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Current events of
August 25, 2008
(
2008-08-25
)
(Monday)
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Canadian
authorities report 12 people have died in the
listeriosis outbreak
traced to a
Maple Leaf Foods
plant in
Toronto
.
(
Montreal Gazette
)
The
2008 National Convention
of the
U.S.
Democratic Party
begins in
Denver
,
Colorado
.
(BBC News)
Tropical Storm Gustav
forms in the
Atlantic Ocean
and heads for the
Dominican Republic
and
Haiti
.
(AP via
Minneapolis-St Paul Tribune
)
Former
Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
announces that he is withdrawing his
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
party from
Pakistan
's governing coalition.
(
Newsweek
)
Russia
is considering arming its
Baltic Fleet
with nuclear warheads for the first time since the
Cold War
.
(Alfa)
Israel
releases 199 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the
President
of the
Palestinian National Authority
Mahmoud Abbas
as the
United States
Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice
visits the area.
(AFP via Google News)
Lovemore Moyo
is elected Speaker of the
House of Assembly
of
Zimbabwe
. He is the first opposition speaker since the country's independence in
1980
.
(BBC News)
2008 South Ossetia war
:
The
Federation Council
of
Russia
, the upper house of the
Federal Assembly
, urges the
President
to recognise the independence of
Georgia
's breakaway regions of
Abkhazia
and
South Ossetia
.
(BBC News)
Traffic begins to return to
Georgia
's main east-west highway after the departure of
Russian
troops who had closed the road.
(
The Moscow Times
)
France
called a summit of
European Union
leaders for next week to discuss the conflict in
Georgia
.
(
The Wall Street Journal
)
There is evidence that the
Russian army
took part in looting in
Poti
,
Georgia
.
(
The Times
)
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