Portal:Current events/2007 May 13
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May 13, 2007 (Sunday)
- Team Canada wins the 2007 IIHF World Hockey Championship after a 4-2 win over Finland in the gold medal game in Moscow, Russia. (Toronto Star)
- Two cargo ships collide in heavy fog near Dalian, China. 16 sailors are missing. (AP via Washington Post) Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine (Xinhua)
- At least one million people gather in İzmir, Turkey for the fifth mass rally to demand their country remain a secular state, stepping up pressure on the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) government before July elections. (Swissinfo)
- Iraq War:
- At least 40 people die in a truck bomb attack on the offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq in Makhmur. (BBC)
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini confirms his country will hold talks with the United States regarding the security situation in Iraq. (Reuters)
- NATO confirms that Mullah Dadullah, the foremost military leader of the Taliban, has been killed in battle. (AP via IHT) Archived 2007-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the United Arab Emirates for the first official visit since 1979. (BBC)
- Prime Minister of Australia John Howard writes to Cricket Australia telling it to call off a tour of Zimbabwe due to concern over human rights abuses in that country. (ABC News Australia)