Bibliography for World Events: 2008Q1
Date Published	Date Published	Date Posted	Venue	Country	Author	Article/URL*	Media	Listed Sources	Contributors
1-Jan-08	1-Jan-08		Nairobi	Kenya		Mob burns Kenyans seeking refuge in church	CNN International
	1-Jan-08					Mob torches Kenyan church	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	1-Jan-08		Colombo	Sri Lanka		25 rebels killed in northern Sri Lanka	China View	Xinhua	Song Shutao (ed.)
	1-Jan-08		Colombo	Sri Lanka	Muralidhar Reddy	LTTE training camp destroyed	The Hindu
	1-Jan-08					Fears Mount as Death Toll Rises From Post-Election Violence in Kenya	VOA News	AFP-Reuters
2-Jan-08	2-Jan-08					Baghdad suicide attack kills dozens	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	2-Jan-08		Colombo	Sri Lanka	Siddique Islam	27 Tamil Rebels, Three Solders Killed In Sri Lanka	AHN
	2-Jan-08		Nairobi	Kenya	Jeffrey Gettleman	Mob Sets Kenya Church on Fire, Killing Dozens	NYT		Kennedy Abwao; Matthew L. Wald
4-Jan-08	4-Jan-08					Turkish police hold four over blast	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	4-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Federal Reserve will conduct two auctions of 28-day credit through its term auction facility in January	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
5-Jan-08	5-Jan-08					US poll race moves to New Hampshire	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	5-Jan-08		Merrymack, NH	U.S.	Monica Langley	Iowa Touches Off a Free-for-All	WSJ
	5-Jan-08		Manchester, NH	U.S.	Jackie Calmes; Amy Chozick	Clinton Camp's Challenge: How Hard to Hit Obama?	WSJ
	5-Jan-08		Bangkok	Thailand	Simon Montlake	Powerful car bomb in Turkey kills five and injures dozens with outlawed Kurdish Workers Party or PKK suspected	The Christian Science Monitor
	5-Jan-08		Portsmouth, NH	U.S.	Maria L. La Ganga; Seema Mehta; Cathleen Decker	Campaigns turn attention to New Hampshire	Los Angeles Times		Michael Finnegan; Dan Morain; Peter Nicholas; Maeve Reston
	5-Jan-08		Manchester, NH	U.S.	Adam Nagourney; Carl Hulse	McCain May Benefit From Huckabee’s Jolt to G.O.P.	NYT		David D. Kirkpatrick; Marc Santora
8-Jan-08	8-Jan-08		Baghdad	Iraq	Elena Becatoros	Baghdad Bombings Kill al-Qaida Opponent	AP		Mazin Yahya (AP)
	8-Jan-08		Baghdad	Iraq	Mohammed Tawfeeq	Iraqi Awakening Council members kidnapped, killed	CNN International	AP	Mohammed Tawfeeq (CNN)
	8-Jan-08		Washington, DC; Manchester. NH	U.S.	Nicholas Johnston; Indira Lakshmanan	Clinton Claims Victory in New Hampshire Over Obama (Update1)	Bloomberg
	8-Jan-08		Baghdad	Iraq	Richard A, Oppel Jr; Mudhafer Al-Husaini	Suicide Bomber Kills Key Sunni Leader	NYT		Khalid al-Ansary; Karim Hilmi; Abeer Mohammed; Qais Mizher
	8-Jan-08		Manchester. NH	U.S.	David D. Kirkpatrick; Megan Thee	Women Backed Clinton, Exit Polls Show	NYT
	8-Jan-08				David von Drehle	The Comeback Kids: Clinton, McCain	TIME
9-Jan-08	9-Jan-08		Geneva	Switzerland		2008: Highest levels of political and economic uncertainty for a decade	World Economic Forum	News Release
	9-Jan-08		Geneva	Switzerland		Global Risks 2008: A Global Risk Network Report	World Economic Forum		Citigroup; Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC); Swiss Re; Wharton School Risk Center; Zurich Financial Services
10-Jan-08	10-Jan-08					Suicide bomber hits Pakistan court	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	10-Jan-08		Mumbai	India		The making of the Nano	Tata Group
	10-Jan-08		Mumbai	India		Tata Motors unveils the People's Car	Tata Group	News Release
	10-Jan-08		New Delhi	India	Steve Herman	World's Cheapest Car Unveiled in India	VOA News
	10-Jan-08		Baghdad	Iraq	Joshua Partlow	U.S. Planes Pound Area South of Baghdad: Huge Strike Aimed At Weapons Caches	Washington Post		Zaid Sabah
	10-Jan-08		London	U.K.		Bank of England Maintains Bank Rate at 5.50%	Bank of England	News Release
11-Jan-08	11-Jan-08		Baghdad	Iraq		21 Qaeda fighters killed in US air blitz: Iraq sheikh	AFP
	11-Jan-08					China trade surplus surges in 07	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	11-Jan-08		Beijing	China		China's 2007 trade surplus hits record	China View	Xinhua	Sun Yunlong (ed.)
