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<tr> <td> <div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;"> <p><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rwandan_Genocide_Murambi_skulls_cropped.jpg" class="image" title="Skulls of genocide victims in the Murambi Technical School, 2001"><img alt="Skulls of genocide victims in the Murambi Technical School, 2001" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Rwandan_Genocide_Murambi_skulls_cropped.jpg/110px-Rwandan_Genocide_Murambi_skulls_cropped.jpg" width="110" height="80" border="0"/></a></p> </div> <ul> <li style="-moz-float-edge: content-box">The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda" title="International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda">International Criminal Tribunal</a> for <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> finds <b><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9oneste_Bagosora" title="Théoneste Bagosora">Théoneste Bagosora</a></b> and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide" title="Rwandan Genocide">genocide</a> <i>(skulls of victims pictured)</i>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_humanity" title="Crime against humanity">crimes against humanity</a> and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime" title="War crime">war crimes</a> and sentences them to <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a>.</li> <li style="-moz-float-edge: content-box"><b><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_P%C3%A1tapo_ruins" title="Cerro Pátapo ruins">Ruins</a></b> of a <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_city" title="Lost city">lost</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wari_culture" title="Wari culture">Wari</a> city are discovered in northern <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>.</li> <li style="-moz-float-edge: content-box"><b><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Papua_New_Guinea_floods" title="2008 Papua New Guinea floods">Flooding</a></b> caused by <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">tidal</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_(ocean)" title="Swell (ocean)">swells</a> displaces approximately 75,000 people in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>.</li> <li style="-moz-float-edge: content-box">The <b><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN_Charter" title="ASEAN Charter">ASEAN Charter</a></b> comes into effect, grouping the 10 member states of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN" title="ASEAN">ASEAN</a> into a legal entity.</li> <li style="-moz-float-edge: content-box">The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Thailand" title="House of Representatives of Thailand">House of Representatives</a> of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> selects <b><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhisit_Vejjajiva" title="Abhisit Vejjajiva">Abhisit Vejjajiva</a></b> of the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(Thailand)" title="Democrat Party (Thailand)">Democrat Party</a> as the country's new <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Thailand" title="Prime Minister of Thailand">Prime Minister</a>.</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: right;" class="noprint"><b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="n:Main Page">Wikinews</a></b> – <b><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2008" title="Deaths in 2008">Recent deaths</a></b> – <b><strong class="selflink">More current events...</strong></b></div> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="background-color:transparent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div id="2008_December_21"></div> <table class="vevent" style="width:100%; margin:7px 0px; padding:2px; background-color:white; border:1px #cef2e0 solid;"> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:#cef2e0"> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px; width:100%"><span class="summary"><span style="display:none;">Current events of</span> December 21, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart updated">2008-12-21</span>)</span> (Sunday)</span></td> 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href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jFPqmxfjVmyC57qVqlgXNdLUsUlQ" class="external text" title="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jFPqmxfjVmyC57qVqlgXNdLUsUlQ" rel="nofollow">(AFP via Google News)</a></li> <li>The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberoi_Trident" title="Oberoi Trident">Oberoi Trident</a> and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal_Palace_%26_Tower" title="Taj Mahal Palace & Tower">Taj Mahal Palace & Tower</a> hotels in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> reopen less than a month after the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2008_Mumbai_attacks" title="November 2008 Mumbai attacks">November terrorist attacks</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7794179.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7794179.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="width:100%; margin-bottom:7px; border:2px solid #cedff2; padding:2px; background-color:#f5faff"> <tr bgcolor="#CEDFF2"> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px">December 21, 2008 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="n:Main Page">Wikinews</a> articles</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/UK_government_sells_stake_in_nuclear_weapons_firm" class="extiw" title="wikinews:UK government sells stake in nuclear weapons firm">UK government sells stake in nuclear weapons firm</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="2008_December_20"></div> <table class="vevent" style="width:100%; margin:7px 0px; padding:2px; background-color:white; border:1px #cef2e0 solid;"> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:#cef2e0"> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px; width:100%"><span class="summary"><span style="display:none;">Current events of</span> December 20, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart updated">2008-12-20</span>)</span> (Saturday)</span></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_20&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" class="external text" 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title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_20&action=watch" rel="nofollow">watch</a></small></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="description"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> releases 24 security personnel arrested on Thursday on suspicion of aiding <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.smh.com.au/world/iraq-pm-denies-arrested-officers-were-plotting-a-coup-20081220-72qa.html" class="external text" title="http://news.smh.com.au/world/iraq-pm-denies-arrested-officers-were-plotting-a-coup-20081220-72qa.html" rel="nofollow">(AFP via <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i>)</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="width:100%; margin-bottom:7px; border:2px solid #cedff2; padding:2px; background-color:#f5faff"> <tr bgcolor="#CEDFF2"> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px">December 20, 2008 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="n:Main Page">Wikinews</a> articles</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_Shorts:_December_20,_2008" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Wikinews Shorts: December 20, 2008">Wikinews Shorts: December 20, 2008</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="2008_December_19"></div> <table class="vevent" style="width:100%; margin:7px 0px; padding:2px; background-color:white; border:1px #cef2e0 solid;"> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:#cef2e0"> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px; width:100%"><span class="summary"><span style="display:none;">Current events of</span> December 19, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart