Portal:Current events/2007 July 16
July 16, 2007 (Monday)
- Felisa Miceli, the Argentine Economy Minister, resigns over approximately $60,000 found in a bag in her office. (Reuters via the Scotsman)
- The President of the United States George W. Bush and the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński agree to proceed with building a missile defense system in Europe despite Russian concerns. (Reuters)
- The President of the United States announces a Middle East peace conference in the fall involving Israel, Palestinians and neighboring countries. (NYT)
- Britain expels four Russian diplomats and suspends visa negotiations over Russia's failure to extradite Andrei Lugovoy in connection with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. (Reuters via News Limited)
- At least 86 people are killed and 136 injured in a car bomb and truck bomb attacks in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Radio Australia)
- China punishes 95 officials for allowing workers and children to labour in slave-like conditions in brick kilns. (Reuters)
- Israel agrees to remove 178 Palestinian militants from its watch list after they sign a pledge renouncing attacks against it. (CNN)
- International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors confirm the closure of the Yongbyon reactor in North Korea. (BBC)
- ATN Bangla television reports that Bangladeshi police have arrested former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on charges of extorting money from a businessman. (AP via IHT)
- Dr Mohamed Haneef is granted bail by a Queensland magistrate on charges of supporting a terrorist organisation in relation to the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack and the 2007 London car bombs. The Australian government later revokes his visa. (The Courier-Mail) (Sydney Morning Herald)
- A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits Japan with a tsunami warning being issued in Niigata Prefecture, Honshū. At least eight people have been killed and over 700 injured. There was a fire in the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant as well as a small leak but not sufficient to damage the environment. (BBC) (CNN) (AFP via Reuters) (Kyodo News), (AFP via ABC News Australia)
- A $280,000 Porsche 911 is stolen from a showroom in Penang, Malaysia and following recovery from the police is stolen again on the same night.