Portal:Current events/2007 April 7
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April 7, 2007 (Saturday)
- Turkish soldiers are killed in a clash with Kurdistan Workers' Party forces in Şırnak province. (Voice of America)
- A recently released Iranian diplomat claims that he was tortured by the CIA while in captivity in Iraq. (The Observer)
- Cambridge University defeats Oxford University by one and a half lengths in the 153rd University Boat Race.(BBC)
- Thousands of people protest in Los Angeles, California calling for citizenship rights for undocumented immigrants to the United States. (BBC)
- The World Wide Fund for Nature expresses concern over the potential destruction of coral reefs after the 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, which caused the island of Ranongga in the New Georgia Islands group to rise three meters (10 ft.), extending its entire shoreline by 70 meters on average. (AFP via Yahoo!)
- The captain of the Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond is charged in Greece with criminal negligence in connection with its sinking. If the two missing passengers are found dead, he may face more serious charges. (CNN)
- Hungarian American software developer Charles Simonyi launches on board Soyuz TMA-10 towards the International Space Station, becoming the fifth space tourist. (CNN)
- A jeep carrying a gelatin-based explosive for a highway construction project explodes in the Indian village of Chendur in Tamil Nadu killing at least 16 people. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
- Israeli helicopters fire at least two missiles into the northern Gaza Strip. The missile killed a Palestinian militant "while mounting an operation near the border" in a statement released by Islamic Jihad. (BBC)