Bibliography for World Events: 1-Apr-08-9-Jun-08      
                   
Date Published Date Published Date Posted Venue Country Author Article/URL* Media Listed Sources Contributors
1-Apr-08 1-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Approval of proposal by JP Morgan Chase  Federal Reserve Board News Release  
  1-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Finance U.S. Department of the Treasury News Release  
  1-Apr-08   Zurich; Basel Switzerland   Pre-announcement of first quarter 2008 estimated net loss of approximately CHF 12 billion UBS News Release  
  1-Apr-08       David Cho; Jeffrey H. Birnbaum Opposition To Treasury's Blueprint Gains Steam Washington Post   Carrie Johnson; Steven Mufson 
  1-Apr-08       Neil Irwin Under the Treasury's Plan, Fed Would Lose a Key Power Washington Post    
  1-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S.   Dynamic Maps of Nonprime Mortgage Conditions in the United States Federal Reserve Bank of New York FirstAmerican CoreLogic, LoanPerformance Data  
2-Apr-08 2-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM: JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York: Order Approving the Acquisition of Control of a Bank Federal Reserve Board News Release  
  2-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. David M. Herszenhorn; Vikas Bajaj A Bipartisan Bid on Mortgage Aid Is Gaining Speed NYT    
3-Apr-08 3-Apr-08   Chicago, IL U.S.   ATA Airlines files for bankruptcy CNN Money CNN  
  3-Apr-08   Paris France   Europe’s automated ship docks to the ISS European Space Agency News Release  
  3-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Chairman Ben S. Bernanke: Developments in the financial markets, Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate Federal Reserve Board News Release  
  3-Apr-08         ATV Jules Verne Docks with Station NASA News Release  
  3-Apr-08         Bucharest Summit Declaration: Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Bucharest on 3 April 2008 NATO News Release  
  3-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Robert K. Steel Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs U.S. Department of the Treasury News Release  
  3-Apr-08   Bucharest Romania Paula Wolfson NATO Welcomes New Balkan Members, Endorses Missile Shield VOA News    
4-Apr-08 4-Apr-08         Skybus becomes third airline this week to close CNN International    
  4-Apr-08         B-1 bomber burns after landing in Qatar CNN International CNN  
  4-Apr-08         US aircraft catches fire in Qatar Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  4-Apr-08       Jonathan Amos Jules Verne' pictured over UK BBC News    
  4-Apr-08   Luxembourg Luxembourg Stephanie Bodoni Google, Yahoo Keep User Data Too Long, EU Group Says (Update3) Bloomberg    
  4-Apr-08   Brussels Belgium   ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WORKING PARTY: Opinion on data protection issues related to search engines European Commission    
5-Apr-08 5-Apr-08       Susan Carey Low-Cost Carrier Skybus Closes Down Business WSJ    
  5-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Nancy Kercheval Skybus Ends Service, Third Airline to Fold This Week (Update2) Bloomberg    
  5-Apr-08   Paris France   Space Station crew enters Jules Verne ATV European Space Agency News Release  
6-Apr-08 6-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq   23 killed as Shiite fighters, US forces clash in Baghdad AFP    
  6-Apr-08         Iraq rocket fire kills US soldiers Al Jazeera Agencies  
  6-Apr-08         Blast kills Sri Lanka minister Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  6-Apr-08         Blast kills Sri Lankan minister BBC News    
  6-Apr-08   Colombo Sri Lanka   12 killed, 50 injured in Sri Lanka blast which killed minister China View Xinhua Amber Yao
  6-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Bill Arthur; Rachel Edelsberg Charlton Heston, Played Moses, Ben-Hur in Movies, Is Dead at 84 Bloomberg    
  6-Apr-08       Robert J. Shiller The Fed Gets a New Job Description NYT    
  6-Apr-08       Richard Corliss Appreciation: Charlton Heston Time    
7-Apr-08 7-Apr-08         Clashes break out in Egypt town Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  7-Apr-08       Darren Waters Search engines warned over data BBC News    
  7-Apr-08   San Francisco, CA U.S. Ian King Advanced Micro Sales Miss Forecast; Job Cuts Planned (Update3) Bloomberg    
  7-Apr-08       Dean Baker The Foreclosure Prevention Act (a.k.a. the Bank and Builder Bailout Act) Center for Economic and Policy Research    
  7-Apr-08         Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today Federal Reserve Board News Release  
  7-Apr-08 11-Apr-08 Basel Switzerland   Report of the Financial Stability Forum on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience Financial Stability Forum    
  7-Apr-08       Freddy Deknatel A "Failed" Strike in Egypt and Mubarak's Enduring Image Huffington Post    
  7-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Ned Parker; Raheem Salman Five Americans die in Iraq Los Angeles Times   Caesar Ahmed
  7-Apr-08       Anne Broache Europeans warn search engines: Delete user data sooner CNET    
  7-Apr-08       Chloe Albanesius EU Says Google Holding Info for Too Long PC Magazine    
  7-Apr-08       Dean Baker (co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research) The Foreclosure Prevention Act (a k a the Bank and Builder Bailout Act) TruthOut.org    
  7-Apr-08         UPDATE 1-Some US banks face failure as credit problems mount-RBC Reuters UK    
8-Apr-08 8-Apr-08   New Delhi India   First India-Africa Forum Summit opens China View Xinhua Feng Tao (ed.)
