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This article covers breaking news and events in October 2007.

Daily events

Monday October 1, 2007

Location of the Northwest Frontier Province in Pakistan, east of Afghanistan

• Bannu / Pakistan : In the city on the border with Afghanistan , a suicide bomber kills at least 15 people at a police road checkpoint. Since July attacks in Pakistan, v. a. in the Northwest Frontier Province , more than 200 soldiers and security forces were killed.
• Bielefeld / Germany : The civil law working group (AK) data retention presents the initiative “We don't save!”. Since the federal government is planning a law that will make it mandatory for Internet service providers to save the IP addresses of website users for a possible investigation that may take place later , the AK expresses with its action that such logging is prohibited under the Telemedia and Telecommunications Act be.

Tuesday October 2, 2007

• Baghdad / Iraq : On his first trip to Iraq, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown announced that the number of British soldiers in Iraq would be reduced by 1,000 to 4,500 by the end of the year.
• Lisbon / Portugal : The Commission of the European Union (EU) is planning a directive which obliges the EU member states to make greater use of energy from renewable sources . The share of so-called “green energy” in total consumption is to increase to 20% by 2020.
• Pyongyang / North Korea : The three-day summit meeting between South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il begins under the sign of relaxation. Moo-hyun previously crossed the demilitarized zone on foot . It is the second inter-Korean summit since the Korean War more than 50 years ago. The first summit took place in 2000, also in Pyongyang.
• Rangoon / Myanmar : The United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari meets the Prime Minister of Myanmar. Despite the international attention, the government is forcefully ending the protests against the military dictatorship.
• Washington, DC / United States : The US Congress accuses the private security company Blackwater that its employees in Iraq , equipped like soldiers, were involved in nearly 200 shootings, including shooting civilians.

Wednesday October 3, 2007

• Beijing / China : North Korea's government promises to dismantle three nuclear facilities under the control of the five states of Japan , Russia , South Korea , the United States and the People's Republic of China by the end of the year. These include the Nyŏngbyŏn nuclear facility , where North Korea allegedly produces plutonium for nuclear weapons .
• Strasbourg / France : The President of Turkey Abdullah Gül says before the Parliament of the European Union that the observance of human rights in Turkey has improved and he will have it checked whether a certain paragraph that has been warned about restricts freedom of expression.

Thursday October 4th 2007

• Berlin / Germany : Federal Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen presents the “Family Atlas 2007”. The most family-friendly city is Potsdam .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The relatively low-membership union of German locomotive drivers is planning strikes. From the start of operations the next morning, only around a third of the trains should run.
• Rangoon / Myanmar : For talks with the opposition, the Prime Minister of Myanmar assumes that the opposition does not support sanctions against the government.

Friday October 5, 2007

• Kunduz / Afghanistan : An attack is carried out on German soldiers. Three soldiers and an interpreter are seriously injured.
• Washington, DC / United States : The House of Representatives lifts the immunity of employees of private security companies who work abroad on behalf of the United States.

Saturday 6th October 2007

• Australia , United States : The United States and certain regions of Australia are demonstrating against the violence of the Myanmar government .
• Bern / Switzerland In connection with the upcoming parliamentary elections, there are serious riots by left-wing extremist demonstrators, several people are arrested, 17 police officers are injured.
• Islamabad / Pakistan : The presidential elections in Pakistan take place without the participation of the opposition parties. The de jure vote for incumbent Pervez Musharraf is very high, but a court will have to decide whether the election should be annulled.
• Kabul / Afghanistan : An attack is carried out against members of the NATO protection force . At least five civilians and one soldier are killed.
• New York / United States : The Security Council of the United Nations advises on sanctions against the dictatorial military rulers in Myanmar . A resolution is unlikely because China , the self-determination wants to see the country and thus the existing military rule preserved.

Sunday 7th October 2007

• Berlin / Germany : The train drivers' union GDL announces that there may be another strike from Tuesday.
• China : A typhoon in southern China caused landslides and floods in villages.

