Portal:Current events/2007 November 18
November 18, 2007 (Sunday)
- Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former Prime Minister, announces he will dissolve the Forza Italia party and found a new one called Freedom People's Party. (BBC)
- Japan resumes whaling of humpbacks for the first time in 40 years. Greenpeace and other environmentalist groups condemn the decision. (BBC)
- Cyclone Sidr: Rescue efforts reach the most remote areas of Bangladesh, as the death toll rises to 2,400 people. (BBC)
- 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong says Burma will not be suspended from the organization. (BBC)
- Hong Kong voters go to the polls in District Council elections, with pro-Beijing parties expected to recover. (BBC)
- 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- Hina Jilani leads a protest in London to ask for the release of all political prisoners and to vocalize the call for President Pervez Musharraf's resignation. (BBC)
- United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte says President Pervez Musharraf should lift the state of emergency and free political opponents. (BBC)
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez opens the 2007 OPEC meeting in Saudi Arabia, warning the United States against attacking Iran. (BBC)
- 2007 Writers Guild of America strike: Screenwriters announce they will resume negotiations with movie studios on November 26. (BBC)
- Cyclone Sidr: Rescue efforts in Bangladesh continue, with helicopters and ships being used to reach isolated areas. (BBC)
- 28 people die in a fire at a Saudi Aramco gas pipeline in Hawiya, Saudi Arabia. Twelve more people are missing. (BBC)
- Strikes in France: Transport workers strike for the fifth consecutive day, rejecting an offer by public railway company SNCF. (BBC)
- George Charamba, the spokesman for Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, says the Mugabe government is preparing for a British invasion. (BBC)
- Hashim Thaçi, a former rebel leader who has promised to declare Kosovo's independence if mediation efforts fail, declares victory for his party in the parliamentary election. (AP via Google News)
- An explosion in a coal mine in Zasyadko, Ukraine, kills at least 63 people and leaves many more trapped below ground. (BBC)
- Jimmie Johnson wins his second straight NASCAR Nextel Cup championship for the 2007 season. (NYT) (Bloomberg) (LA Times)