Portal:Current events/2008 January 7
January 7, 2008 (Monday)
- Litokwa Tomeing is elected as President of the Marshall Islands. (Radio New Zealand)
- The Supreme Court of the United States hears arguments on whether execution by lethal injection is a violation of the Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment." (BBC News)
- The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor resumes at The Hague, Netherlands. (CNN)
- A warehouse fire in Icheon, South Korea, kills at least 40. (BBC News)
- Portions of Eastern Australia are affected by the worst floods in the last 20 years. (BBC News)
- Two United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets, a F/A-18E and two-seat F/A-18F, flying off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, crash in the Persian Gulf. The aviators were safely recovered. There was no indication of hostile fire. (CNN)
- The government of Tanzania cannot account for Sh$260 million (approx US$200,000) in aid from the Global Fund initiative to fight AIDS and HIV. (allAfrica)