Portal:Current events/2007 July 28

• Colombia's intelligence chief Andres Penate claims FARC rebels accidentally killed 11 politicians it was holding, after running into another rebel unit. (BBC)
• The President of the United States George W. Bush urges the United States Congress to pass legislation to expand potential surveillance targets. (Bloomberg)
• The death toll from the Summer 2007 United Kingdom floods rises to nine as police find a body near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
• Seven killed in police firing in the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, India as protest rally turns violent. (AndhraNews.net)
• War in Afghanistan: A British soldier is killed by a rocket attack in the Helmand Province. (BBC)
• The Lal Masjid in Islamabad is closed indefinitely following a suicide bombing with Pakistan authorities warning of more bomb attacks to come. (Reuters via CNN)
• Dr Mohamed Haneef, the Indian doctor freed in Australia of supporting terrorism indicates that he would like to return to India as soon as possible. He later receives clearance from the Australian Government to leave tonight. (Reuters) (ABC News Australia)
• Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, arrives in Lebanon to reduce tensions between the Prime Minister of Lebanon Fouad Siniora and the pro-Syrian opposition. (BBC)
• Rwanda abolishes capital punishment. (Calcutta News)

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