Portal:Current events/2007 May 14

• 2007 Pakistan unrest: A strike in Karachi closes shops and clears transport from the roads after two days of violence 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 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)
• Legislative and local elections are being held currently in the Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• 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. The names are announced to change to Daimler AG and Chrysler Holding LLC. (WDIV-TV)

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