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| + | *Riot police in the Morumbi district of Sao Paulo, Brazil have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at other police officers who are striking for better pay.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7675220.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] | *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] | ||
*"'''Evo Morales''' announces '''general elections''' for 2009".[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGNTvM_-kAKwzYTdezwLZrREY_0Q] | *"'''Evo Morales''' announces '''general elections''' for 2009".[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGNTvM_-kAKwzYTdezwLZrREY_0Q] | ||
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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] | *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] | ||
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Revision as of 03:24, 17 October 2008
- Riot police in the Morumbi district of Sao Paulo, Brazil have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at other police officers who are striking for better pay.[1]
- The main police headquarters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad is attacked in a suspected suicide bombing.[2]
- "Evo Morales announces general elections for 2009".[3]
- 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.[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]
- It is reported that US presidential candidate Barack Obama, if elected, will increase foreign aid to Israel.[6]
- 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."[7]
- 27 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka.[8]
