Portal:Current events/2007 May 6
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May 6, 2007 (Sunday)
- Palestinian extremists bomb a United Nations-run Gaza elementary school in the continuing Palestinian factional violence, killing at least one and wounding at least seven. (FOX)
- HaMoked Center for the Defense of the Individual and B'Tselem, Israeli human rights organizations, accuse the Israeli Defense Ministry of abusing Palestinian detainees in 73 cases. The Justice Ministry said the report was "fraught with mistakes, groundless claims and inaccuracies." (BBC)
- Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül withdraws his candidacy from the 2007 Turkish presidential election after failing to win the support of secular lawmakers. (New York Times)
- A car bomb kills at least 20 people and injures 80 more in the Baiyaa neighbourhood of Baghdad. (AP via CNN)
- Tens of thousands of Pakistanis greet suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in Lahore. (Reuters via CNN)
- More than 125,000 people are homeless and 16 killed following recent floods in Sri Lanka. (AFP via ABC Online)
- Eight Afghan police are killed in Farah Province in a clash with the Taliban in which at least 17 insurgents are killed or injured. (Reuters Alertnet)
- Voters in France go to the polls for the second round of the French presidential election with socialist Ségolène Royal and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy as the two contenders. Exit polls indicate that Nicolas Sarkozy has won the runoff poll in the election with 53% of the vote, beating Ségolène Royal who has 47% of the vote. She later concedes defeat. (BBC) (BBC)
- A former World No. 1 ranked tennis player from Belgium, Kim Clijsters, announces her retirement effective immediately. (BBC)