If I had to nominate the man & woman of 2009, my vote would go to the current Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai and the late Neda Agha-Soltan, who was killed during the 2009 Iranian election protests.
The election of Barack Obama was the highlight of 2009, but his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize was a low, along with the revelation of our MPs misuse of their parliamentary expenses system, the election of the far-right BNP in the European elections, the never-ending Jordan divorce saga, and the vilification of the footballer Eduardo for diving in the British press - recently Wayne Rooney dived against Aston Villa to win a penalty, and the silence was as deafening as it was shameful.
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