Portal:Current events/2007 September 7

September 7, 2007 (Friday)

2007 Lebanon conflict: The Lebanese Army declares victory after ending a three-month conflict with Fatah al-Islam militants in Nahr el-Bared.(Jane's News)
Subtropical Storm Gabrielle forms southeast of the Carolina coast in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA)
Two owners of a New Orleans nursing home are found not guilty of negligent homicide concerning the death of 35 residents after Hurricane Katrina. (NYT)
Six detained Professors of the Rajshahi University are suspended for their involvement in last month protests for restoring democracy in Bangladesh.
At least 80 people have died and scores injured as a truck and trailers carrying pilgrims plunges into a gorge near the village of Desuri Ki Naal in Rajasthan, India. (Al-Jazeera)
The pilot of a civilian World War II stunt plane dies while practicing at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (AP via CNN)
Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, accused Levy Mwanawasa, the President of Zambia and Chairman of the Southern African Development Community, of selling out his country to the Western world and plotting with foreign intelligence agencies during an SADC conference in August. President Mwanawasa later apologized to Mugabe, saying Mugabe had misunderstood an earlier comment. (AllAfrica)
United States District Court judge Royce Lamberth orders Iran to pay $2.6 billion to victims and families in the 1983 Hezbollah bombing of a United States Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon that claimed 241 American lives. (CNN)
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego agrees to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy. (AP via IHT)
Hurricane Felix (2007): The death toll from Hurricane Felix rises to at least 130 in Nicaragua and Honduras. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
The Polish Sejm votes to dissolve itself, causing early parliamentary elections in October 2007. (BBC)
Global Stock Markets fall sharply amid recession fears after the release of a report that shows a surprise decline of the US workforce in August, for the first time in four years. (BBC)
The Indonesian Supreme Court rejects an appeal by Bali bomber Amrozi bin Nurhasyim. (News Limited)
United States District Court judge William Hoeveler refuses to block the extradition of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to France to face charges. (Reuters)
Disappearance of Madeleine McCann: Portuguese police believe that Kate McCann and Gerry McCann may be involved in their daughters possible death with both parents being named as suspects. (BBC) (The Telegraph) Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
The United States is investigating a video which it has obtained, to see if the claims that the man on it is Osama bin Laden are genuine. If they are found to be, it will have been the first time he has been seen since October 2004. (BBC)
The BBC reports that investigations into a recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease has identified five breaches of biosecurity at the Pirbright site of the Institute for Animal Health. (BBC)
Voters in Morocco go to the polls for the Moroccan parliamentary election, 2007. (BBC)
APEC:
- The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs a uranium deal with the Prime Minister of Australia John Howard before meeting with the President of the United States George W. Bush. (Reuters)
- President Bush offers North Korea the prospect of a peace treaty if it gives up its nuclear weapons program in talks with the President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Christopher R. Hill, United States Assistant Secretary of State says that North Korea has invited experts from the US, China and Russia to inspect nuclear sites to be disabled. (Bloomberg)
2007 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Fitow passes over Tokyo with one casualty occurring in Nagano Prefecture last night. (Bloomberg)
Stephenson King becomes the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia after John Compton dies.