Portal:Current events/2008 December 7

• The government of the People's Republic of China lodges a protest for a meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama in Poland. (Voice of America)
• Rioters rampage through central Athens after a Greek law enforcement officer shoots dead a teenager who was throwing stones at police. (NY Times)
• The German Federal Archives has provided Wikipedia with 100,000 historical images that cover periods such as the Weimar Republic, the colonial era, the Third Reich, and post-reunification. (Deutsche Welle)

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