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Current events of
February 26
,
2007
(
2007-02-26
)
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Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
becomes the new
Prime Minister of Chad
, replacing interim PM
Adoum Younousmi
who stood in for
Pascal Yoadimnadji
since Yoadimnadji's death on
23 February
2007
in
Paris
.
(IHT)
Guinean general strike, 2007
:
President of Guinea
Lansana Conté
appoints
Lansana Kouyaté
as the new
Prime Minister of Guinea
after reaching an agreement with the
trade union
movement and the Opposition.
(BBC)
Talpiot Tomb
:
Film director
James Cameron
claims to have found
ossuaries
that once contained the
remains
of
Jesus of Nazareth
, his disciple
Mary Magdalene
, and their son, named Judah.
(CNN)
Insurgency in Saudi Arabia
: At least three
French
citizens have been shot dead in an attack near the historical site of
Madain Saleh
.
(Al Jazeera)
Iraq
:
The
Iraqi Government
has come to an agreement to divide
oil
revenue and encourage foreign investment in the country.
(CNN)
A
bomb
inside the
Iraqi
Ministry of Public Works kills at least five people. It also injures
Vice President
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
and the Minister for Public Works Reyad Ghareeb in a possible
assassination
attempt.
(
New York Times
)
The
International Court of Justice
finds
Serbia
guilty of failing to prevent
genocide
in the
Srebrenica massacre
, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in
a case
brought forth by
Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
(
The Guardian
)
The Daily Telegraph
reports that
Israel
is negotiating with the
United States
for an
air corridor
over
Iraq
to carry out an air strike on
Iranian nuclear facilities
.
Israeli Deputy Defense Minister
Efraim Sneh
calls the information "baseless."
(The Daily Telegraph)
(Persian Journal)
(United Press International)
(
Chicago Tribune
)
(
The Guardian
)
The preliminary inquiry by the
Rail Accident Investigation Branch
into the
Grayrigg rail crash
finds that a key part of the
set of points
was missing.
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
Scientists find over 20 new species of animals as the
Larsen Ice Shelf
breaks in the
Antarctic
.
(
The Times
)
Four
Guatemalan
police officers jailed for the
19 February
slaying of three
Salvadoran
deputies to the
Central American Parliament
are shot dead inside a maximum security prison; a riot ensues.
(BBC)
Vice President of the United States
Dick Cheney
makes surprise visits to
Pakistan
and
Afghanistan
to encourage
President of Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
and
President of Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai
to increase border security between the two countries and to take further action against the
Taliban
and
al-Qaeda
.
(Bloomberg)
United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Defence
Des Browne
announces the deployment of an additional 1,400
troops
to
Afghanistan
.
(BBC)
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