November 2008

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This article covers breaking news and events in November 2008.

Daily events

Saturday 1st November 2008

Presidential election in the USA, early voting

• Berlin / Germany : The Prime Minister of Saarland Peter Müller ( CDU ) takes up his post as President of the Federal Council .
• United States : (Even in the "early elections" English early voting ) of the 56th election of the President of the United States is emerging a high turnout. After eight years in government of George W. Bush ( Republican Party ), the Democrat Barack Obama is a big favorite over the Republican John McCain .
• Vienna / Austria : The Austrian writer Josef Winkler is awarded this year's Georg Büchner Prize .

Sunday November 2, 2008

Lewis Hamilton

• São Paulo / Brazil : The Brazilian Felipe Massa wins the Brazilian Grand Prix , the Briton Lewis Hamilton finished fifth, making him the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history .

Monday November 3, 2008

• Brussels / Belgium : The European Commission expects Germany's gross domestic product to grow by zero percent in price-adjusted terms for 2009 and one percent for 2010. The reason for the unfavorable assessment is the global financial crisis and adjustments to the real estate market in a number of countries .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : After a loss of 285 million euros in the third quarter in the wake of the financial crisis , Commerzbank is using the Financial Market Stabilization Act . The bank receives 8.2 billion euros in financial aid from the financial market stabilization fund as a silent contribution and receives a state guarantee of 15 billion euros.
• New Delhi / India : The Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho convenes 300 delegates from the Tibetans in exile to discuss the further course towards the People's Republic of China ( Tibet uprising ).
• Wiesbaden / Germany : After four deputies of the Hessian SPD - faction in the parliament of Hesse on a press conference have stated Andrea Ypsilanti not the Hessian prime minister to choose is Andrea Ypsilanti with their projects, with the votes of the Greens and the Left to choose prime minister let ( Magdeburg model ), failed.

Tuesday November 4, 2008

Barack Obama

• Detroit / United States : According to the General Motors management, the national automobile market will "completely collapse " in October 2008.
• Hanover / Germany : A bus fire on the A 2 between junction 41 Garbsen and 42 Hannover-Herrenhausen kills 20 people.
• Mexico City / Mexico : The Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño and a criminal prosecutor as well as six other people are killed in a plane crash.
• San Juan / Puerto Rico : The general elections are taking place.
• Washington, DC / United States : Barack Obama ( Democratic Party ) emerges victorious from the 56th presidential election . In the US, which once granted slavery on a large scale , Obama is the first US president with a “colored” parent: however, he is not a descendant of African-American slaves. In the congressional elections taking place at the same time , the Democrats of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives are taking away more seats and increasing their majority. The same applies to the election to the Senate .

Wednesday 5th November 2008

• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Cabinet decides on a package of measures "Securing employment through strengthening growth" .
• Kaliningrad / Russia : The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced in response to the planned US missile defense system in Central Europe, the deployment of SS-26 - short-range missiles at the NATO to limit.

Thursday November 6, 2008

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The European Central Bank cuts the key interest rate by 0.5 percent to 3.25 percent with effect from November 12, 2008.
• Hildesheim / Germany : According to the tax estimate , the tax revenue for the local authorities for 2009 is one billion euros higher than was estimated by the “Tax Estimation” working group in the spring.
• California / United States : In various Californian cities like Los Angeles , San Francisco and San Diego there are demonstrations against Proposition 8 , a successful referendum to abolish same-sex marriage .
• London / United Kingdom : The Bank of England cuts the key rate by 1.5 percentage points to 3.0%.
• Thimphu / Bhutan : Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck's coronation as the new king of Bhutan .
• Washington, DC / United States : The IMF expects the first global recession since World War II in 2009 ; In Germany , economic output measured against gross domestic product is expected to decline by 0.8 percent after adjustment for price. In October 2008 the Monetary Fund had expected a rate of change of 0.0 percent for Germany.