	11-Jan-08		Beijing	China		China's forex reserve tops $1.53 trillion	China View	Xinhua	Wang Hongjiang (ed.)
	11-Jan-08		Charlotte, NC	U.S.		Bank of America Agrees to Purchase Countrywide Financial Corp.: Creates Largest U.S. Mortgage Lender and Servicer	Bank of America	PRNewswire
	11-Jan-08				Damian Paletta; Valerie Bauerlein; James R. Hagerty	Countrywide Gets Rescue Deal	WSJ		Ann Carrns in Atlanta; Greg Ip; Dow Jones Newswires
	11-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	Chidanand Rajghatta	US gives a grudging thumbs-up to Tata's Nano	The Times of India	TNN
	11-Jan-08		Seattle, WA	U.S.	Pham-Duy Nguyen	Gold Futures Rise to Record $900.10 on Interest-Rate Outlook	Bloomberg
	11-Jan-08		San Francisco, CA	U.S.		Gold futures top $900 an ounce	MarketWatch
	11-Jan-08				Jonathan Skillings	Fiery protest over Tata's Nano	CNET
	11-Jan-08		Islamabad	Pakistan	Salman Masood	Bomb Kills at Least 23 in Pakistan	NYT
	11-Jan-08	10-Jan-08	Lahore	Pakistan	Travis Fox; John Ward Anderson	Suicide Bomber Kills 23 Outside Pakistani Courthouse	Washington Post
	11-Jan-08				Howard Schneider; Tomoeh Murakami Tse; Dina ElBoghdady	Bank of America to Buy Countrywide for $4B in Stock	Washington Post
12-Jan-08	12-Jan-08	11-Jan-08	New York, NY	U.S.		Gold futures set record high above $900	China View	Xinhua	Mu Xuequan (ed.)
