Portal:Current events/2007 March 8
March 8, 2007 (Thursday)
- Georgia increases the size of its contingent in the multinational force in Iraq from 850 to 2000. (Fox News)
- 2006-07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season: Tropical Cyclone George crosses the coast of northwest Western Australia near Port Hedland, resulting in at least three deaths and serious property damage in the area. (AAP via News Limited),(NineMSN),(BBC)
- Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives propose legislation that would withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by August 2008 or sooner if certain requirements are not met. (CNN) (BBC)
- 2007 National People's Congress: The People's Republic of China launches a property law designed to better protect individual property rights. (BBC)
- Sri Lankan Civil War: Thousands of civilians flee their homes in Sri Lanka because of fighting between government troops and the Tamil Tigers. (BBC)
- War in Somalia: African Union peacekeepers are ambushed by insurgents in Mogadishu for a second successive day. (BBC)
- U.S. President George W. Bush departs on a tour of Latin America that will take him to Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. Upon arrival in São Paulo he is greeted with protest demonstrations. (AP via CNN) (BBC)
- Greek Cypriots dismantle the portion of the separation fence between the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Nicosia. (BBC)