Portal:Current events/2007 February 5
February 5, 2007 (Monday)
- U.S. Presidential Election, 2008: Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) officially files for candidacy for President of the United States of America. (FOX)
- Space Shuttle astronaut Lisa Nowak is arrested in Florida for attempted kidnapping. (CNN)
- Boris Berezovsky tells the BBC that Alexander Litvinenko, on his deathbed, said that Andrei Lugovoi was responsible for his poisoning. (BBC)
- U.S. President George W. Bush has submitted a $2.9 trillion budget to Congress including almost $700 billion in new military spending. (BBC)
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his country can play a major role in international efforts to end the Civil war in Iraq. (BBC)
- French police arrest 13 Kurdish Turks for allegedly funding PKK terrorist operations. (Bloomberg)
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will present a herbal treatment for AIDS that the Iranian government says is effective in helping patients to cure their symptoms. (Fox)
- A coalition of charity, faith groups and unions have warned Tony Blair that any military action against Iran would have "unthinkable" consequences. (BBC)
- Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad hosts a conference calling for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to be tried by an unofficial tribunal for war crimes in Iraq. (Reuters)