A boat carrying
Haitian migrants catches fire off the coast of the
Dominican Republic resulting in the death of at least eight people and 44 people missing.
(AP via Fox News)
Greek archaeologists announce that a 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess
Hera has been found during excavations in the ruins of ancient
Dion, a city under
Mount Olympus.
(AP)
Protestors set cars and barricades on fire in
Copenhagen over evictions.
(Fox News)
Italian leader
Romano Prodi is reinstated as prime minister after winning his second and final confidence vote in the
Parliament, ending a political crisis that began last week when Prodi resigned after losing a foreign policy vote.
(CNN)
Puerto Rico institutes a
smoking ban in all public places. Smoking will only be allowed in homes, places dedicated to tobacco sales, and open and ventilated places.
(El Nuevo Día)
A bomb explodes near a car carrying a judge of the
Pakistani anti-terrorist court,
Mian Bashir Bhatti, wounding him and killing at least three others.
(AP via IHT)
The
Communist Party of China expels nine senior officials and
business leaders over a
Shanghai corruption scandal related to misuse of Government pension funds. The nine people will also face criminal charges.
(BBC)
Approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of
electronic voting, becoming the first nationwide election where part of the votecasting was allowed via the
Internet.
(BBC)
U.S. troops open fire after a
suicide bomb attack on a convoy and kill 8 or more civilians on the main road linking
Jalalabad with the
Pakistan border. Local people protest at the soldiers' actions.
(BBC)
The
People's Republic of China announces that its first
probe to the
Moon,
Chang'e 1, will be launched later in
2007, with the eventual goal of landing a man on the moon by
2022. The probe is supposed to orbit the Moon at least three times. (
BBC)
Ugandan judges end a week-long strike after
PresidentYoweri Museveni expressed regret over an incident where security men seized Opposition supporters from the High Court of Uganda.
(Reuters Alertnet)
Thousands of supporters of legislation giving equal rights on issues to heterosexual and gay couples in Italy attend a rally in Rome.
(AP via the Houston Chronicle)
Zambia starts a program of mass demolition of illegal housing starting in the capital
Lusaka. The demolitions are to end corruption in the distribution of land plots highlighted by the recent sacking of Lands Minister
Gladys Nyirongo.
(Reuters via IOL South Africa)
Yearlong talks on the future of
Kosovo end in stalemate between the
Serbian Government and the
ethnic Albanian leaders of the province.
(CNN)
A major international conference starts in
Baghdad to look at ways to stabilise
Iraq featuring representatives from
Iran,
Syria and the United States.
(BBC)
A number of bombs detonate at the above event, but there are no casualties.
(SkyNews)
Voters in
Russia go to the polls in elections in 14 regions including
Saint Petersburg. The elections have been widely criticised by the Opposition.
(AP via IHT)
The
BBC's correspondent in the
Gaza Strip,
Alan Johnston, who is the only Gaza-based foreign reporter from a major media organisation, is kidnapped. All the main
Palestinian militant groups have called for his release.
(BBC)
Japan and Australia sign a security pact, the first defence treaty for Japan with a nation other than the United States since the end of World War II.
(BBC)
The
BBC issues a plea for information on the whereabouts of its
Gaza correspondent,
Alan Johnston, who has been missing for three days and is believed by
Palestinian security officials to have been kidnapped.
(BBC)
More than 200,000
Sydneysiders walk across the
Sydney Harbour Bridge to mark the 75th anniversary of the icon's opening. The bridge had been closed to vehicular traffic for one day to mark the occasion.
(BBC)
Heavy flooding after several days of heavy rain in
Hispaniola have resulted in 11 people dying and thousands of people being evacuated in
Haiti and the
Dominican Republic.
(BBC)
A 12-km stretch of the
Rhine near
Cologne, Germany is closed to shipping following the loss of 31 containers from a
container ship with 200 ships backed up.
(Washington Post)
The
U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passes a
US$2.9 trillion
budget blueprint which results in a
surplus after five years but relies heavily on the expiration of the
Bush tax cuts to do so. The
U.S. Senate passed a similar budget blueprint last week with negotiations to ensue.
A
Royal Navy sailor identified as Nathan Thomas Summers appeared on
IranianTV, admitting to and apologizing for entering Iranian territory and
his government's wartime actions in general.
Tony Blair dismisses the statement as
forced.
(BBC)
Iran releases a second letter written by the only
female captured sailor, Faye Turney, who also again apologises. There are numerous grammatical mistakes, suggesting it has been
translated into
English for Turney to copy.
(BBC)(Full letter - BBC)
Foreign ministers from the
European Union have released a statement offering 'unconditional support' for
Britain, urging the 'immediate and unconditional release' of the sailors, adding that the EU reserved the right to take 'appropriate measures' if Iran did not comply - although the exact measures were not mentioned.
