Portal:Current events/2007 November 24
November 24, 2007 (Saturday)
- United States and Iraqi forces arrest at least 20 suspected militants in Kirkuk, Iraq. (BBC)
- An explosion at a petrol station kills four people and hurts at least 30 in Shanghai, China. (BBC)
- 2007 UK child benefit data scandal: HM Revenue and Customs confirms that a further six data discs have gone missing in transit between its offices in Preston and London. (BBC)
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declares that Poland should concentrate on getting its economy ready for euro-zone entry as quickly as possible rather than setting a concrete target date to adopt the euro. (WSJ via Onet.pl)
- 12 people are killed when a students' union rally turns violent in Guwahati, India.
- Wildfires in Malibu, California, cause 100 homes in 3 separate communities to be evacuated. 250 acres (1.0 km2) of state park land burned south of Malibu Lake. (AFP via Google News)
- Typhoon Mitag remains static over the Philippine Sea but changes course, and is expected to make landfall in Aurora-Isabela provinces of the Philippines on Monday due to the very slow and unusual movement. (BBC) (GMANews.tv)
- Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov is arrested during a The Other Russia rally in Moscow. (BBC)
- Pope Benedict XVI creates 23 new cardinals in a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. (BBC)
- At least six people, most of them children, are killed by a suicide bomber in Paghman, Afghanistan. (BBC)
- Australian federal election, 2007:
- The national election in Australia results in a change of government, with the Australian Labor Party securing an electoral swing of more than 5%. Kevin Rudd will take office as 26th Prime Minister of Australia and the outgoing Prime Minister John Howard is also likely to lose his seat in parliament. (The Australian)
- John Howard calls the leader of the Australian Labor Party, Kevin Rudd, on the phone and concedes defeat.
- 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- Former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz refuses to contest in forthcoming elections and denied rumors that he is leaving the country.
- Two suicide car bombings kill at least 30 people and injure many more in Rawalpindi. (BBC)