Around the World (November 28, 2008)

[Kamal_Farran]

***2008 THAI POLITICAL CRISIS***
People's Alliance for Democracy protestors close down Don Mueang International Airport a day after closing down Suvarnabhumi Airport, leaving Bangkok without any airports. The international transferring was moved to the closest U-Tapao International Airport, but it will take more than 3 hours to reach Bangkok.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/27/2431132.htm
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/11/27/business/business_30089600.php

The government declares a state of emergency over the two airports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7752012.stm
http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=132341


***2008 SANTA CATARINA FLOODS***
The Brazilian federal government authorizes nearly 2 billion reais (881 million U.S. dollars) in emergency relief funds.
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN2633515020081126


***OTHER NEWS***
A Polish ABW secret service report says the shooting incident in Georgia involving Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was most likely "a provocation" staged by the Georgians.
http://www.warsawvoice.pl/newsX.php/7352/4661322043

A suicide car bomb explodes near the United States embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, with at least one person dead.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-AS-Afghanistan.html?_r=1&hp

An Air New Zealand Airbus A320 training flight with seven people aboard crashes into sea off southern French coast, exactly 29 years to the day (NZDT) after Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed in Antarctica.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/27/airbus.france.crash/index.html

An Australian soldier is killed and several injured in fighting in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/australian-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan/2008/11/27/1227491724576.html

Russia and Brazil call for the first BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) summit of major emerging market countries in Russia to respond to the financial crisis in 2009.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AP5H220081126?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Venezuelan elections - a victory for the PSUV, but a warning for the revolution
http://www.marxist.com/victory-psuv-but-warning-for-revolution.htm


***YOUTUBE TODAY***
Glory to the people of Ghaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CW1ZxW764c