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)