Friday November 7th 2008

• Berlin / Germany : The grand coalition has agreed on the reform of the inheritance tax after a long dispute .
• Ljubljana / Slovenia : The Chairman of the Social Democrats, Borut Pahor , is elected Slovenian Prime Minister by the National Assembly.
• Port-au-Prince / Haiti : When a school collapses in Pétionville near Port-au-Prince, at least 82 students and teachers are killed and 107 others are injured.
• Wiesbaden / Germany : All parties represented in the Hessian state parliament have agreed on new elections on January 18, 2009.

Saturday 8th November 2008

Mario Vargas Llosa

John Key

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa receives the Freedom Prize of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for freedom in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt .
• Wellington / New Zealand : In the parliamentary elections, the Labor Party- led government coalition under Prime Minister Helen Clark loses its majority to the conservative opposition alliance led by John Key .
• Wiesbaden / Germany : Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel , member of the state parliament from Giessen , is named the SPD's top candidate in the new elections to the Hessian state parliament on January 18, 2009.
• Vladivostok / Russia : On board the Russian nuclear submarine " Nerpa " in the Sea of ​​Japan , at least 20 people are killed by the gas freon due to a malfunction of the fire extinguishing system .

Sunday 9th November 2008

• Beijing / China : The Chinese government has announced an economic stimulus package worth the equivalent of 460 billion euros to reduce the effects of the financial crisis .

Monday November 10, 2008

• Brussels / Belgium : three months after the war in Georgia , the foreign ministers of the European Union have approved the resumption of negotiations with Russia on a new partnership agreement .
• Washington, DC / United States : The US government supports the US insurance company American International Group , in which the government now holds 80 percent, with around 150 billion US dollars ; this is the largest government financial support to a private company in United States history.

Tuesday November 11, 2008

• Cologne / Germany : A driverless freight train crashes into a warehouse in Cologne. The two train drivers had previously jumped off the train in Frechen due to failing brakes.
• Washington, DC / United States : For the first time since the election , US President- elect Barack Obama and his wife are visiting the White House , his future official residence. He is following an invitation from George W. Bush .

Wednesday November 12, 2008

Samuel Schmid

Lee Myung Bak

• Berlin / Germany : The Expert Council for the Assessment of Macroeconomic Development presents its annual report 2008/2009 with the title " Mastering the financial crisis - strengthening growth forces". For 2009, the council predicts a rate of change in gross domestic product for Germany of 0.0 percent after adjustment for prices.
• Bern / Switzerland : Federal Councilor Samuel Schmid , Head of the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport , announced his resignation on December 31, 2008.
• Brussels / Belgium : The European Union imposed a record fine on a car glass cartel consisting of the Japanese Asahi group, the French company Saint Gobain , Pilkington in Great Britain and Soliver in Belgium.
• New York / United States : In its latest world population report, the UN Population Fund UNFPA calculates an increase in the planet's population to 6.75 billion people this year. Four billion of them live in Asia alone . The world population is expected to increase further to 9.2 billion people by 2050.
• Pyongyang / North Korea : North Korea has announced the closure of the border to South Korea and is reacting to an alleged intensification of the confrontation course of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak .
• Sindelfingen / Germany : The collective bargaining parties for the metal and electrical industry have reached an agreement. From February 1, 2009, the fees will be increased by 2.1 percent and from May 2009 by a total of 4.2 percent. The second increase can be postponed by up to seven months in accordance with a voluntary company agreement . The term of the agreement is 19 months, until April 2010. For the months of November and December 2008 as well as January 2009 there is a total one-off payment of 510 euros, which will be paid in December 2008. From May to December 2009, employees receive additional one-off payments per month of 0.4 percent of a monthly wage.

Thursday November 13, 2008

• Bonn / Germany : The ver.di union announces that as part of the surveillance affair at Deutsche Telekom AG, ver.di board members Rolf Büttner and Frank Bsirske were spied on, along with Supervisory Board members Lothar Schröder .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : State Secretary Walther Otremba from the Federal Ministry of Economics has already received around 20 applications from banks for subsidies from the Financial Market Stabilization Special Fund .
• Wiesbaden / Germany : After four deputies of the Hessian SPD - faction in the parliament of Hesse on a press conference had stated Andrea Ypsilanti not the Hessian prime minister to choose the SPD Südhessen has a party expulsion proceedings against Carmen Everts and Jürgen Walter initiated. The CDU of Hesse speaks of a “driven hunt” against the deviants.