updated">2008-12-19</span>)</span> (Friday)</span></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_19&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_19&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" rel="nofollow">edit</a></small></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_19&action=history" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_19&action=history" rel="nofollow">history</a></small></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_19&action=watch" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_19&action=watch" rel="nofollow">watch</a></small></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="description"> <ul> <li>Human remains discovered in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_Florida" title="Orange County, Florida">Orange County</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, last week are identified as those of missing toddler <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caylee_Anthony_murder" title="Caylee Anthony murder" class="mw-redirect">Caylee Anthony</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/19/caylee.anthony/index.html" class="external text" title="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/19/caylee.anthony/index.html" rel="nofollow">(CNN)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidential transition of Barack Obama">Administration</a> of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" title="President-elect of the United States">President-elect</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>: <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">Representative</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_LaHood" title="Ray LaHood">Ray LaHood</a> of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> is nominated as the next <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation" title="United States Secretary of Transportation">Secretary of Transportation</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview" class="external text" title="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview" rel="nofollow">(CNN)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> Representative <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Solis" title="Hilda Solis">Hilda Solis</a> of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> is nominated as the next <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor" title="United States Secretary of Labor">Secretary of Labor</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview" class="external text" title="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview" rel="nofollow">(CNN)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">Venture capitalist</a> Karen Mills is chosen to head the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Business_Administration" title="Small Business Administration">Small Business Administration</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview" class="external text" title="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview" rel="nofollow">(CNN)</a></li> <li>Former <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Dallas,_Texas" title="List of mayors of Dallas, Texas">Mayor</a> of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kirk" title="Ron Kirk">Ronald Kirk</a> is selected for the position of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_States_Trade_Representative" title="Office of the United States Trade Representative">Trade Representative</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview" class="external text" title="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/transition.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview" rel="nofollow">(CNN)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>U.S. <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">administration</a> files a trade case, in the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTO" title="WTO" class="mw-redirect">WTO</a>, against the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> over the alleged use of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export" title="Export">export</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidy" title="Subsidy">subsidies</a> to promote Chinese-made goods. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.star-telegram.com/190/story/1104180.html" class="external text" title="http://www.star-telegram.com/190/story/1104180.html" rel="nofollow">(AP via <i>Fort Worth Star-Telegram</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangzieb_Ahmed" title="Rangzieb Ahmed">Rangzieb Ahmed</a>, the highest-ranked <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> operative in the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, becomes the first person convicted of the charge of directing <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,24824489-401,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,24824489-401,00.html" rel="nofollow">(News Limited)</a></li> <li>President Bush announces a <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>17.4 billion emergency <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailout" title="Bailout">bailout</a> of the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_industry_in_the_United_States" title="Automobile industry in the United States">automobile industry</a> to protect <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler" title="Chrysler">Chrysler</a> from <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> during the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_crisis_of_2008" title="Automotive industry crisis of 2008">current automotive crisis</a>. The plan is conditional on the companies' reorganization by March 31, 2009, to show that they can return to viability. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20auto.html?_r=1&hp" class="external text" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20auto.html?_r=1&hp" rel="nofollow">(<i>New York Times</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone" title="Telephone">telephone</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication" title="Telecommunication">transmissions</a> between <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> are seriously disrupted. The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-Optic_Link_Around_the_Globe" title="Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe">FLAG</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEA-ME-WE_3" title="SEA-ME-WE 3">SEA-ME-WE 3</a>, and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEA-ME-WE_4" title="SEA-ME-WE 4">SEA-ME-WE 4</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable" title="Submarine communications cable">submarine communications cables</a> are believed to have been <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_submarine_cable_disruption" title="2008 submarine cable disruption">cut for the second time this year</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792688.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792688.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo_Irish_Bank_hidden_loans_controversy" title="Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy">Three resignations ensue</a> when <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo_Irish_Bank" title="Anglo Irish Bank">Anglo Irish Bank</a> chairman Sean Fitzpatrick admits to concealing a total of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>87 million in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan" title="Loan">loans</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/1219/anglo.html" class="external text" title="http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/1219/anglo.html" rel="nofollow">(RTÉ)</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="width:100%; margin-bottom:7px; border:2px solid #cedff2; padding:2px; background-color:#f5faff"> <tr bgcolor="#CEDFF2"> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px">December 19, 2008 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="n:Main Page">Wikinews</a> articles</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/RNA_journal_submits_articles_to_Wikipedia" class="extiw" title="wikinews:RNA journal submits articles to Wikipedia">RNA journal submits articles to Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Polaroid_goes_bankrupt" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Polaroid goes bankrupt">Polaroid goes bankrupt</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Majel_Barrett-Roddenberry,_wife_of_%27Star_Trek%27_creator_dies_of_cancer_at_76" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, wife of 'Star Trek' creator dies of cancer at 76">Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, wife