Portal:Current events/2007 June 7
June 7, 2007 (Thursday)
- Sri Lankan Civil War: Police in Sri Lanka force hundreds of the minority Sri Lankan Tamils community out of Colombo for what they say are security reasons. (BBC)
- Italian police arrest a group of people for allegedly providing material support for an al Qaeda-linked organisation, Salafist Group for Call and Combat. (AP via CNN)
- 33rd G8 summit:
- President of the United States George W. Bush and President of Russia Vladimir Putin meet to discuss missile defense. (AP via the Guardian) Putin, in a minor reversal of recent rhetoric regarding Bush's European missile shield plans, suggests placing a radar installation in Azerbaijan. (The Guardian)
- G8 leaders reach agreement on a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. (Press Association via the Guardian)
- Four supposed agent provocateurs who had encouraged peaceful protesters to throw stones are unmasked. A police spokesperson points to a possible involvement of Intelligence agencies. (Indymedia) (Spiegel)
- At least 12 citizens of Oman are killed by Cyclone Gonu. (Reuters via Australia)
- Hamas militants kill a Fatah member, and five other Palestinians are injured in a renewal of fighting between the two groups. (AFP via CBS News)
- The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raises interest rates in New Zealand to 8%, the highest level of any industrialised nation. (BBC)
- American scientists identify a new strain of potentially lethal bacteria called Bartonella rochalimae. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Cloture votes fail in the United States Senate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, potentially killing the bill. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)[permanent dead link]