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May 14, 2007 (Monday)

Legislative and local elections are being held currently in the Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Jorge Daniel Castro, the head of the Colombian National Police force and Guillermo Chavez, the intelligence chief, resign over an illegal wiretapping scandal. (BBC)
A death threat was mailed by PKK to CHP, MHP, DYP and AKP to withdraw their Van and Hakkâri candidates to the 2007 general election in Turkey. (Hürriyet)
United States Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will resign, two Justice Department officials tell The Associated Press. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Top Palestinian Security Official, Hani Kawasmeh, quits in protest on Monday as Sunday's ceasefire is broken, with fighting across Gaza between Hamas and Fatah killing 8 and wounding 40. Fighting began as both sides set up security checkpoints and kidnapped rivals as bargaining chips. (Washington Post)
President George W. Bush orders United States government agencies to take regulatory steps to reduce automobile emissions. (Bloomberg)
The U.S. military is to block troops from using YouTube and MySpace and 11 other popular websites for sharing photos, video clips and messages. (BBC)
2007 Pakistan unrest: A strike in Pakistan closes shops and clears transport from the roads after two days of violence in Karachi left 41 people dead. (BBC)
The House of Councillors passes rules for revising the pacifist Constitution of Japan, a central goal of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Bloomberg)
Ten people die in an explosion and fire in a cafe in Orsk, Russia. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
The President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian names Chang Chun-hsiung of the Democratic Progressive Party as the new Premier of the Republic of China. (BBC)
Nominations open for the leadership of the United Kingdom Labour Party with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown as the favourite. (BBC)
An ethics panel of the World Bank Group finds that its President Paul Wolfowitz was guilty of violating his contract when arranging a compensation package for Shaha Ali Riza with whom he had a relationship. (CNN) (Bloomberg)
A new species of hummingbird is discovered in Colombia. (ABC News)
DaimlerChrysler announces it has sold 80.1% of its stake in the Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm for $7.4 Billion. It is announced that the corporate names are to be changed to Daimler AG and Chrysler Holding LLC. (WDIV-TV)
The Alaskan cruise ship Empress of the North strikes an underwater rock on day two of a seven-day tour, and evacuates all 281 passengers on board. (CTV News) Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
Twenty four members of a marriage party killed and 30 more injured when their van collides with a truck in the district of Adilabad, in Andhra Pradesh, India. (Saisat)

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+* [[Philippine general election, 2007|Legislative and local elections]] are being held currently in the [[Philippines]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070514194558/http://www.inquirer.net/index_network.htm (Philippine Daily Inquirer)]
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+* [[Jorge Daniel Castro]], the head of the [[Colombian National Police]] force and [[Guillermo Chavez]], the intelligence chief, resign over an illegal [[wiretapping]] scandal. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6656445.stm (BBC)]
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+* A [[death threat]] [[Kurdistan Workers Party#2007 Turkish general election and PKK|was mailed]] by [[Kurdistan Workers Party|PKK]] to [[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|CHP]], [[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]], [[True Path Party|DYP]] and [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]] to withdraw their [[Van, Turkey|Van]] and [[Hakkâri (city)|Hakkâri]] candidates to the [[Turkish general election, 2007|2007 general election]] in [[Turkey]]. [http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ucuncusayfa/6511101.asp?gid=205 (Hürriyet)]
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+* [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] [[Paul McNulty]] will resign, two [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] officials tell The Associated Press. [https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070514/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fired_prosecutors_resignation (AP via Yahoo! News)]
-* News stories must be in the English; no other languages please.
+* Top [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] Security Official, [[Hani Kawasmeh]], quits in protest on Monday as Sunday's [[ceasefire]] is broken, with fighting across Gaza between [[Hamas]] and [[Fatah]] killing 8 and wounding 40. Fighting began as both sides set up security checkpoints and kidnapped rivals as bargaining chips. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/14/AR2007051400047.html?hpid=topnews (Washington Post)]
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+* [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] orders [[United States]] government agencies to take regulatory steps to reduce [[automobile]] emissions. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aVMYPLuwm.LU&refer=home (Bloomberg)]
-* Stories added to the main portal page should be of international interest. Stories of only regional or topical interest belong in their appropriate sub-pages.
+* The [[Military of the United States|U.S. military]] is to block troops from using [[YouTube]] and [[MySpace]] and 11 other popular websites for sharing photos, [[video clips]] and messages. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6655153.stm (BBC)]
-* Do not list the ordinary deaths of prominent persons here. That's what [[Recent deaths]] is for. Exceptions to this rule are made for persons of extreme prominence, such as Ronald Reagan, John Paul II, or the Queen Mother.
