Portal:Current events/2007 January 14

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Current events of January 14, 2007 (2007-01-14) (Sunday) edit history watch

The Red Crystal is recognized as an official symbol of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. (BBC) The Union for a Popular Movement nominates Nicolas Sarkozy as its candidate to become the next President of France in the 2007 French presidential election. (The International Herald Tribune) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tells United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that he opposes the establishment of a provisional Palestinian state with temporary borders. (CNN) War in Somalia: An African Union delegation is in Somalia's capital Mogadishu to discuss the deployment of international peacekeeping troops. (AP via ABC News) (BBC)