13-Jan-08	13-Jan-08					Dutch and Afghan Troops Die in Friendly Fire Incidents	VOA News	AP
	13-Jan-08					Thousands March in Hong Kong Against Delay in Full Democracy	VOA News	AFP-AP
14-Jan-08	14-Jan-08		Bangkok	Thailand	Luis Ramirez	At Least 8 Soldiers Killed in Thailand Separatist Violence	VOA News
	14-Jan-08					Seven Troops, 23 Militants Killed in Pakistan Clash	VOA News	AFP-AP-Reuters
15-Jan-08	15-Jan-08					France to get military base in UAE	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	15-Jan-08					Citigroup announces $10bn loss	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	15-Jan-08					Fatal car bomb blast hits Beirut	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	15-Jan-08					Timeline: Sub-prime losses: How did the sub-prime crisis unfold?	BBC News
	15-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Citi Reports Fourth Quarter Net Loss of $9.83 Billion, Loss Per Share of $1.99; Full Year 2007 Revenues of $81.7 Billion, Net Income of $3.62 Billion	Citigroup	News Release
	15-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Citi Announces Key Actions to Enhance Capital Base	Citigroup	News Release
	15-Jan-08		Rockville, MD	U.S.		FDA Issues Documents on the Safety of Food from Animal Clones: Agency Concludes that Meat and Milk from Clones of Cattle, Swine, and Goats, and the Offspring of All Clones, are as Safe to Eat as Food from Conventionally Bred Animals	FDA	News Release
	15-Jan-08		Rockville, MD	U.S.		CVM and Animal Cloning	FDA
	15-Jan-08				Karen Kaplan	FDA declares cloned meat and milk safe	Los Angeles Times
	15-Jan-08		Kabul	Afghanistan	M. Karim Faiez; Laura King	Assault on Kabul hotel kills at least 6	Los Angeles Times		Paul Richter
	15-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Greg Morcroft	Citigroup swings to loss on $18 billion write-down	MarketWatch
	15-Jan-08		London	U.K.	Aude Lagorce	Merrill lines up fresh $6.6 billion capital injection	MarketWatch
	15-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Merrill Lynch Enhances Its Capital Position With Agreement to Issue $6.6 Billion in Preferred Stock to Long-Term Investors	Merrill Lynch	News Release
	15-Jan-08		Kabul	Afghanistan	Abdul Waheed Wafa	Blast at Kabul Hotel Kills 6	NYT		Graham Bowley
	15-Jan-08		Jerusalem	Israel	Jim Teeple	At Least 18 Dead in Gaza Border Violence	VOA News
	15-Jan-08	14-Jan-08	Baghdad	Iraq	Amit R. Paley	U.S.: 60 Insurgents Killed in Offensive	Washington Post		Zaid Sabah; K.I. Ibrahim; Saad al-Izzi; other Washington Post staff
	15-Jan-08				Rick Weiss	FDA Says Clones Are Safe For Food	Washington Post
16-Jan-08	16-Jan-08					Woman bomber kills 11 in Iraq	BBC News
	16-Jan-08		Rome	Italy	John Hooper	Pope pulls out of visit to Rome university after outrage at his views on Galileo and science	Guardian Unlimited	The Guardian
	16-Jan-08		Rome	Italy	Tracy Wilkinson	Protest leads pope to cancel speech	Los Angeles Times
	16-Jan-08		New York, NY; London	U.S.; U.K		Fears of Global Recession Take Hold, Prompting Changes in Allocations: Merrill Lynch Survey Shows Investors Moving Out of Equities and Into Cash	Merrill Lynch	News Release
	16-Jan-08		Rome	Italy	Ian Fisher	Pope Cancels Speech After Protest at University	NYT
	16-Jan-08		Islamabad	Pakistan	Nancy-Amelia Collins	Islamic Militants Capture Military Base in NW Pakistan	VOA News
	16-Jan-08		Geneva	Switzerland		World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008: World leaders consider “The Power Of Collaborative Innovation”	World Economic Forum	News Release
17-Jan-08	17-Jan-08					Merrill Lynch posts $7.8bn loss [Main Sub-Prime Losses So Far]	BBC News
	17-Jan-08					Recession fears unsettle markets	BBC News
	17-Jan-08					Bomber hits Pakistan Shia mosque	BBC News
	17-Jan-08					Airliner crash-lands at Heathrow	BBC News
