Portal:Current events/2007 April 13

April 13, 2007 (Friday)

The genome sequence of the Rhesus Macaque monkey is published in the scientific journal Science. (Science) (Baylor College of Medicine)
The Singapore Police Coast Guard suffers its first fatality in decades when two police officers and an illegal migrant are killed after their Interceptor Craft collides with a speedboat ferrying six illegal immigrants during a high-speed pursuit. (CNA) (SPF)
The United States Senate holds hearings on the 2007 pet food recalls. (Chicago Tribune)^{[permanent dead link]}
A NASA Review Board finds that the Mars Global Surveyor stopped working in November 2006 due to computer programming errors. (New York Times)
Google reaches a deal with DoubleClick to buy the company for US$3.1 billion. (New York Times)
The Al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing of the National Assembly of Iraq. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
A police report shows that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was not wearing a seatbelt during the hit and run car accident that injured him the day before. (WPVI)
Ja'afar Adam, a prominent Islamic cleric, is shot dead inside a mosque in Kano, Nigeria. (BBC)
Thousands of people protest in Islamabad in support of the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. (CNN)
The Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama sends in troops to close down the headquarters of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs. (ABC News Australia)
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico just north of Acapulco, knocking out power to parts of Mexico City. (El Universal) (AP via MSNBC)
The Australian Government announces plans to outlaw material such as films and books that advocate terrorism. (BBC)