Portal:Current events/2007 September 10
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September 10, 2007 (Monday)
- The Supreme Court of Indonesia orders TIME magazine to pay US$106 million in damages to former President of Indonesia Suharto. The magazine had reported in 1999 that the former President and his family had accumulated $73 billion dollars fraudulently during his time in office. The case had previously been rejected by two lower courts. (BBC)
- The Ejército Popular Revolucionario plants a series of bombs that tear apart six Pemex natural gas pipelines in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tlaxcala. (Canadian Press) (El Universal)
- Former Republic of the Congo rebel leader Pastor Ntumi returns to Brazzaville to take up a post as a junior minister. (BBC)
- Peter Beattie resigns as the Premier of Queensland effective from Thursday with Anna Bligh tipped to replace him. (ABC News Australia)
- Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan:
- CNN reports that former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has arrived in Pakistan after seven years in exile. (Bloomberg)
- Commandos enter the aircraft and surround Sharif who refuses to surrender his passport. (CNN)
- The standoff ends with Sharif leaving the plane after a two hour standoff and him being taken into custody. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia) (BBC)
- Sharif is put on a special plane and deported to Jeddah. He is brought back to the airport via helicopter, while heading towards the Mianwali Jail in Punjab province.(Channel 4 News)
- Iraq War: General David Petraeus gives evidence to the United States Congress about the effectiveness of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. General Petraeus warned against a rapid pullback of troops. (NYT) (NYT)
- Diego León Montoya Sánchez, leader of the Norte del Valle cartel and one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, is captured by Colombian authorities. (CNN)
- Local elections are held throughout Norway for municipality and county councils.