• Second and last day of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) 177th Annual General Conference
• United States Presidential Election, 2008: Former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson announces his candidacy for president. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne This article is about the informal holiday For other uses see April Fool. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Passover ( Hebrew, Yiddish: פֶּסַח Pesach, Tiberian: pɛsaħ Israeli: Pesah, Pesakh, Yiddish Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop The Qingming Festival ( Vietnamese language: Tết Thanh Minh meaning Clear and Bright Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Health is a state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity A day (symbol d is a unit of Time equivalent to 24 Hours and the duration of a single Rotation of planet Earth with respect to the Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. Families of churches Eastern Christians have a shared tradition but they became divided ( Schism) during the early centuries of Christianity in disputes about Western Christianity is a term used to cover the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, the Churches of the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran Church Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Earth Day is one of two Observances both held annually during spring in the Northern hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern hemisphere. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Walpurgis Night is a traditional religious holiday (celebrated by Pagans Roman Catholics and Satanists ref> About the Church of Satan alike celebrated The New Year is an event that happens when a Culture celebrates the end of one Year and the beginning of the next year Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) a United States Politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin and the 7th The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by (CNN)
• Iranian Basiji students protest outside the British embassy in Tehran. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Basij (also Bassij or Baseej, or Baseej-e Mostaz'afin or "The Mobilized Oppressed"" or بسيج is a volunteer based Iranian The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one State or an international Inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of (CNN)
• World Wrestling Entertainment's flagship pay-per-view, WrestleMania 23 takes place at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event WrestleMania 23 was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view (PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Ford Field is an indoor football Stadium located in Detroit Michigan that is the home of the Detroit Lions of the NFL. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. An arena record of 80,103 attends. (Detroit News)
• Ukrainian political rivals rally in Kiev in response to the threat that President Viktor Yushchenko might dissolve the parliament and call for new elections. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the The President of Ukraine (Президент України is the head of the state of Ukraine and acts in its name Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( Ukrainian: Viktor Andrijovyč Juščenko) (born February 23 1954) is the third and current President of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Верховна Рада України English: Supreme Council of Ukraine) is Ukraine 's Parliament (BBC)

• Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolves the parliament during a nationally televised speech, calling for early parliamentary elections on 27 May 2007. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The President of Ukraine (Президент України is the head of the state of Ukraine and acts in its name Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( Ukrainian: Viktor Andrijovyč Juščenko) (born February 23 1954) is the third and current President of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Верховна Рада України English: Supreme Council of Ukraine) is Ukraine 's Parliament Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on September 30, 2007. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. (All Headline News)
• India's Foreign Secretary, Shivshankar Menon, says that Iran is likely to get an observer status in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Cabinet ministers Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister Shivshankar Menon, is India 's Foreign Secretary Menon was the High Commissioner to Pakistan and served in China and Israel as ambassador and diplomat For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ( SAARC) is an economic and political organization of eight countries in Southern Asia. (IHT) (Times of India)
• An earthquake and the resultant tsunami strike the Solomon Islands, killing at least 15 people. The 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake took place on April 2, 2007, near the island of Gizo, in the Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands (BBC)
• The University of Florida Gators defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes 84-75 in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship game, becoming the first school in Division I history to win both the men's college basketball and college football titles in the same academic year. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research The Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida in NCAA Division I competition in which they are a member of the The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. The Ohio State University 's intercollegiate sports teams and players are called the "Buckeyes" (after the state tree the Buckeye) and participate in the NCAA The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a Single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies (ESPN)
• The United States and South Korea reach an agreement on bilateral free trade, concluding ten months of negotiations. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (also known as KORUS FTA) is a trade agreement between the United States and the Republic of Korea. Free trade is a system in which the trade of goods and services between or within countries flows unhindered by government-imposed restrictions (CNN),(USTR), (USINFO)
• The United States Supreme Court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases and must do so unless it can provide some scientific reason proving otherwise. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Exhaust gas is Flue gas which occurs as a result of the Combustion of fuels such as Natural gas, Gasoline /petrol Diesel, Fuel Greenhouse gases are gaseous constituents of the atmosphere bothnatural and anthropogenic that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of thermal infrared (New York Times)

• United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi travels to Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad as she continues a visit to the Middle East disregarding the objections of the Bush administration. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26 1940 is the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. Dr Bashar al-Assad (بشار الأسد) (born 11 September, 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The Presidency of George W Bush began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America (BBC)
• The 14th annual summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) begins in New Delhi, India, and Afghanistan becomes its 8th member. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ( SAARC) is an economic and political organization of eight countries in Southern Asia. New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (IHT) (VOA) (Hindu)
• Colorado State University experts forecast a very active 2007 Atlantic hurricane season with 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes and 5 intense hurricanes. Colorado State University is a public institution of higher learning located in Fort Collins, Colorado in the United States. The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was an active Atlantic hurricane season that produced 17  Tropical cyclones It officially started on June 1 and ended on A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding (CSU)
• The V150, a modified TGV train, breaks the land speed record for railed vehicles on the new Paris-Strasbourg LGV Est line with 574. The TGV ( t rain à g rande v itesse, French for "high-speed train" is France 's High-speed rail service A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another Determination of the fastest railed vehicle in the world varies depending on the definition of " rail " Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région The LGV Est européenne (sometimes referred to as LGV Est) is an extension to the French high-speed TGV network connecting Paris and Strasbourg 8 km/h (357. (For the South African airport with IATA code "KMH" see Johan Pienaar Airport. 2 mph). (Reuters)
• Diego Gasques wins the 7th edition of Big Brother Brasil. Big Brother Brasil (or simply BBB) is the Brazilian version of the reality show Big Brother and is broadcast over Rede (Globo.com)
• Hong Kong's richest woman, Nina Wang dies from an unspecified illness. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Nina Wang (née Kung or Kung Yu Sum ( (29 September 1937 – 3 April 2007 was Asia 's richest woman with a recent estimated According to Forbes magazine, Wang was Asia's 35th richest person with a fortune of $4. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 2 billion. (BBC)
• The Academy Is... releases their second album Santi. The Academy Is is a band based in Hoffman Estates Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Santi is the second album by The Academy Is, released on April 2 and 3 2007 by Fueled by Ramen.

• Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denies the peace message given by Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Syrian President Bashar Assad; and further stated her trip was a mistake. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead Ehud Olmert (אהוד אולמרט ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel and the former leader The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26 1940 is the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. Dr Bashar al-Assad (بشار الأسد) (born 11 September, 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary (Jerusalem Post)
• A "breakthrough" technique for converting donated blood from other blood types to Type O for blood transfusion is announced. A blood type (also called a blood group) is a classification of Blood based on the presence or absence of inherited Antigenic substances on the Blood transfusion is the process of transferring Blood or blood-based products from one person into the Circulatory system of another (Washington Times) (Brisbane Times)
• President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that the 15 British soldiers held captive in Iran are to be freed as a "gift" to Britain. The President of Iran is the highest elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, second only to the Supreme Leader. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدی‌نژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Iranian military personnel seized 15 Royal Navy personnel during 2007 and held them for 12 days giFT Internet File Transfer ( giFT) is a computer software daemon that allows several File sharing protocols to be used with a simple client having a The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located (Sky)
• Four hostages held in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria are freed. A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security The Niger Delta, the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal (BBC)
• Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro takes office as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire. Guillaume Kigbafori Soro (born May 8, 1972 in Ferkessédougou, Côte d'Ivoire) has served as the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire The office of Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire was created in 1957. Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a (BBC)

• Three men are charged with involvement in the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated bomb blasts that hit London's public transport system during (BBC)
• Former rebel leader Ramzan Kadyrov takes office as President of Chechnya. Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov (Russian Рамзан Ахмадович Кадыров) (born 5 October 1976, Tsentoroi, Chechnya The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika (BBC)
• The Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond, with 1,153 passengers and 390 crew, runs aground off Santorini and sinks on the following day. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience History Originally named MS Birka Princess, the ship was built by the Finnish state-owned company Valmet at their Vuosaari shipyard No serious injuries are reported, but Frenchman Jean-Christophe Allain, 45, and his daughter Maud, 16, are reportedly missing. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. (Reuters) (BBC)

• Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy: Monica Goodling, who was an assistant counsel to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, resigns after refusing to testify before the Congress. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Monica Marie Goodling (born August 6, 1973) is a former United States government lawyer and political appointee in the George W A counsel or a counsellor gives advice more particularly in legal matters In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition Alberto R Gonzales (born August 4 1955) was the 80th Attorney General of the United States. "Testify" redirects here For other uses see Testify (disambiguation and Testimony (disambiguation. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses (BBC)
• Cuba-United States relations: A judge in El Paso, Texas orders the release of accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, pending an immigration hearing. Cuba and the United States of America have had an interest in one another since well before either of their independence movements Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States government has been accused of having directly committed acts of State terrorism, as well as funding training and harboring individuals Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles (born February 15, 1928) is a Cuban born Venezuelan anti- Castro terrorist Federal prosecutors plan to appeal the ruling. United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the United States federal government in United States district court and In Law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision (BBC)

