Current events of 10 December 2008 (2008-12-10) (Wednesday) edit history watch

Talks on North Korea's nuclear program stall in a dispute over verification. (BBC) Automotive industry crisis of 2008: The White House and U.S. Congress agree on a proposal for a US$15 billion bailout package for three major US automakers. (AFP) Global food price crisis: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that 963 million people are suffering from prolonged food deficiency around the world. (Bloomberg) The Rio Tinto Group announces plans to cut 14,000 jobs worldwide. (ABC News Online) The first democratic election takes place on the Channel Island of Sark, a British crown dependency. (BBC NEWS) After monitoring stellar orbits around Sagittarius A* (the supermassive black hole in center of the Milky Way) for 16 years, scientists estimate the object's mass at 4.31 million solar masses. (arΧiv.org) (MSNBC) Scientists say they have found evidence for water vapour and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD 189733 b. (NY Times) (Nature)