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September 5, 2008
(
2008-09-05
)
(Friday)
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Five hundred people have died in the
Haitian
town of
Gonaïves
as a result of flooding caused by
Tropical Storm Hanna
.
(Reuters via News Limited)
According to several news reports, the US government plans to take control of
Fannie Mae
and
Freddie Mac
in a takeover plan.
(MSNBC)
Estimates of sea-level rise due to
global warming
are scaled back.
(Reuters)
Condoleezza Rice
becomes the first
United States Secretary of State
to visit
Libya
since
1953
.
(AP via the
New York Daily News
)
Pakistan
reinstates
Supreme Court
judges ousted by former
President
Pervez Musharraf
.
(CNN)
The
unemployment
rate in the
United States
rises to its highest level since
December 2003
after the
US economy
loses 84,000 jobs in
August 2008
.
(BBC News)
La Princesse
, a giant mechanical spider, starts to roam the streets of
Liverpool
,
England
, as part of the 2008
European City of Culture
celebrations.
(BBC News)
The
European Union
's
Rosetta
spacecraft performs a flyby of the
asteroid
2867 Šteins
.
(AFP)
Australia
:
Quentin Bryce
is sworn in as the first female
Governor-General of Australia
.
(AAP via
The Melbourne Age
)
Morris Iemma
resigns as
Premier
of
New South Wales
following a loss of support in the
Australian Labor Party
caucus
, and is replaced by
Nathan Rees
.
(
Sydney Morning Herald
)
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September 2008
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Category
:
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
September 5, 2008
(
2008-09-05
)
(Friday)
history
watch
Five hundred people have died in the
Haitian
town of
Gonaïves
as a result of flooding caused by
Tropical Storm Hanna
.
(Reuters via News Limited)
According to several news reports, the US government plans to take control of
Fannie Mae
and
Freddie Mac
in a takeover plan.
(MSNBC)
Estimates of sea-level rise due to
global warming
are scaled back.
(Reuters)
Condoleezza Rice
becomes the first
United States Secretary of State
to visit
Libya
since
1953
.
(AP via the
New York Daily News
)
Pakistan
reinstates
Supreme Court
judges ousted by former
President
Pervez Musharraf
.
(CNN)
The
unemployment
rate in the
United States
rises to its highest level since
December 2003
after the
US economy
loses 84,000 jobs in
August 2008
.
(BBC News)
La Princesse
, a giant mechanical spider, starts to roam the streets of
Liverpool
,
England
, as part of the 2008
European City of Culture
celebrations.
(BBC News)
The
European Union
's
Rosetta
spacecraft performs a flyby of the
asteroid
2867 Šteins
.
(AFP)
Australia
:
Quentin Bryce
is sworn in as the first female
Governor-General of Australia
.
(AAP via
The Melbourne Age
)
Morris Iemma
resigns as
Premier
of
New South Wales
following a loss of support in the
Australian Labor Party
caucus
, and is replaced by
Nathan Rees
.
(
Sydney Morning Herald
)
Month
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Previous day
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Category
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