Portal:Current events/2007 February 13
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- The TGV beats the record of the world's fastest conventional train with a speed of 553 km/h (344 mph) reached during a test run on the LGV Est. [http://www.levif.be/Belga/BelgaNieuws.asp?ArticleID=78216&SectionID=10 (Le Vif / L'Express)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Iraq War:
- A suicide truck bomb kills at least 15 people in Baghdad. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/16686818.htm (AP via San Jose Mercury News)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Operation Imposing Law: Abboud Gambar announces that Iraq is closing its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.main/index.html?section=cnn_latest (CNN)]
- Ayman al-Zawahri, deputy to Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden releases an audio tape calling U.S. President Bush a former alcoholic and a lying gambler who wagered on Iraq and lost. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/13/ap/world/mainD8N91F780.shtml (CBS)]
- Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, says he opposes a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq because it would lead to civil war. [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/2/097675C3-1030-4CC1-92E9-2FB8ADB189FB.html (RFE/RL)]
- Dutch oil-trading company Trafigura agrees to pay the Côte d'Ivoire government $198 million to clean up a 2006 toxic waste spill which led to the deaths of 10 people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6359617.stm (BBC)]
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his administration is open to negotiations regarding its nuclear program. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6357451.stm (BBC)]
- 2008 United States presidential election: Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney (R) formally announces his candidacy for president. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/13/romney.announce/index.html (CNN)]
- A tornado strikes New Orleans, Louisiana leaving one dead and three people injured. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/02/13/new.orleans.tornado.ap/index.html (CNN)]
- A small business jet heading to Berlin, Germany crashes during take-off at Vnukovo airport in Moscow, Russia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225037/http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11676775 (Interfax)], [http://www.bbcnews.com/2/hi/europe/6358103.stm (BBC)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Ma Ying-jeou, the party chairman of the Kuomintang, resigns after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei. [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/02/13/2003348887 (Taipei Times News)]
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Fatmir Rexhepi|sq}}, the Interior Minister of Kosovo, resigns after two people died in recent protests. [http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.385672255&par= (AKI)]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Japan holds an international conference to push for the resumption of commercial whaling. Anti-whaling nations in the International Whaling Commission such as the United States, United Kingdom and Australia have boycotted the conference. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/13/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Whaling-Conference.php (AP via AHT)]
- At least three people have been killed in bomb blasts that hit two buses in the village of Bikfaya near Beirut, Lebanon. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6356271.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929155543/http://www.itv.com/news/world_580119705b95aaa8ab19a6e75740e653.html (ITV)]
- The World Bank has approved construction of the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River in Indian-administered Kashmir. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6356061.stm (BBC)]
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