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Current events of
March 16
,
2008
(
2008-03-16
)
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2008 unrest in Tibet
:
The
Central Tibetan Administration
government in exile
reports 80 confirmed deaths.
(BBC News)
The
Dalai Lama
calls for a change in
Chinese
policies towards
Tibet
and claims that the death toll could be as high as 100.
(BBC News)
Protests spread to
Aba
,
Sichuan
province, where a
police station
and cars are attacked. Several unconfirmed deaths are reported.
(BBC News)
Subprime mortgage crisis
:
JPMorgan Chase
announces plans to buy
investment bank
Bear Stearns
for
$
2 a share following
liquidity
problems caused by the crisis.
(AP via Charlotte.com)
The
U.S.
Federal Reserve System
becomes a lender to twenty large investment banks, backs
JPMorgan Chase
in purchasing failed
Bear Stearns
, and lowers direct
lending rate
.
(
The New York Times
)
The
Australian
Government
announces that the wreck of the
German auxiliary cruiser
Kormoran
has
been found
off the coast of Western Australia. The ship sank after a
battle in 1941
.
(
Sydney Morning Herald
)
Data from the
United Nations
Environment Programme
shows the
2006
global glacial shrinkage
rate is more than double that of 2005.
(BBC News)
The Conservative Alliance
wins the
Iranian
legislative election
.
(BBC News)
At least 68 people have been killed this month in
clashes
between
Bundu dia Kongo
and
police
in the west of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
.
(BBC News)
The
United Nations
World Food Programme
warns that it has become "very difficult" to provide
food aid
to the
Darfur
region of
Sudan
because of repeated
truck
hijacks
.
(BBC News)
Hundreds of thousands of
Taiwanese
participate in rival
political rallies
ahead of the
2008 presidential election
.
(BBC News)
The
United National Liberation Front
attacks an
Indian
Army
camp in Minou, in the Chandel district of
Manipur
, killing at least six soldiers.
(BBC News)
A
missile
strike
on a building near
Wana
in
South Waziristan
,
Pakistan
kills at least 16 people. A local
tribesman
accuses the
United States
Army
of being behind the attack.
(BBC News)
Scientists from
Harvard Medical School
announce a breakthrough technique that could stop
cancer
cells' growth by
inhibiting
the
enzyme
pyruvate kinase
.
(BBC News)
French
voters go to the polls in the second round of the
2008 municipal elections
, with
President
Nicolas Sarkozy
's party
Union for a Popular Movement
likely to lose.
(BBC News)
United States
Senator
and
Republican candidate
to the
2008 presidential election
John McCain
makes a surprise visit to
Iraq
.
(BBC News)
Italian
airline
Alitalia
is purchased by a consortium of
Air France
and
KLM
for
€
138 million.
(BBC News)
At the
2008 National People's Congress
,
Wen Jiabao
is elected as
Premier
for another five years term.
(Xinhua)
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