Portal:Current events/2008 November 25
November 25, 2008 (Tuesday)
- Reports indicate that President-elect Barack Obama has decided to keep Robert Gates as the United States Secretary of Defense and tap Marine General James L. Jones as National Security Advisor. (USA Today)
- The U.S. Federal Reserve announces a new US$800 billion "stimulus" package in which it will buy debt and mortgage-backed securities and make loans to holders of consumer debt (BBC News)
- Armenia retains their championship title by beating China 2.5-1.5 in the 11th and final round at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. (AP via Google News)
- Three people are killed in a car bombing near the Udelnaya Metro station in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (AFP via Google News)
- BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, withdraws a $66 billion bid for the Rio Tinto Group due to the global financial crisis. (Bloomberg)
- Israel again seals off the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
- 2008 Thai political crisis:
- About 10,000 protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy surround Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's temporary office at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. (AFP via Google News)
- Thousands of tourists are left stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport after protests against the return of the Prime Minister of Thailand from the APEC Peru 2008 summit. (Melbourne Herald-Sun)