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Current events of
June 19, 2008
(
2008-06-19
)
(Thursday)
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The
President of Venezuela
Hugo Chávez
threatens to stop selling oil to
European
countries who apply new
European Union
legislation on
illegal immigration
.
(Reuters)
Iraqi security forces
enter the city of
Amarah
, arrest its
Sadrist
mayor, and take control.
(BBC News)
An
Alabama
state judge upholds a fraud verdict against
AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals in a
Medicaid
drug pricing suit but reduces the value of damages to
$
160 million.
(AP via Forbes)
The
President of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
accuses the
United States
of plotting to kidnap and assassinate him during a visit to
Iraq
.
(AP via Forbes)
Subprime mortgage crisis
A Congressional ethics panel is examining allegations that Democrat Senators
Christopher Dodd
of Connecticut (the sponsor of a major $300 billion housing
bailout
bill) and
Kent Conrad
of North Dakota received preferential loans by troubled mortgage lender
Countrywide Financial Corp
.
(Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Two former
Bear Stearns
hedge fund
managers are arrested and will be the first Wall Street executives to face criminal charges.
(Bloomberg)
Royal Dutch Shell
shuts down an offshore oil installation in
Nigeria
after an attack from the
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
.
(AP via Google News)
Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008
:
Zimbabwe
police arrest an opposition
Movement for Democratic Change
lawmaker and place six others on a wanted list.
(AFP)
The bodies of four people who opposed
Robert Mugabe
have been found in
Harare
.
(Sky News)
Lee Myung-bak
, the
President of South Korea
, apologises to
South Koreans
over an unpopular decision to resume
importing beef
from the
United States
.
(Reuters)
Commencing at dawn, the
Israeli Government
and
Hamas
declare a truce in the
Israel-Gaza conflict
, halting attacks across the border between the
Gaza Strip
and
Israel
.
(
Chicago Tribune
)
A report reveals sailors onboard the submarine
HMCS
Chicoutimi
during a 2004 fire may develop serious health problems as a result.
(Canada.com)
Four German and Spanish servicemen die when their
EUFOR
helicopter crashes in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
(Deutsche Welle)
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