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Current events of
December 4, 2008
(
2008-12-04
)
(Thursday)
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Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
says
Russia
may be forced to cut gas supplies to
Ukraine
if the latter "does not fulfil the agreements" on payment for gas already consumed.
(BBC News)
President
of
Uruguay
Tabaré Vázquez
resigns as the leader of the
Socialist Party
following a row over the vetoing of an
abortion
decriminalisation bill.
(BBC)
The
Argentine
National Congress
approves the seizure of
Aerolíneas Argentinas
, the country's biggest airline carrier.
(BBC)
The body of the first
President
of
Afghanistan
Mohammed Daoud Khan
is identified, three decades after he died.
(BBC)
2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute
: At the request of
Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
,
Governor General of Canada
Michaëlle Jean
prorogues the parliament
until January 26, 2009, to avoid a
confidence motion
by a newly-formed
coalition
of opposition parties.
(CBC)
(CTV)
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