Portal:Current events/2008 January 7

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• Litokwa Tomeing is elected as President of the Marshall Islands. [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=37332 (Radio New Zealand)]
• The Supreme Court of the United States hears arguments on whether execution by lethal injection is a violation of the Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment." [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7174382.stm (BBC News)]
• The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor resumes at The Hague, Netherlands. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/07/taylor.trial/index.html (CNN)]
• A warehouse fire in Icheon, South Korea, kills at least 40. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7174547.stm (BBC News)]
• Portions of Eastern Australia are affected by the worst floods in the last 20 years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7174377.stm (BBC News)]
• Two United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets, a F/A-18E and two-seat F/A-18F, flying off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, crash in the Persian Gulf. The aviators were safely recovered. There was no indication of hostile fire. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/us.warplanes.crash/ (CNN)]
• The government of Tanzania cannot account for Sh$260 million (approx US$200,000) in aid from the Global Fund initiative to fight AIDS and HIV. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080108103045/http://allafrica.com/stories/200801070915.html (allAfrica)]

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