• Turkish soldiers are killed in a clash with Kurdistan Workers' Party forces in Şırnak province. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK, also called KADEK, Kongra-Gel, and KGK It is listed as a terrorist Şırnak is a Turkish province in southeastern Anatolia. It has a population of 403607 (2006 est (Voice of America)
• A recently released Iranian diplomat claims that he was tortured by the CIA while in captivity in Iraq. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Foreign relations of Iran refers to inter-governmental connections between Iran and other countries Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (The Observer)
• Cambridge University defeats Oxford University by one and a half lengths in the 153rd University Boat Race. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The Boat Race, also known as the University Boat Race and The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University (BBC)
• Thousands of people protest in Los Angeles, California calling for citizenship rights for undocumented immigrants to the United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Article I section 8 clause 4 of the United States Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization Illegal immigration to the United States refers to the act of foreign nationals voluntarily resettling in the United States in violation of U (BBC)
• The World Wide Fund for Nature expresses concern over the potential destruction of coral reefs after the 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, which caused the island of Ranongga in the New Georgia Islands group to rise three meters (10 ft. Coral reefs are Aragonite structures produced by living organisms found in marine waters with little to no nutrients in the water The 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake took place on April 2, 2007, near the island of Gizo, in the Solomon Islands. Ranongga is an island located in the New Georgia Islands group of Western Province, Solomon Islands. The New Georgia Islands are part of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. ), extending its entire shoreline by 70 meters on average. (AFP via Yahoo!)
• The captain of the Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond is charged in Greece with criminal negligence in connection with its sinking. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience History Originally named MS Birka Princess, the ship was built by the Finnish state-owned company Valmet at their Vuosaari shipyard In the Criminal law, criminal negligence is one of the three general classes of Mens rea ( Latin for "guilty mind" element required If the two missing passengers are found dead, he may face more serious charges. (CNN)
• Hungarian American software developer Charles Simonyi launches on board Soyuz TMA-10 towards the International Space Station, becoming the fifth space tourist. Hungarian Americans are American citizens of Hungarian descent Charles Simonyi (Simonyi Károly born September 10 1948 is a Hungarian Computer software executive who as head of Microsoft 's application software Soyuz TMA-10 was a Human spaceflight mission using a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft to transport personnel to and from the International Space Station (ISS Space tourism is the recent Phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space pioneered by Russia (CNN)
• A jeep carrying a gelatin-based explosive for a highway construction project explodes in the Indian village of Chendur in Tamil Nadu killing at least 16 people. Gelatin (also gelatine, from French gélatine) is a translucent colourless brittle nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise Energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Chenduur is a village near Thindivanam district of Tamil Nadu State (India Tamil Nadu ( Tamil:, Country of the Tamils, t̪ɐmɨɻ n̪aːɽɯ is one of the 28 states of India. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
• Israeli helicopters fire at least two missiles into the northern Gaza Strip. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A missile (see also pronunciation differences) is a self-propelled explosive Projectile used as a weapon towards a target The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west The missile killed a Palestinian militant "while mounting an operation near the border" in a statement released by Islamic Jihad. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn (BBC)

• Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic bishops call on the President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe to stand down or face "open revolt" in a message posted on church bulletin boards across the country. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight This page contains a list of presidents of Zimbabwe. Canaan Banana was a "figurehead" president but Mugabe has been an executive (AP via CNN)
• Suspected Islamist militants open fire on a military patrol in northwestern Algeria leaving nine soldiers and six attackers dead. Islamism ( Islam + ism; Arabic: al-'islāmiyya) a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. (AP via the Houston Chronicle)
• Pope Benedict laments the violence in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, stating, "nothing positive is happening in Iraq" in his Easter homily. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger The War in Darfur is a military conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. A homily is a commentary that follows a reading of scripture In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and in the Eastern Orthodox Church (CNN)
• War in Afghanistan:
  • Seven NATO soldiers die as a result of car bombings in southern Afghanistan as it conducts an offensive against the Taliban. The War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7 2001 as the U The North Atlantic Treaty A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately (AP via Forbes)
  • The Taliban claims it has killed an Afghan reporter abducted with Daniele Mastrogiacomo because the government of Afghanistan refused to meet ransom demands. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Daniele Mastrogiacomo (born on 30 September 1954) is an Italian - Swiss Journalist and a War correspondent for In recent years the politics of Afghanistan have been dominated by the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, by the NATO forces and the subsequent efforts (BBC)
• Voters go to the polls in Japan for local elections including 13 gubernatorial elections and 4 mayoral races with the most closely watched race being for the Governor of Tokyo. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. (BBC)
• Zach Johnson wins golf's 2007 Masters Tournament with a score of 289 (1 over par). Biography The son of a Chiropractor, Johnson was born in Iowa City Iowa and raised in Cedar Rapids, the oldest of Dave & Julie Johnson's three children The 2007 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 8, 2007 at Augusta National Golf Club. In Golf, a par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes also called (ESPN)

• The Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer signs legislation changing the date of the New York primary election to February 5, 2008. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Governor of New York is the head of the Executive branch of New York 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American lawyer and former politician of the Democratic Party. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A primary election ( nominating primary) also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a Jurisdiction select candidates Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common (AP via Herald News Daily)
• Thirteen detainees at Guantanamo Bay are conducting a hunger strike to protest against harsher conditions in a new prison unit and are being force fed. The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo A hunger strike is a method of Non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political Protest, or to provoke feelings of Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations sometimes in favor though more often opposed A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Force-feeding, which in some circumstances is also called gavage, is the practice of feeding a person or an animal against their will (AP via CNN)
• The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence bans any more of the 15 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines held captive by Iran from selling their stories to the media reversing a previous decision following widespread criticism. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The Royal Marines ( RM) are the marine corps and amphibious Infantry of the United Kingdom and along with the Royal Navy Iranian military personnel seized 15 Royal Navy personnel during 2007 and held them for 12 days (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
• Tim Montgomery, a former 100-metre world record holder, pleads guilty to charges of bank fraud and money laundering. Timothy Montgomery (born January 25, 1975) is a former American athlete. A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline usually a Sports event A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial Transactions in order to conceal the Identity, source and/or destination of Money, (BBC)
• President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran announces that his country can now produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale. The President of Iran is the highest elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, second only to the Supreme Leader. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدی‌نژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program (BBC), (CNN)
• Ministers from natural gas exporting countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan and Iran meet in Doha, Qatar, prompting speculation that they might be looking at transforming the Gas Exporting Countries Forum into a cartel similar to OPEC. Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Doha (الدوحة or Ad-Dōḥah) is the Capital city of Qatar. Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF is an organization of world's leading gas producers which was established in Tehran in 2001. A cartel is a formal (explicit agreement among firms Cartels usually occur in an oligopolistic industry, where there is a small number of sellers and usually involve The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC) is a Cartel of thirteen countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador (BBC)
• Iraq War: Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr calls for an anti-American protest on the fourth anniversary of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign A cleric ( Ancient Greek κληρικός - klērikos clergyman (pl Hojatoleslam Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr or Moktada al Sadr ( ar سيد مقتدى الصدر Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr) (born August 12, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Hundreds of thousands of Shias gather in Najaf for a demonstration calling for U.S.-led troops to leave Iraq. Najaf ( BGN: An Najaf) is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. A demonstration is an historically and geographically common form of Nonviolent action by groups of people Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I, is a military command, led by the United States that is fighting the Iraq War against Iraqi insurgents or resistants For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (Reuters via Gulf Times), (BBC)
• East Timorese voters go to the polls to elect a new President of East Timor to replace Xanana Gusmão. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. The 2007 East Timorese presidential election involved two separate votes East Timor is an emerging democratic State. Its current president is José Ramos-Horta. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão GCL (born José Alexandre Gusmão, on June 20 1946 is a former militant who was the first President of East (New York Times)
• Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina protest against the death of Carlos Fuentealba, a school teacher having been severely injured by a tear gas canister fired by police during a protest the previous week over pay and working conditions. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from lacrima meaning "a tear " in Latin) (commonly referred to as tear gas) is a (BBC)

• A Somali committee estimates the death toll of recent fighting between Ethiopian and Somali Government forces and insurgents in Mogadishu at more than 1,000. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Mogadishu ( Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar, Hamar; مقديشو Maqadīshū (Reuters Alertnet)
• The United States authorises $59 million worth of aid for the Palestinian Authority. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (CNN)
• Sudan claims that an attack from Chad on its territory led to the loss of 17 Sudanese soldiers. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. Chad denies the allegations but claims that it repulsed an attack from Sudan. (Reuters Alertnet)
• Iraq War: United States military begins construction of a wall around the Sunni district of Baghdad (Guardian)
• Iraq War: United States and Iraqi forces backed by attack helicopters fight gunmen in Baghdad in the heaviest fighting since the launch of a security crackdown in February 2007. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Baghdad Wall is the name being given by some media outlets to a 5 km long (3 mile Separation barrier being built by the 2nd Brigade Combat Team 82nd Airborne Division Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. An attack helicopter, also known as a Helicopter Gunship, is a Military helicopter armed for attacking targets on the ground Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Operation Imposing Law, also known as Operation Law and Order ( عملية القانون والنظام "'amaliat al-qaanoon wa an-nazaam February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
• Seven French doctors will face charges related to the deaths of 110 patients who developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after taking growth hormones in the 1980s. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ( CJD) is a very rare and incurable degenerative neurological disorder ( Brain Disease) that is ultimately Growth hormone ( GH) is a Peptide hormone that stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and other animals The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. (AFP via News Limited)
• India's largest private airline, Jet Airways, has restarted talks to purchase Air Sahara. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license Jet Airways is an Airline based in Mumbai, India. It is the country's second-largest international airline after Air India and the largest (Forbes)
• Serbia's war crimes court has jailed four Serb paramilitaries who were filmed as they shot dead six captured young Bosnian Muslims. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force but which are not regarded as having the same status The Bosniaks or Bosniacs (Bošnjak pl Bošnjaci bɔ'ʃɲaːt͡si are a South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia" (BBC)
• Ethiopia acknowledges that it has detained 41 suspected international terrorists from 17 countries and claims that foreign investigators were given permission to interrogate them. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion (AP via International Herald Tribune)
• Two suspected militants die in a security operation in Casablanca, Morocco. Casablanca (in Standard Arabic: الدار البيضاء ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ; Moroccan Arabic: dar beïda الدار البيضا Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa (BBC)
• At least 17 people die in Sri Lanka as a bus collides with a truck 80 km south of Colombo. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck. Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. (BBC)
• The government of Japan extends economic sanctions against the North Korean government by an additional six months, citing a lack of progress in resolving kidnapping cases of Japanese citizens. Japan no longer officially has the traditional Federal system, and its 47 prefectures, and prefectural and municipal assembly members are popularly elected for Economic sanctions are domestic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries on another for a variety of reasons The North Korean Government is the executive branch of the state according to the constitution The North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government happened during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. (Bloomberg)
• Australian Prime Minister John Howard announces that 300 soldiers from the Australian Special Air Service Regiment will be sent to Orūzgān Province, Afghanistan to combat the Taliban. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. See also Howard Government John Winston Howard AC (born 26 July 1939 was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March The Special Air Service Regiment ( SASR) is a Special Forces Regiment modelled on the original British SAS and also drawing on the traditions Orūzgān ( Persian and Pashto: اروزگان also spelt Oruzgan or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four Provinces of Afghanistan Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately (ABC News Australia)
• Johnny Cash's Nashville Home destroyed by a fire. Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter. (SFGate.com)