of 'Star Trek' creator dies of cancer at 76</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="2008_December_18"></div> <table class="vevent" style="width:100%; margin:7px 0px; padding:2px; background-color:white; border:1px #cef2e0 solid;"> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:#cef2e0"> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px; width:100%"><span class="summary"><span style="display:none;">Current events of</span> December 18, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart updated">2008-12-18</span>)</span> (Thursday)</span></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_18&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_18&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" rel="nofollow">edit</a></small></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_18&action=history" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_18&action=history" rel="nofollow">history</a></small></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_18&action=watch" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_18&action=watch" rel="nofollow">watch</a></small></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="description"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> successfully test-fires <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic" title="Supersonic">supersonic</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile" title="Cruise missile">cruise missile</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos" title="BrahMos">BrahMos</a> for the first time from a <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_launching_system" title="Vertical launching system">mobile universal vertical launcher</a> fitted on a <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">naval warship</a> in the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_test-fires_BrahMos_supersonic_missile/rssarticleshow/3858017.cms" class="external text" title="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_test-fires_BrahMos_supersonic_missile/rssarticleshow/3858017.cms" rel="nofollow">(Times of India)</a></li> <li>The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda" title="International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda">International Criminal Tribunal</a> for <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> finds <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9oneste_Bagosora" title="Théoneste Bagosora">Théoneste Bagosora</a> guilty of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide" title="Rwandan Genocide">genocide</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_humanity" title="Crime against humanity">crimes against humanity</a> and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime" title="War crime">war crimes</a> and sentences him to <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BH1QB20081218?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=69" class="external text" title="http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BH1QB20081218?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=69" rel="nofollow">(Reuters)</a></li> <li>75,000 people in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> are displaced by <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Papua_New_Guinea_floods" title="2008 Papua New Guinea floods">flooding</a> caused by <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">tidal</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_(ocean)" title="Swell (ocean)">swells</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/tidal-waves-displace-75000-in-png/2008/12/17/1229189710074.html" class="external text" title="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/tidal-waves-displace-75000-in-png/2008/12/17/1229189710074.html" rel="nofollow">(Sydney Morning Herald)</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="width:100%; margin-bottom:7px; border:2px solid #cedff2; padding:2px; background-color:#f5faff"> <tr bgcolor="#CEDFF2"> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px">December 18, 2008 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="n:Main Page">Wikinews</a> articles</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Yahoo!_to_purge_personal_data_after_3_months" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Yahoo! to purge personal data after 3 months">Yahoo! to purge personal data after 3 months</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Philippine_shipwreck_kills_man;_rescue_boat_also_rescued" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Philippine shipwreck kills man; rescue boat also rescued">Philippine shipwreck kills man; rescue boat also rescued</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Illinois_court_rejects_attempt_to_have_governor_removed_from_office" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Illinois court rejects attempt to have governor removed from office">Illinois court rejects attempt to have governor removed from office</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/US,_UK_investigators_collaborating_after_US_777_incident_similar_to_London_crash" class="extiw" title="wikinews:US, UK investigators collaborating after US 777 incident similar to London crash">US, UK investigators collaborating after US 777 incident similar to London crash</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio_clinic_performs_US%27s_first_face_transplant" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US's first face transplant">Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US's first face transplant</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/French_appeals_court_confirms_Volvo_guilty_over_death_crash" class="extiw" title="wikinews:French appeals court confirms Volvo guilty over death crash">French appeals court confirms Volvo guilty over death crash</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Twin_bomb_blasts_in_2_Philippine_malls_kill_6,_injure_38" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Twin bomb blasts in 2 Philippine malls kill 6, injure 38">Twin bomb blasts in 2 Philippine malls kill 6, injure 38</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="2008_December_17"></div> <table class="vevent" style="width:100%; margin:7px 0px; padding:2px; background-color:white; border:1px #cef2e0 solid;"> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:#cef2e0"> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px; width:100%"><span class="summary"><span style="display:none;">Current events of</span> December 17, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart updated">2008-12-17</span>)</span> (Wednesday)</span></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_17&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_17&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" rel="nofollow">edit</a></small></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_17&action=history" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_17&action=history" rel="nofollow">history</a></small></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_17&action=watch" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_17&action=watch" rel="nofollow">watch</a></small></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="description"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Wari_ruins" title="Northern Wari ruins" class="mw-redirect">Ruins of an entire ancient city</a> belonging to the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wari_culture" title="Wari culture">Wari culture</a> are discovered in northern <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787053.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787053.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korean</a> actress <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ok_So-ri" title="Ok So-ri">Ok So-ri</a> is given an eight-month suspended prison sentence for <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery" title="Adultery">adultery</a> after the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Korea" title="Constitutional Court of Korea">Constitutional Court</a> refused to strike down a law criminalizing adultery. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7786985.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7786985.