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May 9, 2008
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2008-05-09
)
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Pakistan
's two main coalition leaders,
Asif Ali Zardari
and
Nawaz Sharif
meet in
London
to discuss the removal of judges by
Musharraf
(AP via CNN)
Commander
Esteban Robles Espinosa
of
Mexico City
's investigative police force was shot dead as he left his home.
(CNN)
Cyclone Nargis
:
A spokesman for the
World Food Programme
says that
Myanmar
's refusal to give visas to relief experts is "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian assistance.
(AP via Google News)
The World Food Programme suspends shipments to Myanmar after the
State Peace and Development Council
seizes supplies shipped to the country.
(AP via
The Houston Chronicle
)
The World Food Programme says that it will resume food shipments on Saturday while warning of further rain in
Myanmar
next week. The
United States
has been granted permission to send one
C-130 Hercules
carrying relief aid on Monday.
(AP via Google News)
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permanent dead link
]
2008 unrest in Lebanon
:
Hezbollah
gains control of large sections of
Beirut
as a pro-
government
television station
is forced off the air.
(AFP via News Limited)
The
United States Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice
accuses
Hezbollah
backed by
Syria
and
Iran
of killing "innocent
civilians
".
(AP via
USA Today
)
The price of
crude oil
reaches a new record high of
US$
125.98 a barrel.
(BBC News)
The
United States Military
denies the capture of
al-Qaeda in Iraq
leader
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
.
(BBC News)
Israeli
Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert
denies taking bribes from businessman
Moshe Talansky
.
(BBC News)
A
Zimbabwean
policeman tells the
BBC
the
presidential runoff election
will be rigged by
war veteran
militias.
(BBC News)
Month
May 2008
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Category
:
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
May 9, 2008
(
2008-05-09
)
(Friday)
history
watch
Pakistan
's two main coalition leaders,
Asif Ali Zardari
and
Nawaz Sharif
meet in
London
to discuss the removal of judges by
Musharraf
(AP via CNN)
Commander
Esteban Robles Espinosa
of
Mexico City
's investigative police force was shot dead as he left his home.
(CNN)
Cyclone Nargis
:
A spokesman for the
World Food Programme
says that
Myanmar
's refusal to give visas to relief experts is "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian assistance.
(AP via Google News)
The World Food Programme suspends shipments to Myanmar after the
State Peace and Development Council
seizes supplies shipped to the country.
(AP via
The Houston Chronicle
)
The World Food Programme says that it will resume food shipments on Saturday while warning of further rain in
Myanmar
next week. The
United States
has been granted permission to send one
C-130 Hercules
carrying relief aid on Monday.
(AP via Google News)
[
permanent dead link
]
2008 unrest in Lebanon
:
Hezbollah
gains control of large sections of
Beirut
as a pro-
government
television station
is forced off the air.
(AFP via News Limited)
The
United States Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice
accuses
Hezbollah
backed by
Syria
and
Iran
of killing "innocent
civilians
".
(AP via
USA Today
)
The price of
crude oil
reaches a new record high of
US$
125.98 a barrel.
(BBC News)
The
United States Military
denies the capture of
al-Qaeda in Iraq
leader
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
.
(BBC News)
Israeli
Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert
denies taking bribes from businessman
Moshe Talansky
.
(BBC News)
A
Zimbabwean
policeman tells the
BBC
the
presidential runoff election
will be rigged by
war veteran
militias.
(BBC News)
Month
May 2008
Previous day
May 8
Next day
May 10
Category
:
2008 by day
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