December 1, 2008 (2008-12-01 ) (Monday)
December 2, 2008 (2008-12-02 ) (Tuesday)
December 3, 2008 (2008-12-03 ) (Wednesday)
December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04 ) (Thursday)
December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05 ) (Friday)
December 6, 2008 (2008-12-06 ) (Saturday)
December 7, 2008 (2008-12-07 ) (Sunday)
December 8, 2008 (2008-12-08 ) (Monday)
2008 Russian financial crisis :
The
Moscow City Court rules that former
Yukos Oil Company vice president
Vasily Aleksanyan , who is suffering from
lymphoma ,
tuberculosis , and
AIDS , will be freed on
bail of 50 million
rubles (US$1.78 million).
(Moscow Times)
A
United States Marine Corps
F/A-18 Hornet
crashes into the
University City neighborhood of
San Diego ,
California , two miles from
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar , killing four people.
(BBC News )
2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute :
Stéphane Dion announces his plans to resign as leader of the
Liberal Party of Canada .
(The Ottawa Citizen)
The
Tribune Company files for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy .
(Los Angeles Times)
A bus crashes 30 kilometers southwest of
Cairo , killing 11 people and injuring 30 more.
(Reuters via ABC News Australia)
In a
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
military commission ,
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants announce their intentions to plead guilty to charges relating to the
September 11, 2001, attacks .
(BBC)
Quebec general election, 2008 :
December 9, 2008 (2008-12-09 ) (Tuesday)
December 10, 2008 (2008-12-10 ) (Wednesday)
December 11, 2008 (2008-12-11 ) (Thursday)
December 12, 2008 (2008-12-12 ) (Friday)
December 13, 2008 (2008-12-13 ) (Saturday)
December 14, 2008 (2008-12-14 ) (Sunday)
December 15, 2008 (2008-12-15 ) (Monday)
December 16, 2008 (2008-12-16 ) (Tuesday)
December 17, 2008 (2008-12-17 ) (Wednesday)
December 18, 2008 (2008-12-18 ) (Thursday)
December 19, 2008 (2008-12-19 ) (Friday)
December 20, 2008 (2008-12-20 ) (Saturday)
December 21, 2008 (2008-12-21 ) (Sunday)
December 22, 2008 (2008-12-22 ) (Monday)
Results of
Turkmenistan 's
parliamentary election of
December 14 are announced.
(VOA News) [
permanent dead link ]
Romanian
legislative election, 2008 :
Emil Boc is sworn in as the new
Prime Minister and will lead a
coalition government of the
Democrat Liberals and
Social Democrats .
(b92.net)
Mircea Geoană becomes the new head of the
Senate and
Roberta Alma Anastase the new president of the
Chamber of Deputies .
(AP via Google)
President of
Guinea
Lansana Conté dies at age 74. If the Supreme Court declares the position vacant,
National Assembly
Speaker
Aboubacar Somparé will take over for 60 days.
(AFP via the Canberra Times )
An
impoundment at the
Tennessee Valley Authority 's
coal-fired power plant in
Kingston ,
Tennessee , fails, resulting in
a large volume of fly ash slurry being spilled onto surrounding land and the adjacent
Emory and
Clinch Rivers .
(KnoxNews.com)
A jury finds five men guilty of
conspiring to kill soldiers at
Fort Dix ,
New Jersey ,
United States .
(CNN)
Nine human heads and decapitated bodies, believed to belong to eight soldiers and one high-ranking former police officer, are found in
Chilpancingo ,
Guerrero ,
Mexico .
(CNN)
Automobile dealers in Mexico demand a
US$ 3 billion
bailout package during the
automotive crisis .
(CNN)
The
United States and Mexico pledge $1.4 billion for the
Mérida Initiative , a security cooperation for combating
drug trade , transnational crime, and
money laundering .
(CNN)
Toyota Motor Corporation , the
world’s largest
automaker , forecasts its first operating loss in 70 years, due to the automotive crisis.
(New York Times )
December 23, 2008 (2008-12-23 ) (Tuesday)
December 24, 2008 (2008-12-24 ) (Wednesday)
December 25, 2008 (2008-12-25 ) (Thursday)
December 26, 2008 (2008-12-26 ) (Friday)
December 27, 2008 (2008-12-27 ) (Saturday)
December 28, 2008 (2008-12-28 ) (Sunday)
December 29, 2008 (2008-12-29 ) (Monday)
December 30, 2008 (2008-12-30 ) (Tuesday)
December 31, 2008 (2008-12-31 ) (Wednesday)