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Current events of
September 17, 2008
(
2008-09-17
)
(Wednesday)
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The emerging
2008 baby milk scandal
shows evidence of coverup by officials during the Olympics.
(MSNBC)
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
falls
by 440 points as the bailout of the
American International Group
by the
Federal Reserve
fails to reassure jittery investors.
(
The New York Times
)
Foreign Minister of Israel
Tzipi Livni
is selected as the new leader of the
Kadima
party, putting her in position to possibly become the first female
Prime Minister of Israel
since
Golda Meir
.
(Reuters)
Rwanda
becomes the first nation where women outnumber men in
parliament
.
(BBC News)
2008 Russian financial crisis
:
Trading is suspended for the second day in succession on
Russia
's two main stock exchanges (the
MICEX
and the dollar-denominated
RTS
) after shares fall dramatically, forcing the
central bank
in
Moscow
to intervene.
(
The Times
)
(Bloomberg)
Russia's government lends the country's three biggest banks,
Sberbank
,
VTB Bank
and
Gazprombank
, as much as 1.13 trillion
rubles
($44 billion) for at least three months to boost
liquidity
.
(Bloomberg)
Islamic Jihad
claim responsibility for
an attack on
the
U.S.
embassy
in
Yemen
that results in 16 confirmed deaths.
(
The New York Times
)
The
BBC
reports that British bank
HBOS
is in advanced talks with
Lloyds TSB
as HBOS share prices plummet as a result of exposure to the
subprime mortgage crisis
.
(AP via
International Herald Tribune
)
India
deploys
Sukhoi Su-30MKI
fighter jets capable of carrying
nuclear warheads
in
Jammu and Kashmir
amidst continuing
ceasefire
violations with
Pakistan
along the
Line of Control
.
(
Times of India
)
2008 Thai political crisis
:
Somchai Wongsawat
has been elected as the next
Prime Minister of Thailand
by the
National Assembly of Thailand
with King
Bhumibol Adulyadej
having to endorse the selection.
(AFP via
The Canberra Times
)
BAA Limited
decides to sell
Gatwick Airport
following a recent ruling by the
United Kingdom
Competition Commission
.
(BBC News)
The
International Astronomical Union
classifies
Haumea
as the fifth
dwarf planet
in the
Solar System
and names it after the
Hawaiian goddess
of childbirth and fertility.
(IAU press release)
Papua New Guinea
launches the
National Television Service
, a free-to-air state-run channel which competes with
EM TV
.
(ABC News Australia)
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