Portal:Current events/2008 April 14

Current events of April 14, 2008 (2008-04-14) (Monday)

The Nevado del Huila volcano erupts in Colombia, causing thousands to evacuate.(CNN) Delta Air Lines reaches an agreement with Northwest Airlines to take over Northwest and create the world's biggest airline. (AP via Google News) The United States begins occupying its new US$736 million embassy in Iraq, one of the largest embassies in the world. Presently under construction, it is approximately as large as the Vatican City and will permanently employ thousands of Americans, including a Marine detachment. (AP via Minneapolis Star-Tribune) Silvio Berlusconi is re-elected for the third time as the Prime Minister of Italy. (AP via The International Herald Tribune) Nabucco Pipeline: Turkmenistan agrees to supply 10 billion cubic metres of natural gas to the European Union per annum, to reduce the bloc's dependence on gas from Russia. (Financial Times) Passenger trains resume between Dhaka in Bangladesh and the Indian city of Calcutta, after 43 years. (BBC News) Taliban insurgents attack a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan killing 11 police officers. (AP via Google News) The World Bank announces a package of emergency measures to tackle the dramatic rise in basic food prices which has led to civil unrest throughout much of the developing world. (BBC News)