  8-Apr-08       Don Clark AMD's Revenue Takes Hit; Work Force to Be Cut 10% WSJ    
  8-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Tina Susman Fighting intensifies in Iraq's capital Los Angeles Times   Saad Fakhrildeen; others 
  8-Apr-08   San Francisco, CA U.S. John Markoff A.M.D., Citing a Slowdown, to Cut 1,650 Jobs NYT    
  8-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Barry Wood IMF: Credit Squeeze in US Could Get Worse VOA News    
9-Apr-08 9-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq   Clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City kill 20 CNN International   Jomana Karadsheh
  9-Apr-08         India seeks ties in Africa Al Jazeera Agencies  
  9-Apr-08         IMF warns of US recession Al Jazeera Agencies  
  9-Apr-08         Haitian president calls for calm Al Jazeera Agencies  
  9-Apr-08         Violence marks fall of Baghdad Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  9-Apr-08   Delhi India Sanjoy Majumder India and Africa investment deal BBC News    
  9-Apr-08   New Delhi India   India's big Africa initiative runs deep China View Xinhua Amber Yao (ed.)
  9-Apr-08   New Delhi India Cherian Thomas Africa, India Seek Debate, Action on Rising Prices (Update2) Bloomberg    
  9-Apr-08   Tokyo Japan   Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting Decisions (unchanged, Announced at 12:24 pm) Bank of Japan News Release  
  9-Apr-08       Tina Daunt Remembering Heston the maverick Los Angeles Times    
  9-Apr-08       Jason Simpkins India Embraces Africa, Opens the Door to Competition with China Money Morning    
  9-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Iraq's Debt (Taken Question) U.S. Department of State News Release  
  9-Apr-08       Neil Irwin IMF Puts Cost of Crisis Near $1 Trillion: Problems 'Metastasized' To Threaten Economy Worldwide, Report Says Washington Post    
10-Apr-08 10-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Sameer N. Yacoub Violence Kills 16 in Iraq's Sadr City AP    
  10-Apr-08 9-Apr-08 Washington, DC U.S.   IMF: U.S. economy to tip into "mild recession" China View Xinhua Yan Liang (ed.)
  10-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   H.R.3221 A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes Library of Congress THOMAS  
  10-Apr-08   Syracuse, NY U.S. Horace Campbell; Sreeram Chaulia Old Friends In A New World The Times of India IST  
  10-Apr-08       Dean Baker (co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research) Socialism for the Rich: Bailing Out the Bankers and Builders AlertNet TruthOut.org  
  10-Apr-08   Denver, CO U.S.   Frontier Airlines Continuing Normal Operations Following Chapter 11 Filing Frontier Airlines Holdings News Release  
  10-Apr-08   New Delhi India Sandeep Dikshit India, Africa to work together on U.N. seat The Hindu    
  10-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Food Price Rises Threaten Efforts to Cut Poverty—Strauss-Kahn International Money Fund    
  10-Apr-08         Bank of England Reduces Bank Rate by 0.25 Percentage Points to 5.0% Bank of England News Release  
11-Apr-08 11-Apr-08         Security fears as food prices soar Al Jazeera Agencies  
  11-Apr-08   Basel Switzerland   Financial Stability Forum Recommends Actions to Enhance Market and Institutional Resilience Financial Stability Forum    
  11-Apr-08         GE Reports First Quarter 2008 Net EPS of $.43, down 2%, and Continuing EPS of $.44, down 8%; Revenues of $42.2 billion, up 8%; Orders of $24 billion, up 8% General Electric News Release  
  11-Apr-08   London</