Portal:Current events/2007 November 5

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• The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong drops over 1,500 points, or 5%, three days after a previous sizable decline. The Hang Seng registers its largest daily loss since September 2001. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aAjI4987i.cQ (Bloomberg)]
• 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
• The Netherlands suspends aid to Pakistan following the imposition of emergency rule.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}
• Several demonstrating lawyers protesting outside the Sindh High Court are arrested.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}
• President of the United States George W. Bush calls on the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf to end the state of emergency and restore civilian rule. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7080273.stm (BBC)]
• Italian police arrest Sicilian mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo, his son Sandro and two other mafiosi in Carini, Palermo. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7078647.stm (BBC)]
• A fire at a retirement home in a village near Tula, Russia, kills at least 23 people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7078536.stm (BBC)]
• The Writers Guild of America asks 12,000 of its members to join a Hollywood screenwriters strike over a dispute over residuals. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7078335.stm (BBC)]
• Álvaro Colom is elected President of Guatemala in the 2007 general election. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0361085520071105 (Reuters)]
• Google and the Open Handset Alliance announce the Android operating system, a joint effort in handheld computing. [https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071105-its-official-google-announces-open-source-mobile-phone-os-android.html (Ars Technica)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107090607/http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-20741757.htm (CNN)]
• The number of people in southern Mexico displaced by the 2007 Tabasco flood nears a million [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107014848/http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-11-05-voa57.cfm (VOA)], with 300,000 more still trapped in their homes, waiting to be rescued. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7076747.stm (BBC)]
• Kimi Raikkonen wins the Formula One World Championship.

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