rule on rating agencies ( Règlement CE n ° 1060 / 2009 ) has had little effect on the way financial analysts and economists interpret data or potential conflict of interests created by the complex contractual arrangements between credit rating agencies and their clients "

* In the Republic of Ireland, the rule is abolished as of 1 December 2009.

In 2006, a federal court judge determined that the condominium association ’ s rule did not violate the Federal Fair Housing Act ; the district court upheld the opinion on appeal in 2008 ; in 2009, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago reversed the 2008 decision, and the case proceeded.

In response to the RMT declaring a 48-hour strike on 10 June 2009, Crow wrote in The Guardian Comment is free section the purpose of the move: " On London Underground, bosses are threatening to tear up an agreement aimed at safeguarding jobs, and have refused to rule out compulsory redundancies.

The Executive council also postponed the merger of the union and adoption of the new rule book until May 2009.

On 14 May 2009, Rodgers announced he was ending his five year long collaboration with Queen, although did not rule out the possibility of working with them again.

The American League took advantage of the new rule in each of its first seven years: between 2003 and 2009, the American League won four series and the National League won three.

Shortly after a 2009 scandal in Portland, Oregon involving openly gay mayor Sam Adams and Beau Breedlove, who had allegedly turned 18 almost immediately before the two began a sexual relationship, Savage created a companion rule to the " campsite rule ", now known as the Tea and Sympathy rule.