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Current events of
February 18, 2008
(
2008-02-18
)
(Monday)
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The Government of
Kosovo
holds its first meeting after the
declaration of the independence
of the country.
(Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo)
Voters in
Pakistan
go to the polls in the
Pakistani general election, 2008
.
(AP via
Sydney Morning Herald
)
Early results show that anti-Musharraf parties
Pakistan Peoples Party
and
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
are emerging as victorious.
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
, the party supporting
Pervez Musharraf
, has been defeated with its leaders losing their seats.
(Geo Television Network)
An international conference aiming to ban the use of
cluster bombs
opens in
Wellington
,
New Zealand
.
(TVNZ)
A
suicide bombing
targeting a
Canadian
military convoy kills at least 37
Afghan civilians
and injures three
Canadian soldiers
in
Spin Boldak
, Afghanistan.
(CTV)
In
China
, the trial of human rights activist
Yang Chunlin
commenced in the city of
Jiamusi
. Yang helped organise a petition entitled, "We want human rights, not the Olympics", and is accused of "inciting subversion of state power".
(Radio Free Asia)
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