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Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology may have useful connections.
Personal studies including human body, psychology, and biography will also be connected.
Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography, and particular groups can be connected.
Events related to material, conceptual, and behavioral culture can be connected.
2 Dec. Sébastien Loeb won the World Rally Championship for the fourth time in a row, a feat only so far accomplished by Tommi Mäkinen.
Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families may be useful.
Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, educational organization, and particular schools may be useful.
Economics including activities, industries, and economic systems will be significant.
Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and international law may be useful. Government activity such as administration, succession, and interstate relations will be vital. Government structure including political parties, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, and forms of government will be useful. Particular governments including local governments will be of great interest. National governments will probably have the greatest amount of attention.
International governments is also useful. Traditional empires and colonial empires are not considered, but modern compacts are important.
Religion including religious belief, practice, and organization will be useful even if not highly visible. Particular religions including pagan religion, Asiatic religion, Abrahamic religion, and secularism will be useful.
Social structure and change including social structure, social types, and social changes and will eventually be connected. Social changes including social change factors and processes are also useful. Particular changes are mostly those continuing from the Industrial revolution. Communities such as Cairo, Calcutta are being distributed to the particular peoples involved. Peoples of the world are important. These are being examined using nations [such as Yemen, Australia]
Western civilization including Venezuela, is important. Cities include Los Angeles.
4 Dec. The two Romanian parties supporting President Traian Basescu, the Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party, announced that they would merge to form the Democratic Liberal Party in January 2008.
5 Dec. Swedish National Television revealed systematic food safety irregularities at ICA, the leading grocery store chain in Sweden.
6 Dec. The 2007 laureates of the Right Livelihood Award (aka "Alternative Nobel Prize") for "ongoing successful work" were presented in Stockholm, Sweden: Christopher Weeramantry for his lifetime of groundbreaking work to strengthen and expand the rule of international law; Dekha Ibrahim Abdi for her mediation work in a conflict-riven region of north Kenya; Percy Schmeiser and Louise Schmeiser for their courage in defending biodiversity and farmers' rights, and challenging the environmental and moral perversity of current interpretations of patent laws; Grameen Shakti won the Right Livelihood Award for bringing sustainable light and power to thousands of Bangladeshi villages, promoting health, education and productivity.
7 Dec. State prosecutors launched a criminal investigation after systematic food safety irregularities were revealed at ICA, the leading grocery store chain in Sweden.
10 Dec. Sub-Tropical Storm Olga formed north of Puerto Rico, ten days after the official end of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center forecast landfall in the Dominican Republic within 24 hours, and Tropical Storm Warnings and Watches were posted for the northern shore of the nation.
This is connected to Anglic peoples including the Canada. Cities include New York City.
9 Dec. Robert Pickton was found guilty of second-degree murder of six women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
3 Dec. Kevin Rudd was sworn in as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia by Governor-General Maj. Gen. Michael Jeffery.
3 Dec. Australia ratified the Kyoto Protocol agreement, which former Prime Minister John Howard declined to sign due to claims that it would harm Australia's economy.
11 Dec. Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years before a chance for parole.
3 Dec. The United States National Intelligence Estimate of November 2007 reported with "high confidence" that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program in the fall of 2003 and has probably not restarted it since.
4 Dec. The United States Senate approved a free trade agreement with Peru by a vote of 77 to 18, clearing the way for its implementation.
5 Dec. A man opened fire at a mall in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States, killing eight before committing suicide.
6 Dec. United States President George W. Bush wrote to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il asking him to fully disclose North Korea's nuclear program.
6 Dec. The United States Central Intelligence Agency admitted to destroying at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two al-Qaeda operatives in custody following Congressional scrutiny.
6 Dec. American President George W. Bush outlined a plan to freeze mortgage rates for five years to help homeowners hit by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States' housing market.
6 Dec. The launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis's STS-122 mission, which will deliver ESA's Columbus module to the International Space Station, was delayed for one day due to a sensor malfunction.
8 Dec. The United States Department of Justice and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) launch a joint inquiry into the destruction of two CIA tapes of the interrogation of two suspected al-Qaeda terrorists.
9 Dec. Four people were injured and two were killed after a shooting at a church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
9 Dec. Two people were killed and two were injured in a shooting at a youth training center in Arvada Colorado, United States.
10 Dec. The United States Supreme Court decided that federal district judges had broad discretion to impose what they think are reasonable sentences, even if federal guidelines called for different sentences. The case that they ruled on involved crack cocaine.
10 Dec. Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick received a 23-month jail sentence for his involvement in a dogfighting ring.
10 Dec. Former media tycoon Conrad Black received a 78-month jail sentence in the United States for mail fraud and obstruction of justice.
11 Dec. A series of ice storms across the Central United States killed at least 24 and left nearly 1 million homes and businesses without electricity.
11 Dec. The United States Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.25%, signalling its concerns about the impact of the subprime mortgage financial crisis on the United States economy.
