Portal:Current events/2008 October 3

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2008 South Ossetia war aftermath:
An attempt of assassination of head of the Akhalgori Ossetian administration, Anatoli Margiev failed. He survived the explosion of a bomb planted on a road in Georgian village while driving to Tskhinvali, South Ossetia. [http://rustavi2.com/news/news_text.php?id_news=28148&pg=1&im=main&ct=0&wth= (Rustavi 2)]
Two teenagers are injured after blowing up a landmine at the territory of the military base in Gori, Georgia. [http://rustavi2.com/news/news_text.php?id_news=28146&pg=1&im=main&ct=0&wth= (Rustavi 2)]
Seven Russian soldiers die from an explosion in breakaway South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a0dI7R_Mcfdk&refer=europe (Bloomberg)] [http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=19668 (Civil Georgia)] [http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/03/georgia.bombing.ap/index.html (CNN)]
PACE calls for international probe into the 2008 South Ossetia war. [http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=19662 (Civil Georgia)]
Subprime mortgage crisis:
U.S. President George W. Bush signs the US$ 700,000,000,000 bailout bill after it is passed by the House. [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95336601&ft=1&f=1003 (NPR News)]
In response to the 2008 Chinese milk scandal, Australia begins withdrawing Chinese-made Kirin milk tea from shops after discovering it contained melamine in tests. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081006094910/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24442887-12377,00.html (The Australian)]
Greece announces it will follow Ireland's lead and guarantee all bank deposits in the country. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1003/eueconomy.html (RTÉ)]
2008 Russian financial crisis:
Both of Russia's main stock exchanges, the MICEX and RTS, suspend trading of stocks "for technical reasons" as the markets rally after a 1-1/2 day trading halt that ended earlier in the morning. [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/505ab76a-8f51-11dd-946c-0000779fd18c.html (Financial Times)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Trading is suspended for a second and a third time in the same day at the RTS stock exchange as Russian equities tumble. The dollar-denominated stock index was last down 7.8% in intraday trading. At MICEX, index fell 6.2% in intraday trading. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/russian-equities-tumble-forcing-trading/story.aspx?guid=%7BC6102320-F9C3-4490-9460-D6C4DF4FD22D%7D&dist=msr_1 (MarketWatch)]
Investigators in the United States announce that they have found human remains in what is believed to be the wreckage of Steve Fossett's plane, which went missing over California a year ago. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7649799.stm (BBC News)]
United States government announces sale of billions of dollars of arms to Taiwan to keep a balance with China's massive arms buildup aimed at Taiwan. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-arms-sale-to-taiwan-certain-to-rile-china-1.719267 (CBC News)]
Russia's foreign minister calls for international action to halt piracy in Somalia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7651329.stm (BBC News)]
The remains of a Viking-era stave church, including the skeletal remains of a woman, is uncovered near the cemetery of the Lännäs church in Odensbacken outside Örebro in central Sweden. [http://www.thelocal.se/14738/20081003/ (The Local)]
A jury convicts retired American football player O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping, 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/04simpson.html (New York Times)]

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