Portal:Current events/2007 May 15
May 15, 2007 (Tuesday)
- Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls out to launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station. The rollout is the second for the mission, as Atlantis's External Tank was damaged during a hailstorm on February 26, leading to the shuttle being rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs. (NASAspaceflight.com)
- Danish protesters clash with police in Copenhagen with the Little Mermaid being doused with red paint. The clashes followed the demolition of a building in the Freetown Christiania district. (CNN)
- Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute has been chosen to be President Bush's "war czar," overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (ABC News)
- French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin resigns. (The Globe and Mail)
- Palestinian factional violence claims 8 more lives as violence erupts on the Israeli border with Fatah and Hamas fighting for dominance at the Karni cargo crossing in Gaza, ending Monday night's ceasefire agreement. (USA Today)
- The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. (Boston Globe)
- Canadian publisher The Thomson Corporation agrees to buy Reuters for £8.7 billion creating the world's biggest financial news and data group. (Reuters via CNN)[permanent dead link]
- The death toll for violence associated with the Philippine general election rises to 126. (AFP via News Limited)
- A bomb attack on a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 24 people. (Reuters) (BBC)
- David Bain, who was convicted for murder in one of New Zealand's most controversial trials, is released on bail while awaiting a retrial following an appeal to the Privy Council in March. (The Press via stuff.co.nz)