(BBC)
A boat carrying
Haitian migrants catches fire off the coast of the
Dominican Republic resulting in the death of at least eight people and 44 people missing.
(AP via Fox News)
Greek archaeologists announce that a 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess
Hera has been found during excavations in the ruins of ancient
Dion, a city under
Mount Olympus.
(AP)
Protestors set cars and barricades on fire in
Copenhagen over evictions.
(Fox News)
Italian leader
Romano Prodi is reinstated as prime minister after winning his second and final confidence vote in the
Parliament, ending a political crisis that began last week when Prodi resigned after losing a foreign policy vote.
(CNN)
Puerto Rico institutes a
smoking ban in all public places. Smoking will only be allowed in homes, places dedicated to tobacco sales, and open and ventilated places.
(El Nuevo Día)
A bomb explodes near a car carrying a judge of the
Pakistani anti-terrorist court,
Mian Bashir Bhatti, wounding him and killing at least three others.
(AP via IHT)
The
Communist Party of China expels nine senior officials and
business leaders over a
Shanghai corruption scandal related to misuse of Government pension funds. The nine people will also face criminal charges.
(BBC)
Approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of
electronic voting, becoming the first nationwide election where part of the votecasting was allowed via the
Internet.
(BBC)
U.S. troops open fire after a
suicide bomb attack on a convoy and kill 8 or more civilians on the main road linking
Jalalabad with the
Pakistan border. Local people protest at the soldiers' actions.
(BBC)
The
People's Republic of China announces that its first
probe to the
Moon,
Chang'e 1, will be launched later in
2007, with the eventual goal of landing a man on the moon by
2022. The probe is supposed to orbit the Moon at least three times. (
BBC)
Ugandan judges end a week-long strike after
PresidentYoweri Museveni expressed regret over an incident where security men seized Opposition supporters from the High Court of Uganda.
(Reuters Alertnet)
Thousands of supporters of legislation giving equal rights on issues to heterosexual and gay couples in Italy attend a rally in Rome.
(AP via the Houston Chronicle)
Zambia starts a program of mass demolition of illegal housing starting in the capital
Lusaka. The demolitions are to end corruption in the distribution of land plots highlighted by the recent sacking of Lands Minister
Gladys Nyirongo.
(Reuters via IOL South Africa)
Yearlong talks on the future of
Kosovo end in stalemate between the
Serbian Government and the
ethnic Albanian leaders of the province.
(CNN)
A major international conference starts in
Baghdad to look at ways to stabilise
Iraq featuring representatives from
Iran,
Syria and the United States.
(BBC)
A number of bombs detonate at the above event, but there are no casualties.
(SkyNews)
Voters in
Russia go to the polls in elections in 14 regions including
Saint Petersburg. The elections have been widely criticised by the Opposition.
(AP via IHT)
The
BBC's correspondent in the
Gaza Strip,
Alan Johnston, who is the only Gaza-based foreign reporter from a major media organisation, is kidnapped. All the main
Palestinian militant groups have called for his release.
(BBC)
Japan and Australia sign a security pact, the first defence treaty for Japan with a nation other than the United States since the end of World War II.
(BBC)
The
BBC issues a plea for information on the whereabouts of its
Gaza correspondent,
Alan Johnston, who has been missing for three days and is believed by
Palestinian security officials to have been kidnapped.
(BBC)
More than 200,000
Sydneysiders walk across the
Sydney Harbour Bridge to mark the 75th anniversary of the icon's opening. The bridge had been closed to vehicular traffic for one day to mark the occasion.
(BBC)
Heavy flooding after several days of heavy rain in
Hispaniola have resulted in 11 people dying and thousands of people being evacuated in
Haiti and the
Dominican Republic.
(BBC)
A 12-km stretch of the
Rhine near
Cologne, Germany is closed to shipping following the loss of 31 containers from a
container ship with 200 ships backed up.
(Washington Post)
The
U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passes a
US$2.9 trillion
budget blueprint which results in a
surplus after five years but relies heavily on the expiration of the
Bush tax cuts to do so. The
U.S. Senate passed a similar budget blueprint last week with negotiations to ensue.
A
Royal Navy sailor identified as Nathan Thomas Summers appeared on
IranianTV, admitting to and apologizing for entering Iranian territory and
his government's wartime actions in general.
Tony Blair dismisses the statement as
forced.
(BBC)
Iran releases a second letter written by the only
female captured sailor, Faye Turney, who also again apologises. There are numerous grammatical mistakes, suggesting it has been
translated into
English for Turney to copy.
(BBC)(Full letter - BBC)
Foreign ministers from the
European Union have released a statement offering 'unconditional support' for
Britain, urging the 'immediate and unconditional release' of the sailors, adding that the EU reserved the right to take 'appropriate measures' if Iran did not comply - although the exact measures were not mentioned.
(BBC)