From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

Hotels did not get that many in 2009, mostly due to the economic situation in the United States, and partially because of scares of drug-related violence.

On June 3, 2009, it was reported that Aon had signed a four year shirt sponsorship deal with English football giant Manchester United.

He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009.

In 2009, he was named United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, and after the 2010 earthquake he teamed with George W. Bush to form the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

He was named United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti in 2009.

In 2009, transgenic maize was grown commercially in 11 countries, including the United States ( where 85 % of the maize crop was genetically modified ), Argentina ( 83 % GM ), Brazil ( 36 % GM ), South Africa ( 57 % GM ), Canada ( 84 % GM ), the Philippines ( 19 % GM ) and Spain ( 20 % GM ).

Frommer's, the American travel guidebook series, listed Belfast as the only United Kingdom destination in its Top 12 Destinations to Visit in 2009.

The United States is by far its largest trading partner, accounting for about 73 % of exports and 63 % of imports as of 2009.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ( right ) and President of the United States | U. S. President Barack Obama ( left ) meet in Ottawa in February 2009

In the UK, since 2009, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has the authority to overrule and unify decisions of lower courts.

A new modern constitution, which devolved some authority from the United Kingdom to the Cayman Islands government, was passed by referendum on 20 May 2009.

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" Reflections on the ' New Qing History ' School in the United States ," Chinese Studies in History, Winter 2009 / 2010, Vol.

In 2009, for the first time in church history, more new members came from Africa than the United States.

Backyard croquet being played in rough grass with inexpensive equipment, United States, 2009

Fulham recorded four record attendances in the 2009 – 2010 season, in their 0 – 1 loss to Arsenal and their 3 – 1, 3 – 0 and 2 – 1 victories over Liverpool, Manchester United and Hamburg SV respectively, each of which drew full capacity crowds.

Matters did not improve under caretaker manager Phil Parkinson, and a 3 – 1 defeat at Sheffield United saw the Addicks four points adrift at the bottom of the Championship as 2009 dawned, under threat of their first relegation to English football's third tier for 29 years.

George Barna, a conservative Christian author and researcher, conducted a survey in the United States in 2009 that found gay and lesbian people having a Christian affiliation were more numerous than had been presumed.

On 31 May 2009 the United States sent the Nereus hybrid remotely operated vehicle ( HROV ) to the Challenger Deep.

* 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark

Relations between the United Kingdom and Ecuador were traditionally regarded as " low-key but cordial ", especially before the election of Rafael Correa ; the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visited the country in 2009, as part of a tour celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin.

In the United Kingdom, the pro-assisted dying group Dignity in Dying cite conflicting research on attitudes by doctors to assisted dying: with a 2009 Palliative Medicine-published survey showing 64 % support ( to 34 % oppose ) for assisted dying in cases where a patient has an incurable and painful disease, while 49 % of doctors in a study published in BMC Medical Ethics oppose changing the law on assisted dying to 39 % in favour.

Meanwhile the parties in the ED subgroup were growing restless and finally left following the 2009 elections, when the Czech Civic Democratic Party and United Kingdom Conservatives formed their own European Conservatives and Reformists group on 22 June 2009, abolishing the ED subgroup from that date.

As of 2009, HP Enterprise Services employed 139, 500 people in 60 countries, the largest locations being the United States, India and the UK.

* Earth Days, a 2009 documentary feature film about the start of the environmental movement in the United States.

Already this is happening with wheat, with more crops to be planted in the United States, Canada, and Europe in 2009.

* 2009 – The United States Navy guided missile cruiser runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.

: Watchmen ( 2009 ) ( set in an alternative version of history in which Richard Nixon went up for a third term and the United States won the Vietnam War due to the intervention of superheroes )

Genetically engineered plants and animals capable of producing biotechnology drugs more cheaply than current methods ( called pharming ) are also being developed, and in 2009 the United States FDA approved the sale of the pharmaceutical protein antithrombin produced in the milk of genetically engineered goats.

This plan was thwarted for the time being on May 20, 2009, when the United States Senate voted to keep the prison at Guantanamo Bay open for the foreseeable future and forbid the transfer of any detainees to facilities in the United States.

The United States is Honduras's primary trading partner and the source of about two-thirds of the country's foreign direct investment ( 2009 information

The film Vision-From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen, directed by Margarethe von Trotta, premiered in Europe in 2009 and in the United States in 2010.

In FY 2009, the United States resettled just 328 refugees from Afghanistan.

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His successor President Barack Obama has expressed his desire to recognize the Armenian Genocide during the electoral campaigns, but after being elected, has not used the word genocide in his first annual April 24 speech in 2009.

Barack Obama and Lara during the US President's tour of Trinidad and Tobago in 2009.

No symbol for Barack Obama has appeared in the strip ; the May 30, 2009 strip had Obama and an aide wondering what the reason for this might be ( off panel ).

The Obama administration declined to appeal, allowing a May 3, 2009, deadline to pass, leaving Witt as binding on the entire Ninth Circuit, and returning the case to the District Court.

In May 2009, when a committee of military law experts at the Palm Center, an anti-DADT research institute, concluded that the President could issue an Executive Order to suspend homosexual conduct discharges, Obama rejected that option and said he wanted Congress to change the law.

On the eve of the National Equality March in Washington, D. C., October 10, 2009, Obama stated in a speech before the Human Rights Campaign that he would end the ban, but he offered no timetable.

On October 10, 2009, Obama stated in a speech before the Human Rights Campaign that he would end the ban, but set no date.

A month later, McLean wound up the 20th century by performing " American Pie " at the Lincoln Memorial Gala in Washington D. C. Brooks again played " American Pie " during We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009.

In September 2009, the Obama administration engaged in a verbal conflict with Fox News Channel.

In late September 2009, Obama senior advisor David Axelrod and Roger Ailes met in secret to attempt to smooth out tensions between the two camps.

Brooks at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | We Are One concert in 2009

On January 22, 2009, President Obama signed executive orders directing the CIA to shut what remains of its network of " secret " prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantanamo detention camp within a year.

On January 22, 2009, three executive orders were issued by President Obama, although only one of these orders explicitly deals with policy directed at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, which directs the camp's closure within one year.

President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 into law ; to his right is the new law's namesake, Lilly Ledbetter.

The second Gershwin Prize for Popular Song was awarded to Stevie Wonder by U. S. President Barack Obama on February 25, 2009.

* 2009 – Barack Obama is inaugurated as the first black President of the United States.

On June 8, 2009, Voight hosted a Republican congressional fundraiser, and he also made his own speech within the event, criticizing President Obama.

" In a June 13, 2009, article, New York Times columnist Frank Rich said of Voight's speech, in which Voight called to " bring an end to this false prophet Obama ," that: " This kind of rhetoric, with its pseudo-Scriptural call to action, is toxic.

The administration of U. S. President Barack Obama announced in 2009 that it would increase the number of Afghan troops and police to 400, 000 active units.

* Technology in the Obama Campaign at QCon London 2009 ( with Zack Exley )

Mickey Hart ( in background, playing drums ) and Bob Weir ( playing guitar ) performing at the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball during the Inauguration of Barack Obama | presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, January 20, 2009.

Nancy Reagan and one of her successors, First Lady Michelle Obama, at a luncheon, June 3, 2009