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Current events of
December 23, 2008
(
2008-12-23
)
(Tuesday)
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Indian
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
denies reports of possible war with
Pakistan
over the
November terrorist attacks
in
Mumbai
.
(CNN-IBN)
Sri Lankan
Civil War
: Heavy fighting continues as part of the
Northern offensive
between the country's
Army
and the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
around the city of
Kilinochchi
.
(BBC)
A
military coup
is announced in
Guinea
, hours after the death of
President
Lansana Conté
.
(BBC)
The world's fifteen leading
gas
-producing countries sign the charter of the
Gas Exporting Countries Forum
, making it a formal organization.
(Xinhua)
(BBC)
(RBC)
(RFE/RL)
Fiji
expels
acting
New Zealand
High Commissioner
Caroline McDonald. In retaliation, New Zealand declares acting Fiji
High Commissioner
Cama Tuiloma
persona non grata
.
(
New Zealand Herald
)
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