Portal:Current events/2007 April 13
April 13, 2007 (Friday)
- The genome sequence of the Rhesus Macaque monkey is published in the scientific journal Science. (Science) (Baylor College of Medicine)
- The Singapore Police Coast Guard suffers its first fatality in decades when two police officers and an illegal migrant are killed after their Interceptor Craft collides with a speedboat ferrying six illegal immigrants during a high-speed pursuit. (CNA) (SPF)
- The United States Senate holds hearings on the 2007 pet food recalls. (Chicago Tribune)
- A NASA Review Board finds that the Mars Global Surveyor stopped working in November 2006 due to computer programming errors. (New York Times)
- Google reaches a deal with DoubleClick to buy the company for US$3.1 billion. (New York Times)
- The Al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing of the National Assembly of Iraq. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- A police report shows that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was not wearing a seatbelt during the hit and run car accident that injured him the day before. (WPVI)
- Ja'afar Adam, a prominent Islamic cleric, is shot dead inside a mosque in Kano, Nigeria. (BBC)
- Thousands of people protest in Islamabad in support of the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. (CNN)
- The Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama sends in troops to close down the headquarters of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs. (ABC News Australia)
- A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico just north of Acapulco, knocking out power to parts of Mexico City. (El Universal) (AP via MSNBC)
- The Australian Government announces plans to outlaw material such as films and books that advocate terrorism. (BBC)