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*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]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLH62065120080917 (Reuters)] |
*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]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLH62065120080917 (Reuters)] |
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*[[Rwanda]] becomes the first nation where women outnumber men in parliament. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7620816.stm (BBC News)] |
*[[Rwanda]] becomes the first nation where women outnumber men in parliament. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7620816.stm (BBC News)] |
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*[[2008/09 Australian cricket team tour to India|Australian cricket team tour to India]]: |
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**[[Australian national cricket captains|Australian cricket team captain]] [[Ricky Ponting]] says that Australia's tour to India is not confirmed [http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/AB0410B9A6D717D1652574C70045D489?OpenDocument (Press Trust of India)] |
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**[[Pakistan Cricket Board]] calls [[Australian cricket team|Australians]] "lily-livered cowards"[http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/5761DC652BCF6367652574C7001F5036?OpenDocument (Press Trust of India)] |
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*[[2008 Russian financial crisis]]: |
*[[2008 Russian financial crisis]]: |
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**Trading is suspended for the second day in succession on [[Russia]]'s two main stock exchanges (the [[MICEX]] and the dollar-denominated [[Russian Trading System|RTS]]) after shares fall dramatically, forcing the [[Central Bank of Russia|central bank]] in [[Moscow]] to intervene.[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article4772350.ece (The Times)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=arNaiuHTXLbs&refer=europe (Bloomberg)] |
**Trading is suspended for the second day in succession on [[Russia]]'s two main stock exchanges (the [[MICEX]] and the dollar-denominated [[Russian Trading System|RTS]]) after shares fall dramatically, forcing the [[Central Bank of Russia|central bank]] in [[Moscow]] to intervene.[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article4772350.ece (The Times)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=arNaiuHTXLbs&refer=europe (Bloomberg)] |
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- Heidi Fleiss arrested in Nevada brothel on seventy counts of prostitution.
- 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. (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. (NYTimes)
- 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)
- The International Astronomical Union classifies Haumea as the fifth dwarf planet in the Solar System and names it after the Hawaiian god of childbirth and fertility.(IAU press release)
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