Friday November 14, 2008

Hubble image of the dust disk and exoplanet around the star Fomalhaut

• Cape Canaveral / United States : The STS-126 mission starts.
• Nice / France : Planned summit at which the EU and Russia will come together and negotiate a new partnership agreement.
• Orbit : With the Hubble space telescope from NASA and ESA , it has been possible for the first time to optically capture an exoplanet outside the solar system and thus to prove its existence. It is Fomalhaut b .

Saturday 15th November 2008

Cem Ozdemir

• Germany : Cem Özdemir is elected as the new federal chairman of the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party, making him the first German chairman of a Bundestag party with a migration background.
• Germany : Lutz Heilmann obtained an injunction against Wikipedia and had the domain wikipedia.de blocked, which would otherwise redirect to the main page of the German-language Wikipedia.
• Hangzhou / China : At least three people die when a subway tunnel under construction collapses and 18 more are buried.
• Petrila / Romania : 13 people die in a mine accident.
• Washington, DC / United States : International Summit on the Financial Crisis .

Sunday November 16, 2008

• Basel / Switzerland : The novel Swimming Home by Rolf Lappert wins the first ever Swiss Book Prize .
• Bissau / Guinea-Bissau : The ruling party PAIGC wins the parliamentary elections .

Monday November 17, 2008

• Bonn / Germany : The UN Climate Change Secretariat announces that the greenhouse gas - emissions have risen by industrialized countries by 2.3 percent since the 2000th
• Somalia : Somali pirates board the tanker Sirius Star , which belongs to a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco . The tanker is said to have crude oil valued at around 80 million euros on board.

Tuesday November 18, 2008

• Berlin / Germany : In the third and final PISA supplementary test , Saxony leads in all three categories, overtaking the previous front runner Bavaria .
• Los Angeles / United States : The situation in the California forest fire areas is easing. Better weather helps the fire brigade fight the fire. In total, around 1,000 houses and 170 square kilometers of land were destroyed by the fires.

Wednesday November 19, 2008

• Wiesbaden / Germany : The Hessian state parliament dissolves after 227 days, clearing the way for the new elections planned for January 18, 2009 .

Thursday November 20, 2008

• Brussels / Belgium : The EU agriculture ministers agree on a reduction in direct payments and an increase in the milk quota .
• New York / United States : The UN Security Council decides to increase the MONUC mission by 3,000 to 20,000 soldiers because of the ongoing fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
• Vienna / Austria : At the 9th award of the Nestroy Theater Prize , Regina Fritsch was honored as best actress and Markus Hering as best actor.
• Wiesbaden / Germany : The Advisory Council for the Assessment of Macroeconomic Development has revised its growth forecast for 2008 as a whole downwards in view of the financial crisis . Instead of the 1.7 percent predicted on November 12 for 2008, economists are now only assuming 1.5 percent, said the President of the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW), Wolfgang Franz , in Stuttgart. For 2009 the council of experts predicts a minus of 0.2 percent. So far, the economic researchers had assumed 0.0 percent.

Friday November 21, 2008

Aerial view of "Jumeirah"

• Dubai / United Arab Emirates : The artificial island Palm Jumeirah opens with the biggest fireworks in history .
• London / United Kingdom : Just about five weeks after their separation was announced, pop star Madonna and director Guy Ritchie got a quick divorce. The custody of the two sons is shared. Daughter Lourdes was awarded to the singer.

Saturday November 22, 2008

Participants at the APEC summit

• Islamabad / Pakistan : Five militant fighters were killed in a suspected American missile attack in the northwest of the country. A Taliban commander's house was hit in the village of Ali Khel .
• Lima / Peru : At the 20th summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Community APEC, the focus is on the economic development of the economically weaker among the associated states. The long-term goal of the members has been a free trade area since 1989 .

