August 23, 2020 News briefs:February 01, 2008 Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief [Date] 1.1 Introduction 2 Events of worldwide notability, military action, disasters etc. 2.1 Violence takes place in Chad capital N’djamena as military and rebels clash 2.2 High level al-Qaeda leader reported dead 2.3 International manhunt for alleged kidney harvester 3 Non-disastrous local events with notable impact and dead celebrities 3.1 Envelopes containing white powder sent to Church of Scientology locations in southern California, USA 3.2 Vermont town to vote on charging US President, Vice President of war crimes 4 Business, commerce and academia 4.1 Microsoft bids $44 billion for Yahoo! 5 Arts and culture 6 Frivolities and trivia 6.1 Brechin thrown out of Scottish Cup after dispute 6.2 Footer [edit]