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Representatives_of_Iraq" title="Council of Representatives of Iraq">Parliament</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_al-Mashhadani" title="Mahmoud al-Mashhadani">Mahmoud al-Mashhadani</a> announces his resignation because of chaos over the treatment of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntadhar_al-Zaidi" title="Muntadhar al-Zaidi">Muntadhar al-Zaidi</a>, the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Baghdadia_TV" title="Al-Baghdadia TV">Al-Baghdadia TV</a> journalist who <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoeing" title="Shoeing">threw his shoes</a> at <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3813113/Fears-for-shoe-throwing-journalist-as-he-fails-to-appear-in-court.html" class="external text" title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3813113/Fears-for-shoe-throwing-journalist-as-he-fails-to-appear-in-court.html" rel="nofollow">(Telegraph)</a></li> <li>A <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">U.S. State Department</a> panel recommends that <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Worldwide" title="Blackwater Worldwide">Blackwater Worldwide</a> should be dropped as the main <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">private security contractor</a> for American diplomats in Iraq. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7788641.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7788641.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> <li>The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> passes a resolution authorizing foreign countries to conduct military raids on land or by sea in pursuit of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somali</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia" title="Piracy in Somalia">pirates</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121602848.html?hpid=sec-world" class="external text" title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121602848.html?hpid=sec-world" rel="nofollow">(Washington Post)</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="width:100%; margin-bottom:7px; border:2px solid #cedff2; padding:2px; background-color:#f5faff"> <tr bgcolor="#CEDFF2"> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px">December 17, 2008 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="n:Main Page">Wikinews</a> articles</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Government_to_repeal_Electoral_Finance_Act" class="extiw" title="wikinews:New Zealand Government to repeal Electoral Finance Act">New Zealand Government to repeal Electoral Finance Act</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/OPEC_cuts_production_by_2.2_million_barrels_a_day" class="extiw" title="wikinews:OPEC cuts production by 2.2 million barrels a day">OPEC cuts production by 2.2 million barrels a day</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/South_Korean_actress_Ok_So-ri_gets_suspended_term_for_adultery" class="extiw" title="wikinews:South Korean actress Ok So-ri gets suspended term for adultery">South Korean actress Ok So-ri gets suspended term for adultery</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/People_bid_farewell_to_elderly_Shinkansen_super-express_in_Japan" class="extiw" title="wikinews:People bid farewell to elderly Shinkansen super-express in Japan">People bid farewell to elderly Shinkansen super-express in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_Shorts:_December_17,_2008" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Wikinews Shorts: December 17, 2008">Wikinews Shorts: December 17, 2008</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/US_Supreme_Court_allows_%27light%27_cigarettes_lawsuits" class="extiw" title="wikinews:US Supreme Court allows 'light' cigarettes lawsuits">US Supreme Court allows 'light' cigarettes lawsuits</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_Air_Marshal_shot" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Zimbabwe Air Marshal shot">Zimbabwe Air Marshal shot</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Somali_pirates_hijack_Indonesian_tugboat_and_Turkish_container_ship" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Somali pirates hijack Indonesian tugboat and Turkish container ship">Somali pirates hijack Indonesian tugboat and Turkish container ship</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Iraqi_journalist_arrested_after_throwing_shoes_at_George_W._Bush" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Iraqi journalist arrested after throwing shoes at George W. Bush">Iraqi journalist arrested after throwing shoes at George W. Bush</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Rudd_heckled_over_5%25_climate_target" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Rudd heckled over 5% climate target">Rudd heckled over 5% climate target</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="2008_December_16"></div> <table class="vevent" style="width:100%; margin:7px 0px; padding:2px; background-color:white; border:1px #cef2e0 solid;"> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:#cef2e0"> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px; width:100%"><span class="summary"><span style="display:none;">Current events of</span> December 16, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart updated">2008-12-16</span>)</span> (Tuesday)</span></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_16&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_16&action=edit&editintro=Portal:Current_events/Edit_instructions" rel="nofollow">edit</a></small></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_16&action=history" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_16&action=history" rel="nofollow">history</a></small></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_16&action=watch" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2008_December_16&action=watch" rel="nofollow">watch</a></small></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="description"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_Abdullah" title="Bilal Abdullah">Bilal Abdullah</a> is convicted for his roles in the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Glasgow_International_Airport_attack" title="2007 Glasgow International Airport attack">2007 attack</a> on <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_International_Airport" title="Glasgow International Airport">Glasgow International Airport</a> and an attempted bombing of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>'s <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7773410.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7773410.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Somalia" title="List of Presidents of Somalia">President</a> of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullahi_Yusuf_Ahmed" title="Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed">Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed</a> names former <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior_ministry" title="Interior ministry">Interior Minister</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamoud_Mohamed_Gacmodhere" title="Mohamoud Mohamed Gacmodhere">Mohamoud Mohamed Gacmodhere</a> as <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Somalia" title="Prime Minister of Somalia">Prime Minister</a>, but incumbent PM <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Hassan_Hussein" title="Nur Hassan Hussein">Nur Hassan Hussein</a> is supported in a parliamentary vote, requiring a <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence" title="Motion of no confidence">confidence motion</a> before Ahmed could replace Hussein. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/16/content_10513247.htm" class="external text" title="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/16/content_10513247.htm" rel="nofollow">(Xinhua)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_financial_crisis_of_2008" title="Global financial crisis of 2008">Global financial crisis of 2008</a>: <ul> <li>The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_price_index" title="Consumer price index">consumer price index</a> fell in November by 1.9% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor" title="United States Department of Labor">U.S. Labor Department</a> reports, the biggest decline since the nadir of the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> in January 1932. