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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] | ||
*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] | *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] | ||
*The main police headquarters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad is attacked in a suspected '''suicide bombing'''.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7660578.stm] | *The main police headquarters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad is attacked in a suspected '''suicide bombing'''.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7660578.stm] | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 30 January 2009
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]
- It is reported that US presidential candidate Barack Obama, if elected, will increase foreign aid to Israel.[3]
- The main police headquarters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad is attacked in a suspected suicide bombing.[4]
- 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.[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]
- 15 Indian officials are arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi Government for bribery.[8]
- 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."[9]