• Trade officials from the United States, European Union, India and Brazil meet in New Delhi, India, to revive the World Trade Organization's Doha round of negotiations. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Doha Development Round is the current trade-negotiation round of the World Trade Organization (WTO which commenced in November 2001 (Forbes) (BusinessWeek)
• The United States Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with the Defense Ministers of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark as well as officials from Estonia and Romania to discuss progress in Afghanistan in expectation of a Taliban offensive. The United States Secretary of Defense ( SECDEF) is the head of the U Robert Michael Gates (born September 25 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Two Canadian soldiers are killed when a roadside bomb explodes. (New York Times) (Reuters via Washington Post)
• The United States Senate votes to ease funding restrictions on stem-cell research but President Bush threatens to veto the bill. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Stem cells are cells found in most if not all multi-cellular Organisms. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. A veto, Latin for "I forbid" is used to Denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a certain piece of Legislation. (BBC)
• The United States extends the tour of duty for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from a year to 15 months. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Military, a tour of duty is a period of time spent at Sea or assigned to service in a foreign country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (BBC)
• Joseph Biden, chair of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a presidential candidate, calls for the use of military force in Darfur. US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive The War in Darfur is a military conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
• A spring snow storm hits the midwestern United States, leading to the cancellation of flights and closure of schools. Spring is one of the four Temperate Seasons Spring marks the transition from Winter into Summer. "Snowfall" redirects here For other uses see Snow (disambiguation or Snowfall (disambiguation. (CNN)
• Former U.S. Senator and prospective presidential candidate Fred Thompson announces he has lymphoma. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive Lymphoma a type of Neoplasm that originates in Lymphocytes (a type of White blood cell in the vertebrate Immune system) (Bloomberg)
• Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina is charged with murder. The Prime Minister of Bangladesh is in practice the most powerful political position in Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina Wazed (শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ Shekh Hasina Oajed) (born September 28 1947 was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries (BBC)
• Traces of water vapor are reported to have been found in the atmosphere of HD 209458 b, a first for extrasolar planets. General properties of water vapor Evaporation/sublimation Whenever a water molecule leaves a surface it is said to have evaporated An atmosphere (from Greek ατμός - atmos, " Vapor " + σφαίρα - sphaira, " Sphere " HD 209458 b, also unofficially named Osiris, is an Extrasolar planet that orbits the Solar twin Star HD 209458 in the constellation An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a Planet beyond the Solar System, orbiting around other Stars As of September 2008 312 (Xinhua)
• Several explosions in Algiers, Algeria, leave 23 dead and dozens of people injured. Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's (Sky) (BBC)
• Russian deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says a U.S. war against Iran would lead to a catastrophe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending For the film see Second in Command. The Second-in-Command ( 2i/c or 2IC) is the deputy commander of any British Army The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, (Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации unofficially called the Prime-Minister Sergei Borisovich Ivanov (Серге́й Бори́сович Ивано́в (born January 31, 1953) is a Russian political figure The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. (RIAN)
• Macau's Monetary Authority says that holders of the North Korean accounts frozen at a bank by the United States can now withdraw or transfer their money. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (CNN)
• North Korea claims that it can shut down its main nuclear reactor within a month. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, (ABC News Online) (BBC)
• Protestors gather in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to call for the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Kyrgyzstan (ˈkɻ̩gɪztɑn (AmE or /'kɝgəztan/ (BrE Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия or Киргизстан or Кыргызстан The President of Kyrgyzstan is the Head of state and the highest official of Kyrgyzstan. Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev ( Kyrgyz: Курманбек Сали уулу Бакиев Russian: Курманбек Салиевич Бакиев born 1 August (BBC)
• Premier of the People's Republic of China Wen Jiabao arrives in Japan for a summit visit that could help improve bilateral relations. The Premier of the State Council ( sometimes incorrectly referred to as the "Prime Minister" is the Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wen. Wen Jiabao ( (born 15 September 1942 is the Premier of the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. He is the first Chinese Premier to visit Japan in almost seven years. (BBC)
• There will be a runoff election to select the next President of East Timor after no candidate achieves a majority of votes in the first round of voting. RUNOFF was the first Computer Text formatting program to see significant use East Timor is an emerging democratic State. Its current president is José Ramos-Horta. The 2007 East Timorese presidential election involved two separate votes There are three candidates in contention for the runoff; the Prime Minister of East Timor Dr José Ramos-Horta, the Fretilin candidate Francisco Guterres and Fernando de Araújo of the Democratic Party. The Prime Minister of East Timor is the Head of government in East Timor. José Manuel Ramos-Horta ( Portuguese: ʒu'zɛ 'ʁɐmuz 'oɾtɐ GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ( Portuguese: Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente or FReTiLIn) is a Francisco Guterres, popularly known as Lu Olo (born October 7, 1955) is the President of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor Fernando de Araújo, also known by Lasama (born 1962 is an East Timorese politician and the current President of the National Parliament of East Timor. The Democratic Party (Partido Democrático or Democratic Party In Timor-Leste is a Social-democratic Political party of East Timor, established (ABC News Online) (AFP via News Limited) (BBC)
• Ice hockey: The 2007 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs begin. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The National Hockey League (NHL season is divided into the regular season and the Stanley Cup playoffs The inaugural matchup features the Pittsburgh Penguins visiting the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario. The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional Ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Ottawa Senators (Les Sénateurs d'Ottawa are a professional Ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Scotiabank Place ( Place Banque Scotia) is a 19153 through a consortium of U Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.
• Football: The semi-finals of Copa del Rey begin in Nou Camp. Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a The Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams The Camp Nou (kam ˈnɔw Catalan for "new field" often erroneously called the Nou Camp in both Spanish and English) is a football Argentinian Lionel Messi scored a spectacular goal against Getafe CF. Lionel Andrés Messi (born June 24 1987 in Rosario) is an Argentine footballer who plays for FC Barcelona in La Liga. Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Getafe, a city in the metropolitan area of South That goal is very similar to a Diego Maradona's goal against England in Mexico World Cup 1986. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Both of them passed six defenders including goalkeeper and scored.

• India's DRDO successfully tests its nuclear-capable Agni-III, a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of more than 3000 km. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) ( Hindi: रक्षा अनुसंधान एवं विकास संघठन, A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. See also Agni missile system --> The Agni missile ( Sanskrit: अग्नि A surface-to-surface missile (also ground-to-ground missile, SSM or GTGM) is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held vehicle mounted trailer mounted An intermediate-range ballistic missile ( IRBM) is a Ballistic missile with a range of 3000-5500 km (1865-3420 miles between a Medium-range ballistic missile The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand (Reuters) (BBC) (NDTV)
• Italian riot police clash with hundreds of Chinese merchants in Milan after scuffles break out over traffic problems in Chinatown. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following A person who resides in and holds citizenship of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of Chinese outside the majority-Chinese countries of Greater China. (Reuters via the Melbourne Age)
• Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine suffers numerous serious injuries resulting from a hit and run car accident on the Garden State Parkway in Galloway Township. The Governor of New Jersey is the Chief executive of the US state of New Jersey. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1 1947 is the Governor of New Jersey and a former United States Senator Hit-and-run is the Crime of colliding with a Person, their Personal property (including their Motor vehicle) or a fixture The Garden State Parkway ( GSP) is a 1724-mile (277-km limited-access toll Parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York Galloway Township is a township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. (WPVI-ABC) (Reuters)
• Cuba-United States relations: Accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is released from jail and handed over to U.S. immigration officials. Cuba and the United States of America have had an interest in one another since well before either of their independence movements The United States government has been accused of having directly committed acts of State terrorism, as well as funding training and harboring individuals Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles (born February 15, 1928) is a Cuban born Venezuelan anti- Castro terrorist US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) is the largest and primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS responsible (AP via International Herald Tribune)
• The Bush administration admits that it may be missing e-mails related to the dismissal of eight United States Attorneys as the Senate Judiciary Committee authorises chairman Patrick Leahy to subpoena documents related to the issue. The Presidency of George W Bush began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving The United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the United States federal government in United States district court and The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a Standing committee of the United States Senate, the Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. A subpoena (səˈpiːnə is commonly defined as a written command to a person to Testify before a Court or be punished (International Herald Tribune)
• Paul Wolfowitz, the President of the World Bank, apologizes for his role in a pay scandal involving his girlfriend. Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U The World Bank is an internationally supported Bank that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for development programs (e (AFP via ABC News Australia)
• U.S. talk radio personality Don Imus is fired by CBS Radio after making racially offensive comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues A radio personality (also known as a radio host or a radio presenter) is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting John Donald Imus Jr (born July 23 1940) known simply as Don Imus, is an American radio host, Shock jock, Humorist Termination of employment is the end of an Employee 's duration with an Employer. This article is about the radio group for the radio network see CBS Radio Network. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey Athletic heritage See also History of Rutgers University Rutgers was among the first American institutions to engage in intercollegiate athletics and participated His simulcasted television show "Imus in the Morning" on MSNBC is also cancelled. Simulcast is a Portmanteau of " simul taneous broad' cast' " and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Imus in the Morning is an American radio show hosted by Don Imus on ABC Radio Networks and Simulcast on RFD-TV MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. (MSNBC)
• Iraqi insurgency:
  • An explosion in the cafeteria of the National Assembly of Iraq kills eight people, including MP Mohammed Awad, and wounds many others. The Iraqi insurgency is composed of diverse mix of militias foreign fighters all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the US-led Coalition in Iraq On April 12, 2007, an explosion occurred in a café inside the Iraqi parliament building located in the heavily fortified Green Zone of InfosysElectronicCityCafeteriaJPG|thumb|250px|right|One of a number of cafeterias at Electronic City campus Infosys Technologies Ltd The Council of Representatives of Iraq (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis al-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy) is the main elected body of representatives in Iraq Mohammed Awad was a political party member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Council that represented them in the National Assembly of Iraq. (BBC) (News Limited)
  • A truck bomb explodes on the al-Sarafiya Bridge in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and putting cars into the Tigris River. A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great Rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern (FOX) (BBC)
• Al Qaida claims responsibility for the bombings in Algiers, Algeria. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's (Channel 4)
• Several candidates in the first round of the East Timor presidential elections, including the Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta, have called for a recount amid allegations of voting irregularities. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. The 2007 East Timorese presidential election involved two separate votes The Prime Minister of East Timor is the Head of government in East Timor. José Manuel Ramos-Horta ( Portuguese: ʒu'zɛ 'ʁɐmuz 'oɾtɐ GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President An election recount takes place in the event that the initial vote tally during an Election is extremely close and that therefore a recount of the Ballots is (BBC)
• North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dismisses Prime Minister Pak Pong-ju and appoints Kim Yong-il in his place. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The National Defence Commission of North Korea (NDC is defined by the 1998 constitution as “the highest guiding organ of the military and the managing organ of military matters Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born 16 February 1941 Vyatskoye, Soviet Union; official biographies state 16 February 1942 Baekdu This is a list of Premiers of North Korea. Kim Il-sung ( 9 September 1948 - 28 December 1972) Pak Pong-ju (born October 24 1939 in North Hamgyong) served as the Premier of North Korea since elected by the DPRK's Supreme Not to be confused with Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea. (News Limited) (KCNA)
• Premier of the People's Republic of China Wen Jiabao urges Japan to admit to their actions in World War II during a landmark address to the Diet of Japan. The Premier of the State Council ( sometimes incorrectly referred to as the "Prime Minister" is the Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wen. Wen Jiabao ( (born 15 September 1942 is the Premier of the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The is Japan's Bicameral Legislature. It is composed of a Lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an Upper house, called (BBC)
• The Kremlin vetoes an investigation into the death of Yuri Gagarin on the 46th anniversary of the first orbit of Earth. View01jpg|thumb|right|250px|Remains of the Kolomna Kremlin]] Kremlin (Кремль Kreml) is the Russian word for "fortress" "citadel" or "castle" A veto, Latin for "I forbid" is used to Denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a certain piece of Legislation. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 (MOSNEWS) (Belfast Telegraph)
• The anchor handling tug supply vessel Bourbon Dolphin capsizes in the North Sea. Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS vessels can supply Oil rigs tow them to location anchor them up and in a few cases serve as an Emergency Rescue and Recovery Vessel (ERRV History The Bourbon Dolphin was built at the Ulstein Verft in 2006 the design being called "ULSTEIN A102" The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. Three people are dead and four are missing. (BBC) (VG) (Aftenposten)

