Portal:Current events/2008 December 29

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• President of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigns. Parliamentary Speaker Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe will take over for 30 days, in which time the legislature will select a new head of state. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802622.stm (BBC)]
• Bangladeshis vote in their country's general election. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7802529.stm (BBC)]
• Liverpool F.C. player Steven Gerrard is arrested following an altercation at a Southport nightclub and subsequently charged with Section 20 grievous bodily harm. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7802932.stm (BBC)]
• An Ebola outbreak in West Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo kills 11 people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7803319.stm (BBC)]

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