Portal:Current events/2007 February 21

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Current events of February 21, 2007 (2007-02-21) (Wednesday) edit history watch

Police in Zimbabwe ban rallies in parts of Harare that are seen as strongholds of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change. (Washington Post) Romano Prodi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, after a defeat by two votes in the Senate. (Ansa Notizie) (BBC) Premier of Quebec, Canada, Jean Charest, calls a general election for March 26. (Canadian Press via Canoe) Iran ignores a United Nations Security Council deadline for it to suspend its nuclear program. (ABC Australia) Iraq War: British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces that 1,500 British troops will leave Iraq within weeks with another 1,500 by the end of the year. (AFP via ABC News Australia) Denmark will withdraw its 460 troops from Iraq by August. (BBC) A suicide car bomb strikes a police checkpoint near a market in Najaf. (AP via Columbian) At least five people die as an apartment building collapses in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP via CNN)