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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]
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| − | *'''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]
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| − | *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]
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| − | *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]
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| − | *27 people have been '''killed''' in a suspected '''suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka'''.[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/200810634626366820.html]
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| − | *'''15 Indian officials are arrested''' by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi Government for '''bribery'''.[http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/07/stories/2008100757950100.htm]
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| − | *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]
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