Portal:Current events/2007 January 24

January 24, 2007 (Wednesday)

In a speech at Brandeis University, former United States President Jimmy Carter apologizes for the wording of a sentence in his recently published book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. He referred to the wording as "stupid" and subsequent reprintings will change it. Despite the book's controversy, the audience received him with a standing ovation. (JTA) (JTA)
Thomas Lepoutre announced his gay pride movement today
Ecuador's Defense Minister Guadalupe Larriva is killed along with three pilots and her daughter in a crash involving two helicopters. Larriva was the first woman to serve as the country's defense minister. (BBC) (Reuters)
India and Russia agree to jointly develop fifth-generation stealth fighter jets. (ISRO)
Over 100,000 Turkish citizens, including those of Armenian descent fill the streets of Istanbul to mourn and mark the assassination of Hrant Dink, editor of the dissident newspaper Agos. (Turkish Press) (The Chicago Tribune)^{[permanent dead link]} (Al-Jazeera) (The Baltimore Sun)^{[permanent dead link]}
War in Somalia: The U.S. military conducts another air strike against supposed al-Qaeda operatives in Somalia. (Reuters)
A Sudanese airliner, Air West Flight 612, carrying 103 people, is hijacked by a lone gunman and diverted to N'Djamena, Chad. The Air West flight lands at the airport in N'Djamena and the hijacker is arrested. (Contra Costa Times)^{[permanent dead link]} (BBC)
The flight data recorder (alternatively referred to as the 'black box') of Adam Air Flight 574 has been located off the coast of Sulawesi. (BERNAMA.com)^{[permanent dead link]}