Portal:Current events/2007 October 18
October 18, 2007 (Thursday)
- Oil prices reach $90 a barrel for the first time due to the low dollar and ongoing tension between Turkey and Iraq. (BBC)
- The BBC announces 1,800 job cuts as part of restructuring to fill a £2 billion (US$4 bn) shortfall caused by lower than expected funding by the British government. (AFP via Google)
- At least four people are killed in three days of tribal warfare near the Grasberg mine in the Papua province of Indonesia. (BBC)
- French commuters face chaos after a public transport strike over proposed changes to pensions of transit workers continue. (Reuters)
- Cécilia and Nicolas Sarkozy file for divorce. (CNN)
- Return of Benazir Bhutto:
- Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan after eight years of self-exile, with a crowd of a million expected in Karachi to welcome her back. (CNN)
- 2007 Karachi bombings: At least 138 people are killed and 600 injured as two bombs explode near a truck carrying Benazir Bhutto. (CNN)