Portal:Current events/2007 November 29

November 29, 2007 (Thursday)

The Supreme Court of Mexico rules 6–4 that Governor of Puebla Mario Marín has no case to answer in the inter-state abduction, jailing, and harassment of journalist Lydia Cacho. (NY Times)
A 7.4 M_w earthquake rocks the Windward Islands in the Caribbean near the island of Martinique. (USGS) (AP via Yahoo! News)
Gillian Gibbons is found guilty of inciting religious hatred and sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation from Sudan, after she let pupils name a teddy bear "Muhammad". (AP via Yahoo! News)
Al Jazeera television releases an audio tape featuring a message believed to have been recorded by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. (ITN)
Ukrainian political parties backed by Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yushenko put together a parliamentary majority coalition in Parliament. (Interfax)
The Savyolovsky Court in Moscow finds the Russian businessman in exile Boris Berezovsky guilty of embezzling nearly 215 million rubles from Aeroflot. (Interfax)
2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- Pervez Musharraf is sworn in as the President of Pakistan for a second term, this time as a civilian. (ABC News Australia)
- President George W. Bush welcomes Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, urges him to lift emergency rule.^{[citation needed]}
- Musharraf announces the 2007 Pakistani state of emergency will be lifted on 2007-12-16. (BBC)
- Restrictions on Pakistani TV channels are challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}
Manila Peninsula Rebellion:
- The Armed Forces of the Philippines storm the The Peninsula Manila where the Magdalo Soldiers are holed up. (Bloomberg)
- Detained Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes IV walks out of his trial and goes to The Peninsula Manila calling for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down. (Inquirer.net)