Portal:Current events/2008 December 29

December 29, 2008 (Monday)

President of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigns. Parliamentary Speaker Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe will take over for 30 days, in which time the legislature will select a new head of state. (BBC)
Bangladeshis vote in their country's general election. (BBC)
Liverpool F.C. player Steven Gerrard is arrested following an altercation at a Southport nightclub and subsequently charged with Section 20 grievous bodily harm. (BBC)
An Ebola outbreak in West Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo kills 11 people. (BBC)

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