Portal:Current events/2008 April 7
April 7, 2008 (Monday)
- The European Commission approves the use of mobile phones on European flights. (Gaulia.com)
- The Kansas Jayhawks defeat the Memphis Tigers in overtime, 75-68, to win the 2008 U.S. Division I men's college basketball championship. (ESPN)
- The Washington Post wins six Pulitzer Prizes including the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a series of articles of poor conditions for veterans at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. (The Washington Post)
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- The Olympic torch is extinguished by officials as police are confronted by protesters during the Olympic torch relay through Paris. (BBC News)
- U.S. Senator (D-NY) Hillary Clinton calls on President George W. Bush to boycott the opening ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. (ABC News)
- The head of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge says he's "very concerned" about unrest in Tibet and other issues associated with the Summer Olympics. (France 24)
- The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the Summer Olympiad claims that the "Olympic torch has received a warm welcome worldwide." (Beijing 2008)
- China and New Zealand sign a free trade agreement. This is China's first trade agreement with a developed nation. (The New York Times)