On February 2nd, 65438 10, in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, Farouk, Chief Commissioner of the Election Commission of Pakistan, attended the press conference and announced that the parliamentary elections in Pakistan originally scheduled for June 8th, 65438 10 had been postponed to February 8th, 65438.
On the 2nd, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced that the national and provincial parliamentary elections scheduled for June 5438+1October 8th will be postponed to February18th.
On October 2nd, 65438/KLOC-0, traders bid for trading in the New York Mercantile Exchange, USA. Affected by investors' concerns about the tight supply of crude oil and the depreciation of the US dollar, the international crude oil futures price broke through the 100 mark for the first time in history on the 2nd.
Due to investors' concerns about the tight supply of crude oil and the depreciation of the US dollar, the international crude oil futures price broke through the 100 mark for the first time in history on the 2nd.
On Wednesday, Iowa, located in the midwest of the United States, held the first pre-election of the 2008 US presidential election, which opened the prelude to the next US presidential election. US Democratic presidential candidates Obama and * * * and Republican presidential candidate Huckabee won. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate John McCain won the presidential primary in New Hampshire on the 8th.
On the 6th, five speedboats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard confronted three American warships in the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz. The United States called this a serious "provocation" by Iran against the United States and warned Iran that it must stop this behavior. However, Iran called the incident "normal".
654381October 7, in Lichuan City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, firefighters put out the fire at the scene of the explosion. A frozen warehouse in Lichuan City exploded that day and caused a fire.
On the 7th, an explosion occurred in the "Korea 2000" cold storage in Lichuan City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, killing 40 people, including 12 China citizens, and injuring another 10.
On October 8th, 65438/KLOC-0, US President Bush left Washington by special plane for Israel, Palestine, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
From 9th to16th, US President Bush visited Israel, Palestinian autonomous areas in the West Bank, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. On June 5438+0, 2009, Bush said in the West Bank city of Ramallah that he believed that Israel and Palestine would sign a peace agreement before he left office.
On June 1 1, the plenary session of the Japanese House of Representatives voted again to pass the new anti-terrorism special measures bill. The Japanese government subsequently resumed the activities of the Maritime Self-Defense Force to provide fuel and other logistical support to American and British ships in accordance with the new bill.
On June 5438+02, the Iraqi parliament passed a bill to allow former members of the Arab Baath Socialist Party led by former President Saddam Hussein to hold public office in the government.
654381October 20th, in front of the Parliament Building in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, President-elect Saakashvili of Georgia took the oath at the inauguration ceremony. Due to the political turmoil in Georgia, the presidential election was held in advance on June 5, 65438/KLOC-0. Saakashvili won the election and was re-elected President of Georgia.
On June 3rd, 65438, the Central Election Commission of Georgia announced that former President Saakashvili won 53.47% of the votes in the presidential election held on October 5th, 65438 and was re-elected.
654381On October 20th, a Palestinian in Gaza lit a candle for dinner. On June 5438+08, after Israel blocked all the border crossings to Gaza, a major local power plant was forced to shut down due to fuel shortage on the evening of 20th, resulting in power failure in most parts of Gaza.
18, Israel began to impose a total blockade on the Gaza strip to force Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets into southern Israel.
65438+1October 2 1, a broker works in a stock exchange in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As investors were worried that the tax cuts of the US government could not prevent the US economy from falling into recession, and the demonstration effect of the sharp decline in European and Asian stock markets, the major stock markets in Latin America plunged across the board that day, with the major stock indexes in Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Colombia all falling more than 6%.
On February1day, global stock markets fell sharply, experiencing "Black Monday", and some stock markets hit the biggest one-day decline since the "9. 1 1" incident in 2006.
On the 22nd, the Federal Reserve decided to cut the interest rate by 0.75 percentage point, reducing the federal funds rate, that is, the overnight lending rate of commercial banks, from 4.25% to 3.5%, in order to prevent the US economy from falling into recession and avoid further financial market turmoil. On the 30th, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5 percentage points again.
