Portal:Current events/2007 February 9

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Current events of February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09) (Friday) edit history watch

Iraq War: A report by the U.S. Defense Department's inspector general has found the The Pentagon "purposely manipulated" pre-war intelligence. Senator Carl Levin, D-MI, as chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee has called the report "very damning" and said of its results, "highly disturbing". (Baltimore Sun) Cross-Strait relations: The government of the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan, has announced the name change of a number of state-owned enterprises, including Chunghwa Telecom, Chunghwa Post, China Shipbuilding Corporation and Chinese Petroleum Corporation to use the name Taiwan in their titles. (The China Post) (Taipei Times) The U.S. State Department has stated the U.S. does not support this action. (China Daily) (Radio Taiwan) (U.S. State Department) ROC President Chen Shui-bian says this does not violate his "four noes" pledge. (Radio Taiwan)