Template:In the news

• The United States and South Korea conclude a bilateral free trade agreement following ten months of negotiations.

• A tsunami triggered by an earthquake strikes the Solomon Islands, killing at least 15 and leaving thousands homeless.

• Students protest outside the British embassy in Tehran, Iran (flag pictured) in response to the ongoing dispute over captured Royal Navy personnel.

• Michael Phelps breaks five world records in swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships; seven other records are broken as well.

• Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks receives the first sentence from the Guantanamo military commission, and the first conviction in a U.S. war crimes trial since World War II.

• Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi is declared the winner of the presidential election in Mauritania, paving the way for the restoration of civilian rule.

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