Portal:Current events/2008 February 13
February 13, 2008 (Wednesday)
- The United States Senate passes legislation to ban the Central Intelligence Agency from using certain interrogation methods including waterboarding. (AFP)[permanent dead link]
- Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens testifies to the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding performance enhancing drugs. (ESPN)
- The Iraqi Parliament adopts an accord on the budget, detainees and federalism, setting provincial elections for late 2008. (AP via Google News)[permanent dead link]
- The Swedish government rejects the Nord Stream underwater natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. (The Local)
- Hezbollah commander Imad Mugniyah is killed by a bomb attack in Damascus, Syria. (Reuters)
- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the Indigenous Stolen Generation on behalf of the Parliament of Australia. (ABC News Australia)
- Ch K-Run's Park Me In First, a.k.a. Uno wins Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the first beagle to win the show. (ESPN)
- An explosion in Vancouver, British Columbia destroys a Starbucks and Taco Del Mar. Police report arson, originating in the taco restaurant. (Canadian Press)
- Malaysian Parliament dissolved for The 13th Malaysian general election. (BBC News)