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{{*mp|December 3}} At the request of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]], [[Governor General of Canada]] [[Michaëlle Jean]] '''[[2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute|prorogues the parliament]]''' until January 26, 2009, to avoid a [[Motion of no confidence|confidence motion]] by a newly-formed [[coalition]] of opposition parties. |
{{*mp|December 3}} At the request of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]], [[Governor General of Canada]] [[Michaëlle Jean]] '''[[2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute|prorogues the parliament]]''' until January 26, 2009, to avoid a [[Motion of no confidence|confidence motion]] by a newly-formed [[coalition]] of opposition parties. |
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{{*mp|December 2}} The [[Constitutional Court of Thailand|Constitutional Court]] of [[Thailand]] '''[[2008 Thai political crisis|dissolves three parties in the ruling coalition]]''', and [[Prime Minister of Thailand|Prime Minister]] [[Somchai Wongsawat]] resigns. |
{{*mp|December 2}} The [[Constitutional Court of Thailand|Constitutional Court]] of [[Thailand]] '''[[2008 Thai political crisis|dissolves three parties in the ruling coalition]]''', and [[Prime Minister of Thailand|Prime Minister]] [[Somchai Wongsawat]] resigns. |
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{{*mp|December 2}} A '''[[2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak|cholera outbreak]]''' in [[Zimbabwe]] spreads, with hundreds dead and over 10,000 people infected since August 2008. |
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Current topics
- Anti-police riots (pictured) break out in Athens and several cities across Greece.
- Ireland issues an international recall of its pork products following the discovery of contaminated pig feed.
- Patriarch Alexy II, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, dies of heart failure in Peredelkino, Russia.
- At the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean prorogues the parliament until January 26, 2009, to avoid a confidence motion by a newly-formed coalition of opposition parties.
- The Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolves three parties in the ruling coalition, and Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat resigns.
- A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe spreads, with hundreds dead and over 10,000 people infected since August 2008.