Portal:Current events/2007 April 13

13 April 2007 (2007-04-13) (Jumat)

• The genome sequence of the Rhesus Macaque monkey is published in the scientific journal Science. (Science) (Baylor College of Medicine)
• The Singapore Police Coast Guard suffers its first fatality in decades when two police officers and an illegal migrant are killed after their Interceptor Craft collides with a speedboat ferrying six illegal immigrants during a high-speed pursuit. (CNA) (SPF)
• The United States Senate holds hearings on the 2007 pet food recalls. (Chicago Tribune)
• A NASA Review Board finds that the Mars Global Surveyor stopped working in November 2006 due to computer programming errors. (New York Times)
• Google reaches a deal with DoubleClick to buy the company for US$3.1 billion. (New York Times)
• The Al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing of the National Assembly of Iraq. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
• A police report shows that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was not wearing a seatbelt during the hit and run car accident that injured him the day before. (WPVI)
• Ja'afar Adam, a prominent Islamic cleric, is shot dead inside a mosque in Kano, Nigeria. (BBC)
• Thousands of people protest in Islamabad in support of the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. (CNN)
• The Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama sends in troops to close down the headquarters of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs. (ABC News Australia)
• A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico just north of Acapulco, knocking out power to parts of Mexico City. (El Universal) (AP via MSNBC)
• The Australian Government announces plans to outlaw material such as films and books that advocate terrorism. (BBC)

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