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*Venezuelan ex-defense minister and '''critic of Hugo Chavez on corruption issue''' Raul Baduel '''faces problem'''. This happens a couple of weeks after Venezuela expelled two Human Rights Watch members from the country for publishing report critical of Chavez administration.[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/10/another-critic.html] | *Venezuelan ex-defense minister and '''critic of Hugo Chavez on corruption issue''' Raul Baduel '''faces problem'''. This happens a couple of weeks after Venezuela expelled two Human Rights Watch members from the country for publishing report critical of Chavez administration.[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/10/another-critic.html] | ||
*'''Low-paid workers''' at McDonald's and the Farmers department store in Auckland and Hamilton in New Zealand are '''striking for better salary and working conditions'''.[http://libcom.org/news/low-paid-workers-strike-protest-multiple-stores-06102008] | *'''Low-paid workers''' at McDonald's and the Farmers department store in Auckland and Hamilton in New Zealand are '''striking for better salary and working conditions'''.[http://libcom.org/news/low-paid-workers-strike-protest-multiple-stores-06102008] | ||
| − | *It is reported that US presidential candidate Barack Obama will '''increase foreign aid to Israel'''.[http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=71409§ionid=3510203] | + | *It is reported that US presidential candidate Barack Obama, if elected, will '''increase foreign aid to Israel'''.[http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=71409§ionid=3510203] |
*Venezuela's finance minister Ali Rodriguez said that the country's 2009 budget '''"will have significant restrictions"''' compared to US$63.9 in 2008. He said "There are expenses that must be eliminated and others that must be reduced. Many expenses, such as expenses on certain types of vehicles, celluars and parties, will be eliminated."[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100501488.html] | *Venezuela's finance minister Ali Rodriguez said that the country's 2009 budget '''"will have significant restrictions"''' compared to US$63.9 in 2008. He said "There are expenses that must be eliminated and others that must be reduced. Many expenses, such as expenses on certain types of vehicles, celluars and parties, will be eliminated."[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100501488.html] | ||
*27 people have been '''killed''' in a suspected '''suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka'''.[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/200810634626366820.html] | *27 people have been '''killed''' in a suspected '''suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka'''.[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/200810634626366820.html] | ||
*Farmers in [[Argentina]] are protesting. '''"They want government help for small- and medium-scale farmers and aid for those in the north of the country hit by the worst drought in 100 years."'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7650222.stm] | *Farmers in [[Argentina]] are protesting. '''"They want government help for small- and medium-scale farmers and aid for those in the north of the country hit by the worst drought in 100 years."'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7650222.stm] | ||
Revision as of 08:30, 9 October 2008
- The main police headquarters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad is attacked in a suspected suicide bombing.[1]
- "Evo Morales announces general elections for 2009".[2]
- Venezuelan ex-defense minister and critic of Hugo Chavez on corruption issue Raul Baduel faces problem. This happens a couple of weeks after Venezuela expelled two Human Rights Watch members from the country for publishing report critical of Chavez administration.[3]
- Low-paid workers at McDonald's and the Farmers department store in Auckland and Hamilton in New Zealand are striking for better salary and working conditions.[4]
- It is reported that US presidential candidate Barack Obama, if elected, will increase foreign aid to Israel.[5]
- Venezuela's finance minister Ali Rodriguez said that the country's 2009 budget "will have significant restrictions" compared to US$63.9 in 2008. He said "There are expenses that must be eliminated and others that must be reduced. Many expenses, such as expenses on certain types of vehicles, celluars and parties, will be eliminated."[6]
- 27 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka.[7]
- Farmers in Argentina are protesting. "They want government help for small- and medium-scale farmers and aid for those in the north of the country hit by the worst drought in 100 years."[8]
