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*[[Tim Montgomery]], a former 100-metre [[world record]] holder, pleads guilty to charges of [[bank]] [[fraud]] and [[money laundering]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6539871.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[President of Iran|President]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] of [[Iran]] announces that his country can now [[Nuclear programme of Iran|produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6538957.stm (BBC)], [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/09/iran.ahmadinejad/index.html?eref=rss_world (CNN)] |
* [[President of Iran|President]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] of [[Iran]] announces that his country can now [[Nuclear programme of Iran|produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6538957.stm (BBC)], [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/09/iran.ahmadinejad/index.html?eref=rss_world (CNN)] |
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*Ministers from [[natural gas]] exporting countries such as [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Iran]] meet in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]], prompting speculation that they might be looking at transforming the [[Gas Exporting Countries Forum]] into a [[cartel]] similar to [[OPEC]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6538127.stm (BBC)] |
*Ministers from [[natural gas]] exporting countries such as [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Iran]] meet in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]], prompting speculation that they might be looking at transforming the [[Gas Exporting Countries Forum]] into a [[cartel]] similar to [[OPEC]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6538127.stm (BBC)] |
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Revision as of 20:58, 9 April 2007
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- Tim Montgomery, a former 100-metre world record holder, pleads guilty to charges of bank fraud and money laundering. (BBC)
- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran announces that his country can now produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale. (BBC), (CNN)
- Ministers from natural gas exporting countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan and Iran meet in Doha, Qatar, prompting speculation that they might be looking at transforming the Gas Exporting Countries Forum into a cartel similar to OPEC. (BBC)
- Iraq War: Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr calls for an anti-American protest on the fourth anniversary of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Hundreds of thousands of Shias gather in Najaf for a demonstration calling for US-led troops to leave Iraq. (Reuters via Gulf Times), (BBC)
- East Timorese voters go to the polls to elect a new President of East Timor to replace Xanana Gusmão.(New York Times)
- Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina protest the killing of Carlos Fuentealba, a school teacher severely injured by a tear gas canister fired by police during the protest in the previous week over pay and working conditions. (BBC)
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