Portal:Current events/2007 September 8

September 8, 2007 (Saturday)

Ang Lee's spy thriller Lust, Caution wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. (Reuters)
The Red Cross recovers the bodies of 11 Colombian legislators who were shot while being held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). (AP via Google)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Former President of Argentina Carlos Menem is charged with involvement in the illegal sale of weapons to Ecuador and Croatia. (BBC News via ABC News Australia)
Justine Henin of Belgium wins the U.S. Open women's tennis singles championship defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-1 6-3 in the final. (Associated Press via Google)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Morocco's conservative Istiqlal Party, a member of the kingdom's ruling coalition, wins most seats in parliamentary elections, according to provisional results released by the government (Reuters)
At least 18 people are injured in a car bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Islamic insurgency in Algeria (2002-present):
- At least 16 people are killed and 30 injured in a car bomb attack on an Algerian naval barracks in the town of Dellys, 100km (62km) east of Algiers. (AFP via Google)
- Al Qaeda's North African wing al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for the bombing and a bombing in Batna less than 48 hours earlier. (Reuters)
At least 85 Hindu pilgrims have died after a lorry accident in India. (Wikinews) (BBC)
Subtropical Storm Gabrielle is upgraded to a tropical storm as it approaches the eastern United States coastline. (NOAA)
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
- The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila meet in Tanzania to discuss the future of oil-rich Lake Albert. (BBC)
- General Laurent Nkunda, the leader of a rebel movement, claims that Government troops have broken a ceasefire in the east of the country. (BBC via ABC News Australia)
APEC
- Leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Sydney considers an aspirational climate change target of a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. (Bloomberg)
- Thousands of people march through central Sydney with the New South Wales Police Force making five arrests with two police officers injured. (ABC News Australia)