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The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing occurred when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a pick-up truck packed with 300 kg of explosives into a meeting of 600 people, killing 40 instantly and injuring 81, although the toll later rose to 110 as many died in hospitals. The attack occurred in a remote region where the injured could not get medical ...
Global financial crisis of September–October 2008: European markets fall steeply upon opening. Fears of a global recession send Asian markets tumbling. (AP via Yahoo News) The Australian Stock Exchange suffers its greatest fall since the crash of 1987 .
Arts and culture Former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae is awarded the $ 5m Mo Ibrahim Foundation Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for 2008. (PA) [permanent dead link ] October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21) (Tuesday) edit history watch Global financial crisis of September–October 2008: Iceland's Kaupthing Bank fails to pay interest to its 50-billion- yen (US$ 493 million ...
During testimony before the US Committee of Government Oversight and Reform, Alan Greenspan remarked that the crisis is "a once-in-a-century credit tsunami". Following a conference at Camp David over the weekend of October 18 and 19th attended by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, President George W. Bush announced on Wednesday ...
9 October:- A suicide bomb attack on a main police headquarters in Islamabad killed at least eight and wounded at least another 8. The targeted area was the main police complex in the capital, containing training and residential facilities for police officers.
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) ... 1928 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (d. 2008) [17] 1928 – Sheila Walsh, English author (d. 2009)
October 12 – Former Democratic Governor of Virginia Mark Warner states that he will not seek the presidency in 2008. [11] October 22 – Despite having stated that "I can unequivocally say I will not be running for national office in four years", [12] Senator Barack Obama of Illinois states in relation to a presidential run "I don't want to ...
October 6–10, 2008: From October 6–10, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed lower in all five sessions. Volume levels were record-breaking. The DJIA fell 1,874.19 points, or 18.2%, in its worst weekly decline ever on both a points and percentage basis. The S&P 500 fell more than 20%. [151]