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World News Atlas
European Union
2008
October
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European Union, October 2008 Timeline
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| Oct.1 |
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Spain holds 121 over child porn Police have arrested 121 people in the country's largest ever operation against internet child pornography
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London |
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UK: Diplomats' children to leave Pakistan Britain is ordering the children of its diplomats to leave Pakistan following last month's suicide bombing at a luxury hotel in Islamabad
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| Oct.2 |
Austria |
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Tainted milk found in shake A non-threatening amount of melamine has been found in a milkshake at a Chinese restaurant during a random sampling
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Germany |
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German quartet progress to group stage Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, Hamburg and Schalke all booked their places in the UEFA Cup group stage
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| Oct.3 |
London |
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Brown recruits shamed spinmaster British Prime Minister is recruiting stars from the Tony Blair era into his Cabinet
| Oct.4 |
 Paris |
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EU leaders meet to discuss credit crisis European leaders are meeting to discuss their approach to global financial crisis. Sarkozy planned to meet Brown, Merkel, and Berlusconi
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Paris |
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No banks bail-out fund for Europe 
| France, Britain, Germany and Italy have agreed to work together to support financial institutions - but without forming a joint bail-out fund | |
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 Germany |
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Another top European bank falters Germany's 2nd-largest mortgage lender, Hypo Real Estate, is teetering on the brink of collapse after a banking consortium withdrew from talks
| Hypo Real Estate has suffered from the credit squeeze in international markets. A consortium of German financial institutions pulled out of the negotiations after refusing to come up with nearly 36bn euros for a bail-out
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Afghan victory hopes played down Brig Mark Carleton-Smith, the UK's commander in Helmand, has said Britain should not expect a 'decisive military victory' in Afghanistan
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Austria |
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Iran leads attack on Israeli atomic program A U.N. nuclear conference of 145 nations indirectly criticized Israel for refusing to put its atomic program under international purview
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| Oct.5 |
 Hong Kong |
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Melamine in Cadbury products Hong Kong authorities announced that 2 recalled candy products made by British confectioner Cadbury had high levels of melamine
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Berlin |
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Germany acts to guarantee savings Chancellor Merkel has announced that Germany will guarantee all private savings accounts, as a major bank struggles to stay in business
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Berlin |
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Plan to save German bank 'agreed' The government and banks have agreed a 50bn euro plan to save one of the country's biggest banks
Morning News
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| Oct.6 |
France |
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AIDS, cancer scientists scoop Nobel 2 Frenchmen and a German won the 2008 Prize in medicine for their discoveries of viruses that cause HIV and cervical cancer
Evening News
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 Luxembourg |
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EU finance chiefs in crisis talks European Union finance ministers from all 27 member states are to meet for emergency talks on the world's financial meltdown
Day News
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| Oct.7 |
Spain |
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Appeal clears 15 of terror links Supreme Court has acquitted 15 men who were convicted earlier of membership in an Islamic terrorist group, but upheld the convictions of 5 others
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UK bank rescue package imminent| Chancellor Alistair Darling to announce details of a £50bn rescue package for the UK banking system | |
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'Tourists die' in Nepal air crash 
Map of Lukla Nepal 12 German tourists were among 18 people killed when a passenger Yeti Airlines plane crashed in Everest region at Tenzing-Hillary airport
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| Oct.8 |
 London |
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World's central banks slash interest rates The leading economies, led by the U.S. and the UK, slashed interest rates to tackle the global financial crisis after days of stock market losses
| Six central banks cut interest rates by half a percentage point
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| Oct.9 |
France |
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Author Le Clezio wins Nobel prize The 68-year-old novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature
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 Spain |
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Wing flaps blamed in crash Accident investigators have published a preliminary report into a plane crash that claimed 154 lives at Madrid airport in August
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Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis' EU-commissioned study: The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis
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| Oct.10 |
 Norway |
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Ex-Finnish leader wins Nobel Peace Prize The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited Martti Ahtisaari's 'significant' part in establishing Namibia's independence
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Haider dies in accident Map of Klagenfurt Austria| 58-year-old far-right politician Joerg Haider was driving alone when his car came off the road and he suffered severe head and chest injuries | |
| Oct.11 |
Paris |
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EU chiefs confront markets crisis | The 15 eurozone leaders are to meet to try to establish a common approach to the financial crisis follow up and execute upon a G7 plan | |
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| Oct.12 |
Austria |
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Haider 'was double speed limit' Court officials: far-right politician Joerg Haider was driving at twice the speed limit when he died in a crash
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Japan |
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Alonso wins again as F1 title rivals crash Renault's Alonso won the Grand Prix for a second successive victory, while championship rivals Hamilton and Massa collided on the second lap
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Paris |
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European banks rescue plan agreed European leaders meeting have agreed a plan to tackle the banking crisis, saying no big institution will be allowed to fail
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Spain |
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Golf legend Ballesteros has brain tumor The 51-year-old has been in Madrid's Le Paz hospital since collapsing and broke news of the diagnosis in a statement
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| Oct.13 |
European Union |
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European markets surge after crisis talks The markets have rallied in response to efforts by world leaders to end the recent financial turmoil
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 Lithuania |
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TV stars' party comes second in vote A conservative opposition party won the 1st round of is national election
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 Sweden |
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Krugman wins Nobel for economics The Swedish Academy of Sciences said the award recognised Paul Krugman's analysis of trade patterns and where economic activity takes place
| Oct.17 |
Berlin |
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Parliament passes bank bailout The Parliament of Germany passes a 500 billion euro ($673.8 billion) bank bailout
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Washington |
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Bush meets Sarkozy President Bush meets with French President Sarkozy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso
| Oct.24 |
 Beijing |
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Asia-Europe Meeting convenes Government heads of 45 countries from Asia and Europe meet as the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting convenes with financial crisis topping the agenda
| Oct.29 |
Germany |
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Anand retains World Chess title Map of Bonn Germany India's Viswanathan Anand retains the World Chess Championship title by defeating Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik, 6½?4½
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Sterling Airlines files for bankruptcy Danish-based low-cost carrier stops all passenger flights after its cash-strapped Icelandic investors were unable keep the company afloat
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