Portal:Current events/2007 September 14
September 14, 2007 (Friday)
- Finland scrambles a jet fighter to intercept a Russian aircraft. (Wikinews)
- Chrysler recalls 300,000 sport utility vehicles to investigate braking problems while Honda recalls 180,000 Honda Civics from the 2006–07 season due to problems with a wheel-bearing seal. (AP via Topix)
- There is a run on the Northern Rock bank in the United Kingdom following revelations that it sought a rescue injection of funds from the Bank of England. (The Times)
- Iraq War:
- U.S. General Peter Pace, outgoing chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledges that mistakes were made during the war. (CNN)
- Sunni Arab Iraqis and United States forces vow to keep fighting Al Qaeda in Anbar Province following the assassination of Sheikh Sittar. (Reuters)
- A new case of foot and mouth disease is confirmed at a farm in Egham, Surrey, England. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
- An official for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns that a million people in Africa require assistance after floods have killed more than 200 people in recent weeks. (AFP)
- The Pakistan Peoples Party unanimously decides that Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan on October 18, 2007.
- Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum takes effect; the traditional Latin Mass is thus officially restored in the Roman Catholic Church. (AFP) (Arkansas Catholic) (Catholic World News)
- The Russian State Duma confirms Viktor Zubkov as new Prime Minister of Russia. (Interfax)
- Oscar Temaru is elected as the President of French Polynesia by the Parliament for the third time in three years. (AP via IHT)
- September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes
- At least 13 people are confirmed dead and hundreds of homes damaged as a result of the earthquakes. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
- Another earthquake of 6.9 magnitude occurs off the coast of Sumatra. (BBC)
- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully launches SELENE, the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program, on a mission to explore the moon. (BBC)
- Michael Sulick is named the new Director of the United States' National Clandestine Service. [1]