Portal:Current events/2007 November 10
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November 10, 2007 (Saturday)
- Iranian police arrest about 180 Sufi Muslims who attacked a Shia mosque in Borujerd after a cleric said their religion was "illegitimate". (BBC)
- Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva uncovers a 4,000-year-old temple in the Ventarron site in the Lambayeque Region of Peru. (Reuters)
- Six American forces serving under NATO's International Security Assistance Force are killed in an insurgent ambush while patrolling in eastern Afghanistan. (CNN)
- 2007 Bersih Rally: Malaysia sees its largest political protest in 10 years. (CNN)
- Battle of Mogadishu (November 2007): More than 70 people die and over 200 are wounded in battles in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. (BBC)
- 2007 North Sea flood: The German ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven suffer in the floods. (Euronews)
- 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- Malik Mohammad Qayyum, the Attorney General of Pakistan predicts that the 2007 Pakistani state of emergency could be lifted within a month. (BBC)
- Benazir Bhutto is to lead a long march against the emergency on 13 November.
- Stagehands belonging to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees go on strike, shutting down most Broadway plays and musicals. (AP via Fox News)
- Workers at La Scala opera house in Milan go on strike in a dispute over pay and contracts. (BBC)
- Pekka Koskela skates the 1000 metres in a new world record time of 1:07.00. (Helsingin Sanomat)