• The genome sequence of the Rhesus Macaque monkey is published in the scientific journal Science. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. In classical genetics the genome of a Diploid Organism including Eukarya refers to a full set of chromosomes or genes in a Gamete, thereby The Rhesus Macaque ( Macaca mulatta) often called the Rhesus Monkey, is one of the best known species of Old World monkeys Adult males measure For a broader class of publications which include scientific journals see Academic journal. Science is the Academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is considered one of the world's most prestigious Scientific (Science) (Baylor College of Medicine)
• The Singapore Police Coast Guard suffers its first fatality in decades when two police officers and an illegal migrant are killed after their Interceptor Craft collides with a speedboat ferrying six illegal immigrants during a high-speed pursuit. The Singapore Police Force ( Abbreviation: SPF; Chinese: 新加坡警察部队; Malay: Pasukan Polis Singapura Tamil The Police Coast Guard ( Abbreviation: PCG Chinese: 警察海岸卫队 Malay: Polis Pengawal Pantai is the Marine Police division of the (CNA) (SPF)
• The United States Senate holds hearings on the 2007 pet food recalls. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The 2007 pet food recalls comprise the contamination and wide recall of many brands of cat and dog foods beginning in March 2007 and the ensuing developments (Chicago Tribune)
• A NASA Review Board finds that the Mars Global Surveyor stopped working in November 2006 due to computer programming errors. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The Mars Global Surveyor ( MGS) was a US Spacecraft developed by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. (New York Times)
• Google reaches a deal with DoubleClick to buy the company for US$3. Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online DoubleClick is a company that develops and provides Internet Ad serving services The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 1 billion. (New York Times)
• The Al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing of the National Assembly of Iraq. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The The Islamic State of Iraq or Dawlat al-'Iraq al-Islamiyya ( Arabic دولة العراق الإسلامية) is an Umbrella organization The Council of Representatives of Iraq (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis al-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy) is the main elected body of representatives in Iraq (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
• A police report shows that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was not wearing a seatbelt during the hit and run car accident that injured him the day before. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The Governor of New Jersey is the Chief executive of the US state of New Jersey. Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1 1947 is the Governor of New Jersey and a former United States Senator A seat belt, sometimes called a safety belt, is a Safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a Vehicle against harmful movement that may result from Hit-and-run is the Crime of colliding with a Person, their Personal property (including their Motor vehicle) or a fixture (WPVI)
• Ja'afar Adam, a prominent Islamic cleric, is shot dead inside a mosque in Kano, Nigeria. Ulema ( ar علماء,, singular ar عالِم,, "scholar" refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the third largest City in Nigeria, in terms Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal (BBC)
• Thousands of people protest in Islamabad in support of the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. A demonstration is an historically and geographically common form of Nonviolent action by groups of people |name = Islamabad|native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Capital City |total_type The Chief Justice of Pakistan heads the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ( افتخار محمد چودھری) (born 12 December 1948)in a village of Faisalabad and belonging to the Ghorewaha (CNN)
• The Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama sends in troops to close down the headquarters of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs. As a former British colony, Fiji has largely adopted British political models and follows the Westminster, or Cabinet system of government in which the Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, MSD, OStJ, Fijian Navy, known commonly as Frank Bainimarama and sometimes by the chiefly title Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य The Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga in Fijian) is a now dormant 1997 constitutional body in the Republic of the Fiji Islands. (ABC News Australia)
• A 6. 3 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico just north of Acapulco, knocking out power to parts of Mexico City. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Acapulco (Officially Acapulco de Juárez) is a City and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico (El Universal) (AP via MSNBC)
• The Australian Government announces plans to outlaw material such as films and books that advocate terrorism. This article describes the federal government of Australia See Australian governments for other jurisdictions Australia is a federation, and responsibility for censorship is divided between the states and the federal government A Book is a set or collection of written printed illustrated or blank sheets made of Paper, Parchment, or other material usually fastened together Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion (BBC)

• A speeding bus crashes into a tractor-trailer near Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, killing at least 23 people. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. truckcartransporterarp750pixjpg|thumb|right|A tractor with an auto-transport Semi-trailer. Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. (AP via the Guardian)
• Flash flooding kills at least 35 people in the Trang Province of Thailand. A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic lowlying areas - washes rivers and streams Trang (also Muang Thap Thiang ตรัง is the one of the southern provinces ( changwat) of Thailand, at the western shore of the Malay Peninsula The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj (AFP via Sunday Herald Sun)
• A suicide bomber kills 8 people in the Khost Province of Afghanistan. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Khost ( خوست) is one of the thirty-four Provinces of Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (AP via CNN)
• A bus carrying primary school students crashes with a truck on the Aksaray-Konya highway in central Turkey, resulting in the death of 32 people. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory Aksaray is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital district of Aksaray Province. Konya ( قونیه; also Koniah, Konieh, Konia, and Qunia; historically also known as Iconium ( Latin Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches (Reuters via News Limited)
• Garry Kasparov, Russian chess champion and opposition activist, is arrested with over 100 others while attempting to hold a protest march in Moscow. Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of (RFE/RL)
• At least 300,000 secularist Turks march in Ankara to warn the Islamist Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party against seeking the presidency. Secularism is generally the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from Religion or religious beliefs Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Republic Protests (Cumhuriyet Mitingleri were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in the spring of 2007 in support of the Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. Islamism ( Islam + ism; Arabic: al-'islāmiyya) a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only This is a chronological list of Prime Ministers of Turkey, since the establishment of that position in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. "Erdoğan" redirects here For the Turkish Helicopter Erdoğan see Kamov Ka-50. The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AK Parti, or AKP) is the incumbent Turkish Political party, which describes The President of Turkey ( Cumhurbaşkanı) is the Head of state of the Republic of Turkey. (AP via CNN)
• Iraqi insurgency: A car bomb explodes in a bus station in the city of Karbala, killing or injuring at least 56 people and injuring at least 70. The Iraqi insurgency is composed of diverse mix of militias foreign fighters all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the US-led Coalition in Iraq A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. bus station is a structure where city or intercity Buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers Karbala ( BGN: Al-Karbalā’; also spelled Karbala al-Muqaddasah) is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad at At least 10 people die after a suicide bomber explodes a bomb at the Jadiriyah bridge in Baghdad. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (AP via ABC News) (AP via CBS News) (AFP via News Limited)
• Bill Richardson, a U.S. special envoy, predicts that North Korea will not meet a deadline of today set by the Six-Party Talks to shut down its nuclear reactor but will meet their obligations a few days after. William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is the current Governor of New Mexico and was a candidate for the 2008 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The six-party talks aim to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device in which Nuclear chain reactions are initiated controlled (AFP via ABC News Australia)
• Nigerian general election: Nigerian voters go to the polls for state governor and legislative elections. The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Nigeria is currently divided into 36 states and one federal capital territory A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Security is tight in the northern city of Kano following the murder of militant Islamic cleric Ustaz Ja'afar Adam. Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the third largest City in Nigeria, in terms For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Ulema ( ar علماء,, singular ar عالِم,, "scholar" refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several (BBC)

• India's Essar Group buys Canadian steelmaker Algoma for US$ 1. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Essar Group (signifying the initials S and R is an India -based diversified Corporation with interests in Telecommunications, Shipping Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 63 billion. (Forbes) (Washington Post)
• A nor'easter in the northeastern United States causes flooding and disrupts travel in the region. A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below is a macro-scale Storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada. The Northeast is a region of the United States. As defined by the U A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge One person is killed in a tornado in North Carolina and two people die in weather-related car accidents in New York and Connecticut. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. (New York Times) (AP via ABC News)
• Anti-Putin protesters in St. Petersburg, a part of the Dissenters March coalition, are beaten by Russian police. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations sometimes in favor though more often opposed Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River The Dissenters' March (Марш несогласных was a series of political opposition protests that took place on December 16[[ 006]] in Moscow, on Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending (Reuters) (National Post)
• Documents revealed under Freedom of Information legislation reveals that NASA paid $26. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 6 million to families of the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated during re-entry in 2003. An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained Space Shuttle Columbia ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first spaceworthy Space shuttle in NASA 's The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer) (Orlando Sentinel)
• Iran announces plans for two more nuclear reactors. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device in which Nuclear chain reactions are initiated controlled (AP via CNN)
• Iraq War:
  • Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announces plans that his political movement intends to quit the Iraqi government in an attempt to press its demand for a timetable for U. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign A cleric ( Ancient Greek κληρικός - klērikos clergyman (pl Hojatoleslam Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr or Moktada al Sadr ( ar سيد مقتدى الصدر Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr) (born August 12, For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. S. withdrawal. (Reuters)
  • Two United Kingdom military helicopters collide near the town of Taji near Baghdad killing two soldiers. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Taji redirects here For the town in Brazil sometimes called Taji see Fazenda Tagy Taji or Al Taji (التاجي Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. (AP via CNN)
• Voters in Ecuador go to the polls to vote on a referendum on convening an assembly to draw up a new constitution. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. A referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution was held in Ecuador on 15 April 2007, although A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity Preliminary results indicate a 78% "yes" vote. (BBC)

