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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of genocide (skulls of victims pictured), crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment.
Ruins of a lost Wari city are discovered in northern Peru.
Flooding caused by tidal swells displaces approximately 75,000 people in Papua New Guinea.
The ASEAN Charter comes into effect, grouping the 10 member states of ASEAN into a legal entity.
The House of Representatives of Thailand selects Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party as the country's new Prime Minister.

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December 21, 2008 (Sunday)

Clashes between rioters and the Hellenic Police continue near the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. (AFP via Google News)
The Oberoi Trident and Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotels in Mumbai reopen less than a month after the November terrorist attacks. (BBC)

December 21, 2008 Wikinews articles

UK government sells stake in nuclear weapons firm

December 20, 2008 (Saturday)

Iraq releases 24 security personnel arrested on Thursday on suspicion of aiding terrorism. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)

December 20, 2008 Wikinews articles

Wikinews Shorts: December 20, 2008

December 19, 2008 (Friday)

Human remains discovered in Orange County, Florida, last week are identified as those of missing toddler Caylee Anthony. (CNN)
Administration of United States President-elect Barack Obama:
- Republican Party Representative Ray LaHood of Illinois is nominated as the next Secretary of Transportation. (CNN)
- Democratic Party Representative Hilda Solis of California is nominated as the next Secretary of Labor. (CNN)
- Venture capitalist Karen Mills is chosen to head the Small Business Administration. (CNN)
- Former Mayor of Dallas, Texas, Ronald Kirk is selected for the position of Trade Representative. (CNN)
U.S. President George W. Bush's administration files a trade case, in the WTO, against the People's Republic of China over the alleged use of export subsidies to promote Chinese-made goods. (AP via Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Rangzieb Ahmed, the highest-ranked al-Qaeda operative in the United Kingdom, becomes the first person convicted of the charge of directing terrorism. (News Limited)
President Bush announces a $17.4 billion emergency bailout of the automobile industry to protect General Motors and Chrysler from bankruptcy during the current automotive crisis. The plan is conditional on the companies' reorganization by March 31, 2009, to show that they can return to viability. (New York Times)
Internet and telephone transmissions between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia are seriously disrupted. The FLAG, SEA-ME-WE 3, and SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine communications cables are believed to have been cut for the second time this year. (BBC)
Three resignations ensue when Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick admits to concealing a total of €87 million in loans. (RTÉ)

December 19, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 18, 2008 (Thursday)

India successfully test-fires supersonic cruise missile BrahMos for the first time from a mobile universal vertical launcher fitted on a naval warship in the Bay of Bengal. (Times of India)
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences him to life imprisonment. (Reuters)
75,000 people in Papua New Guinea are displaced by flooding caused by tidal swells. (Sydney Morning Herald)

December 18, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 17, 2008 (Wednesday)

Ruins of an entire ancient city belonging to the Wari culture are discovered in northern Peru. (BBC)
South Korean actress Ok So-ri is given an eight-month suspended prison sentence for adultery after the Constitutional Court refused to strike down a law criminalizing adultery. (BBC)
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani announces his resignation because of chaos over the treatment of Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Al-Baghdadia TV journalist who threw his shoes at United States President George W. Bush. (Telegraph)
A U.S. State Department panel recommends that Blackwater Worldwide should be dropped as the main private security contractor for American diplomats in Iraq. (BBC)
The United Nations passes a resolution authorizing foreign countries to conduct military raids on land or by sea in pursuit of Somali pirates. (Washington Post)

December 17, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 16, 2008 (Tuesday)

