Portal:Current events/2007 August 27
August 27, 2007 (Monday)
- Taliban rebels release 5 more South Koreans they are keeping hostage since July.
- Michael Vick, former National Football League star, arrived in US Federal Circuit Court in Richmond, Virginia and pleads guilty to federal dogfighting charges and then issues a public apology at the Omni Richmond Hotel. Sentencing by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson will be in December 2007. (Reuters) USA Today transcript of apology Newsday.com LA times
- Ishaq Khan Khakwani resigns as Pakistan minister of state for Information Technology over General Pervez Musharraf campaigning for re-election as the President of Pakistan while still an army officer. (The Hindu)
- In a Der Spiegel report, Chinese hackers are accused of breaking into the computer systems of the German Chancellor's office and three other government ministries. (Times Online). Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expresses "grave concern" at the allegations. (Forbes).
- The Montreal Metro Green Line and most of Downtown that were closed off on Friday reopens. Emergency reparation are made on a nearby building whose concrete side panels were in danger of falling off. The Bay considers suing the city, alleging that construction work is the source of the cracks. (CBC) (Radio-Canada)
- U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) is revealed to have pleaded guilty on August 8 to a charge of disorderly conduct at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. (McClatchy Post Bulletin)
- Pakistan and Bangladesh reject charges by India that terror outfits operating in their countries were behind the Hyderabad bomb blasts which killed 42 and injured over 60.
- Indonesia's karate team boycotts an Asian championship in Malaysia to protest at the beating of one of its official referees by the local police. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announces his resignation. (NYT)
- Ten people are arrested in Russia over the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. (BBC)
- Southeast Asian nations will seek $2 billion to build a rail link from Kunming in China to Singapore. (Reuters)
- Continuation of an equine influenza outbreak in Australia could threaten security at next week's APEC meeting (AP via IHT)
- A fire breaks out at the Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates, triggering explosions at a chemical storage depot. (Reuters)
- The Vatican establishes a low cost charter flight service to Catholic shrines in France, Poland, Spain and the Middle East for pilgrims. (BBC)
- A report from the National People's Congress environment and resources protection committee finds that high levels of pollution in the Huai River and its tributaries poses a "threat to the water safety of one sixth of the country's 1.3 billion population". (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom John Prescott announces he will retire as a Member of Parliament at the next election. (BBC)
- The Flight Data Recorder is retrieved from the wreckage of Adam Air Flight 574. (Wikinews)
- Bluegrass Army Depot Sarin(GB) leak in Lexington, Kentucky. Officials reported the Sarin levels 85 times above the safe limit. The first leak was detected at 3:49PM.