• Winners of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize are announced. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Pulitzer Prizes for 2007 were announced on April 16, 2007. Author Ray Bradbury and jazz saxophonist John Coltrane receive special citations. Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery (CBC)
• Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, calls for an end of fighting between the Philippines government and the Moro National Liberation Front, which has killed at least 12 people over the past few days. Prof Dr Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (born 1943 is a Turkish Science historian and currently the Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC is an International organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The Moro National Liberation Front ( MNLF) is a political organization in the Philippines. (AP via IHT)
• At least 33 coal miners are trapped in a mine in Baofeng county, Henan province, China. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body Henan ( is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National (BBC)
• Sudan agrees to allow 3,000 United Nations troops in Darfur to support a 7,000 strong African Union force. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Darfur (دار فور daar foor, lit "realm of the Fur " is a region in Sudan. The African Union (abbreviated AU in English, and UA in its other working languages is a Confederation consisting of 53  African (BBC)
• A series of shootings at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (commonly referred to as Virginia Tech) campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States, leaves at least 33 people (including the gunman) dead and 29 others wounded, making it the country's deadliest school shooting incident ever. The Virginia Tech massacre was a School shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16 2007 that took place on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic University in WELCOME TO WIKIPEDIA **** Please read before you edit or add info about the shootings The United States of America —commonly referred to as the School shooting is a term used to refer to Gun violence primarily in educational institutions especially the Mass murder or Spree killing of people connected (CBS) (CNN) (BBC) (Reuters)
• The offices of the Prosperous Armenia political party in Yerevan are bombed. Prosperous Armenia (Բարգավաճ Հայաստանի Կուսակցություն Bargavadj Hayastani Kusaktsutyun, BHK) is a Political party in Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan No one is killed and no one has claimed responsibility. (RFE/RL)
• The United States, Japan and India carry out a joint naval exercise in the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to increase strategic cooperation. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions (AHN) (Hindu)
• Kalyk Imankulov, the former Chairman of the Kyrgyz National Security Service, joins the United Front For A Worthy Future For Kyrgyzstan political alliance. The United Front For A Worthy Future For Kyrgyzstan ( UFFWFK) is an alliance of political parties making up the largest political opposition organization in Kyrgyzstan The alliance is staging its sixth day of protests as it calls for the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. The President of Kyrgyzstan is the Head of state and the highest official of Kyrgyzstan. Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev ( Kyrgyz: Курманбек Сали уулу Бакиев Russian: Курманбек Салиевич Бакиев born 1 August (Interfax) (EurasiaNet)
• Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski and his ex-bodyguard Johan Tarculovski face trials for war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague. The Republic of Macedonia (Република Ljube Boškoski (Љубе Бошкоски (born 24 October, 1960 in Tetovo, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Republic of Macedonia The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (BBC)
• Wal-Mart retakes the #1 position on the 2007 Fortune 500 list with US$351. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Please do not add the complete list of fortune 500 companies The list is copyrighted by Fortune which makes money by selling the content The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 1 billion in revenue for F/Y 2006, beating previous #1 ExxonMobil by $3. A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is a period used for calculating annual ("yearly" Financial statements in Businesses Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Exxon Mobil Corporation, or ExxonMobil, is an American oil and gas Corporation and a direct descendant of John D 9 billion. (Fortune Magazine)
• At least 11 people die in southern India as a passenger train runs into a minibus carrying local officials near the village of Thirumatpur in Tamil Nadu. South India is the area encompassing India 's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another "Microbus" redirects here For the Volkswagen Microbus see Volkswagen Type 2. Tamil Nadu ( Tamil:, Country of the Tamils, t̪ɐmɨɻ n̪aːɽɯ is one of the 28 states of India. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
• At least ten Afghan police die in a suicide bombing in Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Kunduz ( قندوز) also known as Kundûz Qonduz Qondûz Konduz Kondûz Kondoz or Qhunduz is a city in northern Afghanistan, the capital (BBC)
• Well-respected members of North Andover High School, Andrew Callagy, Brian Webber, Cole Schmidt, Matthew Weisman, and Donald Ritchie were arrested for possession of alcohol underage. North Andover High School is a public secondary school located in the town of North Andover, Massachusetts.

• Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament suspends a former Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden and 29 other Members of Parliament for failing to attend sessions in recent months. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known The Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic ( Golaha Shacabka Federaalka Kumeelgaarka ee Jamhuuriyada Soomaaliya; often Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. (AP via Washington Post)
• Nineteen people die in Rio de Janeiro in gun battles between police and drug gangs. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force (BBC)
• Virginia Tech massacre:

• Seung-hui Cho is identified as the spree shooter in the attacks. The Virginia Tech massacre was a School shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16 2007 that took place on the campus of Seung-Hui Cho (January 18 1984 &ndash April 16 2007 was a South Korean student at Virginia Tech who committed Mass murder of 32 people and wounded 25 A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a Murderous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations (NPR)
• U.S. President Bush joins thousands of mourners at a memorial service for the victims. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. (AFP via ABC News Australia)

• Iccho Ito, the mayor of Nagasaki, Japan, is shot at least twice outside his re-election campaign headquarters. born, was the Mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki; he first took office in 1995 ( is the Capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The assassin, Tetsuya Shiroo, is alleged to be a senior member of a local gang affiliated to the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate. was the leader of the Suishin-kai, a Nagasaki -based Yakuza group affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza organization in Japan is Japan 's largest and most infamous Yakuza organization and is named after founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. "Crime syndicate" redirects here For the DC Comics group of villains see Crime Syndicate. (Reuters) (AP via IHT)
• The Olympic Council of Asia chooses Incheon, South Korea over New Delhi, India, to host the 2014 Asian Games. The Olympic Council of Asia ( OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees The current president is Incheon is a metropolitan city and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The 17th Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia. (BBC)
• Four Nepalese United Nations workers and their driver are killed in a roadside bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security For the 2001 film see Kandahar (film; for the Kandahar meteorite of 1959 see Meteorite falls; for the places in Azerbaijan see Cəndəhar and Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (BBC)
• Kevin Rudd, the leader of the Australian Labor Party, announces changes to the party's industrial relations policy, including the right to a secret ballot before strike action. Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957 is the 26th and current Prime Minister of Australia and federal leader of the Centre-left Australian Labor The field of industrial relations (also called labor relations) looks at the relationship between Management and workers particularly groups of workers represented The secret ballot is a voting method in which a Voter 's choices are confidential Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. (AAP via Melbourne Age)

• Colombia's Nevado del Huila volcano erupts, provoking avalanches and floods that sweep away houses and bridges, which , in turn, prompt hundreds to evacuate. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Nevado del Huila, at, is the highest volcano in Colombia, located in Huila Department. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the (The Hindu)
• After the acquisition of Algoma Steel, India's Essar Group plans to buy U.S.-based Minnesota Steel for US$ 1. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Essar Group (signifying the initials S and R is an India -based diversified Corporation with interests in Telecommunications, Shipping The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 66 billion. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)
• A diplomat claims that an International Atomic Energy Agency document claims that Iran has assembled some 1,300 centrifuges at a key underground nuclear plant in Natanz and has started to feed them with the uranium gas necessary for enriching uranium. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. A centrifuge is a piece of equipment generally driven by a motor that puts an object in Rotation around a fixed axis, applying a force perpendicular to the axis Natanz (نطنز is the centre of a township of the same name in the Isfahan province of Iran. Uranium (jʊˈreɪniəm is a silvery-gray Metallic Chemical element in the (AFP via ABC News Australia)
• The Supreme Court of the United States rules 5-4 in favor of upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (Public Law 108-105 HR 760 S 3 18 U Gonzales v Carhart, 550 US ___ ( 2007) is a United States Supreme Court case which upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of (CNN)
• Virginia Tech massacre:
  • Virginia Tech police respond to what turned out to be an unfounded threat near Norris Hall, where 31 people died Monday in the United States's deadliest ever shooting spree. The Virginia Tech massacre was a School shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16 2007 that took place on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic University in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a Murderous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations (CNN)
  • Authorities announce that Seung-Hui Cho, the gunman who killed more than 30 people on Monday at Virginia Tech, has sent a package that contained disturbing images and video to NBC during the two-hour period between the shootings at the West Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory and the shootings at Norris Hall. Seung-Hui Cho (January 18 1984 &ndash April 16 2007 was a South Korean student at Virginia Tech who committed Mass murder of 32 people and wounded 25 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic University in The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The new evidence is sent to the FBI for more analysis. (CNN)
  • Liviu Librescu, the Jewish Romanian engineering professor who was shot five times while holding off the gunman at his classroom entrance so his students could escape, is posthumously awarded the Star of Romania by the Romanian government. Liviu Librescu (August 18 1930 &ndash April 16 2007 ליביו ליברסקו was a Romanian born and educated Israeli American scientist and academic professor Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian Steaua României or Ordinul Naţional "Steaua României" - National Order "Star of (Romanian press release)
• Iraqi insurgency:
  • At least 198 people are confirmed dead after a series of bombings in Baghdad. The Iraqi insurgency is composed of diverse mix of militias foreign fighters all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the US-led Coalition in Iraq The 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings were a series of attacks that occurred when five Car bombs exploded across Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, on Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (The Times) (BBC)
  • United States Army soldiers raid buildings in a rural area northeast of Falluja, killing four suspected terrorists and capturing another 30. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. For other meanings see Fallujah (disambiguation. Fallujah (الفلوجة sometimes transliterated Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion (CNN)
• At least 16 secondary school students die in Egypt's Al Jizah governorate as the truck they were traveling to school on collides with another vehicle. Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Giza Governorate (الجيزة is one of the governorates of Egypt. Egypt is divided into 29 Governorates (singular Muhafazah) and 1 self-governing city This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck. (Reuters via CNN)
• Three workers at a publishing house in Turkey that prints Bibles are murdered in ongoing sectarian violence. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Sectarianism is Bigotry, Discrimination, Prejudice or Hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions (BBC) (Reuters)
• Australia and the United States agree to exchange hundreds of asylum seekers kept in offshore detention camps in Nauru and Guantanamo Bay. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, is an Island nation in the Micronesian South Pacific. The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo (AP via IHT)
• Iccho Itoh, Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan, dies after being shot in a suspected gangland killing on Tuesday. born, was the Mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki; he first took office in 1995 ( is the Capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denounces the murder as unforgivable. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime (Reuters) (BBC)
• The People's Republic of China begins a new service of high-speed trains capable of reaching speeds of 200km/h (124 mph). Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES (For the South African airport with IATA code "KMH" see Johan Pienaar Airport. (BBC)
• Thirty-two steel workers are killed and two more injured in China after a ladle full of liquid steel failed, engulfing an adjacent room full of workers. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National In Foundry work a ladle is a container used to transport and pour out molten metals (News.com.au)
• UEFA chooses Poland and Ukraine as joint hosts for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, will be the 14th European Championship for national football teams (BBC)