	17-Jan-08				Andrew J. French; Catharine A. Adams; Linda S. Anderson; John R. Kitchen; Marcus R. Hughes; Samuel H. Wood	Development of Human cloned Blastocysts Following Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) with Adult Fibroblasts [DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0252]	Stem Cells
	17-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Christine Harper	Bonus Pools Total $39 Billion on Wall Street: Table (Update1)	Bloomberg
	17-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Christine Harper	Wall Street Bonuses Hit Record $39 Billion for 2007 (Update3)	Bloomberg
	17-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Merrill Lynch Reports Full-Year 2007 Net Loss From Continuing Operations of $8.6 Billion	Merrill Lynch	News Release
	17-Jan-08		La Jolla, CA	U.S.		Stemagen First to Create Cloned Human Embryos from Adult Cells	Stemagen	News Release
	17-Jan-08					Suicide Bomber Kills 8 Near Iraqi Shi'ite Mosque	VOA News	AFP-Reuters
	17-Jan-08		Islamabad	Pakistan	Ayaz Gul	Suicide Blast at Mosque in Pakistan Kills at Least 9	VOA News
	17-Jan-08					US Firm Says It Used Cloning to Create Human Embryos	VOA News	AP-Reuters
18-Jan-08	18-Jan-08		London; Toulouse	U.K.; France	Tracy Alloway; Andrea Rothman	Heathrow Operations Returning to Normal After Jumbo Jet Crash	Bloomberg
	18-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Fitch Downgrades Ambac; Ratings Remain on Watch Negative . . .	Fitch Ratings
	18-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	James Gerstenzang	Bush unveils $140-billion economic package	Los Angeles Times
	18-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	David Stout; Edmund L. Andrews	Bush Calls for $145 Billion Economic Aid Package	NYT
	18-Jan-08		London	U.K.	Alan Cowell	Crash Landing Temporarily Paralyzes Heathrow	NYT		Matthew L. Wald
	18-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	Scott Stearns	Bush Outlines Ideas to Boost Faltering Economy	VOA News
	18-Jan-08				Rick Weiss	Mature Human Embryos Created From Adult Skin Cells	Washington Post
	18-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Fact Sheet: Taking Action to Keep Our Economy Healthy	White House
	18-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		President Bush Discusses Economy, Growth Package	White House
19-Jan-08	19-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Christine Richard	Ambac's Insurance Unit Cut to AA From AAA by Fitch Ratings	Bloomberg
	19-Jan-08	18-Jan-08	Baghdad	Iraq	Amit R. Paley	Dozens Killed in Clashes In S. Iraq	Washington Post		Zaid Sabah; Naseer Nouri; Saad al-Izzi; K.I. Ibrahim; Dalya Hassan; Saad Sarhan; Washington Post staff in Diyala and Basra
	19-Jan-08	18-Jan-08	New York, NY	U.S.	Tomoeh Murakami Tse	Insurer Of Bonds Loses Top Rating	Washington Post
20-Jan-08	20-Jan-08		Charleston, SC	U.S.	Michael Cooper; Megan Thee	McCain Victory in South Carolina Caps Comeback	NYT		Michael Powell; Michael Luo
	20-Jan-08				Jeff Zeleny; Jennifer Steinhauer	Vote of Women Propels Clinton in Nevada Caucus	NYT
	20-Jan-08		Columbia, SC	U.S.	Brian Wagner	McCain Wins South Carolina Republican Primary	VOA News
	20-Jan-08		Las Vegas, NV	U.S.	Mike O'Sullivan	Clinton, Romney Win Nevada Caucuses	VOA News
	20-Jan-08					Bombing Kills Six in Iraq's Anbar Province	VOA News	AP-Reuters
	20-Jan-08		Jerusalem	Israel	Robert Berger	Israeli Cabinet Ministers Call for Assassination of Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah	VOA News
	20-Jan-08	19-Jan-08	Columbia, SC	U.S.	Dan Balz	McCain Beats Huckabee in S. Carolina; Clinton and Romney Win in Nevada	Washington Post		Perry Bacon Jr.; Juliet Eilperin; Michael D. Shear; Jon Cohen; Jennifer Agiesta
	20-Jan-08	19-Jan-08	Las Vegas, NV	U.S.	Shailagh Murray; Anne E. Kornblut	Women, Latinos Propel Clinton To First Place	Washington Post		Jon Cohen; Paul Kane
21-Jan-08	21-Jan-08		Tikrit	Iraq		Suicide bomber kills 17 at Iraq funeral	AFP
