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*'''Cuban''' president '''Raul Castro''' visits '''Moscow''', which is the first visit by a Cuban leader since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Both sides want to improve bilateral relations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7856423.stm]
 
*'''Cuban''' president '''Raul Castro''' visits '''Moscow''', which is the first visit by a Cuban leader since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Both sides want to improve bilateral relations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7856423.stm]
 
*The World Health Organization (WHO) said that over 60,000 citizens in '''Zimbabwe''' are infected by '''cholera'''. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7860070.stm]
 
*The World Health Organization (WHO) said that over 60,000 citizens in '''Zimbabwe''' are infected by '''cholera'''. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7860070.stm]
 
 
*'''Protests are going on''' in '''Iceland''' against [[capitalism]] and the government. [http://libcom.org/news/actions-continue-iceland-22122008]
 
*'''Protests are going on''' in '''Iceland''' against [[capitalism]] and the government. [http://libcom.org/news/actions-continue-iceland-22122008]
 
*'''Chinese navy''' begins '''anti-piracy mission''' in '''Somalia'''. [http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/27/stories/2008122756051300.htm]
 
*'''Chinese navy''' begins '''anti-piracy mission''' in '''Somalia'''. [http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/27/stories/2008122756051300.htm]

Revision as of 12:16, 30 January 2009

  • Tensions between North Korea and South Korea are rising. North Korea accused South of being confrontational and said it is scrapping military and political agreements signed with Seoul. [1][2]
  • Cuban president Raul Castro visits Moscow, which is the first visit by a Cuban leader since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Both sides want to improve bilateral relations. [3]
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) said that over 60,000 citizens in Zimbabwe are infected by cholera. [4]
  • Protests are going on in Iceland against capitalism and the government. [5]
  • Chinese navy begins anti-piracy mission in Somalia. [6]
  • Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old boy, is killed by police in Greece triggering riots. [7]
  • The United Nations is concerned over "systematic and widespread" killings of civilians by Colombia's US-backed security forces. Navanethem Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that the 'extrajudicial killings' by Colombian forces could categorize it as 'crime against humanity'.[8]
  • According to the UN, camps sheltering 50,000 displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been torched.[9]
  • Riot police resorts to tear gas and attacks the residents of Elliniko village near Ioannina, Greece who prevented the construction of an open-refuse dump.[10]
  • At least 18 civilians including children ranging in age from six months to 15 are reportedly killed in Afghanistan in an air strike by NATO forces.[11]
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