65438+1On October 24th, Daniel Buden (left), CEO of Societe Generale, held a press conference at the headquarters of Societe Generale in Paris. On the same day, Societe Generale, the second largest bank in France, announced that a "fraud case" and the subprime mortgage crisis had caused losses of about 7 billion euros (654.38+003 billion US dollars) to the bank.
On the 24th, Socié té Gé né rale, the second largest bank in France, said that Keviel, a futures trader of the bank, used bank funds for illegal transactions without authorization in the past year, which caused huge losses of 4.9 billion euros to the bank.
65438+1On October 23rd, Italian Prime Minister Prodi waited for the result of the vote of confidence at the meeting of the House of Representatives in Rome. On the same day, the Italian government led by Prodi, the leader of the center-left alliance, won a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives with 326 votes in favor and 275 votes against.
On 24th, Italian Prime Minister Prodi submitted his resignation to President Napolitano because his government failed to win a vote of confidence in the Senate.
65438+ 10/8, US President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Treasury Secretary Paulson attended the press conference at the White House in Washington. On the same day, Bush called for tax cuts totaling 654.38+04 billion US dollars to 654.38+05 billion US dollars to stimulate economic growth and prevent the economy from falling into recession.
On the 24th, after several days of intense negotiations, the US government and Congress reached an agreement on the economic stimulus plan of about150 billion US dollars proposed by President Bush on June 8th. The government hopes that the stimulus package can prevent the US economy from falling into recession. The US House of Representatives passed this plan on the 29th.
65438+1On October 27th, Indonesian police said that former President Suharto died of illness that day.
On the 27th, former Indonesian President Suharto died in Jakarta's North Tamina Central Hospital. On the 28th, the Indonesian government held a state funeral for Suharto.
65438+1On October 29th, in Bangkok, Thailand, Samak, Chairman of People's Power Party, accepted the royal decree and made a speech after he officially became Prime Minister. Samak accepted the Royal Decree in Bangkok that night and officially became the 25th Prime Minister in Thai history. Xinhua News Agency
On the 28th, the lower house of the Thai Parliament held a meeting to vote on the candidate for prime minister and elected samak sundaravej, chairman of the People's Power Party, as the new prime minister of Thailand. On the 29th, Samak accepted the Royal Decree in Bangkok and officially became the 25th Prime Minister in Thai history.
On October 28th, 65438/KLOC-0, US President Bush delivered his 2008 State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. ... Xinhua News Agency/Reuters.
On the evening of 28th, US President Bush delivered his 2008 State of the Union address in Congress. This is Bush's last State of the Union address, and the economy and the Iraq war are the focus of this State of the Union address. Bush called on Congress to support him in advancing some unfinished measures and propositions in economy, internal affairs and diplomacy.
On the 29th, Kenya's ruling National Unity Party and the opposition Orange Democratic Movement held a formal dialogue in Nairobi under the mediation of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. On February 30th, 65438, Kenya Election Commission announced that Kibaki was re-elected in the presidential election, but the opposition party accused him of fraud and refused to accept the election results. Subsequently, a large-scale riot broke out in Kenya, which has caused about 800 deaths and more than 200,000 homeless people.
On October 30th, 65438/KLOC-0, the Israeli Special Committee responsible for investigating the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese conflict, headed by retired judge Vi Nograd, held a press conference in Jerusalem to introduce the contents of its final investigation report. On the same day, the Special Committee said in its final investigation report that the government and the army made major strategic and tactical mistakes in the conflict and failed to win the armed war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
On the 30th, Israel's special committee responsible for investigating the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict officially released its final investigation report in Jerusalem, saying that the government and the army made major strategic and tactical mistakes in the conflict and failed to win the armed war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
On March 3 1 day, the 10th African Union Summit opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the theme of "Industrial Development in Africa".