Portal:Current events/2008 October 16
- An earthquake of Richter scale 6.5 magnitude strikes the Pacific coasts of Guatemala and Mexico. (Reuters)
- An People's Republic of China results in at least 16 deaths. (AP via IHT)
- 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off: Cambodia and Thailand agree to joint border controls following a recent clash. (AFP via the Sydney Morning Herald)
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- United States economy
- The United States consumer price index remains unchanged during September as falling costs for clothes, gasoline and new cars helped to offset rising food and medical prices. (AP via CNN)[permanent dead link]
- Industrial production in the United States falls by 2.8% due to the impact of credit crunch. (Bloomberg)
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe criticizes the elections, though it notes progress. (CNN) (OSCE/ODIHR)
- 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: A second blast hits a gas pipeline in northern British Columbia near the town of Dawson Creek. (CBC)