Portal:Current events/2007 December 6: Difference between revisions

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*The death toll rises to 104 in a northern [[People's Republic of China|China]] coal mine gas blast. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-12/07/content_6306777.htm (''China Daily'')]

*[[France]] begins construction on the third unit of the [[Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant]], which will be the world's second [[European Pressurized Reactor]] following a week after a record breaking [[Nuclear power in China#French relations|deal with China]] for new nuclear power. [http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newNuclear/Construction_of_Flamanville_EPR_begins-041207.shtml (World Nuclear News)]

*[[United States]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] writes to [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-Il]] asking him to fully disclose [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|North Korea's nuclear program]]. [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g6V-t78Q-10wsYxPV-6_S6SUMeKA (AFP via Google News)]

*The [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]] admits to destroying at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two [[al-Qaeda]] operatives in custody following [[United States Congress|Congressional]] scrutiny. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/washington/06cnd-intel.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin (''The New York Times'')]

*[[United States|American]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] outlines a plan to freeze mortgage rates for five years to help homeowners hit by the [[2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis|subprime mortgage crisis]] in the United States' [[Real estate economics|housing market]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7129990.stm (BBC News)]

*One person is killed and one is seriously injured after a [[letter bomb]] explosion in a law office building in the [[VIIIe arrondissement|8th arrondissement]] of [[Paris]], [[France]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/06/paris.blast/ (CNN)]

*The launch of [[Space Shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|''Atlantis'']]'s [[STS-122]] mission, which will deliver [[European Space Agency|ESA]]'s [[Columbus (ISS module)|Columbus module]] to the [[International Space Station]], is delayed for one day due to a sensor malfunction. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/06/space.shuttle.ap/index.html (CNN)]

*The 2007 laureates of the [[Right Livelihood Award]] (aka "Alternative Nobel Prize") for "ongoing successful work" are presented in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]:

**[[Christopher Weeramantry]] for his lifetime of groundbreaking work to strengthen and expand the rule of international law. [http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1379048.php/Alternative_Nobel_Prizes_awarded_to_peace_work_and_biodiversity (DPA via Monsters and Critics.com)]

**[[Dekha Ibrahim Abdi]] for her mediation work in a conflict-riven region of north [[Kenya]]. [http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN942432.html (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. [http://www.rightlivelihood.org/schmeiser.html (The Right Livlihood Award.org)]

**[[Grameen Shakti]] wins the Right Livelihood Award for bringing sustainable light and power to thousands of Bangladeshi villages, promoting health, education and productivity. [http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/11/08/fea01.asp (''Daily News'')]

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