Portal:Current events/2007 April 20

April 20, 2007 (Friday)

1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan is injured during a peaceful protest against the construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier. (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 transferring power in July 2006. (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. (NDTV) (People's Daily)
India and the People's Republic of China resume talks to resolve border disputes. (NDTV) (Australian)
The United States asks India to stop military cooperation with Iran. (VOA)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
The U.S. state of Virginia observes a day of mourning for the victims in the Virginia Tech massacre. (BBC)
Battle of Mogadishu (March–April 2007): Shelling and gunfire continues in Mogadishu after 21 died in fighting and a suicide attack at an Ethiopian base the previous day. (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. (The Times)
A series of earthquakes, the strongest being 6.1 magnitude, strikes the Okinawa island chain of Japan. A tsunami warning is issued but later cancelled. (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. (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 gunman killed a male hostage as well as himself. (CNN) (BBC) (AFP via ABC News Australia)