December 2007


December 31st 2007 – More than 150 have died in the violence that have followed the elections which President Kibaki won. Police have been given shoot to kill orders in some parts of the country. In Nairobi thousands of protesters were beaten back.

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December 30th 2007 – Benazir Bhutto’s 19-year-old son, Bilawal, will take over the leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). His father will be co-chairman of the party.

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December 29th 2007 – No one knows who killed Benazir Bhutto. President Musharraf blames Al Qaeda, but Bhutto’s supporters say it was Musharraf or someone from inside military intelligence. The answer could determine how quickly the violence will go on.

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December 28th 2007 – Violence and protest broke out all across Pakistan after Benazir Bhutto was killed.  Some fear it will only get worse after her funeral on Friday afternoon.

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December 27th 2007 – Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, has been killed by a suicide bomber at an election rally in Rawalpindi.

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December 26th 2007 – The worst landslide in Indonesia has killed at least 81 people.

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December 24th 2007 – As Turkey continues to strike the Kurdish region in northern Iraq, Kurdish leaders are losing patience. But there is little they can do but stand and watch their towns get blown up.

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December 23rd 2007 – Overthrown by the military in 2006 and not allowed to stand for office himself, Thaksin’s allies won elections for parliament in Thailand. It is a finger in the eye for the military.

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Tony Blair

December 22nd 2007 – Tony Blair, the former British prime minister,  became  a Roman Catholic yesterday. It is something people thought he might do after leaving office since  his wife and children already are.

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