Portal:Current events/2007 January 20

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Current events of January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20) (Saturday) edit history watch

U.S. election 2008: Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) officially announces her presidential bid with an exploratory committee. (BBC) (Clinton Website) (CNN) (Reuters) A man named Ogün Samast is arrested in Samsun by Turkish authorities for killing Armenian-Turkish writer Hrant Dink. (BBC) War in Somalia: Somali gunmen attacks government and Ethiopian troops in a crowded market, killing 4 people. (Reuters) Iraq War: The U.S. military says one of its helicopters has crashed north-east of Baghdad, killing all 13 passengers. (BBC) (CNN) A planned meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal is postponed. (BBC) (Reuters) Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says Fidel Castro is 'battling for his life.' (BBC) A three-man team, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093 mile trek to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance. (BBC) The World Social Forum opens in Nairobi, Kenya. (BBC)