Portal:Current events/2007 November 7
November 7, 2007 (Wednesday)
- About 80,000 students march in Caracas, Venezuela, to protest against a constitutional referendum that would give more power to President Hugo Chávez. Nine students are injured by riot controllers at the Central University of Venezuela. (NYT)
- In Belgium, government formation discussions have gone on for a record 150 days as Flemish and Walloon politicians clash over Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. (Economist)
- Astronomers in the United States have found a fifth planet in orbit around the star 55 Cancri 41 light years from Earth. (BBC)
- Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, ending STS-120, a 15-day mission to the International Space Station. (Spaceflightnow.com)
- A fire in Gwalior, India, ruins over 400 small stores. Losses are estimated at 10 million rupees (USD 250,000).
- Taliban militants capture the Pakistani town of Madyan in Waziristan's Swat region and hoist their flags over buildings.
- Four Albanian militants are killed in a Macedonian police operation. (Wikinews)
- 2007 Georgian demonstrations:
- Georgian riot police use tear gas, water and sonic cannons to break up thousands of anti-government protesters calling for the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi. (RussiaToday) (Wired) (Aljazeera)
- The President announces a 15-day nationwide state of emergency. (AP via CNN)
- At least eight people are killed and several injured in a school shooting in Tuusula (Tusby), north of Helsinki, Finland. (BBC)
- The U.S. dollar stumbles to new lows after Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, calls for China to shift more of its $1.43 trillion of currency reserves into "stronger currencies", such as the euro. (MarketWatch)
- Brad Wall is elected as Premier of Saskatchewan as his Saskatchewan Party defeats the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party by a 37-21 margin in the 26th Saskatchewan general election. (CBC)