Portal:Current events/2007 February 28

February 28, 2007 (Wednesday)

The President of Bolivia Evo Morales declares the Bolivian floods as a national disaster with 35 deaths and 72,000 people becoming homeless. (CNN)
Marthinus van Schalkwyk, the South African Minister for the Environment, releases a plan to control the elephant population which contains culling as a last resort. (New York Times)
United States Presidential Election, 2008: Senator John McCain (R- AZ) announces his candidacy for president on the Late Show with David Letterman. (FOX)
Romano Prodi, the Prime Minister of Italy, survives a no-confidence motion in the Senate. (CNN)
Airbus announces plans to cut 10,000 jobs across Europe in the next four years. (AFP and ABC News Australia)
The European Union announces plans to make significant cuts to the European Union Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (BBC)
Strong wind blows a passenger train off the tracks near Turpan, Xinjiang, China, killing four and injuring 30 more. (China Daily)
Authorities monitor a volcano on the island of Stromboli off the north coast of Sicily as lava pours down its slope for a second successive day. (AP via Washington Post) Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
Cuba-United States relations: Carlos and Elsa Alvarez are sentenced to five and three year prison terms respectively after being convicted of spying for the Cuban government. (BBC)
Two paintings by Pablo Picasso, Maya with Doll and Jacqueline, have been stolen from the painter's granddaughter's apartment in Paris, France. (The Times)
Iraq War: A car bomb kills at least 10 people in Baghdad. (AP via Washington Post)
Japan abandons its whaling hunt in the Southern Ocean for this year due to the damage caused to the Nisshin Maru. (ABC)
The Sri Lanka Navy kills at least fifteen members of the Tamil Tigers as they try to infiltrate the port of Trincomalee. (AP via the Hindu)
Finance Minister of Thailand Pridiyathorn Devakula resigns over differences of opinion with the Prime Minister of Thailand Surayud Chulanont. (BBC)