	21-Jan-08		Baghdad	Iraq	Sameer N. Yacoub	Suicide Bombing Kills 12 in Iraq	AP
	21-Jan-08		Hong Kong	China	Jim Boulden	Asian markets continue plunge	CNN International		Gabriela Frias
	21-Jan-08					India launches Israeli satellite	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	21-Jan-08					Bomber targets Iraqi mourners	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	21-Jan-08		Ben Gurion Airport	Israel		Israel Aerospace Industries' Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Satellite was Successfully Launched Into Orbit on an Indian PSLV Launcher	Israel Aerospace Industries	News Release
	21-Jan-08		Bangalore	India		PSLV Successfully Launches Israeli Satellite	Indian Space Research Organization	News Release
	21-Jan-08		Hong Kong	China	Varahabhotla Phani Kumar	Economic fears cuff Asia; India, Hong Kong slide: Recession fears spark heavy selling; Japan, China, South Korea also slump	MarketWatch
	21-Jan-08		Frankfurt am Main	Germany	Mark Landler; Heather Timmons	Stocks Plunge Worldwide on Fears of a U.S. Recession	NYT
	21-Jan-08		Geneva	Switzerland		World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008: The Power of Collaborative Innovation	World Economic Forum
	21-Jan-08				Andre Damon	Amid record losses, Wall Street awarded itself $39 billion	World Socialist Website
22-Jan-08	22-Jan-08					Asian markets see further losses	BBC News
	22-Jan-08		Mumbai; Chennai	India		India puts Israeli spy craft in orbit	Times of India
	22-Jan-08		Tokyo	Japan		Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting Decisions	Bank of Japan	News Release
	22-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		FOMC Statement	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
	22-Jan-08				Yuval Azoulay	Israel launches sophisticated spy satellite TECSAR	Haaretz
	22-Jan-08		Hong Kong	China	Heda Bayron	Asia Stock Markets Fall As US Recession Worries Grow	VOA News
	22-Jan-08	21-Jan-08	Baghdad	Iraq	Joshua Partlow	Suicide Attack at Funeral In Northern Iraq Kills 17	Washington Post
	22-Jan-08				Andre Damon	Threat of US recession panics global stock markets	World Socialist Website
23-Jan-08	23-Jan-08				Andrew Ross Sorkin	What Does It Cost to Get Into Davos?	NYT BealBook
	23-Jan-08					Report lists US 'lies' over Iraq	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	23-Jan-08					Many dead in Iraq building blast	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	23-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Study: Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to war	CNN Politics
	23-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	John H. Cushman Jr.	Web Site Assembles U.S. Prewar Claims	NYT
	23-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Center Documents 935 False Statements By Top Administration Officials To Justify Iraq War: The first-ever comprehensive analysis of top Bush administration officials' war-related rhetoric	The Center for Public Integrity	News Release
	23-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	Charles Lewis; Mark Reading-Smith	Iraq: The War Card	The Center for Public Integrity
	23-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Iraq: The War Card - False Statements Database	The Center for Public Integrity
	23-Jan-08					Pakistan Sends Military Reinforcements to Fight Militants in South Waziristan	VOA News	AP
	23-Jan-08					Explosion Kills 15, Wounds 132 in Northern Iraq	VOA News	AFP-AP-Reuters
	23-Jan-08				Dan Froomkin	935 Iraq Falsehoods	Washington Post
24-Jan-08	24-Jan-08					Scores die in Afghan border clashes	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	24-Jan-08		Paris	France	Nicolas Parasie	7th UPDATE: SocGen Discloses Trader "Fraud" Loss Of EUR4.9 Billion	CNN Money	Dow Jones Newswires
	24-Jan-08					European and Asian shares surge	BBC News
