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Current events of
September 26, 2008
(
2008-09-26
)
(Friday)
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Senators
John McCain
and
Barack Obama
take part in the first of the
United States presidential election debates
.
(ABC News Australia)
2008 Chinese Milk Scandal
:
Japan
and
Hong Kong
detect
melamine
in
Chinese
food products including
breakfast cereals
and
crackers
.
(AP via
Houston Chronicle
)
German
commandos
storm a
KLM
airliner
at
Cologne-Bonn Airport
and arrest two men suspected of planning to carry out a
terrorist
attack.
(AFP via News Limited)
Subprime mortgage crisis
:
In the biggest bank failure in American history, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
seizes
Washington Mutual
and sells most of the bank to
JPMorgan Chase
.
(
The New York Times
)
(FDIC)
A Ukrainian vessel carrying 30
T-72
tanks is captured by pirates 200 miles off
Somalian
coast.
Russia
sends its military ship to combat
piracy in Somalia
.
(
The New York Times
)
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