+* [[2007 Pakistan unrest]]: A strike in [[Pakistan]] closes shops and clears transport from the roads after two days of violence in [[Karachi]] left 41 people dead. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6652765.stm (BBC)]
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+* The [[House of Councillors]] passes rules for revising the [[pacifist]] [[Constitution of Japan]], a central goal of [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Shinzo Abe]]. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aBTExyzKqwsQ&refer=japan (Bloomberg)]
-* Please avoid Yahoo! news links, as those URLs are temporary and die quickly! (You can use a search engine to get the original source.)
+* Ten people die in an explosion and fire in a [[cafe]] in [[Orsk]], [[Russia]]. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4800819.html (AP via Houston Chronicle)]
+* The [[President of the Republic of China]] [[Chen Shui-bian]] names [[Chang Chun-hsiung]] of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] as the new [[Premier of the Republic of China]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6652741.stm (BBC)]
+* [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007|Nominations open for the leadership]] of the [[United Kingdom]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] with [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Gordon Brown]] as the favourite. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6652651.stm (BBC)]
+* An ethics panel of the [[World Bank Group]] finds that its President [[Paul Wolfowitz]] was guilty of violating his contract when arranging a compensation package for [[Shaha Ali Riza]] with whom he had a relationship. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/14/wolfowitz.world.bank.ap/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aPvkE6r1tI60&refer=home (Bloomberg)]
+* A [[Gorgeted Puffleg|new species]] of [[hummingbird]] is discovered in [[Colombia]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070516101743/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1922035.htm (ABC News)]
+* [[DaimlerChrysler]] announces it has sold 80.1% of its stake in the [[Chrysler Group]] to [[Cerberus Capital Management]], a [[private equity]] firm for [[US Dollar|$]]7.4 Billion. It is announced that the corporate names are to be changed to ''Daimler AG'' and ''Chrysler Holding LLC''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070516213946/http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/13311559/detail.html (WDIV-TV)]
+* The [[Alaska]]n [[cruise ship]] ''[[Empress of the North]]'' [[wikinews:Alaskan cruise ship evacuated|strikes an underwater rock]] on day two of a seven-day tour, and evacuates all 281 passengers on board. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070514/cruise_ship_070514/20070514?hub=TopStories (CTV News)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608165659/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070514/cruise_ship_070514/20070514?hub=TopStories |date=2007-06-08 }}
+* Twenty four members of a marriage party killed and 30 more injured when their van collides with a truck in the district of [[Adilabad]], in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].  [http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=181460&Itemid=63&cattitle=Andhra%20Pradesh (Saisat)]
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-*The [[US military]] is to block troops from using [[YouTube]] and [[MySpace]] and 11 other popular websites for sharing photos, [[video clips]] and messages.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6655153.stm (BBC)]
-*[[2007 Pakistan unrest]]: A strike in [[Karachi]] closes shops and clears transport from the roads after two days of violence left 41 people dead. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6652765.stm (BBC)]
-*The [[House of Councillors]] passes rules for revising the [[pacifist]] [[Constitution of Japan]], a central goal of [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Shinzo Abe]]. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aBTExyzKqwsQ&refer=japan (Bloomberg)]
-*Ten people die in an explosion in [[Orsk]], [[Russia]]. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4800819.html (AP via Houston Chronicle)]
-*The [[President of the Republic of China]] [[Chen Shui-bian]] names [[Chang Chun-hsiung]] of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] as the new [[Premier of the Republic of China]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6652741.stm (BBC)]
-*[[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007|Nominations open for the leadership]] of the [[United Kingdom]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] with [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Gordon Brown]] as the favourite. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6652651.stm (BBC)]
-*[[Philippine general election, 2007|Legislative and local elections]] are being held currently in the [[Philippines]]. [http://www.inquirer.net/index_network.htm (Philippine Daily Inquirer)]
-*A [[Gorgeted Puffleg|new]] species of [[hummingbird]] is discovered in [[Colombia]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1922035.htm (ABC News)]
-*[[DaimlerChrysler]] announces it has sold 80.1% of its stake in the [[Chrysler Group]] to [[Cerberus Capital Management]], a [[private equity]] firm for [[US Dollar|$]]7.4 Billion. The names are announced to change to ''Daimler AG'' and ''Chrysler Holding LLC''. [http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/13311559/detail.html (WDIV-TV)]
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