Portal:Current events/2007 May 28

Current events of May 28, 2007 (2007-05-28) (Monday)

Al-Azhar University suspends the lecturer who issued the Breastfeeding fatwa. (BBC) The Foreign Office of the British Government submits a formal request to the Russian Government for the extradition of ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi to face charges over the murder of his former colleague Alexander Litvinenko in London. (BBC) Aid workers claim that at least 17 people have been killed and others abducted by Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC) Iraqi insurgency: At least 19 people die after a car bomb detonates in Baghdad. (BBC) Officials from Iran and the United States hold their first talks since 1980 with the topic being the future of Iraq. (ITV) Japan: Minister of Agriculture Toshikatsu Matsuoka commits suicide, apparently over a financial scandal. (AP via CNN) (BBC) Dance instructor Riyo Mori becomes Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City, the second Japanese to do so after Akiko Kojima. (Forbes) Venezuela: Government-owned TV Station TVes begins broadcasting in place of Radio Caracas Television. (Bloomberg) Thousands protest in Caracas in the hours following the closure of Radio Caracas Television. Four people are injured, including one police officer. Police and the National Guard use tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. (The Guardian) Canada: Voters in Prince Edward Island go to the polls for provincial elections. (CTV)