Portal:Current events/2007 November 7

November 7, 2007 (Wednesday)

About 80,000 students march in Caracas, Venezuela, to protest against a constitutional referendum that would give more power to President Hugo Chávez. Nine students are injured by riot controllers at the Central University of Venezuela. (NYT)
In Belgium, government formation discussions have gone on for a record 150 days as Flemish and Walloon politicians clash over Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. (Economist)
Astronomers in the United States have found a fifth planet in orbit around the star 55 Cancri 41 light years from Earth. (BBC)
Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, ending STS-120, a 15-day mission to the International Space Station. (Spaceflightnow.com)
A fire in Gwalior, India, ruins over 400 small stores. Losses are estimated at 10 million rupees (USD 250,000).^{[citation needed]}
Taliban militants capture the Pakistani town of Madyan in Waziristan's Swat region and hoist their flags over buildings.^{[citation needed]}
Four Albanian militants are killed in a Macedonian police operation. (Wikinews)
2007 Georgian demonstrations:
- Georgian riot police use tear gas, water and sonic cannons to break up thousands of anti-government protesters calling for the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi. (RussiaToday) (Wired) (Aljazeera)
- The President announces a 15-day nationwide state of emergency. (AP via CNN)
At least eight people are killed and several injured in a school shooting in Tuusula (Tusby), north of Helsinki, Finland. (BBC)
The U.S. dollar stumbles to new lows after Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, calls for China to shift more of its $1.43 trillion of currency reserves into "stronger currencies", such as the euro. (MarketWatch)
Brad Wall is elected as Premier of Saskatchewan as his Saskatchewan Party defeats the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party by a 37-21 margin in the 26th Saskatchewan general election. (CBC)