• Virginia Tech massacre:
  • Tim Kaine, the Governor of Virginia announces an inquiry into the massacre. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Virginia Tech massacre was a School shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16 2007 that took place on the campus of Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American politician and the current Governor of Virginia. The Governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term (BBC)
  • University officials confirm that the students killed during the massacre will all be posthumously awarded their degrees during commencement ceremonies. (Charleston Daily Mail)
• The Norwegian prime minister announces that the government has agreed to unilaterally cut Norway's carbon emissions by 30% by 2020, and proposes carbon neutrallity for 2050. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in Norwegian waters during the late 1960s exports of oil and gas have become very important elements of the Economy of Norway. Being carbon neutral, or carbon neutrality, refers to achieving net zero carbon emissions by balancing a measured amount of carbon released with an equivalent amount sequestered 2050 ( MML) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. (Norwegian Government)
• Joseph Nacchio, the former Chief Executive Officer of Qwest Communications, is found guilty of insider trading for stock sales worth tens of millions of dollars made in 2001. Joseph P Nacchio (born June 22, 1949, in Brooklyn New York) was Chairman of the board and Chief executive officer of Qwest A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Insider trading is the trading of a Corporation 's Stock or other securities (e (CNN Money)
• The United States holds talks with NATO and Russian officials over plans to deploy a missile defence system in Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The North Atlantic Treaty Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Missile defense is a system weapon or technology involved in the detection tracking interception and destruction of attacking Missiles Originally conceived as a defence against (BBC)
• The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard states that the Murray-Darling Basin faces an "unprecedentedly dangerous" water shortage and that irrigation for farmers will be cut off unless there is significant rain in the next 6-8 weeks. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. See also Howard Government John Winston Howard AC (born 26 July 1939 was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March The Murray-Darling Basin is 3375km long drains one-seventh of the Australian land mass and is currently by far the most significant agricultural area in Australia Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life. Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops Rain is Liquid precipitation. On Earth it is the condensation of atmospheric Water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall often making it to (ABC News Australia)
• An Amnesty International report claims that the attacks on Afghan civilians by the Taliban are widespread and systematic. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, A civilian under International humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her Country 's Armed forces. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately (BBC)

• 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan is injured during a peaceful protest against the construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Mairead Corrigan (born 27 January, 1944) also known as Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, was the co-founder with Betty Williams, of the Community West bank walljpg|thumb|Aerial view looking east from the Israeli side (Indymedia)
• President of Cuba Fidel Castro meets briefly with Wu Guanzheng, a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in his first official duties since transfering power in July 2006. The President of Cuba (formally President of the Council of State of Cuba) is the Head of state of Cuba. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until Wu Guanzheng ( (b August 1938) was the head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, an anti-corruption body Politburo, short for Political Bureau, Russian Politicheskoye Buro, is the executive organization for a number of Political parties, most notably The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the The 2006–2008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties was a transfer of duties of the Cuban Presidency from Fidel Castro to the first vice president his Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
• The G4 group of nations, which includes Brazil, India, Germany and Japan, says that it would revive efforts for United Nations Security Council reform. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Reform of the United Nations Security Council encompasses a variety of proposals including procedural reforms such as eliminating the veto held by the five permanent members (NDTV) (People's Daily)
• India and the People's Republic of China resume talks to resolve border disputes. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES (NDTV) (Australian)
• The United States asks India to stop military cooperation with Iran. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. (VOA)
• The U.S. state of Virginia observes a day of mourning for the victims in the Virginia Tech massacre. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state A national day of mourning is a Day marked by Mourning and Memorial activities across the majority of a Country 's populace such days The Virginia Tech massacre was a School shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16 2007 that took place on the campus of (BBC)
• Battle of Mogadishu (2007): Shelling and gunfire continues in Mogadishu after 21 died in fighting and a suicide attack at an Ethiopian base the previous day. Mogadishu ( Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar, Hamar; مقديشو Maqadīshū NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page (Aljazeera)
• Scientists prove that eating less salt reduces the chances of stroke or heart attack in the first long-term study on salt's effect on health. Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply (The Times)
• A series of earthquakes, the strongest being 6. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer 1 magnitude, strikes the Okinawa island chain of Japan. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released is one of Japan 's southern prefectures, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1000 km long which extends southwest from Kyūshū An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A tsunami warning is issued but later cancelled. A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when (AFX via Forbes) (Bloomberg)
• The 2007 pet food recalls: A new study of pigs at a hog farm in California points to the possibility that melamine has entered the human food supply. The 2007 pet food recalls comprise the contamination and wide recall of many brands of cat and dog foods beginning in March 2007 and the ensuing developments Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. This article is about the chemical substance called melamine The term "melamine" may also be used to refer to the plastic Melamine resin. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Johnson Space Center Shooting: A NASA spokesperson says that one of the buildings at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas has been evacuated after an employee opens fire. The Johnson Space Center shooting was an incident of hostage taking that occurred on April 20, 2007 in Building 44 the Communication and Tracking The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The Lyndon B Johnson Space Flight Center ( "JSFC") is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's center for Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The gunman killed a male hostage as well as himself. A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security (CNN) (BBC) (AFP via ABC News Australia)

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• At least 10 people are missing in Chile following a 6. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the 2 magnitude earthquake. The Aisén Fjord earthquakes are a series of seismic movements of different magnitudes that occurred in Aisén Fjord from January 22, 2007, to (Reuters via News Limited)
• Soyuz TMA-9, with space tourist Charles Simonyi and two crew from Expedition 14 to the International Space Station on board, safely return to Earth. Soyuz TMA-9 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle Space tourism is the recent Phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space pioneered by Russia Charles Simonyi (Simonyi Károly born September 10 1948 is a Hungarian Computer software executive who as head of Microsoft 's application software Expedition 14 was the 14th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 (BBC) (Xinhua)
• An aircraft of the United States Navy's Blue Angels precision flight team crashes during an air show in Beaufort, South Carolina, killing the pilot and injuring eight people on the ground. The United States Navy 's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, was formed in 1946 and was the world's first officially sanctioned The 2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash occurred on April 21, 2007 when the Number 6 US Navy Blue Angels ' jet crashed during the final Beaufort is a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, situated on the Beaufort River South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. (MSNBC) (CNN)
• Mohammed al-Attar is sentenced to 15 years in an Egyptian prison after being convicted of being a Mossad agent. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of The Mossad ( HaMossad leModi'in v'leTafkidim Meyuhadim) (המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים - Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (BBC)
• An appeals court decides that the two candidates in the runoff election to decide the next President of East Timor will be current Prime Minister of East Timor José Ramos-Horta and Francisco Guterres of Fretilin. Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal RUNOFF was the first Computer Text formatting program to see significant use East Timor is an emerging democratic State. Its current president is José Ramos-Horta. The Prime Minister of East Timor is the Head of government in East Timor. José Manuel Ramos-Horta ( Portuguese: ʒu'zɛ 'ʁɐmuz 'oɾtɐ GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President Francisco Guterres, popularly known as Lu Olo (born October 7, 1955) is the President of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ( Portuguese: Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente or FReTiLIn) is a Two of the unsuccessful candidates have announced that they will support Dr Ramos-Horta. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
• The United States and Australia issue travel advisories warning their citizens not to go to the Philippines due to a potentially imminent terrorist threat. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A travel advisory is a Public notice issued by a Government agency to provide information about the relative safety of traveling to or visiting one or more specific The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion (BBC)
• Protests against the Bakiyev administration in Kyrgyzstan become violent as protesters fight with government security forces. Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev ( Kyrgyz: Курманбек Сали уулу Бакиев Russian: Курманбек Салиевич Бакиев born 1 August Kyrgyzstan (ˈkɻ̩gɪztɑn (AmE or /'kɝgəztan/ (BrE Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия or Киргизстан or Кыргызстан (RFE/RL)
• Nigerian militants attack government buildings in the oil region hours before voters go to the polls in the general election. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
• A U. N. investigation finds that Romanian police officers killed two Kosovars as they demonstrated against the Ahtisaari Plan in Pristina, capital of Kosovo, in February 2007. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania During and after the breakup of Yugoslavia there were increasing ethnic and regional conflicts culminating in the Kosovo War of 1999 The Romanian force has since left Kosovo. (RFE/RL)

• Turkey Christians tortured and murdered and Turkey's government, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a former Islamist, has expresses concern over the spread of Christian activity in Turkey, VOA reported [1]. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches
• Israeli troops have shot dead three Palestinians in raids in the West Bank, the army and local residents say. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria (BBC)
• According to exit polls, Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal will meet in the second round of the French presidential election on May 6. Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced, Marie-Ségolène Royal (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, Senegal, then a French colony known as, (seɡɔlɛn ʁwajal is a The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. François Bayrou and Jean-Marie Le Pen are believed to have received the third and fourth most votes respectively. François Bayrou (fʁɑ̃swa·bajʁu Francés Vairon in Occitan) is a French centerist Politician, president of Union for French Democracy Jean-Marie Le Pen (born June 20, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer, Brittany, France) is a French far-right Nationalist (BBC)
• War in Iraq: Gunmen kill 21 members of northern Iraq's Yezidi community after dragging them from a bus. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Yazidi (also Yezidi, Kurdish: ئزیدی or Êzidî, Arabic: يزيدي or ايزدي Assyrian/Syriac: ܓ̰ܠܟܝܐ is a (CNN)
• War in Somalia (2006–present):
  • More than 60 people are killed in the fourth day of heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist militia in Mogadishu. The War in Somalia is an ongoing armed conflict involving largely Ethiopian and Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG forces versus the Somali NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Mogadishu ( Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar, Hamar; مقديشو Maqadīshū (BBC)
  • Eritrea pulls out of the east African Inter-Governmental Authority on Development after a disagreement with Ethiopia over Somalia. Eritrea () ( Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritriya) officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD Autorité intergouvernementale pour le développement is a seven-country regional development Organization in NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known (Aljazeera)
• Avraham Hirschson, the Finance Minister of Israel, stands down for three months while the Israeli police investigate a claim that he failed to report an embezzlement case when he was working for a trade union. Avraham Hirchson (אברהם הירשזון born February 11, 1941) served as the Finance Minister of Israel from May 4, 2006 Finance Ministers of Israel, 1948-present 1948 - 1952 Eliezer Kaplan 1952 - 1963 Levi Eshkol For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets usually financial in nature by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming (AP via IHT)
• South Korea agrees to resume food aid to North Korea, sending 400,000 tons of food north. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, (BBC)
• In Zimbabwe investigating officer Wellington Ngena accuses the Government of South Africa's Scorpions intelligence department of training members of the Movement for Democratic Change in combat to overthrow the Government of Zimbabwe. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election The Republic of South Africa, a constitutional Democracy with a three-tier system of Government and an independent Judiciary, operating The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party. Politics of Zimbabwe takes place in a framework of a Semi-presidential system Republic, whereby the President is the Head of (allAfrica)
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl is released in America and Canada. and are both the fourth installments of the ''Pokémon'' series of role-playing Video games succeeding ''Pokémon Ruby'' ''Sapphire'' and ''Emerald'' The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

• Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dies at the age of 76. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin () (1 February 1931 23 April 2007 was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999 (BBC) (CNN)
• Iraq Insurgency:
  • Prime Minister Nouri Maliki calls for construction to be halted on the three-mile wall being built by the United States military around the predominantly Sunni district of Adhamiyah, Baghdad. The Iraqi insurgency is composed of diverse mix of militias foreign fighters all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the US-led Coalition in Iraq Office The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's Head of government. Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki ( Arabic: نوري كامل محمّد حسن المالكي transliterated Nūrī Kāmil al-Mālikī; born June The Baghdad Wall is the name being given by some media outlets to a 5 km long (3 mile Separation barrier being built by the 2nd Brigade Combat Team 82nd Airborne Division The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic Adhamiyah ( Arabic: ألأعظمية, al-aʿẓamiyyah; BGN: Al A‘z̧amīyah) also Azamiya, is neighborhood and Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Thousands of Iraqis also protest the wall. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations sometimes in favor though more often opposed (Guardian) (BBC) (CNN)
  • Nine U.S. soldiers are killed by a suicide car bomb near a United States Army patrol base in Diyala. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. (CNN), (BBC)
• Three of the six members of the Bali Nine – Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman – who were sentenced to death have launched a judicial review appeal with Denpasar's District Court. The Bali Nine is the name given to a group of nine Australian citizens arrested on 17 April 2005 in Denpasar on the island of Bali, Indonesia, in a plan Thanh Nguyen (b October 30, 1983) is an Australian from Wellington Point in Brisbane Queensland. Si Yi Chen (born March 19, 1985) is a convicted drug trafficker from Sydney, Australia, arrested in Indonesia as part of the Matthew Norman (b September 17, 1986) is an Australian from New South Wales, known as a member of the Bali Nine who are now in jail for Judicial review is the power of the courts to annul the acts of the executive and/or the legislative power where it finds them incompatible with a higher norm Denpasar is the capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia. (ABC News Australia)
• Barclays plc agrees to buy ABN Amro in a €67 billion deal. Barclays PLC is a major global financial services provider operating in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia ABN AMRO is a Dutch bank currently owned by RFS Holdings BV, a consortium of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Fortis Bank Nederland, and Banco Santander Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e (Bloomberg)
• Umaru Yar'Adua is declared the winner of Nigeria's presidential election that EU observers said "cannot be considered to have been credible. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (born 16 August 1951) is the 2nd President of Nigeria 's Fourth Republic. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in " (Washington Post), (BBC)
• NASA releases the first 3D images of the Sun acquired by the STEREO spacecraft. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional imaging is any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory is a solar observation mission which was launched on 26 October 2006 at 0052 GMT. (PhysOrg)
• The United States' 391st National Park Unit, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, is formally established. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in Kiowa County Colorado, near Eads and Chivington commemorating (NPS)
• VA allows Wiccan symbols on headstones. (CNN), (Fox)

it was reported that Williamson's 35-years marriage to his wife Mary Kay, is over. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

• Kevin Tillman, brother of former American football player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, accuses the U.S. military of manipulating his death during testimony to the U.S. Congress. Kevin Tillman is a former college and professional baseball player American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Patrick Daniel Tillman ( November 6, 1976   – April 22, 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports Friendly fire or non-hostile fire, a term originally adopted by the United States military, refers to fire from one's own side or allied forces as Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States "Testify" redirects here For other uses see Testify (disambiguation and Testimony (disambiguation. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses (BBC)
• At least ten people are killed and 120 injured as a severe storm hits the twin towns of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, on the U.S.-Mexico border. A storm is any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface and strongly implying Severe weather. } Eagle Pass is a city in Maverick County, Texas, United States. Piedras Negras is the name of a city as well as the name of its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of (CNN) (BBC)
• Jadarite, a mineral of the same composition as Superman's Kryptonite, has been found in a Serbian mine. Jadarite is a white powdery non-radioactive Monoclinic Mineral, whose chemical formula is sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide: Li[[sodium A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos originating in the Superman Radio show series Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country (BBC)
• The United States Department of Veterans Affairs allows the Wiccan pentagram to be used on the tombstones of deceased soldiers. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA) is a government-run military Veteran benefit system with Cabinet -level status Early history Sumer The first known uses of the pentagram are found in Mesopotamian writings dating to about 3000 BC A headstone, tombstone or gravestone is a marker normally carved from stone, placed over or next to the site of a Burial The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States (New York Times)
• Abortion in Mexico: Mexico City's Legislative Assembly votes to legalise abortion on demand during the first trimester of pregnancy. Abortion in Mexico is allowed at the national level for cases of Rape, health conditions or fetal defects Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico The Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal is the Legislative branch of government of the Mexican Federal District An Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female (BBC)
• Thousands of people gather in Moscow, Russia to mourn former President Boris Yeltsin. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin () (1 February 1931 23 April 2007 was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999 (BBC)
• Prisoners riot at the New Castle Correctional Facility in Indiana, United States. A prison riot is a type of incident that occurs in the Prison environment New Castle Correctional Facility is a 2416-bed privately-run (but state-owned prison located in New Castle Indiana. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (CNN)
• Ethiopian rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front raid a Chinese-run oil field in near the country's border with Somalia, killing 74. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Ogaden National Liberation Front ( ONLF) (ኦጋደን፡ ብሔራዊ፡፡ነጽነት፡ግንባር( Somali: Jabhadda Wadaniga Xoreynta Ogaadeenya China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National An oil field is a region with an abundance of Oil wells extracting Petroleum (crude oil from below ground Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known (BBC) (Houston Chronicle)
• The Tamil Tigers launch an air attack on the Sri Lankan military's main base in Jaffna. "LTTE" redirects here For the Led Zeppelin bootleg see Listen to This Eddie. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Jaffna or Yazhpanam (யாழ்ப்பாணம் in Tamil meaning யாழ்= (BBC)
• British anti-terrorism police arrest five people in London and one in Luton for alleged breaches of the Terrorism Act. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Luton ( is a large town in the east of England, 32 miles (51 kilometres north of London. (CNN)
• Foreign Minister of Turkey Abdullah Gül is nominated as the AK Party candidate for President of Turkey. A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet minister who helps form the Foreign policy of a sovereign nation Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Abdullah Gül PhD GCB, (born October 29, 1950) is the 11th President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AK Parti, or AKP) is the incumbent Turkish Political party, which describes The President of Turkey ( Cumhurbaşkanı) is the Head of state of the Republic of Turkey. (BBC)
• Toyota overtakes General Motors in global vehicle sales from January to March as a result of increased demand for fuel-efficient cars. (pronounced) is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and is currently the world's largest Automaker. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Events in January Holidays New Year's Day - January 1 Coptic Christmas - January 7 Events in March American Red Cross Month Fire Prevention month ( The Philippines) Women's History Month ( United Fuel efficiency, in its basic sense is the same as Thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier (Bloomberg)
• The military arm of Hamas fires rockets and mortars into Israel from Gaza. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the A mortar is a muzzle-loading Indirect fire weapon that fires shells at low velocities short ranges and high-arcing ballistic trajectories For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. (New York Times)

• Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signs a decree delaying the 2007 parliamentary election from May 27 to June 24. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The President of Ukraine (Президент України is the head of the state of Ukraine and acts in its name Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( Ukrainian: Viktor Andrijovyč Juščenko) (born February 23 1954) is the third and current President of Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on September 30, 2007. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place (BBC)
• The United States House of Representatives passes legislation that would order United States forces to start withdrawing from Iraq by October 1. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Legislation (or " Statutory law " is law which has been promulgated (or " Enacted quot by a Legislature or other Governing The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. (AP via CNN)
• Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery following a funeral service in central Moscow. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin () (1 February 1931 23 April 2007 was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999 The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Novodevichy Cemetery (Новоде́вичье кла́дбище Novodevichye kladbishche is the most famous cemetery in Moscow, Russia, situated next to the A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of (CNN)
• Former Polish government minister Barbara Blida commits suicide during a police searching of her house (AP)
• U. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Barbara Blida ( 3 December 1949, Siemianowice Śląskie – 25 April 2007, Siemianowice Śląskie) was a Polish S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs David Kramer, speaking on behalf of the U.S. government, offers to normalize relations with Belarus if it releases imprisoned politicians. The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a position within the American Department of State that leads the Bureau of European The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east (RFE/RL)
• The French centrist and pro-European Union leader of the Union for French Democracy François Bayrou announces the foundation of the Democratic Party in the run-up to the 2007 legislative election after his strong showing in the presidential election. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Union for French Democracy ( Union pour la Démocratie Française, UDF was a French centrist Political party. François Bayrou (fʁɑ̃swa·bajʁu Francés Vairon in Occitan) is a French centerist Politician, president of Union for French Democracy The Democratic Movement ( Mouvement démocrate, MoDem is a centrist and Pro-European French political party that was founded The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France (BBC)
• China detains four United States citizens who were protesting for Tibetan independence and against the Beijing Olympics at the Mount Everest base camp. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा meaning Head of the Sky) or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma (in “Alpinist” redirects here See also Alpinist (magazine Mountaineering is the Sport, Hobby or Profession of (Reuters via News Limited)
• Japanese police raid the offices of a pro-North Korean group in relation to the alleged kidnapping of two children in the 1970s. Japan's police are an apolitical body under the general supervision of an independent agency the National Police Agency, and free of direct central government executive The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan ( Chae Ilbon Chosŏnin Ch'ongryŏnhaphoe in Korean or Zai-Nihon Chōsenjin Sōrengōkai in In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment (BBC)
• Buddhist monks protest in the streets of Bangkok, demanding that Buddhism be made the official religion of Thailand under a new constitution. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (krūŋtʰêːp máhǎːnákʰɔn) or Krung Thep ( for short is the Capital, largest Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices A state religion (also called an official religion, established church or state church) is a religious body or Creed officially The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity (ABC News Australia)
• Astronomers announce the discovery of the Earth-like exoplanet Gliese 581 c, which may support liquid water and is potentially habitable. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena A terrestrial planet, telluric planet or rocky planet is a Planet that is primarily composed of Silicate rocks Within our An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a Planet beyond the Solar System, orbiting around other Stars As of September 2008 312 Gliese 581 c (ˈgliːzə is a " Super-earth " In Astronomy a habitable zone ( HZ) is a region of space where conditions are favorable for Life as it may be found on Earth. Planetary habitability is the measure of a Planet 's or a Natural satellite 's potential to develop and sustain Life. (BBC)
• An Argentine federal court overturns the pardons issued to General Jorge Videla and former Admiral Emilio Massera following convictions received for their activities during the "Dirty War" of the 1970s. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo (born August 21, 1925 in Mercedes Buenos Aires) was the dictator and President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981 Emilio Eduardo Massera (born October 19, 1925, Paraná, Entre Ríos) is a former Argentine military officer and part of the 1976 This article refers to the Argentine Dirty War for the British film of the same name see Dirty War (film. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The repeal of the pardons is largely symbolic, since the two are already under house arrest and serving lengthy sentences for other crimes. In Justice and Law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or electronic monitoring) is a measure by which (Retuers via Yahoo! News)
• FOX announced that Drive was cancelled [2]

