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| + | *"'''Evo Morales''' announces '''general elections''' for 2009".[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGNTvM_-kAKwzYTdezwLZrREY_0Q] | ||
*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] | ||
Revision as of 20:10, 7 October 2008
- "Evo Morales announces general elections for 2009".[1]
- 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.[2]
- 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.[3]
- It is reported that US presidential candidate Barack Obama will increase foreign aid to Israel.[4]
- 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."[5]
- 27 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka.[6]
- 15 Indian officials are arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi Government for bribery.[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]
