Portal:Current events/2007 November 29
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November 29, 2007 (Thursday)
- The Supreme Court of Mexico rules 6–4 that Governor of Puebla Mario Marín has no case to answer in the inter-state abduction, jailing, and harassment of journalist Lydia Cacho. (NY Times)
- A 7.4 Mw earthquake rocks the Windward Islands in the Caribbean near the island of Martinique. (USGS) (AP via Yahoo! News)
- Gillian Gibbons is found guilty of inciting religious hatred and sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation from Sudan, after she let pupils name a teddy bear "Muhammad". (AP via Yahoo! News)
- Al Jazeera television releases an audio tape featuring a message believed to have been recorded by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. (ITN)
- Ukrainian political parties backed by Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yushenko put together a parliamentary majority coalition in Parliament. (Interfax)
- The Savyolovsky Court in Moscow finds the Russian businessman in exile Boris Berezovsky guilty of embezzling nearly 215 million rubles from Aeroflot. (Interfax)
- 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- Pervez Musharraf is sworn in as the President of Pakistan for a second term, this time as a civilian. (ABC News Australia)
- President George W. Bush welcomes Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, urges him to lift emergency rule.
- Musharraf announces the 2007 Pakistani state of emergency will be lifted on 2007-12-16. (BBC)
- Restrictions on Pakistani TV channels are challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
- Manila Peninsula Rebellion:
- The Armed Forces of the Philippines storm the The Peninsula Manila where the Magdalo Soldiers are holed up. (Bloomberg)
- Detained Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes IV walks out of his trial and goes to The Peninsula Manila calling for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down. (Inquirer.net)