Portal:Current events/2007 December 18

Current events of December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18) (Tuesday)

Jacob Zuma is elected president of South Africa's ANC party. (Sky News) An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude hits the Aleutian Islands 125 miles west of Adak, Alaska. (AP via The Houston Chronicle) United States District Judge Henry Kennedy orders a hearing on whether the Bush administration violated a court order by destroying CIA interrogation videos of two Al-Qaeda suspects. (AP via MSNBC) The Orange Revolution advocate Yulia Tymoshenko wins parliament's backing to return as prime minister of Ukraine. (Reuters)