Portal:Current events/2008 November 26
November 26, 2008 (Wednesday)
- The United Nations Security Council gave the green light to a plan by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the deployment of an EU civilian police and justice mission in Kosovo.(Reuters)
- The Czech constitutional court unanimously ruled that the disputed parts of the Lisbon Treaty are in line with the Czech Constitution.(Bloomberg)
- Woolworths Group PLC agrees to put its chain of 815 stores in the United Kingdom and DVD distribution businesses into administration with 30,000 jobs at risk. (Times Online)
- The European Union proposes a €200 billion stimulus package that will include already-spent money (BBC News) (WSJ) (IHT) (Al Jazeera)
- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announces that he will create a new "economic recovery board," headed by Paul Volcker, designed to provide "fresh perspective" on the current economic issues (CNN)
- At least 80 people are dead and over 250 wounded in coordinated terrorist strikes across Mumbai, India. (The Times of India)
- Vitaly Karayev, the mayor of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia-Alania in Russia is assassinated. (BBC)
- 2008 Thai political crisis:
- The People's Alliance for Democracy claims to be in complete control of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok's international airport. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Thai authorities evacuate thousands of passengers from Suvarnabhumi Airport. (ABC News Australia)
- Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat rejects calls for election. BBC News adde
- The Greenlandic self-government referendum passes with 75% approval. (BBC)
- Edna Parker, the oldest living person in the world, died at age 115 in her hometown of Shelbyville, Indiana. (Shelbyville News) (BBC News)