Portal:Current events/2007 October 30
October 30, 2007 (Tuesday)
- An International Space Station solar wing relocated by the crew of STS-120 is torn during deployment. (spaceflightnow.com)
- A moderate earthquake of 5.6 magnitude strikes 9 miles northeast of San Jose, California. (Reuters)
- Tropical Storm Noel weakens after causing between 11 and 25 deaths in the Dominican Republic. (CNN)
- Patricia Etteh resigns as speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives amid accusations of corruption. (BBC)
- The United States Supreme Court halts an execution in Mississippi pending its decision as to whether lethal injections are a form of cruel and unusual punishment. (AP via Google News)
- The President of the United States George W. Bush nominates James Peake as the next United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (LA Times)
- The United States Congress votes to extend a ban on Internet taxes for another seven years. (Technewsworld)
- Six people are killed and 11 injured in a suicide bomb attack near Pakistan Army headquarters in Rawalpindi.
- US light crude oil hits an all-time high of $US 93.53 (Xinhua)
- The New Zealand Cabinet is reshuffled, with three new ministers appointed, and two leaving Cabinet. (New Zealand Herald)