Portal:Current events/2008 May 26
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Current events of
May 26
,
2008
(
2008-05-26
)
(Monday)
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The
International Atomic Energy Agency
releases a report accusing
Iran
of hiding information about alleged studies of producing
nuclear warheads
and defying demands to suspend its
uranium enrichment
.
(AFP)
China
relaxes its
one-child policy
to allow parents of children killed in the
2008 Sichuan earthquake
to have another child.
(Canadian Press via Google News)
Westpac
signs an implementation agreement for its take over of the
St George Bank
, creating the largest
bank
in
Australia
with a market capitalisation of
A$
66 billion.
(
The Australian
)
Nepalese
authorities ban
rallies
and mass meetings in
Kathmandu
prior to the first meeting of the
Nepalese Constituent Assembly
which is expected to declare
Nepal
a republic.
(BBC News)
A court in
Ethiopia
sentences
former ruler
Mengistu Haile Mariam
to death for his role in the
Red Terror
.
(BBC News)
Embattled
Canadian
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Maxime Bernier
resigns after admitting to having left confidential documents unsecured in a private home.
(CBC)
The
BJP
wins a plurality in
elections
in the Indian state of
Karnataka
.
(BBC News)
The
caretaker government of Bangladesh
will establish a
truth commission
to deal with past
corruption by politicians
.
(BBC News)
.
The
European Beaver
will be
reintroduced
to
Scotland
after 400 years.
(AFP)
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