by MONITOR
THE United Nations reported that 800 people had died of cholera in Zimbabwe and suspected cases numbered 15'000. President Mugabe said the epidemic had been addressed and one of his ministers said BritaIn was to blame.
Israel's outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert described attacks by Israelis on Palestinians in Hebron as a pogrom.
The Democrat Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, was charged with trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. The US prosecutor said Mr Obama was not involved.
In Ghana's presidential election the candidates of the two leading parties were virtually tied at 49-48 per cent. The run-off is on December 28.
The Irish prime minister Brian Cowan said that he would submit ratification of the EU Lisbon Treaty to a second referendum after receiving clarification of points in the Treaty disliked by voters at the first referendum.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
16/12/2008 00:00
Also in Holiday
- Important information for British travellers arriving at Palma airport from April
- Passengers advised to head to Mallorca airport three hours before flights
- Mallorca restaurant concerns about lack of Easter bookings
- Former England, Newcastle and Liverpool star a winner in Mallorca
- Rafa Nadal expands his property empire
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