Sunday November 23, 2008

• Cardiff / United Kingdom : The guitarist and lyricist Richey James Edwards of the band Manic Street Preachers , who disappeared without a trace on February 1, 1995 , is declared "probably dead".
• Mar del Plata / Argentina : The Spanish tennis team won this year's Davis Cup , they beat the hosts, the Argentines , with 3: 1.
• Orissa / India : Asianews news agency reports that Hindu fundamentalists in Orissa are now offering rewards for violence against Christians ; for the murder of clergymen , a reward of 250 dollars can be expected, alternatively with food or gasoline. The Indian government has set up a special unit of security forces.
• Vienna / Austria : After 56 days of negotiations, the SPÖ and their top candidate Werner Faymann and Josef Pröll from the ÖVP have agreed to form a new grand coalition . The first personnel decision: Ursula Plassnik will no longer be a member of the new federal government as Foreign Minister .

Monday November 24, 2008

• Baghdad / Iraq : At least 20 people died in two suicide attacks in Baghdad.
• London / United Kingdom : The British government lowers because of the economic crisis , the value added tax from 17.5 to 15 percent.
• Munich / Germany : The ifo business climate index also fell in November. The last time it was reached was a value lower than in February 1993.
• Stuttgart / Germany : The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court decides to release Christian Klar , a former RAF terrorist who has been imprisoned for 26 years, on January 3, 2009.

Tuesday November 25, 2008

• Nuuk / Greenland : In a referendum on a law for extensive self-government in Denmark, 75.5 percent of the population vote for the law.
• Washington, DC / United States : The Federal Reserve agrees to buy up to $ 600 billion in mortgage-backed securities, primarily from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , to help the US real estate market hit by the financial crisis to animate.

Wednesday November 26, 2008

The different crime scenes in Mumbai

• Florianópolis / Brazil : In severe flooding in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina , at least 116 people die and at least 30 are still missing. A total of 1.5 million people are affected by water masses and landslides , 80,000 are made homeless.
• Mumbai / India : At least 195 people are killed in a series of terrorist attacks . An arson attack is carried out on the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel . American and British nationals are being deliberately taken hostage here.

Thursday November 27, 2008

• Bangkok / Thailand : Protesters block Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Don Mueang Airport in protest against the government ; air traffic then collapsed and thousands of tourists are stuck. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat , however, rejects the opposition's demands for a dissolution of parliament and the calling of new elections.
• Mediterranean : On a test flight , an Airbus A320-200 operated by XL Airways Germany crashes into the sea near the French city ​​of Canet-en-Roussillon , killing all seven occupants.
• Nuremberg / Germany : The number of unemployed in Germany fell to 2.988 million in November, 390,000 fewer than a year ago.

Friday November 28, 2008

• Berlin / Germany : The architect Francesco Stella wins the competition to design the Humboldt Forum with his design of the reconstructed facade of the Berlin City Palace . Three of the four facades are to be reconstructed, but the east facade of the palace on the Spree side is not to be reproduced true to the original.
• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Council rejects the controversial BKA law .
• Munich / Germany : The Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer names key data of a rescue operation carried out by the federal government and the state of Bavaria for the Bayerische Landesbank in the amount of 31 billion euros . The largest single item is a guarantee of 15 billion euros from the “ rescue package ” of the Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilization .

Saturday November 29, 2008

• Brasilia / Brazil : The deforestation of the tropical rainforest in the Amazon has accelerated by 4 percent compared to the previous year; between July 2007 and July 2008, 11,968 km² were cleared.

Sunday November 30, 2008

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

• Antelope Valley / United States : The space shuttle Endeavor lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California , due to bad weather in Florida .
• Bucharest / Romania : The ruling National Liberal Party of Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu suffered a clear defeat in the parliamentary elections in Romania . The opposition parties PSD and PD-L won the most votes.
• Harare / Zimbabwe : In the South African State concerned organizations to March 2009 at a cholera - epidemic around 10,000 dead and 60,000 infected.
• Jerusalem / Israel : The Israeli government under Ehud Olmert decides to release 250 Palestinians for the Islamic festival of sacrifice on December 8th. Most recently, 198 Palestinian prisoners were released in August .
• Jos / Nigeria : In the worst clashes in years between Christians and Muslims , over 400 people are believed to be killed.

