Portal:Current events/2008 December 30
December 30, 2008 (Tuesday)
- Eight of eleven snowmobilers buried by avalanches in British Columbia, Canada, are found dead. (CTV News)[permanent dead link]
- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appoints former Democratic Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to President-elect Barack Obama's vacated United States Senate seat. Democratic Senate leaders and Secretary of State Jesse White say they will not accept the appointment. (Chicago Sun-Times) (ABC7 Chicago)
- Following the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections, the National Conference and National Congress parties agree to form a coalition government. (BBC)
- Sheikh Hasina's Awami League wins a supermajority in Bangladesh's National Assembly. (Rediff)
- Herman Van Rompuy is sworn in as Belgium's new Prime Minister, replacing Yves Leterme. (Reuters)
- The National Council for Democracy and Development, the ruling military junta of Guinea after a recent coup, appoints Kabiné Komara as the country's new Prime Minister. (BBC)