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Drop-consumer-prices-most-since/story.aspx?guid=%7B45513693%2D102D%2D4A67%2D8859%2DC73778BF4777%7D" class="external text" title="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Drop-consumer-prices-most-since/story.aspx?guid=%7B45513693%2D102D%2D4A67%2D8859%2DC73778BF4777%7D" rel="nofollow">(MarketWatch)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_permit" title="Construction permit">Construction permits</a> for single-family homes fell in October by 12.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 412,000, marking a 27-year low, the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">U.S. Commerce Department</a> reports. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Housing-starts-drop-189-plumb/story.aspx?guid=%7BE21F7EFD%2D5EFF%2D445E%2D87C8%2D8AE300767217%7D&dist=hplatest" class="external text" title="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Housing-starts-drop-189-plumb/story.aspx?guid=%7BE21F7EFD%2D5EFF%2D445E%2D87C8%2D8AE300767217%7D&dist=hplatest" rel="nofollow">(MarketWatch)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Five sticks of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite" title="Dynamite">dynamite</a> are found in the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printemps" title="Printemps">Printemps</a> department store on the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_Haussmann" title="Boulevard Haussmann">Boulevard Haussmann</a> in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7785440.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7785440.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC News)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> special envoy to <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fowler_(diplomat)" title="Robert Fowler (diplomat)">Robert Fowler</a> and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a> diplomat Louis Guay are reported to be missing in Niger. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/16/canada.un.kidnap/" class="external text" title="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/16/canada.un.kidnap/" rel="nofollow">(CNN)</a></li> <li>The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> votes unanimously to begin an <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States" title="Impeachment in the United States">impeachment</a> inquiry against <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich" title="Rod Blagojevich">Rod Blagojevich</a> for <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich_federal_fraud_cases" title="Rod Blagojevich federal fraud cases" class="mw-redirect">corruption</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/us/politics/16illinois.html?ref=us" class="external text" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/us/politics/16illinois.html?ref=us" rel="nofollow">(New York Times)</a></li> <li>The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN" title="ASEAN">Association of Southeast Asian Nations</a> signs a <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN_Charter" title="ASEAN Charter">charter</a> to make itself a legal entity. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7783073.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7783073.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> <li>Twenty-four <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> tourists are killed when their bus plummets into a ravine near <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilat" title="Eilat">Eilat</a> in southern <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, making this road accident the deadliest in the state's history. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728219835&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" class="external text" title="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728219835&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" rel="nofollow">(Jerusalem Post)</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="width:100%; margin-bottom:7px; border:2px solid #cedff2; padding:2px; background-color:#f5faff"> <tr bgcolor="#CEDFF2"> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px">December 16, 2008 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="n:Main Page">Wikinews</a> articles</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/New_Zealand_journalist_deported_from_Fiji" class="extiw" title="wikinews:New Zealand journalist deported from Fiji">New Zealand journalist deported from Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Sharp_increase_in_number_of_Zimbabwean_cholera_deaths" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Sharp increase in number of Zimbabwean cholera deaths">Sharp increase in number of Zimbabwean cholera deaths</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_Shorts:_December_16,_2008" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Wikinews Shorts: December 16, 2008">Wikinews Shorts: December 16, 2008</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="2008_December_15"></div> <table class="vevent" style="width:100%; margin:7px 0px; padding:2px; background-color:white; border:1px #cef2e0 solid;"> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:#cef2e0"> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px; width:100%"><span class="summary"><span style="display:none;">Current events of</span> December 15, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart updated">2008-12-15</span>)</span> (Monday)</span></td> <td align="right" style="font-weight:bold; padding:5px; margin-left:0px"><small 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href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Presidency of the Council of the European Union">President</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a>, hoping to win candidate status in 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://euobserver.com/9/27301" class="external text" title="http://euobserver.com/9/27301" rel="nofollow">(EU Observer)</a></li> <li>The <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Thailand" title="House of Representatives of Thailand">House of Representatives</a> of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> selects <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhisit_Vejjajiva" title="Abhisit Vejjajiva">Abhisit Vejjajiva</a> of the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(Thailand)" title="Democrat Party (Thailand)">Democrat Party</a> as the new <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Thailand" title="Prime Minister of Thailand">Prime Minister</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/world/asia/16thailand.html?ref=world" class="external text" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/world/asia/16thailand.html?ref=world" rel="nofollow"><i>(New York Times)</i></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7782950.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7782950.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Romania" title="President of Romania">President</a> of <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traian_B%C4%83sescu" title="Traian Băsescu">Traian Băsescu</a> nominates <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Boc" title="Emil Boc">Emil Boc</a>, President of the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Liberal_Party_(Romania)" title="Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)">Democratic Liberal Party</a>, as <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Romania" title="Prime Minister of Romania">Prime Minister</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/15/content_10509300.htm" class="external text" title="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/15/content_10509300.htm" rel="nofollow">(Xinhua)</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7784051.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7784051.stm" rel="nofollow">(BBC)</a></li> <li>Hundreds of thousands of houses in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New York</a>, and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> are <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2008_ice_storm_of_New_England_and_Upstate_New_York" title="December 2008 ice storm of New England and Upstate New York" class="mw-redirect">left without electricity after an ice storm</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/us/16ice.html" class="external text" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/us/16ice.html" rel="nofollow">(New York Times)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> releases 224 captive <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people" title="Palestinian people">Palestinians</a> from prison. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD953B51G0" class="external text" title="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD953B51G0" rel="nofollow">(Associated Press)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Pellicano" title="Anthony Pellicano">Anthony Pellicano</a> is sentenced to 15 years in jail for an illegal <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_tapping" title="Telephone tapping">wiretapping</a> operation. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pellicano16-2008dec16,0,6208677.story?track=rss" class="external text" title="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pellicano16-2008dec16,0,6208677.story?track=rss" rel="nofollow">(Los Angeles Times)</a></li> <li>High tides cause flooding in <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majuro" title="Majuro">Majuro</a>, the capital of the <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a>, requiring the evacuation of 300 people. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=43713" class="external text" title="http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=43713" rel="nofollow">(Radio New Zealand)</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="width:100%; margin-bottom:7px; border:2px solid #cedff2; padding:2px; background-color:#f5faff"> <tr bgcolor="#CEDFF2"> <td align="left" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; padding:5px">December 15, 2008 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="n:Main Page">Wikinews</a> articles</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Thai_opposition_leader_Abhisit_Vejjajiva_elected_as_new_Prime_Minister" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Thai opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva elected as new Prime Minister">Thai opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva elected as new Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court_requests_reconsideration_of_habeas_petitions_of_Gitmo_captives" class="extiw" title="wikinews:U.S. Supreme Court requests reconsideration of habeas petitions of Gitmo captives">U.S. Supreme Court requests reconsideration of habeas petitions of Gitmo captives</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Somali_parliament_rejects_president%27s_dismissal_of_prime_minister" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Somali parliament rejects president's dismissal of prime minister">Somali parliament rejects president's dismissal of prime minister</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ferry_sinks_in_northern_Philippines,_28_dead" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Ferry sinks in northern Philippines, 28 dead">Ferry sinks in northern Philippines, 28 dead</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellspacing="0" style="background-color:white; width: 100%; border:2px solid #cef2e0; margin-bottom:7px; padding-left:3px"> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold; padding:3px 5px"><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2008" title="December 2008">More December 2008 Events...</a></td> <td align="right" style="font-size:9pt; 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href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reaction_to_the_2008_declaration_of_independence_by_Kosovo" title="International reaction to the 2008 declaration of independence by Kosovo">Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_financial_crisis_of_2008" title="Global financial crisis of 2008">Global financial crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Greek_riots" title="2008 Greek riots">Greek riots</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Icelandic_financial_crisis" title="2008 Icelandic financial crisis">Icelandic financial crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Nord-Kivu_campaign" title="2008 Nord-Kivu campaign">Nord-Kivu campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidential transition of Barack Obama">Presidential transition of Barack Obama</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia" title="Piracy in Somalia">Piracy in Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Russian_financial_crisis" title="2008 Russian financial crisis">Russian financial crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon ratification</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_world_food_price_crisis" title="2007–2008 world food price crisis">World food price crisis</a></li> </ul> <p><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand" style="float:right"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/Sidebar&action=edit" class="external text" 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href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">18</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jonquet" title="Robert Jonquet">Robert Jonquet</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">18</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majel_Barrett" title="Majel Barrett">Majel Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">18</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Douglas_(actor)" title="Jack Douglas (actor)">Jack Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">18</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Mark_Felt" title="W. Mark Felt">W. Mark Felt</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">18</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_Cruise_O%27Brien" title="Conor Cruise O'Brien">Conor Cruise O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">18</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich" title="Paul Weyrich">Paul Weyrich</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">17</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Sammy Baugh</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">16</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bottoms" title="Sam Bottoms">Sam Bottoms</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">15</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Graham" title="Davey Graham">Davey Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">15</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Febres_Cordero" title="Leon Febres Cordero" class="mw-redirect">Leon Febres Cordero</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">13</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Staff" title="Kathy Staff">Kathy Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">13</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Tappert" title="Horst Tappert">Horst Tappert</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">12</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Dulles" title="Avery Dulles">Avery Cardinal Dulles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">12</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Johnson" title="Van Johnson">Van Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">11</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddie_Blaustein" title="Maddie Blaustein">Maddie Blaustein</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">11</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Carey_(labor_leader)" title="Ron Carey (labor leader)">Ron Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">11</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettie_Page" title="Bettie Page">Bettie Page</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_10" title="December 10">10</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didith_Reyes" title="Didith Reyes">Didith Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_8" title="December 8">8</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Postgate" title="Oliver Postgate">Oliver Postgate</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_7" title="December 7">7</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky_Cielo" title="Marky Cielo">Marky Cielo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">6</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_von_B%C3%BClow" title="Sunny von Bülow">Sunny von