See also

• Nekrolog November 2008 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring memorial and action days in November
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in November

Web links

Madrid in November 2008

Commons : November 2008  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published November 2008  - News

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Presidents of the Federal Council. (PDF) In: bundesrat.de . Retrieved November 14, 2016 . 
2. ^ How Early Voting Changed the Game in 2008. In: fivethirtyeight.com . November 4, 2008, accessed November 26, 2018 . 
3. ↑ English text of the Germany forecast as a PDF file (accessed on November 3, 2008)
4. ↑ tagesschau.de: Commerzbank makes use of the rescue package (accessed on November 3, 2008)
5. ↑ Press release of the BMWi from November 3, 2008 ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on November 5, 2008)
6. ^ Frankfurter Rundschau.de: The Dalai Lama gives up (accessed on November 4, 2008)
7. ↑ Andrea Ypsilanti: Change of power failed (accessed November 3, 2008)
8. ↑ DerStandard.at: US car market collapses completely (accessed on November 4, 2008)
9. ^ Abendblatt.de: Pensioner smokes on bus: 20 people burned to death (accessed on November 5, 2008)
10. ↑ house.gov : Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Elections of November 4, 2008 ( Memento of March 2, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
11. ^ Press release of the BMWi from November 5, 2008 ( Memento from November 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 5)
12. ↑ stern.de: Russia is stationing missiles at the NATO border (accessed November 5, 2008)
13. ↑ Message from the ECB dated November 6, 2008 (accessed on November 6, 2008)
14. ↑ Federal Ministry of Finance  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed November 6, 2008)  
15. ↑ Queer: Lawsuits against Proposition 8 (accessed November 6, 2008)
16. ^ Announcement of the Bank of England dated November 6, 2008 ( Memento of December 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 6, 2008)
17. ↑ focus.de: Youngest head of state chosen (accessed on November 6, 2008)
18. ↑ IMF: German economy shrinks in 2009 (accessed on November 6, 2008)
19. ^ IMF report (accessed November 6, 2008)
20. ↑ tagesschau.de: SPD and Union agree on inheritance tax reform ( Memento from November 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 7, 2008)
21. ↑ orf.at: change of power completed (accessed November 8, 2008)
22. ↑ 82 children and teachers dead ( Memento from January 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed November 8, 2008)
23. ↑ spiegel.de: Koch triumphs, Ypsilanti hesitates (accessed November 7, 2008)
24. ↑ reuters.com: Conservatives take over government in New Zealand (accessed November 9, 2008)
25. ^ German site of the Chinese government (accessed November 10, 2008)
26. ↑ handelsblatt.com: EU approaches Russia again (accessed on October 12, 2008)
27. ↑ marketwatch.com: Washington dramatically alters AIG bailout (accessed October 12, 2008)
28. ^ Wdr.de: Engine drivers jump out of freight train ( Memento from November 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
29. ↑ tagesschau.de: Obama meets Bush in the White House ( Memento from November 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 12, 2008)
30. ↑ zeit.de: The economy requires more investment (accessed October 12, 2008)
31. ^ Defense Minister Schmid announces resignation (accessed October 12, 2008)
32. ↑ tagesschau.de: Record fine for car glass cartel (accessed on October 12, 2008)
33. ↑ tagesschau.de: The earth is always full ( Memento from December 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on October 12, 2008)
34. ↑ North Korea announces closure of borders to the south (accessed October 12, 2008)
35. ↑ rhein-zeitung.de collective bargaining parties in the metal wage conflict come close to an agreement (accessed on October 12, 2008)
36. ↑ tagesschau.de: Telekom also had ver.di boss Bsirske spied on (tagesschau.de archive) (accessed on November 13, 2008)
37. ↑ tagesschau.de: Federal government's rescue package - 20 banks seek protection under the rescue umbrella (accessed on November 13, 2008)
38. ↑ hr-online.de: Everts und Walter - SPD initiates party exclusions  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed November 13, 2008)  
