Portal:Current events/2007 December 6

President George W. Bush has outlined a plan to freeze mortgage rates for five years to help homeowners hit by the subprime mortgage crisis in the U.S. housing market. (BBC)
One person is killed and one is seriously injured after a parcel bomb explosion in a law office building in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. (CNN)
The launch Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-122, which will deliver ESA's Columbus module to the International Space Station, is delayed for one day due to a sensor malfunction. (CNN.com)
The 2007 Laureates of the "Alternative Nobel Prize" (Right Livelihood Award) for "ongoing successful work" are presented at Stockholm:
- Christopher Weeramantry for his lifetime of groundbreaking work to strengthen and expand the rule of international law. (DPA via Monsters and Critics.com)
- Dekha Ibrahim Abdi for her mediation work in a conflict-riven region of north Kenya. (Reuters)
- Percy Schmeiser and Louise Schmeiser for their courage in defending biodiversity and farmers' rights, and challenging the environmental and moral perversity of current interpretations of patent laws. (The Right Livlihood Award)
- Grameen Shakti for bringing sustainable light and power to thousands of Bangladeshi villages, promoting health, education and productivity. (Daily News of Sri Lanka)

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