Bilal Abdullah is convicted for his roles in the 2007 attack on Glasgow International Airport and an attempted bombing of London's West End. (BBC)
President of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed names former Interior Minister Mohamoud Mohamed Gacmodhere as Prime Minister, but incumbent PM Nur Hassan Hussein is supported in a parliamentary vote, requiring a confidence motion before Ahmed could replace Hussein. (Xinhua)
Global financial crisis of 2008:
- The United States consumer price index fell in November by 1.9% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Labor Department reports, the biggest decline since the nadir of the Great Depression in January 1932. (MarketWatch)
- Construction permits for single-family homes fell in October by 12.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 412,000, marking a 27-year low, the U.S. Commerce Department reports. (MarketWatch)
Five sticks of dynamite are found in the Printemps department store on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris. (BBC News)
United Nations special envoy to Niger Robert Fowler and Canadian diplomat Louis Guay are reported to be missing in Niger. (CNN)
The Illinois House of Representatives votes unanimously to begin an impeachment inquiry against Governor Rod Blagojevich for corruption. (New York Times)
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations signs a charter to make itself a legal entity. (BBC)
Twenty-four Russian tourists are killed when their bus plummets into a ravine near Eilat in southern Israel, making this road accident the deadliest in the state's history. (Jerusalem Post)

December 16, 2008 Wikinews articles

December 15, 2008 (Monday)

Montenegro presents its official application for European Union membership to current EU Council President Nicolas Sarkozy, hoping to win candidate status in 2009. (EU Observer)
The House of Representatives of Thailand selects Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party as the new Prime Minister. (New York Times) (BBC)
President of Romania Traian Băsescu nominates Emil Boc, President of the Democratic Liberal Party, as Prime Minister. (Xinhua) (BBC)
Hundreds of thousands of houses in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and New Hampshire are left without electricity after an ice storm. (New York Times)
Israel releases 224 captive Palestinians from prison. (Associated Press)
Anthony Pellicano is sentenced to 15 years in jail for an illegal wiretapping operation. (Los Angeles Times)
High tides cause flooding in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, requiring the evacuation of 300 people. (Radio New Zealand)

December 15, 2008 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Canadian political crisis Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Global financial crisis Greek riots Icelandic financial crisis Nord-Kivu campaign Presidential transition of Barack Obama Piracy in Somalia Russian financial crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis edit sidebar

Recent deaths
December 19: Bernard Crick 18: Robert Jonquet 18: Majel Barrett 18: Jack Douglas 18: W. Mark Felt 18: Conor Cruise O'Brien 18: Paul Weyrich 17: Sammy Baugh 16: Sam Bottoms 15: Davey Graham 15: Leon Febres Cordero 13: Kathy Staff 13: Horst Tappert 12: Avery Cardinal Dulles 12: Van Johnson 11: Maddie Blaustein 11: Ron Carey 11: Bettie Page 10: Didith Reyes 8: Oliver Postgate 7: Marky Cielo 6: Sunny von Bülow

Ongoing conflicts
War in Afghanistan Acholiland insurgency Civil war in Chad Second Chechen War Colombian armed conflict War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Kivu Conflict Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Turkey-PKK conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Mexican drug war War in North-West Pakistan Insurgency in Ogaden Insurgency in the Philippines War in Somalia Sa'dah insurgency South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War edit sidebar

Elections
Recent November 16: Guinea-Bissau, Parliament 18: American Samoa, Gubernatorial runoff election 23: Venezuela, Regional 25: Greenland, Self-government referendum 30: Romania, Legislative Upcoming December 29: Bangladesh, General

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Chee Soon Juan and others Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Rod Blagojevich U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Bernard L. Madoff U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector

Upcoming holidays and observances
December November 15 - December 24: Nativity Fast (Eastern Christianity) 1 - 24: Advent (Western Christianity) 16 - 24: Las Posadas (Mexico) 16 - 24: Misa de Gallo (Philippines) 20: International Human Solidarity Day 20: Mother Night (Ásatrú) 20: Macau SAR Establishment Day (Macau) 20: Day of Mourning (Panama) 20: Abolition Day (Réunion) 21: Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere) 21: Summer Solstice (Southern Hemisphere) 21: Dongzhi Festival (China) 21: Soyal (Hopi & Zuni) 21: Yalda (Iran) 21: São Tomé Day (São Tomé and Príncipe) 21 evening -29: Hanukkah (Judaism) 22: Unity Day (Zimbabwe) edit sidebar

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