Current Events Summer/Fall 2008

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Research says an estimated 250,000 people have fled Pakistan

Oct 3, 2008

Because of violence and hostilities from the Taliban thus far, an estimated 250,000 people have fled Pakistan. Many of these people have fled to the neighboring countries and refugee camps set up b...

President Asif Ali Zardari Vows To Free Pakistan Of Taliban

Sep 30, 2008

Newly elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, made a promise to the people of Pakistan to free them of Taliban militants. In an interview with the New Yorks Times he said, “It is my decision that we w...

Aftermath of Russia-Georgia Conflict

Sep 22, 2008

The invasion of Georgia by Russian troops mimics the feeling of the cold war decades. This is the first Russian attack since 1991 and has caused some dispute as to how the US should respond. Althou...

New president, Asif Ali Zardari, is elected

Sep 6, 2008

After securing the all of the needed votes, Asif Ali Zardari, has been elected the new president of Pakistan. Zardari was the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, until she was killed l...

Russian President Medvedev Orders and end to Military Opperations in Georgia

Aug 12, 2008

This first sign of peace-making was a hopeful but not garunteed advance towards the end of the war. The president was said to have a six-point peace plan brokered with the EU and planing on signing...

sudan president faces genocide charge

Jul 2008

In July 2008, the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands officially filed an arrest warrant for Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir under genocide charges including trying to annihilat...

South Ossetians Vote in favor of Independence

2007

Sudan: Fighting breaks out in Darfur

Apr 2003

In April of 2003, activists in Sudan rebeled against the Sudanese government for unjust treatment against black Africans in the Darfur region. The government fought back by bombing the rebels and s...