Bülow</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="infobox" width="250" style="border:1px solid #cedff2;"> <tr style="font-size: 133%; background-color: #cedff2; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> <th><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_conflicts" title="List of ongoing conflicts">Ongoing conflicts</a></th> </tr> <tr style="background-color: #f5faff;"> <td> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)" class="mw-redirect">War in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army_insurgency" title="Lord's Resistance Army insurgency">Acholiland insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war_in_Chad_(2005%E2%80%93present)" title="Civil war in Chad (2005–present)">Civil war in Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Chechen_War" title="Second Chechen War">Second Chechen War</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_armed_conflict_(1964%E2%80%93present)" title="Colombian armed conflict (1964–present)">Colombian armed conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Darfur" title="War in Darfur">War in Darfur</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict" title="Fatah–Hamas conflict">Fatah–Hamas conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kivu_Conflict" title="Kivu Conflict" class="mw-redirect">Kivu Conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir">Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey-PKK_conflict" title="Turkey-PKK conflict" class="mw-redirect">Turkey-PKK conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-PJAK_conflict" title="Iran-PJAK conflict" class="mw-redirect">Iran-PJAK conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_drug_war" title="Mexican drug war" class="mw-redirect">Mexican drug war</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_North-West_Pakistan" title="War in North-West Pakistan">War in North-West Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Ogaden" title="Insurgency in Ogaden">Insurgency in Ogaden</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_Philippines" title="Insurgency in the Philippines">Insurgency in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Somalia_(2006%E2%80%93present)" title="War in Somalia (2006–present)">War in Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%27dah_insurgency" title="Sa'dah insurgency">Sa'dah insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Thailand_insurgency" title="South Thailand insurgency">South Thailand insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" title="Sri Lankan Civil War">Sri Lankan Civil War</a></li> </ul> <p><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand" style="float:right"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/Sidebar&action=edit" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/Sidebar&action=edit" rel="nofollow">edit sidebar</a></small></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="infobox" width="250" style="border:1px solid #cedff2;"> <tr style="font-size: 133%; background-color: #cedff2; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> <th><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_calendar_2008" title="Electoral calendar 2008">Elections</a></th> </tr> <tr style="background-color: #f5faff;"> <td><a name="Recent" id="Recent"></a> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Recent</span></h3> <a name="November" id="November"></a> <h4><span class="mw-headline">November</span></h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_November" title="16 November" class="mw-redirect">16</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Guinea-Bissau" title="Elections in Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_legislative_election,_2008" title="Guinea-Bissau legislative election, 2008">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18_November" title="18 November" class="mw-redirect">18</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_American_Samoa" title="Elections in American Samoa">American Samoa</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa_gubernatorial_election,_2008" title="American Samoa gubernatorial election, 2008">Gubernatorial runoff election</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_November" title="23 November" class="mw-redirect">23</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Venezuela" title="Elections in Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_regional_elections,_2008" title="Venezuelan regional elections, 2008">Regional</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_November" title="25 November" class="mw-redirect">25</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Greenland" title="Elections in Greenland">Greenland</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_self-government_referendum,_2008" title="Greenlandic self-government referendum, 2008">Self-government referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_November" title="30 November" class="mw-redirect">30</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Romania" title="Elections in Romania">Romania</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_legislative_election,_2008" title="Romanian legislative election, 2008">Legislative</a></li> </ul> <a name="Upcoming" id="Upcoming"></a> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Upcoming</span></h3> <a name="December_2" id="December_2"></a> <h4><span class="mw-headline">December</span></h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29_December" title="29 December" class="mw-redirect">29</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Bangladesh" title="Elections in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshi_general_election,_2008" title="Bangladeshi general election, 2008">General</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="infobox" width="250" style="border:1px solid #cedff2;"> <tr style="font-size: 133%; background-color: #cedff2; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> <th>Trials</th> </tr> <tr style="background-color: #f5faff;"> <td><a name="Upcoming_2" id="Upcoming_2"></a> <h4><span class="mw-headline">Upcoming</span></h4> <ul> <li>Austria: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case" title="Fritzl case">Josef Fritzl</a></li> <li>Canada: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien_(Canadian_politician)" title="Larry O'Brien (Canadian politician)">Larry O'Brien</a></li> <li>Estonia: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Simm" title="Herman Simm">Herman Simm</a></li> <li>Italy: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Meredith_Kercher" title="Murder of Meredith Kercher">Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox</a></li> <li>Malaysia: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Ibrahim" title="Anwar Ibrahim">Anwar Ibrahim</a></li> <li>Netherlands: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia" title="International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia">ICTY</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovan_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Radovan Karadžić">Radovan Karadžić</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Singapore: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chee_Soon_Juan" title="Chee Soon Juan">Chee Soon Juan</a> and <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Boleh_Tahan" title="Tak Boleh Tahan">others</a></li> <li>Singapore: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lloyd_(ABC_correspondent)" title="Peter Lloyd (ABC correspondent)">Peter Lloyd</a></li> <li>U.S.: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C3%ADbal_Acevedo_Vil%C3%A1" title="Aníbal Acevedo Vilá">Aníbal Acevedo Vilá</a></li> <li>U.S.: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich" title="Rod Blagojevich">Rod Blagojevich</a></li> <li>U.S.: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout" title="Viktor Bout">Viktor Bout</a></li> <li>U.S.: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noshir_Gowadia" title="Noshir Gowadia">Noshir Gowadia</a></li> <li>U.S.: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Jefferson" title="William J. Jefferson">William J. Jefferson</a></li> <li>U.S.: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Charles_Kopp" title="James Charles Kopp">James Charles Kopp</a></li> <li>U.S.: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_L._Madoff" title="Bernard