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ASEAN meets in Jakarta, Indonesia, to launch the ASEAN Charter, which groups its 10 member states into a legal entity.
The House of Representatives of Thailand selects Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party as the country's new Prime Minister.
Bernard Madoff is arrested by the FBI in the United States, and charged with defrauding investors in a US$50 billion Ponzi scheme.
Switzerland becomes the 25th European country to join the Schengen Agreement, whereby cross-border passport checks will be abolished.
The Channel Island of Sark, a British crown dependency, holds its first fully democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism.
Anti-police riots (pictured) break out in Athens and spread to several cities across Greece.

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December 17, 2008 (Wednesday)

December 17, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 16, 2008 (Tuesday)

Bilal Abdullah is convicted for his roles in the 2007 attack on Glasgow International Airport and an attempted bombing of London's West End. (BBC)
Former Interior Minister Mohamoud Mohamed Gacmodhere becomes the new Prime Minister of Somalia. (Xinhua)
Global financial crisis of 2008:
- The United States consumer price index fell in November by 1.9% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Labor Department reports, the biggest decline since the nadir of the Great Depression in January 1932. (MarketWatch)
- Construction permits 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 U.S. Commerce Department reports. (MarketWatch)
Five sticks of dynamite are found in the Printemps department store on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris. (BBC News)
United Nations special envoy to Niger Robert Fowler and Canadian diplomat Louis Guay are reported to be missing in Niger. (CNN)
The Illinois House of Representatives votes unanimously to begin an impeachment inquiry against Governor Rod Blagojevich for corruption. (New York Times)
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations signs a charter to make itself a legal entity. (BBC)
Twenty-five Russian tourists are killed when their bus plummets into a ravine near Eilat in southern Israel, making this road accident the deadliest in state history. (Jerusalem Post)

December 16, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 15, 2008 (Monday)

Montenegro presents its official application for European Union membership to current EU Council President Nicolas Sarkozy, hoping to win candidate status in 2009. (EU Observer)
The House of Representatives of Thailand selects Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party as the new Prime Minister. (New York Times) (BBC)
President of Romania Traian Băsescu nominates Emil Boc, President of the Democratic Liberal Party, as Prime Minister. (Xinhua) (BBC)
Hundreds of thousands of houses in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and New Hampshire are left without electricity after an ice storm. (New York Times)
Israel releases 224 captive Palestinians from prison. (Associated Press)
Anthony Pellicano is sentenced to 15 years in jail for an illegal wiretapping operation. (Los Angeles Times)
High tides cause flooding in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, requiring the evacuation of 300 people. (Radio New Zealand)

December 15, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 14, 2008 (Sunday)

At least 28 people are dead and 22 missing after the ferry Maejan capsizes in the northern Philippines. (AFP via News Limited)
A bus crash in Minya, Egypt, kills 57 people. (AP via Google)
Turkmenistan holds an early parliamentary vote with only candidates from the Democratic Party and associated organizations standing for election. (Reuters)
Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Southern Sudan launch an operation against the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in the DRC's Garamba National Park. (BBC)
Al-Baghdadia TV journalist Muntadhar al Zaidi is subdued after throwing both his shoes at United States President George W. Bush during his farewell speech in Iraq. (CNN)

December 14, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 13, 2008 (Saturday)

Leaders from China, Japan, and South Korea meet on the island of Kyūshū to discuss a response to the financial crisis. (BBC)
The Pakistan Air Force claims Indian fighter aircraft violated Pakistani airspace before being forced to turn back. (AP via The New York Times)

December 13, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 12, 2008 (Friday)

Four members of the Royal Marines are killed in two explosions in Afghanistan. (BBC)
2008 Russian financial crisis: Russian Deputy Economics Minister Andrei Klepach claims that Russia may face at least two quarters of economic decline in the future. (BBC News)
Global financial crisis of 2008: A proposed $14 billion bailout of U.S. automakers fails in the U.S. Senate, raising the specter of an industry collapse that sent Asian markets reeling and sparked fears it could deepen the recession. (New York Times) (MarketWatch)
Switzerland becomes the 25th European country to join the Schengen Agreement, whereby cross-border passport checks will be abolished. (BBC News)
The United Nations Security Council finds that Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are using child soldiers to fight a proxy war. (AP)

December 12, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 11, 2008 (Thursday)

An Iraqi suicide bomber kills 48 people and wounds almost 100 in a restaurant north of Kirkuk celebrating the end of Id al-Adha. (NYT)
Human remains discovered in a plastic bag in southeast Orlando, Florida, United States, are believed to be the remains of missing child Caylee Anthony. Confirmation is not expected for weeks. (Orlando Sentinel)
Free Software Foundation filed a lawsuit against Cisco for using is GPL-licensed components on its Linksys but failed to fulfill the requirements of the General Public License (GPL). (Ars Technica)

December 11, 2008 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Canadian political crisis Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Global financial crisis Icelandic financial crisis Nord-Kivu campaign Presidential transition of Barack Obama Piracy in Somalia Russian financial crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis edit sidebar

Recent deaths
December 15: Leon Febres Cordero 13: Horst Tappert 13: Kathy Staff 12: Avery Cardinal Dulles 12: Van Johnson 11: Ron Carey 11: Bettie Page 10: Didith Reyes 8: Oliver Postgate 7: Marky Cielo 6: Sunny von Bülow 5: Patriarch Alexy II of Russia 4: Forrest J Ackerman 2: Odetta 2: Carlos Abascal 2: Edward Samuel Rogers 2: Frank Crean

Ongoing conflicts
War in Afghanistan Acholiland insurgency Civil war in Chad Second Chechen War Colombian armed conflict War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Kivu Conflict Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Turkey-PKK conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Mexican drug war War in North-West Pakistan Insurgency in Ogaden Insurgency in the Philippines War in Somalia Sa'dah insurgency South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War edit sidebar

Elections
Recent November 16: Guinea-Bissau, Parliament 18: American Samoa, Gubernatorial runoff election 23: Venezuela, Regional 25: Greenland, Self-government referendum 30: Romania, Legislative Upcoming December 29: Bangladesh, General

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Rod Blagojevich U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Bernard L. Madoff U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector

Upcoming holidays and observances
December November 15 - December 24: Nativity Fast (Eastern Christianity) 1 - 24: Advent (Western Christianity) 16: Eid al-Ghadeer (Shia Islam) 16: National Day (Bahrain) 16: Victory Day (Bangladesh) 16: Vijay Diwas (India) 16: Independence Day (Kazakhstan) 16: Day of Reconciliation (South Africa) 16 - 24: Las Posadas (Mexico) 16 - 24: Misa de Gallo (Philippines) 17: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 17: National Day (Bhutan) 17: Wright Brothers Day (United States) 18: International Migrants Day 18: New Jersey Day (New Jersey) 18: Republic Day (Niger) 18: National Day (Qatar) 19: United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation 19: Separation Day (Anguilla) 19: Liberation of Goa (Goa) edit sidebar

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