2008 _ CURRENT EVENTS

___ 12-10-2007 ___
USB announces $10b writedown
__________________
# banking crisis


___ 12-03-2007 ___
International Climate Conference opens in Bali, Indonesia
__________________
# UNFCCC (COP-13)


___ 11-08-2007 ___
Morgan Stanley loses $3.7b
__________________
# banking crisis


___ 10-24-2007 ___
Merrill Lynch reports $8.4b writedown
__________________
# banking crisis


___ 10-15-2007 ___
Turkey fires artillery shells into Northern Iraq
__________________
# Kurds


___ 10-15-2007 ___ **
Record high oil price - $88\barrel
__________________


___ 10-15-2007 ___ ***
Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 360 pts.
__________________
# stock market plunge


___ 10-06-2007 ___
P. Musharraf reelected to 3rd term as president of Pakistan
__________________
# politics / leadership


___ 10-01-2007 ___
North Korea reaches deal on fuel and financial to disclosure nuclear program
__________________


___ 09-23-2007 ___
Y. Fukuda elected Prime Minister following resignation of S. Abe
__________________
# politics / leadership


___ 09-16-2007 ___
Blackwater USA , a private security company, killed several Iraqi civilians
__________________
# Iraq War


___ 09-11-2007 ___
Osama Bin Laden video tape - 1st since 2004
__________________
# Al-Qaeda , terrorist


___ 09-11-2007 ___ **
Israel bombs terrorist camp in Syria
__________________
# Arab-Israeli conflict


___ 09-10-2007 ___
Record high oil $78\barrel
__________________
# commodity market


___ 08-21-2007 ___
CAT 5 Hurricane Dean makes landfall in Mexico
__________________
# Yucatan Peninsula ; major hurricane - severe weather


___ 08-16-2007 ___
major earthquake in Peru
__________________
# natural disaster


___ 08-09-2007 ___
Several banks infuse capital to raise liquidity worldwide
__________________
# banking crisis


___ Jul.-2007 ___
Dow Jones Industrial Average tops 14,000
__________________
# stock market - record high


___ 07-27-2007 ___
India & US reach nuclear fuel accord
__________________


___ 07-21-2007 ___
Worst flooding in England in 60 years
__________________
# severe weather


___ 07-17-2007 ___
Investment bank Bear Stearns announce that two hedge funds have had catastrophic losses
__________________
# banking crisis


___ 07-15-2007 ___
Strongest July typhoon ever hits Japan
__________________
# severe weather


___ 06-27-2007 ___
G. Brown succeeds T. Brown as Prime Minister of Great Britain
__________________
# politics / leadership


___ 06-04-2007 ___
CAT 5 tropical cyclone hits Oman in the Middle-East ; 1st major storm in 60 years / 1st CAT 5 ever
__________________
# severe weather


___ 05-31-2007 ___
President Bush proposes international cooperation to reduce greenhouse gases emissions
__________________
# U.S. Agency for International Development ; GLOBAL WARMING / climate change


___ 05-08-2007 ___
sub-tropical storm Andrea - 3 full weeks before the official start of hurricane season
__________________
# severe weather


___ 05-06-2007 ___
Conservative N. Sarkozy wins election in France
__________________
# politics / leadership - president


___ 04-26-2007 ___
Dow Jones Industrial Average tops 13,000
__________________
# stock market - record high


___ 04-22-2007 ___
B. Yetsin dead
__________________
# politics / leadership - president ; Russia


___ 02-27-2007 ___
9% stock market plunge in China
__________________


___ 02-27-2007 ___ **
Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 400 points
__________________
# stock market


___ 02-11-2007 ___
Dow Jones Industrial Average record high (2-11/2-17)
__________________
# stock market


___ 02-06-2007 ___
SNOW !! lake-effect in Buffalo area - 146" (02-06 - 02-12)
__________________
# severe weather


___ 01-28-2007 ___
Anti-war protest in Washington , D.C.
__________________
# Iraq War


___ 01-19-2007 ___
China successfully tests anti-satellite weapon
__________________
# military space program


___ 01-12-2007 ___
ICE !! major ice storm (01-12 - 01-15)
__________________
# severe weather


___ 01-11-2007 ___
President Bush announces troop surge for Iraq
__________________
# Iraq War


___ 01-04-2007 ___
Democrat N. Pelosi becomes 1st woman Speaker of the House
__________________
# politics - U.S. House of Representatives - leadership ; "glass ceiling"


2006 _ CURRENT EVENTS
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