L. Madoff" class="mw-redirect">Bernard L. Madoff</a></li> <li>U.S.: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Watada" title="Ehren Watada">Ehren Watada</a></li> </ul> <a name="Ongoing" id="Ongoing"></a> <h4><span class="mw-headline">Ongoing</span></h4> <ul> <li>Cambodia: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge_Tribunal" title="Khmer Rouge Tribunal" class="mw-redirect">Khmer Rouge Tribunal</a></li> <li>Iraq: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Iraqi_Criminal_Tribunal" title="Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal">Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal</a></li> <li>Netherlands: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">ICC</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lubanga" title="Thomas Lubanga">Thomas Lubanga</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Netherlands: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia" title="International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia">ICTY</a></li> <li>Peru: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Fujimori%27s_arrest_and_trial" title="Alberto Fujimori's arrest and trial">Alberto Fujimori</a></li> <li>Sierra Leone: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Court_for_Sierra_Leone" title="Special Court for Sierra Leone">SCfSL</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberia)" title="Charles Taylor (Liberia)">Charles Taylor</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Thailand: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra" title="Thaksin Shinawatra">Thaksin Shinawatra</a></li> <li>US: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six" title="Jena Six">Jena Six</a></li> <li>US: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Nichols" title="Brian Nichols">Brian Nichols</a></li> <li>US: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Padilla_(prisoner)" title="José Padilla (prisoner)">José Padilla</a></li> <li>US: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector" title="Phil Spector">Phil Spector</a></li> </ul> <p><br/></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="infobox" width="250" style="border:1px solid #cedff2;"> <tr style="font-size: 133%; background-color: #cedff2; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> <th id="Upcoming_holidays_and_observances">Upcoming holidays<br/> and observances</th> </tr> <tr style="background-color: #f5faff;"> <td> <div style="clear:both"></div> <a name="December_3" id="December_3"></a> <h4><span class="mw-headline"><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2008" title="December 2008">December</a></span></h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_15" title="November 15">November 15</a> - <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">December 24</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_Fast" title="Nativity Fast">Nativity Fast</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_1" title="December 1">1</a> - <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">24</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">16</a> - <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">24</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Posadas" title="Las Posadas">Las Posadas</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">16</a> - <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">24</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misa_de_Gallo" title="Misa de Gallo" class="mw-redirect">Misa de Gallo</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">20</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Solidarity" title="Social Solidarity" class="mw-redirect">International Human Solidarity Day</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">20</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81satr%C3%BA_holidays" title="Ásatrú holidays">Mother Night</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81satr%C3%BA" title="Ásatrú">Ásatrú</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">20</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau_Basic_Law" title="Macau Basic Law">Macau SAR Establishment Day</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">20</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama" title="United States invasion of Panama">Day of Mourning</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">20</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism" title="Abolitionism">Abolition Day</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">21</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Solstice" title="Winter Solstice" class="mw-redirect">Winter Solstice</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">21</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Solstice" title="Summer Solstice" 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href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda" title="Yalda">Yalda</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">21</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">São Tomé Day</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">21</a> evening -<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_29" title="December 29">29</a>: <a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> (<a href="/web/20081221053441/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>)</li> <li><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82">മലയാളം</a></li> <li class="interwiki-mr"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE">मराठी</a></li> <li class="interwiki-ms"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Hal_semasa">Bahasa Melayu</a></li> <li class="interwiki-mn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D2%AF%D2%AF%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D2%AF%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D2%AF%D0%B9%D0%BB_%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4">Монгол</a></li> <li class="interwiki-na"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://na.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imwin">Dorerin Naoero</a></li> <li class="interwiki-nl"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portaal:In_het_nieuws">Nederlands</a></li> <li class="interwiki-new"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%81">नेपाल भाषा</a></li> <li class="interwiki-ja"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E3%81%AE%E5%87%BA%E6%9D%A5%E4%BA%8B">日本語</a></li> <li class="interwiki-oc"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A8dia:Actualitat">Occitan</a></li> <li class="interwiki-pap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eventonan_aktual">Papiamentu</a></li> <li class="interwiki-pms"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neuve">Piemontèis</a></li> <li class="interwiki-pl"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aktualno%C5%9Bci">Polski</a></li> <li class="interwiki-pt"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Eventos_atuais">Português</a></li> <li class="interwiki-ro"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Actualit%C4%83%C5%A3i">Română</a></li> <li class="interwiki-ru"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB:%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F">Русский</a></li> <li class="interwiki-sq"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Ngjarjet_e_tanishme">Shqip</a></li> <li class="interwiki-sk"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktuality">Slovenčina</a></li> <li class="interwiki-sl"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:V_novicah">Slovenščina</a></li> <li class="interwiki-szl"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedyjo:Bje%C5%BE%C5%AFnce_wyda%C5%99y%C5%84a">Ślůnski</a></li> <li class="interwiki-sr"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB:%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%92%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B8">Српски / Srpski</a></li> <li class="interwiki-sh"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktuelno-%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE">Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски</a></li> <li class="interwiki-su"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221053441/http://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Keur_lumangsung">Basa Sunda</a></li> <li class="interwiki-fi"><a 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