Portal:Current events/2007 February 16: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
*[[General Motors]] is in talks to buy [[DaimlerChrysler]] AG's struggling [[Chrysler Group]] in its entirety. [http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/16/news/companies/chrysler_gm/index.htm?cnn=yes (CNN)] |
*[[General Motors]] is in talks to buy [[DaimlerChrysler]] AG's struggling [[Chrysler Group]] in its entirety. [http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/16/news/companies/chrysler_gm/index.htm?cnn=yes (CNN)] |
||
*[[Iran]]ian security forces clash with militants after the explosion of a bomb in the town of [[Zahedan]] in southeastern Iran. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/16/iran.bombing/ (CNN)] |
*[[Iran]]ian security forces clash with militants after the explosion of a bomb in the town of [[Zahedan]] in southeastern Iran. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/16/iran.bombing/ (CNN)] |
||
*The [[United States House of Representatives]] |
*The [[United States House of Representatives]] have passed a [[non-binding resolution]] criticising U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]'s [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007|Surge Plan]] in [[Iraq]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6368985.stm (BBC)] |
||
*An Italian judge has ordered 26 [[United States|U.S.]] citizens—most of them [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agents—to stand trial over the [[Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr|kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric]] in [[Milan]] in [[2003]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6368269.stm (BBC)] |
*An Italian judge has ordered 26 [[United States|U.S.]] citizens—most of them [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agents—to stand trial over the [[Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr|kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric]] in [[Milan]] in [[2003]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6368269.stm (BBC)] |
||
*[[Abu Ayyub al-Masri]], the current leader of [[al-Qaeda in Iraq]], has been wounded in fighting in [[Baghdad]] according to Arab TV stations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6367405.stm (BBC)] |
*[[Abu Ayyub al-Masri]], the current leader of [[al-Qaeda in Iraq]], has been wounded in fighting in [[Baghdad]] according to Arab TV stations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6367405.stm (BBC)] |
||
Revision as of 23:17, 16 February 2007
Portal:Current events/DateHeader2
- General Motors is in talks to buy DaimlerChrysler AG's struggling Chrysler Group in its entirety. (CNN)
- Iranian security forces clash with militants after the explosion of a bomb in the town of Zahedan in southeastern Iran. (CNN)
- The United States House of Representatives have passed a non-binding resolution criticising U.S. President George W. Bush's Surge Plan in Iraq. (BBC)
- An Italian judge has ordered 26 U.S. citizens—most of them CIA agents—to stand trial over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003. (BBC)
- Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the current leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been wounded in fighting in Baghdad according to Arab TV stations. (BBC)
- The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai meets with the Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi to discuss Italian contributions to the fight against the Taliban and drug traffickers in Afghanistan. (BBC)
|}