Template:In the news
- The Quebec Liberal Party wins the 2007 Quebec general election, resulting in a minority Liberal government. However, Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec, lost his riding. Mario Dumont's Action démocratique du Québec becomes the official Opposition at the expense of the Parti Québécois.
- Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi is declared the winner of the Mauritanian presidential election.
- In Northern Ireland, members of the DUP and Sinn Féin, led respectively by Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams, meet face-to-face for the first time, and agree on a timetable for implementing the St Andrews Agreement.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards detain fifteen British Royal Navy personnel assigned to HMS Cornwall (F99), alleging they illegally entered Iranian waters.
- Jamaican police are treating the death of Pakistan cricket team coach Bob Woolmer (pictured) during the ongoing Cricket World Cup as a case of murder.
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