Portal:Current events/2007 May 31
May 31, 2007 (Thursday)
- The National Assembly of Niger passes a motion of no-confidence in the Government of Prime Minister of Niger Hama Amadou. (BBC)
- Japan fails to win in its bid to lift a commercial moratorium on whaling at the International Whaling Commission. (News Limited)
- South Thailand insurgency: At least 10 soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack by suspected militants in southern Thailand, officials say. (BBC)
- Alleged Internet spammer Robert Soloway is arrested after being indicted on charges of identity theft, money laundering, and mail, wire, and e-mail fraud. (BBC) (Times of India)
- Qatar Airways orders 80 Airbus A350 planes. (icLiverpool)
- The Parliament of Latvia selects Valdis Zatlers as the new President of Latvia. (Reuters via CNN)
- A suicide bomber explodes in a police recruitment centre in Falluja, Iraq killing at least 20 people. (BBC)
- Nepal's ruling coalition government announces that elections to a special assembly to write a new constitution will be held in November. (BBC)
- Approximately 100 pro-Taliban insurgents attack the home of a government official in northwest Pakistan, killing 13 people. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
- The Malaysian Federal Court rejects the appeal of Christian convert Lina Joy to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card. (Bernama)
- In an unannounced vote, the Philadelphia City Council voted to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts from the building they have occupied since 1928. (Philadelphia Inquirer)