Portal:Current events/2007 November 5

November 5, 2007 (Monday)

The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong drops over 1,500 points, or 5%, three days after a previous sizable decline. The Hang Seng registers its largest daily loss since September 2001. (Bloomberg)
2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- The Netherlands suspends aid to Pakistan following the imposition of emergency rule.^{[citation needed]}
- Several demonstrating lawyers protesting outside the Sindh High Court are arrested.^{[citation needed]}
- President of the United States George W. Bush calls on the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf to end the state of emergency and restore civilian rule. (BBC)
Italian police arrest Sicilian mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo, his son Sandro and two other mafiosi in Carini, Palermo. (BBC)
A fire at a retirement home in a village near Tula, Russia, kills at least 23 people. (BBC)
The Writers Guild of America asks 12,000 of its members to join a Hollywood screenwriters strike over a dispute over residuals. (BBC)
Álvaro Colom is elected President of Guatemala in the 2007 general election. (Reuters)
Google and the Open Handset Alliance announce the Android operating system, a joint effort in handheld computing. (Ars Technica) (CNN)
The number of people in southern Mexico displaced by the 2007 Tabasco flood nears a million (VOA), with 300,000 more still trapped in their homes, waiting to be rescued. (BBC)
Kimi Raikkonen wins the Formula One World Championship.