Portal:Current events/2007 April 19

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Current events of April 19, 2007 (2007-04-19) (Thursday) edit history watch

Virginia Tech massacre: Tim Kaine, the Governor of Virginia announces an inquiry into the massacre. (BBC) University officials confirm that the students killed during the massacre will all be posthumously awarded their degrees during commencement ceremonies. (Charleston Daily Mail) The Norwegian prime minister announces that the government has agreed to unilaterally cut Norway's carbon emissions by 30% by 2020, and proposes carbon neutrallity for 2050. (Norwegian Government) Joseph Nacchio, the former Chief Executive Officer of Qwest Communications, is found guilty of insider trading for stock sales worth tens of millions of dollars made in 2001. (CNN Money) The United States holds talks with NATO and Russian officials over plans to deploy a missile defence system in Europe. (BBC) The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard states that the Murray-Darling Basin faces an "unprecedentedly dangerous" water shortage and that irrigation for farmers will be cut off unless there is significant rain in the next 6-8 weeks. (ABC News Australia) An Amnesty International report claims that the attacks on Afghan civilians by the Taliban are widespread and systematic. (BBC)