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Current events of
May 13, 2007
(
2007-05-13
)
(Sunday)
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Team Canada
wins the
2007 IIHF World Hockey Championship
after a 4-2 win over
Finland
in the
gold medal
game in
Moscow
,
Russia
.
(Toronto Star)
Two
cargo ships
collide in heavy fog near
Dalian
,
China
. 16 sailors are missing.
(AP via Washington Post)
(Xinhua)
At least one million people gather in
İzmir
,
Turkey
for the
fifth mass rally
to demand their country remain a
secular state
, stepping up pressure on the
Islamist
-rooted
Justice and Development Party (AKP)
government before
July elections
.
(Swissinfo)
Iraq War
:
At least 40 people die in a
truck bomb
attack on the offices of the
Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq
in
Makhmur
.
(BBC)
Iranian
Foreign Ministry
spokesman
Mohammad Ali Hosseini
confirms his country will hold talks with the
United States
regarding the security situation in Iraq.
(Reuters)
NATO
confirms that Mullah
Dadullah
, the foremost military leader of the
Taliban
, has been killed in battle.
(AP via IHT)
President of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
visits the
United Arab Emirates
for the first official visit since 1979.
(BBC)
Prime Minister of Australia
John Howard
writes to
Cricket Australia
telling it to call off a tour of
Zimbabwe
due to concern over
human rights abuses in that country
.
(ABC News Australia)
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