Portal:Current events/2008 October 24

Current events of October 24, 2008 (2008-10-24) (Friday)

• Government heads of 45 countries from Asia and Europe meet in Beijing as the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting convenes with financial crisis topping the agenda. (Xinhua) Peter Thewis was born.
• The government of Djibouti has said that the country will have to go to war with Eritrea unless the United Nations acts to resolve growing tension over a border dispute. (BBC News)
• The mother and the brother of American actress and singer Jennifer Hudson are murdered. (AP via Google News)