Portal:Current events/2007 January 25
January 25, 2007 (Thursday)
- A curfew is imposed in Beirut after deadly clashes erupted between pro-government supporters and Hezbollah-led factions. (CNN)
- 276 passengers and 28 crew onboard the Cunard Line's RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 are sickened by the norovirus during its 2007 circumnavigation of the world. (CNN) (The Times)
- Oleg Khinsagov is sentenced to 8.5 years imprisonment for smuggling highly enriched uranium from Russia to Georgia. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
- Thirty-three people are killed when a bus plunges down a ravine near Huautla de Jiménez in the north of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. (The Australian) (El Universal)
- An earthquake measuring 6.2 Mw strikes Taiwan's east coast. There is no report of damage or injuries. (San Diego Union-Tribune)