Portal:Current events/2007 November 10

November 10, 2007 (Saturday)

Iranian police arrest about 180 Sufi Muslims who attacked a Shia mosque in Borujerd after a cleric said their religion was "illegitimate". (BBC)
Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva uncovers a 4,000-year-old temple in the Ventarron site in the Lambayeque Region of Peru. (Reuters)
Six American forces serving under NATO's International Security Assistance Force are killed in an insurgent ambush while patrolling in eastern Afghanistan. (CNN)
2007 Bersih Rally: Malaysia sees its largest political protest in 10 years. (CNN)
Battle of Mogadishu (November 2007): More than 70 people die and over 200 are wounded in battles in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. (BBC)
2007 North Sea flood: The German ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven suffer in the floods. (Euronews)
2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- Malik Mohammad Qayyum, the Attorney General of Pakistan predicts that the 2007 Pakistani state of emergency could be lifted within a month. (BBC)
- Benazir Bhutto is to lead a long march against the emergency on 13 November.
Stagehands belonging to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees go on strike, shutting down most Broadway plays and musicals. (AP via Fox News)
Workers at La Scala opera house in Milan go on strike in a dispute over pay and contracts. (BBC)
Pekka Koskela skates the 1000 metres in a new world record time of 1:07.00. (Helsingin Sanomat)

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