Portal:Current events/2007 January 25

January 25, 2007 (Thursday)

A curfew is imposed in Beirut after deadly clashes erupted between pro-government supporters and Hezbollah-led factions. (CNN)
276 passengers and 28 crew onboard the Cunard Line's RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 are sickened by the norovirus during its 2007 circumnavigation of the world. (CNN) (The Times)
Oleg Khinsagov is sentenced to 8.5 years imprisonment for smuggling highly enriched uranium from Russia to Georgia. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
Thirty-three people are killed when a bus plunges down a ravine near Huautla de Jiménez in the north of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. (The Australian) (El Universal)
An earthquake measuring 6.2 M_w strikes Taiwan's east coast. There is no report of damage or injuries. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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