Portal:Current events/2007 October 19
October 19, 2007 (Friday)
- EU leaders agree in Lisbon that the transcription "eвро" (evro) will be used in Bulgarian translations of the euro in official EU documents. (EuObserver)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 369.1 points, or 2.7%, on the 20th anniversary of Black Monday. (CNN Money)
- James D. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for deciphering the double-helix of DNA, apologizes for reported comments suggesting that black people, overall, are not as intelligent as whites. (NYT)
- Six people die as a result of storms in the midwestern United States and Washington state. (AP via Google)
- Two US Marines including a battalion commander will face a court martial in connection with the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha in 2005. (BBC)
- Tens of thousands of people are evacuated from villages near Mount Kelud on Java as the volcano threatens to erupt. (AP via IHT)
- Four United States Air Force officers are relieved of command following an investigation of an incident where live nuclear warheads were carried on a B-52 bomber from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. (CNN)
- Sam Brownback, Senator for Kansas, pulls out of the 2008 United States presidential election due to a lack of support and funds. (AP via Fox News)
- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says that his predecessor Tony Blair would be a "great candidate" to become the first President of the European Council after EU leaders agree on a new Reform Treaty for the union. (AP via PR Inside)
- 2007 Karachi bombings: The death toll from the bombings rises to 136 with 387 people wounded. (CNN)
- An explosion kills up to eight civilians Glorietta Mall in Makati City, PhilippinesJee Ann De Gracia was one of the 11th victim of Bombing. (AFP via Inquirer)
- A ship sinks off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia resulting in at least 31 deaths and 35 people missing. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- Thailand arrests suspected Canadian child molester Christopher Paul Neil after an international man hunt. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Leaders of the European Union reach agreement on the Lisbon Treaty following last-minute concessions to Poland, Italy and Bulgaria. (EuObserver) (ABC News Australia)