Portal:Current events/2008 September 5
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- Five hundred people have died in the Haitian town of Gonaïves as a result of flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hanna. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,24303444-401,00.html (Reuters via News Limited)]
- According to several news reports, the US government plans to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a takeover plan. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26567533/ (MSNBC)]
- Estimates of sea-level rise due to global warming are scaled back. [https://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN0442173820080904?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews (Reuters)]
- Condoleezza Rice becomes the first United States Secretary of State to visit Libya since 1953. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/09/05/2008-09-05_sect_of_state_condoleezza_rice_arrives_i.html (AP via the New York Daily News)]
- Pakistan reinstates Supreme Court judges ousted by former President Pervez Musharraf. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/pakistan.judges/index.html (CNN)]
- The unemployment rate in the United States rises to its highest level since December 2003 after the US economy loses 84,000 jobs in August 2008. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7600379.stm (BBC News)]
- La Princesse, a giant mechanical spider, starts to roam the streets of Liverpool, England, as part of the 2008 European City of Culture celebrations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7599960.stm (BBC News)]
- The European Union's Rosetta spacecraft performs a flyby of the asteroid 2867 Šteins. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090108015501/http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.97b8498abdf4c4bb14d2896245c9323d.341.html (AFP)]
- Australia:
- Quentin Bryce is sworn in as the first female Governor-General of Australia. [http://news.theage.com.au/national/bryce-sworn-in-as-governorgeneral-20080905-4a21.html (AAP via The Melbourne Age)]
- Morris Iemma resigns as Premier of New South Wales following a loss of support in the Australian Labor Party caucus, and is replaced by Nathan Rees. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/nathan-rees-confirmed-as-new-nsw-premier/2008/09/05/1220121494217.html (Sydney Morning Herald)]
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