39. ↑ tagesschau.de: EU and Russia are talking to each other again (accessed October 12, 2008)
40. ↑ tagesschau.de: Hubble space telescope snaps "Fomalhaut B" (tagesschau.de archive) (accessed on October 14, 2008)
41. ↑ stern.de: Özdemir new chairman of the Greens - "Yes, we Cem" (accessed on November 15, 2008)
42. ↑ welt.de: Wikipedia, the Stasi and the Left Politicians (accessed on November 16, 2008)
43. ↑ n-tv.de: At least three dead in China - tunnel collapse tears down road (accessed on November 19, 2008)
44. ↑ spiegel.de: Twelve dead in mine accident (accessed on November 16, 2008)
45. ↑ International Summit on the Financial Crisis on November 15, 2008 (accessed November 5, 2008)
46. ↑ Swiss Book Prize . schweizer-buchpreis.ch. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
47. ↑ Elections in Guinea-Bissau: PAIGC remains in power (accessed December 5, 2008)
48. ↑ focus.de: Increased greenhouse gas emissions worldwide (accessed on October 17, 2008)
49. ↑ focus.de: Oil tanker captured off Somalia and crew held hostage (accessed on October 17, 2008)
50. ↑ tagesschau.de: PISA recipe for success: Small classes, no secondary school ( Memento from December 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 18, 2008)
51. ↑ AP: The situation in a Californian forest fire area eases  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed November 18, 2008)  
52. ↑ hr-online.de: Parliament decides to dissolve ( memento of December 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 19, 2008)
53. ↑ tagesschau.de: Ten percent less for the farmers (accessed on November 20, 2008)
54. ↑ derstandard.at: UN decides to reinforce 3,000 soldiers (accessed on November 23, 2008)
55. ↑ spiegel.de: "Palm" opening in Dubai: mega-show for the super-rich (accessed on November 22, 2008)
56. ↑ Flash divorce: Madonna and Guy Ritchie are officially no longer a married couple  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed November 24, 2008)  
57. ↑ AP: Five dead in a suspected US missile attack in Pakistan  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed November 22, 2008)  
58. ^ History. In: apec.org . Retrieved November 18, 2016 . 
59. ↑ BBC: Missing guitarist 'presumed dead' (accessed February 1, 2010)
60. ↑ Vatican Radio: "India: Bounty Exposed on Christians" (accessed November 23, 2008)
61. ↑ oe24.at: Plassnik says goodbye to the government (accessed on November 23, 2008)
62. ↑ tagesschau.de: Baghdad: At least 18 dead in two attacks (tagesschau.de archive) (accessed on November 24, 2008)
63. ↑ tagesschau.de: Great Britain lowers VAT ( Memento from July 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 24, 2008)
64. ↑ ifo Business Climate Index (accessed on November 24, 2008)
65. ↑ Five years of probation: Sure comes free (accessed November 28, 2008)
66. ↑ faz.net: The Price of Independence (accessed November 25, 2008)
67. ↑ Fed press release (accessed November 25, 2008)
68. ↑ dpa: The number of fatalities in southern Brazil is increasing ( Memento from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 7, 2008)
69. ↑ Mumbai rocked by deadly attacks. In: bbc.co.uk . November 27, 2008, accessed July 12, 2018 . 
70. ↑ tagesschau.de: Thailand: Opposition has both airports in Bangkok occupied (tagesschau.de archive) (accessed on November 29, 2008)
71. ↑ Airbus crashes into the Mediterranean during a test flight. In: saarbruecker-zeitung.de . November 27, 2008, accessed April 28, 2019 . 
72. ↑ focus.de: Labor market: number of unemployed continued to fall (accessed on November 29, 2008)
73. ↑ tagesspiegel.de: Humboldt Forum with dome, but without Volkskammersaal (accessed November 29, 2008)
74. ↑ BayernLB receives an aid package worth billions. In: pfaelzischer-merkur.de . November 28, 2008, accessed May 14, 2019 . 
75. ↑ n-tv.de: "Great", but expensive: "Endeavor" in California (accessed December 1, 2008)
76. ↑ No clear winner in elections in Romania (accessed December 1, 2008)
77. ↑ n-tv.de: Cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe - 10,000 deaths feared (accessed December 1, 2008)
78. ↑ tagesschau.de : Israel wants to release 250 Palestinians ( Memento from December 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
79. ↑ Reuters Germany: Over 400 dead in clashes in Nigeria (accessed November 30, 2008)