Portal:Current events/2008 July 15

July 15, 2008 (Tuesday)

18 people are injured after a funfair ride composed of a spinning arm with a compartment at one end which carries passengers collapses at the Liseberg theme park Gothenburg, Sweden. (BBC News) (AP via Google News)^{[permanent dead link]}
General Motors announces plans to suspend its dividend, sell off assets and cut 20% off salaried costs in a response to slumping car sales. (CNNMoney)
A videotape of an interrogation of terrorism suspect Omar Khadr by Canadian officials at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is released publicly. (The New York Times)
A suicide bomber at an Iraqi Army base near Baquba kills at least 35 people and injures another 55. (RTÉ) (AP via Yahoo! News) (The New York Times)
An earthquake with a 6.3 magnitude strikes near the island of Rhodes in Greece, leading to one death. (AP via Google News)
Belgian prime minister Yves Leterme resigns after less than four months in office. King Albert II does not accept his resignation. (AFP via Google News)