1 Dec. British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith issued a terrorism warning ahead of Christmas.
4 Dec. Dr. David Southall, a prominent British paediatric scientist, was barred from practice after a General Medical Council panel found that he abused his position to make unsubstantiated accusations in court, and kept illegal records.
Latin peoples including those of Peru have important events associated with them. Cities include Sao Paulo.
2 Dec. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's constitutional amendments were rejected by a margin of 51% to 49% in a popular vote. He concedes the vote.
11 Dec. The former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to six years in prison for ordering a warrantless search while in office.
2 Dec. Brazil started free-to-air digital television transmissions in São Paulo, but broadcasting companies must transmit signals in both analogue and digital formats until June 2016.
Mexico City has no events for this month.
6 Dec. France began construction on the third unit of the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant, which will be the world's second European Pressurized Reactor following a week after a record breaking deal with China for new nuclear power.
6 Dec. One person was killed and one was seriously injured after a letter bomb explosion in a law office building in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Northeast european peoples including those of Poland are important.
5 Dec. Two British citizens were arrested in Lithuania after trying to ship 14 kg (31 pounds) of khat out of Vilnius.
5 dec. Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis resigned.
2 Dec. Russian President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won 62.8% of the votes in Russia's parliamentary elections.
10 Dec. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at a party meeting that he would support Dmitry Medvedev as his successor in the March 2008 presidential election.
2 Dec. Four people were killed at the Zasyadko coal mine in eastern Ukraine where 101 people were killed twelve days earlier in the country's worst mining accident.
Germanic peoples including those of Germany are important.
1 Dec. 2007 Belgian government formation: Formateur Yves Leterme resigned.
Asiatic peoples such as, for instance, those of Romania and cities such as Osaka can be considered.
Peoples of the Middle East such as those of Iraq are highly important in world affairs.
1 Dec. Iraq: Al-Qaeda in Iraq militants attacked the Shiite village of Dwelah in Diyala, killing at least 13 people.
5 Dec. Car bombs in Baghdad and three northern Iraqi cities killed at least 22 people and injure more than 60 others.
1 Dec. Turkey claimed that it had attacked PKK positions in Iraq, inflicting significant losses.
3 Dec. Turkish President Abdullah Gül signed a nuclear energy bill, allowing bids to be made for Turkey's first nuclear reactor.
11 Dec. Two bombs exploded simultaneously in Algiers, Algeria, causing at least 62 deaths and more injuries. Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility.
5 Dec. A suicide bomber rammed a car into a minibus containing Afghan soldiers on a highway south of Kabul. Thirteen, including six Afghan soldiers, were killed in the incident.
9 Dec. Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have pulled back to take up new positions defending the town of Musa Qala during a battle with the Afghan National Army and the International Security Assistance Force.
South Asian peoples Nepal, can be considered. Cities such as Delhi can be examined.
3 Dec. Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka broke Shane Warne's record to become test cricket's leading wicket-taker.
Bombay has no events associated with it.
1 Dec. Pakistani general election, 2008: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto begans her election campaign for the Pakistani general election, 2008. The nomination of Shahbaz Sharif, brother of Nawaz Sharif, was rejected because of pending criminal charges against him.
3 Dec. The Election Commission of Pakistan rejected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's nomination papers for the upcoming parliamentary election.
8 Dec. Gunmen attacked a party office of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi, Pakistan, killing three supporters.
Central Asian peoples include some peoples found in China, Russia, Uzbekistan.
Oriental peoples include some peoples of Taiwan. Cities such as Shanghai
1 Dec. In another regional leadership reshuffle following the 17th Party Congress in the People's Republic of China, Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai was appointed the CPC Chongqing Committee Secretary, replacing Wang Yang, who is now Party Secretary in Guangdong. Zhang Dejiang resigns from his posts in Guangdong.
6 Dec. The death toll rose to 104 in a northern China coal mine gas blast.
8 Dec. A second human case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in eastern China.
South Korea, city of Seoul
7 Dec. A large oil leak from the Hong Kong-registered MT Hebei Spirit occurred off the coast of South Korea.
Southeast Asian peoples such as those of Malaysia can also be examined. Cities include Jakarta
African peoples such as those of Ghana have various events associated with them.
Ethiopia No events are yet recorded.
3 Dec. The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir pardoned a teacher at Unity High School for her alleged insult in the naming of her class's teddy bear "Muhammad".
American Indian peoples such as are found in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Canada, Peru, and Venezuela can be considered.
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This is only weakly connected to other periods of history through classical and medieval times. It is also weakly connected to modern history through the 19th century. This is also connected weakly to the 20th century through the late 20th century. In the early 21st century, the early 2000s affect this somewhat. This is weakly connected to 2006. It is part of 2007 It is part of the fourth quarter 2007, and is connected to the previous month of November. It is followed by 2008. It is indirectly connected to the future, especially the near future including next quarter, and next year, and to the middle future, and far future. |
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