	24-Jan-08					Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn	BBC News
	24-Jan-08					Scores killed in Pakistan clashes	BBC News
	24-Jan-08		Davos	Switzerland	Matt Moore	Bill Gates touts 'creative capitalism' in Economic Forum speech	Seattle Post-Intelligencer	AP
	24-Jan-08				Mike Nizza	Wolfowitz Returns to U.S. Government as Adviser	NYT
	24-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Erik Holm; Jesse Westbrook	New York Regulator Pushes for Banks to Rescue Bond Insurers	Bloomberg
	24-Jan-08		Paris	France	Helene Fouquet	Noyer Knew of Societe Generale Trades `In Real Time' (Update3)	Bloomberg
	24-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Even Higher in 2008	Earth Policy Institute
	24-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Data for Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Even Higher in 2008	Earth Policy Institute	Compiled by EPI from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Grain: World Markets and Trade (Washington, DC: January 2008)
	24-Jan-08				Aline van Duyn; Saskia Scholtes; Gillian Tett	Regulator offers hope for bond insurers	Financial Times		Paul J Davies; Jeremy Grant
	24-Jan-08				Bill Gates	Bill Gates: World Economic Forum 2008	Microsoft
	24-Jan-08				Ina Fried	Gates seeks 'creative capitalism'	CNET
	24-Jan-08				Vikas Bajaj; Jenny Anderson	Next on the Worry List: Shaky Insurers of Bonds	NYT		Julie Creswell
	24-Jan-08		Baghdad	Iraq	Solomon Moore; Richard A. Oppel Jr.	Attacks Imperil U.S.-Backed Militias in Iraq	NYT		Ahmad Fadam; Karim Hilmi; Mudhafer al-Husaini; Qais Mizher; Wisam A. Habeeb; Abeer Mohammed; an Iraqi employee of NYT from Baquba
	24-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Chairman Appointed for the International Security Advisory Board	U.S. Department of State	News Release
	24-Jan-08		Beijing	China	Stephanie Ho	Chinese Economic Growth Surpasses 10 Percent for Fifth Straight Year	VOA News
	24-Jan-08		Baghdad	Iraq	Deborah Block	Suicide Bomb Kills Iraqi Police Chief	VOA News
25-Jan-08	25-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	Jane O'Brien	Arms control role for Wolfowitz	BBC News
	25-Jan-08					Pakistan tests ballistic missile	BBC News
	25-Jan-08				Declan McCullagh	Perspective: Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'	CNET
	25-Jan-08					Pakistan Tests Nuclear Capable, Medium Range Missile	VOA News	AFP-Reuters
26-Jan-08	26-Jan-08				Charles Piller	Gates charity to boost agricultural grants: $306 million over four years is intended to help small farmers in Africa and South Asia	Los Angeles Times
	26-Jan-08		Nairobi	Kenya	Nick Wadhams	New Post-Election Violence in Kenya Kills at Least 45	VOA News
27-Jan-08	27-Jan-08		Columbia, SC	U.S.		Exit polls: Obama won across demographic lines	CNN International
	27-Jan-08		Columbia, SC	U.S.	Jeff Zeleny; Marjorie Connelly	Obama Wins South Carolina Primary	NYT
	27-Jan-08		Nakuru	Kenya	Jeffrey Gettleman	Ethnic Violence Is Tearing Kenya Apart	NYT
	27-Jan-08					Ethnic Clashes in Western Kenya Kill 20 Sunday	VOA News	AFP-AP
	27-Jan-08	26-Jan-08	Nairobi	Kenya	Stephanie McCrummen	27 Die in Clashes In Western Kenya	Washington Post
	27-Jan-08				Alec MacGillis	A Margin That Will Be Hard To Marginalize	Washington Post
28-Jan-08	28-Jan-08		Beijing	China		China works to limit snow-inflicted chaos ahead of Spring Festival	China View	Xinhua	Gao Ying (ed.)
	28-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	Phillip Swagel	Statement for the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association	U.S. Department of the Treasury	News Release
	28-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address	White House	News Release
29-Jan-08	29-Jan-08					Transport chaos in snow-hit China	BBC News
	29-Jan-08		Guiyang	China		Traffic accident kills 25 in southwest China	China View	Xinhua	Xia Xiaopeng (ed.)
