Portal:Current events/2007 April 15

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Current events of April 15, 2007 (2007-04-15) (Sunday) edit history watch

India's Essar Group buys Canadian steelmaker Algoma for US$ 1.63 billion. (Forbes) (Washington Post) A nor'easter in the northeastern United States causes flooding and disrupts travel in the region. One person is killed in a tornado in North Carolina and two people die in weather-related car accidents in New York and Connecticut. (New York Times) (AP via ABC News) Anti-Putin protesters in St. Petersburg, a part of the Dissenters March coalition, are beaten by Russian police. (Reuters) (National Post) Documents revealed under Freedom of Information legislation reveals that NASA paid $26.6 million to families of the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated during re-entry in 2003. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer) (Orlando Sentinel) Iran announces plans for two more nuclear reactors. (AP via CNN) Iraq War: Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announces plans that his political movement intends to quit the Iraqi government in an attempt to press its demand for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal. (Reuters) Two United Kingdom military helicopters collide near the town of Taji near Baghdad killing two soldiers. (AP via CNN) Voters in Ecuador go to the polls to vote on a referendum on convening an assembly to draw up a new constitution. Preliminary results indicate a 78% "yes" vote. (BBC)