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
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Watch those prices in Mallorca
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