	29-Jan-08		Shanghai	China	Howard W. French	Snowstorms in China Kill at Least 24	NYT
30-Jan-08	30-Jan-08					H.R.5140: Title: To provide economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits	U.S. House of Representatives
	30-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		FOMC Statement	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
	30-Jan-08				Vikas Bajaj	F.B.I. Opens Subprime Inquiry	NYT		Philip Shenon; Jenny Anderson
	30-Jan-08		Paris	France	David Jolly	UBS Takes a $14 Billion Write-Off	NYT
	30-Jan-08		Zurich; Basel	Switzerland		UBS pre-announces full-year and fourth quarter 2007 results: UBS will report a net loss attributable to shareholders of approximately CHF 4.4 billion for full-year 2007	UBS	News Release
	30-Jan-08		Miami, FL	U.S.	Brian Wagner	McCain Campaign Gets Boost From GOP Primary Win in Florida	VOA News
	30-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	Jonathan Weisman	$146 Billion Stimulus Plan Passes House	Washington Post		Peter Baker
	30-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Ernestine Warner; Andrew J. Giudici; Robert B Pollsen; Stephen Anderberg; Ramki Muthukrishnan; Jimmy Kobylinski; Francis Parisi; Thomas G Gillis	S&P Takes Action On 6,389 U.S. Subprime RMBS Ratings And 1,953 CDO Ratings	Standard & Poor's
31-Jan-08	31-Jan-08					More than one million Iraqis dead since 2003 invasion: study	AFP
	31-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		U.S. officials: CIA kills top al Qaeda terrorist in Pakistan	CNN International		Pam Benson; Samson Desta; Elise Labott; Wilf Dinnick; Kelli Arena; Octavia Nasr
	31-Jan-08					Iraq death toll 'over one million'	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	31-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Yalman Onaran	Subprime Bank Losses Reach $146 Billion as Europe Joins: Table	Bloomberg
	31-Jan-08		New York, NY; Charlotte, NC	U.S.	Jody Shenn; David Mildenberg	Subprime, CDO Bank Losses May Exceed $265 Billion (Update4)	Bloomberg
	31-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Subprime Loans and More: It's a Bull Market for Financial Fraud	FBI
	31-Jan-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	Josh Meyer	A top Al Qaeda commander is killed	Los Angeles Times
	31-Jan-08				David Callahan (senior fellow at Demos)	A gentler capitalism: A sea change may be afoot in how American business views its role in society	Los Angeles Times
	31-Jan-08		London; The Hague	U.K.; The Netherlands		4th Quarter 2007 Results	Royal Dutch Shell	News Release
	31-Jan-08		New York, NY	U.S.	David Wyss; Ernestine Warner; Stephen Anderberg	S&P Takes Action on 6,389 U.S. Subprime RMBS Ratings And 1,953 CDO Ratings	Standard & Poor's
1-Feb-08	1-Feb-08					Scores killed in Iraq market blasts	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	1-Feb-08					Top al-Qaeda commander 'killed'	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	1-Feb-08					Senior al-Qaeda commander killed	BBC News
	1-Feb-08					64 Killed as Bombs Explode in 2 Baghdad Markets	VOA News	AP-Reuters
	1-Feb-08		San Francisco, CA	U.S.	Ari Levy	Microsoft Offers to Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion (Update6)	Bloomberg
	1-Feb-08		Irving, TX	U.S.		Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces Estimated Record 2007 Results	Exxon Mobil	News Release
	1-Feb-08		San Ramon, CA	U.S.		Chevron Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $4.9 Billion, Up 29 Percent From $3.8 Billion in Fourth Quarter 2006	Chevron	News Release
	1-Feb-08		Redmond, WA	U.S.		Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share	Microsoft	News Release
	1-Feb-08