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51Ruble crisis — (1998) Also known as the Russian financial crisis of 1998, the ruble crisis was an outgrowth of the Asian financial crisis of the previous year. Falling commodity prices which accounted for more than three quarters of Russia’s gross domestic… …
52Late-2000s financial crisis — The TED spread (in red) increased significantly during the financial crisis, reflecting an increase in perceived credit risk …
531997 Asian Financial Crisis — The Asian Financial Crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of Asia beginning in July 1997, and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown (financial contagion). It is also commonly referred to as the IMF crisis. Overview The …
54Financial crisis — For the 2008–2010 crisis, see Subprime mortgage crisis , Late 2000s financial crisis and Late 2000s recession. Economics …
55High-Level Conference on World Food Security (2008) — The High Level Conference on World Food Security was a conference held in June 2008, under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Its formal name was High Level Conference on World Food Security: the… …
56Chronology of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis — Contents 1 September 30, 2008 2 November 11, 2008 3 February 2009 3.1 February 17 …
572006 Kodori crisis — The 2006 Kodori crisis erupted in late July 2006 in Georgia’s Kodori Gorge, when a local militia leader declared his disobedience to the government of Georgia, which sent police forces to disarm the rebels. The upper part of Kodori Gorge was at… …
582008 Western Australian gas crisis — The Western Australian gas crisis is a significant and widespread disruption to natural gas supply in Western Australia, caused by a pipeline rupture and explosion at a processing plant on Varanus Island, off the state s north west coast on 3… …
59Iran hostage crisis — Iran United States hostage crisis A defaced Great Seal of the United States at the former U.S. embassy, Tehran, Iran, as it appeared in 2004 …
60International crisis — An international crisis is a crisis between nations. There are many definitions of an international crisis. Snyder ...a sequence of interactions between the governments of two or more sovereign states in severe conflict, short of actual war, but… …
