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Timeline: February 2007
Timeline: February 2007
- Gulf News report
- Published: 21:32 December 30, 2007
THE NATION
4 His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, issues federal decree mandating 22% representation for women in the Federal National Council.
12 The 14th session of the Federal National Council, the first ever to include elected members, is inaugurated.
25 More than 90 people injured in 150 traffic accidents and airport schedules disrupted as heavy fog blankets Dubai and Sharjah.
THE REGION
1 10 soldiers are killed and 20 wounded in an attack on a checkpoint in Yemen's Sa'ada province.
2 At least 15 killed in Gaza as Hamas overruns compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces.
3 More than 135 are killed after bomber drives truck into Baghdad market.
8 Rival Palestinian leaders sign ‘Makkah Declaration' to form a national unity government.
11 Vladimir Putin arrives in Saudi Arabia, the first visit by a Russian President in 80 years.
13 Bombs kill 3 in Christian-dominated areas of Lebanon on the eve of the second anniversary of the murder of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.
26 Three Frenchmen are killed and at least one injured after their car is fired upon in the Saudi Arabian desert north of Madinah.
27 Sudan's State Interior Minister Ahmad Haroun named among Darfur war crimes suspects by the International Criminal Court.
THE WORLD
2 Britain recodes its first outbreak of potentially lethal H5N1 bird flu in poultry and says the threat has been contained.
7 Cholera outbreak in Somalia kills 115.
11 Drew Gilpin Faust is named first woman president of Harvard University.
13 North Korea agrees to phased denuclearisation in exchange for $300 million worth of aid.
19 Around 300 Taliban storm the remote Bakwa district in western Afghanistan after forcing out government troops.
27 The UN's International Court of Justice clears Serbia of responsibility for genocide in Bosnia during the 1992-95 war but raps it for failing to prevent and punish genocide.
27 US Vice President Dick Cheney unhurt after a suicide attacker kills 23 at the entrance to the main US military base in Afghanistan during his visit. n Ambassadors of Italy, the US and Germany, along with dozens of others injured in Tamil Tigers atillery attack in Sri Lanka.
BUSINESS
3 Abu Dhabi National Energy Company takes over Dutch BP gas unit. n Dubai announces the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015, a nine-year economic plan envisaging an 11% annual growth in GDP.
7 Bulgaria, Greece and Russia reach agreement on building a long-stalled pipeline to channel Russian oil from the Caspian Sea to the Aegean.
8 The UAE replaces Norway as the world's third-largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia and Russia.
11 Du launches services a year after becoming the UAE's second licensed telecom operator.
15 First freehold apartment in Dubai registered in owner's name.
17 DP World announces compromise deal in the sale of its US assets, including an agreement from AIG to fund a minimum of $50 million in infrastructure improvements to the Port of Newark container Terminal.
18 The Dubai Aluminium Company is ranked world's seventh largest by production capacity.
SPORTS
3 Abu Dhabi confirmed as host of 2009 F1 Grand Prix.
17 India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the fourth and final one-day match to win the series 2-1.
20 New Zealand complete a 3-0 whitewash of their one-day series with Australia pulling off the second-highest run-chase in one-day history against the world champions. 23
Tiger Woods's run of seven consecutive PGA Tour titles ends with loss to Nick O'Hern at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
25 Chelsea beats Arsenal 2-1 in the English League Cup final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
ENTERTAINMENT
11 The Dixie Chicks walk away with 5 awards for record of the year, Mary J. Blige gets 3 awards for her double-platinum album The Breakthrough and the Red Hot Chili Peppers win three awards for their double-disc Stadium Arcadium at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
25 Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren receive best actor Oscars at the 79th Annual Academy Awards while Alan Arkin and Jennifer Hudson are named best supporting actors. Director Martin Scorsese's crime thriller The Departed is named best film.
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