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September 1, 2008
(
2008-09-01
)
(Monday)
history
watch
U.S.
Republican
Vice Presidential
candidate
Sarah Palin
's 17-year-old daughter
Bristol
is revealed to be five months pregnant.
(BBC)
(Telegraph.co.uk)
(AP)
(Al Jazeera)
(Wall Street Journal)
The
U.S. military
hands control of
Al Anbar Governorate
over to the
Iraqi
government.
(BBC)
An
ACLU
lawsuit challenges
gag orders
in
National Security Letters
.
(AP via Google News)
[
permanent dead link
]
(BBC)
2008 Atlantic hurricane season
:
Tropical Storm Hanna becomes
Hurricane Hanna (2008)
with hurricane warnings issued for the
Bahamas
and the
Turks and Caicos
.
(MSNBC)
Tropical Storm Ike (2008)
forms east of the
Leeward Islands
.
(
Miami Herald
)
[
permanent dead link
]
Hurricane Gustav
weakens to a tropical storm in central
Louisiana
after being responsible for 7 deaths in the
United States
and more than 90 in the
Caribbean
.
(UPI)
2008 South Ossetia war
:
The
European Union
suspends talks on a new partnership agreement with
Moscow
until Russian troops have withdrawn from
Georgia
.
(BBC)
Russia
accuses the West of sending weapons to
Georgia
along with aid, while the
European Union
considers possible
sanctions
against Russia.
(CNN)
Japanese
Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda
abruptly resigns less than a year after taking office, triggering a
leadership election
.
(BBC)
A
Government of Orissa
report states 558
houses
and 17 places of worship were burnt in the
2008 Orissa violence
.
(Times of India)
Robert French
is sworn in as the 12th
Chief Justice of Australia
.
(ABC (Australia))
Manchester City Football Club
is bought out by the
Abu Dhabi United Group for Investment and Development Limited
, the consortium led by
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
. This effectively made City the richest Football Club in the world. It also made
Transfer Deadline Day
one of the most memorable, with City's new found wealth allowing them to bid for such players as
Dimitar Berbatov
,
Fernando Torres
,
Mario Gomez
and
David Villa
. They eventually signed
Robinho
for a British Record Fee of £32.5million. The takeover and the Robinho deal as a whole sent shockwaves throughout the Sporting world.
(Independent)
Month
September 2008
Previous day
August 31
Next day
September 2
Category
:
2008 by day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
September 1, 2008
(
2008-09-01
)
(Monday)
history
watch
U.S.
Republican
Vice Presidential
candidate
Sarah Palin
's 17-year-old daughter
Bristol
is revealed to be five months pregnant.
(BBC)
(Telegraph.co.uk)
(AP)
(Al Jazeera)
(Wall Street Journal)
The
U.S. military
hands control of
Al Anbar Governorate
over to the
Iraqi
government.
(BBC)
An
ACLU
lawsuit challenges
gag orders
in
National Security Letters
.
(AP via Google News)
[
permanent dead link
]
(BBC)
2008 Atlantic hurricane season
:
Tropical Storm Hanna becomes
Hurricane Hanna (2008)
with hurricane warnings issued for the
Bahamas
and the
Turks and Caicos
.
(MSNBC)
Tropical Storm Ike (2008)
forms east of the
Leeward Islands
.
(
Miami Herald
)
[
permanent dead link
]
Hurricane Gustav
weakens to a tropical storm in central
Louisiana
after being responsible for 7 deaths in the
United States
and more than 90 in the
Caribbean
.
(UPI)
2008 South Ossetia war
:
The
European Union
suspends talks on a new partnership agreement with
Moscow
until Russian troops have withdrawn from
Georgia
.
(BBC)
Russia
accuses the West of sending weapons to
Georgia
along with aid, while the
European Union
considers possible
sanctions
against Russia.
(CNN)
Japanese
Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda
abruptly resigns less than a year after taking office, triggering a
leadership election
.
(BBC)
A
Government of Orissa
report states 558
houses
and 17 places of worship were burnt in the
2008 Orissa violence
.
(Times of India)
Robert French
is sworn in as the 12th
Chief Justice of Australia
.
(ABC (Australia))
Manchester City Football Club
is bought out by the
Abu Dhabi United Group for Investment and Development Limited
, the consortium led by
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
. This effectively made City the richest Football Club in the world. It also made
Transfer Deadline Day
one of the most memorable, with City's new found wealth allowing them to bid for such players as
Dimitar Berbatov
,
Fernando Torres
,
Mario Gomez
and
David Villa
. They eventually signed
Robinho
for a British Record Fee of £32.5million. The takeover and the Robinho deal as a whole sent shockwaves throughout the Sporting world.
(Independent)
Month
September 2008
Previous day
August 31
Next day
September 2
Category
:
2008 by day
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