Portal:Current events/2007 February 5

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Current events of February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05) (Monday) edit history watch

U.S. Presidential Election, 2008: Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) officially files for candidacy for President of the United States of America. (FOX) Space Shuttle astronaut Lisa Nowak is arrested in Florida for attempted kidnapping. (CNN) Boris Berezovsky tells the BBC that Alexander Litvinenko, on his deathbed, said that Andrei Lugovoi was responsible for his poisoning. (BBC) U.S. President George W. Bush has submitted a $2.9 trillion budget to Congress including almost $700 billion in new military spending. (BBC) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his country can play a major role in international efforts to end the civil war in Iraq. (BBC) French police arrest 13 Kurdish Turks for allegedly funding PKK terrorist operations. (Bloomberg) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will present a herbal treatment for AIDS that the Iranian government says is effective in helping patients to cure their symptoms. (Fox) A coalition of charity, faith groups and unions have warned Tony Blair that any military action against Iran would have "unthinkable" consequences. (BBC) Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad hosts a conference calling for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to be tried by an unofficial tribunal for war crimes in Iraq. (Reuters)