• A Russian Mi-8 military transport helicopter is shot down during the fighting near Shatoy, Chechnya by Chechen rebels, resulting in the death of at least 20 Russian soldiers. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (UTC (Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции Transliteration Vooruzhyónniye Síly Rossíyskoy Federátsii 2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash crash happened on April 27 2007, when a Russian military Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying Special forces and Shatoy or Shatoi (Шато́й is a village in the Chechen Republic, Russia. The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting August 26 Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending (Reuters via CNN)
• The U.S. Pentagon says that the CIA has arrested a senior al-Qaeda operative, Abdul Hadi al Iraqi, and transferred him to the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Pentagon is the Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The Abdul Hadi al Iraqi ( عبد الهادي العراقي) is the Nom de guerre of Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi (نشوان عبد الرزاق The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo (BBC)
• Saudi Arabia arrests 172 terrorist suspects in a series of raids after uncovering a plot to carry out suicide air attacks on oil and military installations. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons $32. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 4m in cash was also uncovered, as were many weapons. A weapon is a Tool used either in Hunting, or attack or defence in Combat for the purpose of subduing enemy personnel or to destroy enemy weapons (BBC)
• Sheik Ahmad Bahr, acting speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and top Hamas official, declares in a sermon in Sudan his desire to kill all Jews and Americans "down to the very last one. The Palestinian Legislative Council (sometimes referred to as the Palestinan Parliament) the Legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a Unicameral Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The United States of America —commonly referred to as the " (Jerusalem Post), (Memri TV)

• Australia wins its third consecutive Cricket World Cup with a victory over Sri Lanka in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup finals in Barbados. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI Cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national Cricket team representing Sri Lanka. The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was a Men 's Cricket Tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007 using the sport's Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation (ABC) (BBC)
• Human rights in Tajikistan: Two police officers in Dushanbe, Tajikistan are found guilty of beating and torturing a 16-year-old boy while in police custody. Human rights in Tajikistan remain poor Political opposition, Religious freedoms and the press are heavily restricted A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force. Dushanbe (Душанбе Dushanbe; formerly Dyushambe or Stalinabad) population 661100 people (2006 census is the Capital and largest city Tajikistan (təˈdʒɪkɨstæn or /təˈdʒiːkɨstæn/ Тоҷикистон tɔʤikɪsˈtɔn or, Persian تاجیکستان‎ taajikestaan officially the Republic of Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally They are sentenced to two years in prison. (RFE/RL)
• A bombing occurs at a mosque in Karbala, Iraq, killing 55. The Imam Abbas mosque bombing occurred on April 28, 2007 when a suicide Car bomb exploded in front of the Shia Abbas ibn Ali shrine A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger Karbala ( BGN: Al-Karbalā’; also spelled Karbala al-Muqaddasah) is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad at For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (BBC)
• A suicide bombing in Pakistan kills at least 22 and injures Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and (BBC) (CNN)
• Turkey's army warns against questioning the country's secular system after a disputed first-round presidential vote in parliament. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. (BBC)
• An earthquake of magnitude 4. The 2007 Kent earthquake was an Earthquake that registered 43 on the Richter scale and struck south east Kent, England on 28 April 3 on the Richter scale strikes Kent, England. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland (BBC)
• President of Ireland Mary McAleese dissolves the 29th Dáil and calls for a general election on 24 May 2007. The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Head of state of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> Mary Patricia McAleese (Máire Pádraigín Composition of the 29th Dáil Graphical representation This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 29th Dáil The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007 at the request of Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. (Irish Examiner) (BBC)
• 80,000 people gather throughout the United States joining 'Displace Me' to raise awareness of displaced refugees in Northern Uganda. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Displace Me was a nationwide event hosted by the nonprofit Invisible Children Inc (KOMO4)

Las Vegas rock band The Killers historically sell out Madison Square Garden.

• April 28 2007 marks the day that Hubie Cepero and Michelle Sardiña fell in love with each other. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title

• At least three people including the gunman die in a shooting at the Ward Parkway shopping center in Kansas City, Missouri . Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee (AP via Wichita Eagle) (BBC).
• Worldwide protests occur on the fourth anniversary of the Darfur conflict in Sudan. The War in Darfur is a military conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. (BBC via ABC News Australia)
• The People's Bank of China increases its deposit reserve ratio to prevent possible overheating of the economy. The People's Bank of China ( PBC or PBOC) ( is the Central bank of the People's Republic of China (not to be confused with the Bank The reserve requirement (or required reserve ratio) is a Bank regulation that sets the minimum reserves each Bank must hold to customer Overheating of an Economy occurs when its productive capacity is unable to keep pace with growing Aggregate demand. China has the second-largest economy in the world with a GDP of over $ 6 (Xinhua)
• More than a million secularist Turks march in Istanbul to protest against the candidacy of Islamist Abdullah Gül in the 2007 presidential election. Secularism in Turkey was introduced with the Turkish Constitution of 1924 and later the Atatürk's Reforms set the administrative and political requirements to create The Republic Protests (Cumhuriyet Mitingleri were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in the spring of 2007 in support of the Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey Islamism ( Islam + ism; Arabic: al-'islāmiyya) a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only Abdullah Gül PhD GCB, (born October 29, 1950) is the 11th President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. (BBC) (Reuters)
• Iran's national security adviser Ali Larijani visits Iraq for talks. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Supreme National Security Council (شورای عالی امنیت ملی is the National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current secretary of Ali Ardashir Larijani (علی اردشیر لاریجانی born 1958 is an Iranian philosopher politician and the chairman/speaker of the Iranian parliament. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (BBC)
• The Tamil Tigers launch an air attack on the Sri Lanka's two oil facilities near the capital Colombo. "LTTE" redirects here For the Led Zeppelin bootleg see Listen to This Eddie. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. (Reuters)

• The European Union and the United States inks a new Open Skies Agreement which will take effect on 30 March 2008 and replace the restrictive Bermuda II agreement. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Open skies refers to a bilateral (and sometimes Multilateral) Air Transport Agreement which liberalizes the rules for international Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Bermuda II was a Bilateral Air Transport Agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States signed on July 23, (BBC)
• The United States Supreme Court decides the case of Scott v. Harris, holding that a "police officer's attempt to terminate a dangerous high-speed car chase that threatens the lives of innocent bystanders does not violate the Fourth Amendment, even when it places the fleeing motorist at risk of serious injury or death. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Scott v Harris, (05-1631 was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court on February 26, 2007. The Fourth Amendment' ( Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is a part of the Bill of Rights. " (CNN)
• President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez announces that Venezuela will withdraw from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. ||-||} Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The President of Venezuela (Presidente Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) is an International organization that oversees the Global financial system by following the Macroeconomic The World Bank is an internationally supported Bank that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for development programs (e (New Zealand Herald) (Forbes)
• Morocco and the Polisario Front agree to United Nations sponsored talks about the future of Western Sahara. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Po pular de Li beración de Sa The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Western Sahara ( Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; transliterated: as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Sahara Occidental is a territory (BBC)
• General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the British Army, confirms that Prince Harry will deploy with the Blues and Royals regiment on a six-month tour of duty in Iraq. General Sir Francis Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC (born 23 December 1950) is the Chief of the General Staff The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. For actual Princes of Wales called Henry see Henry Prince of Wales. The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons (RHG/D is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
• The Governor of Virginia Timothy Kaine tightens gun laws after the Virginia Tech massacre. The Governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American politician and the current Governor of Virginia. The Virginia Tech massacre was a School shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16 2007 that took place on the campus of (Radio New Zealand)
• Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is criticised by the Winograd Commission for taking Israel to war in Lebanon last year "hastily". Ehud Olmert (אהוד אולמרט ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel and the former leader For other Winograd Commissions see Eliyahu Winograd. The Winograd Commission (ועדת וינוגרד the commission's official name is הוועדה For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Background See also Israel-Lebanon conflict The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO had engaged in cross-border attacks from Southern Lebanon Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية (BBC)
• A indoor smoking ban comes into effect in Northern Ireland, three years after the Republic of Ireland. Smoking bans are public policies including Criminal laws and Occupational safety and health Regulations which prohibit Tobacco smoking Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. (RTÉ)
• A meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change starts in Bangkok to discuss approaches to climate change. Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (krūŋtʰêːp máhǎːnákʰɔn) or Krung Thep ( for short is the Capital, largest Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences (BBC)
• The US-led Coalition claims to have killed scores of Taliban forces in Afghanistan. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (Reuters Alertnet)
• Five men arrested in 2004 as part of Operation Crevice are convicted at the Old Bailey of a plot to explode fertiliser bombs in the UK. Operation Crevice was a raid launched by Metropolitan and local Police in England on the morning of 30 March 2004. The Central Criminal Court in England, commonly known as the Old Bailey, is a court ANFO (or AN/FO, for ammonium nitrate / fuel oil) is a widely used Explosive mixture The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located (BBC) (Guardian) (CNN) (SMH)