Event December 2007

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

1.Zhang Zilin, 23, of China is Miss World 2007
*Parliamentary elections in Russia
*Referendum on consti­tution reforms in Venezuela.

2.Iran to attend Gee summit for the first time.
*Muttiah Muralidharan equals Shane Warne's record In test wickets.

3.Nawaz Sharif's nomination for jan. 8 Pakistan election rejected
*Muttiah Mu­ralidharan breaks Shane Warne's record of 708 wickets at Kandy and becomes Test cricket's leading wicket-taker (710)
*A man dies of bird flu in China's jiangsu province
*In Venezuela, the Chavez referendum for constitution reform is defeated.

4. Benazir and Nawaz join forces to demand a free and fair general election in Pakistan.

5. Nawaz Sharif says he doesn't aspire to become Prime Minister again
*Prayer room for Sikhs at jFK airport.
Zhang Zilin

6.Yulia Tymoshenko named Ukraine Prime Minister
*Nicole Kidman's wax statue unveiled in Madame Tussaud's.

8.Ebola epidemic in Uganda, 100 infected, 22 die.

9.African leaders at EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon reject Economic Partnership. Agreement demanded by EU
*China's largest Hydropower plant Three Gorges to produce 63.7 b. kwt in 2007
*Iran ac­cuses US of nuclear espionage.

10.Nobel Prizes awarded
*Dmitry Medvedev named Putin's favoured suc­cessor.

11.Medvedev asks Putin to be his Prime Minister
*Blasts in Algiers kill 60
*Pakistan testfires a cruise missile called Hatf 7.

12.Top Lebanese military officer Big Gen.francois ai-Hajj assassinated
*Muslim party quits Rajapaksa regime
*40 killed in Iraq blasts.

13.Russia and Iran reach agreement on nuclear plant
*Garry Kasparov not to run for Russian President.

14.'EU summit in Brussels
*Bornbs explode outside. Indian consulate in Afghanistan
*Pakistan arrests AI Qaida members for allegedly plotting to kill President Musharraf.

15.Emergency rule in Pakistan lifted
*Political leaders in Belgium fail to form a government after the general elections of june, as it sparks speculation that the state could split into Dutch-and French­speaking regions.
16. UK to tighten immigration laws.

17.In Malaysia, 31 ethnic Indians acquitted of charges of attempting to murder a police officer during an agitation by Hindu Rights Action Force (Hin-draf)
*Russia delivers nuclear fuel to Iran
*Putin agrees to become Prime Minister if Medvedev is President.

18.Arcelor Mittal signs pact for first steel plant in Russia
*Brazil's Kaka is FIFA World Player of the Year.

19.jacob Zumais elected ANC Presi­dent, defeating Thabo Mbeki
*Pak train crashes in Mehrabpur, killing 58
*US Senate adds $70b. for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

20.Bangladeshi writerTaslima Nasreen is told by Government of India she can't go to Kolkata
*Earthquaake (6.8) strikes New Zealand's North Island
*President Bush signs Climate Bill.

21.Gold is above $800 an ounce in Europe
*Suictde bomber kills 50 in a mosque near Peshawar in Pakistan
*China's first homegrown regional jet Xiang Feng(meaning 'Flying Phoenix') rolls off the production line in Shanghai.

22. Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest, at 81, to be a British monarch
*Tony Blair becomes a Catholic
*China unveils 300-kmph train
*Thailand goes to the polls .

23.UN's two­year budget of $4.17b. approved
*Pro-Thaksin party PPP leads in Thailand elections
*Government moves bill to declare Nepal a republic.

24. Queen Elizabeth launches her own special Royal Channel on YouTube.

26.Landslips and flash floods kill over 100 in java.

27.Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan assassinated in Rawalpindi, violence spreads to all parts of the country
*Russia to set up a missile shield for Iran.

28. Benazir Bhutto's body laid to rest
*AI Qaida claims responsibility for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
*25 LTTE rebels killed
*For the 6th time, George Bush and Hillary Clinton are Americans' most admired man and woman.

30.Benazir Bhutto's son, 19-year-old Bilawal is named PPP chairman
*Footbailer Phil O'Donnell dies on field during a match
*Election in Pakistan postponed
*Rioting in Pakistan, as suspicion about the circumstances of the murder of Benazir Bhutto grows.

31.Riots in Kenya, about 100 killed.

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