Portal:Current events/2008 December 24
December 24, 2008 (Wednesday)
- Mohamoud Mohamed Gacmodhere, who was appointed Prime Minister of Somalia by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed last week, resigns. (BBC)
- The National Diet of Japan approves a record budget of ¥88.55 trillion (US$980 billion) in response to the global economic downturn. (AFP via Google News)