Portal:Current events/2007 September 13

September 13, 2007 (Thursday)

Miami police shot dead in an exchange of fire a man suspected of the murder of one police officer and the shooting of another three officers hours earlier. (CNN)
Google sponsors a US$30 million spaceflight contest to land a robotic lander on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and videos to earth. (AP via Topix)
2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Ingrid forms in the Atlantic Ocean 800 miles from the outer Caribbean islands. (Bradenton Herald)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Ethiopia will deploy 5,000 troops as part of a joint United Nations - African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
After deliberating for 22 years, the United Nations General Assembly adopts the non-binding Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 143 countries vote in favour, while 11 abstain and Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States vote against. (BBC)
At least fifteen Pakistani Army soldiers die in a bombing at their mess at the Tarbela Ghazi base north of Islamabad. (CNN)
Pakistan Cabinet unanimously decides to re-elect President Pervez Musharraf in uniform from the present assemblies.
2007 Formula One Season: The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) fines the McLaren Formula One team $US100 million and removes all its points in the Constructors' Championship. (AFP via News Limited)
Alexis Debat, a consultant for ABC News and writer at The National Interest, alleged expert on terrorism, is forced to resign after Rue 89 revealed that he made two bogus interviews, one with Barack Obama and another with Alan Greenspan. (Washington Post) (Rue 89) (Rue 89)
Rita Verdonk, a controversial and popular Dutch politician, is expelled from the VVD. (Expatica Netherlands)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Iraq War:
- A key US ally, Sheikh Sittar, is killed by a bomb. (BBC)
- U.S. President George W. Bush orders gradual troop reductions in Iraq but stands firm against dramatic troop reductions. (Reuters via News Limited)
2007 Atlantic hurricane season:
- Hurricane Humberto makes landfall on the southeast Texas coast near the Louisiana border. (AFP)
- The Governor of Louisiana Kathleen Blanco declares a state of emergency. (BBC)
- At least one person is killed in Texas before Humberto weakens into a tropical storm. (CBS via Topix)
Shinzo Abe is hospitalised the day after his resignation. (Al Jazeera)
September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes
- A second major earthquake off the coast of Sumatra prompts tsunami warnings for Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands. (ABC News Australia) (Reuters)
- Rescue teams head for the Sumatra coast to look for survivors. (Reuters)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
- An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hits the northern tip of Sulawesi some 2,700 kilometres east of Sumatra. (AFP via ABC News Australia)