Monday 8th October 2007

Knockout mouse (right)

• Kunduz / Afghanistan : An attack is carried out on a Bundeswehr camp. Nobody gets hurt.
• United Kingdom : Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces the withdrawal of nearly half of Britain's troops from Iraq. He says it should be checked when a total deduction is appropriate.
• The molecular biologist Mario Capecchi , Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies are for their work on the knockout mouse with the Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded of 2007.
• The train drivers' union GDL announces that the first strikes are not expected until Wednesday, because the GDL would like to wait for the offer until then. According to a spokesman for the GDL, the demands could possibly be reduced.

Tuesday October 9, 2007

Albert Fert

• Berlin / Germany : The German train drivers' union declares that the first strikes are not expected until Thursday. a. Regional and S-Bahn trains , but no Intercity Express trains. The German railway guarantees its customers traffic to Notfahrplänen.
• Hamburg / Germany : For the recording of the talk show Kerner hosts includes Johannes B. Kerner , the TV - presenter Eva Herman out of the existing call because they do not have their previously made statements to the family policies of National Socialism wants to talk.
• Kabul / Afghanistan : The hostage-takers of the German civil engineer Rudolf Blechschmidt who was kidnapped in Afghanistan published a new video showing the prisoner. The German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, does not want to “give an evaluation yet”.
• La Plata / Argentina : Christian von Wernich , Catholic priest in Buenos Aires , is sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in murders, torture and kidnappings during the Argentine military dictatorship .
• Munich / Germany : The state parliament elects Günther Beckstein ( CSU ) as the new Bavarian Prime Minister .
• Stockholm / Sweden : This year the Frenchman Albert Fert and the German Peter Grünberg will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of the giant magnetoresistance effect . Your research results are used in 90% of the data stores .

Wednesday October 10, 2007

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

• Afghanistan : The German civil engineer Rudolf Blechschmidt kidnapped in Afghanistan is released after 85 days in captivity. In return, Afghan prisoners are given freedom.
• Baikonur / Kazakhstan : With Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor , a Muslim is on the way to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time . Originally, he not only wanted to observe the Muslim Lent on the ward, but also to orient himself towards Mecca for prayer . Because this is difficult, he was allowed to carry out his religious duties later on on earth . Shukor is the first spaceman with Malaysian citizenship.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The German Train Drivers Union has announced that it will not move its members to work stoppage until Friday at the earliest .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : At the Frankfurt Book Fair, more of the books on display are presented as e- books than ever before , around a third.
• Karlsruhe / Germany : After an oral hearing, the Federal Constitutional Court announces a fundamental decision on the question of whether online searches are compatible with the Basic Law . The complainant is u. a. the former Federal Minister of the Interior Gerhart Baum ( FDP ). The plaintiffs are taking action against a law in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .
• Stockholm / Sweden : The German Gerhard Ertl will receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year . The foundation recognizes his investigation of chemical processes on solid surfaces. Ertl is the first award winner in 20 years with German citizenship.

Thursday October 11, 2007

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The hostage Rudolf Blechschmidt, released in Afghanistan , lands at Frankfurt Airport .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The German train drivers union announced that its members tomorrow to lay down work be.
• Stockholm / Sweden : The British Doris Lessing will this year be the eleventh woman in the 104-year history of receiving the Nobel Prize to receive the prize in the literature category .

Friday October 12, 2007

The still unfinished main wall of the Three Gorges Dam in April 2006

Al Gore

• Berlin / Germany : More than two thirds of the members of parliament vote for the extension of the Bundeswehr mission in Afghanistan .
• Berlin / Germany : The members of the Bundestag pass a preparatory law for the census .
• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Council votes against the partial privatization of Deutsche Bahn AG .
• Berlin / Germany : Chancellor Angela Merkel ( CDU ) defends the social reforms of the so-called " Agenda 2010 ", which emerged under the red-green previous government under Gerhard Schröder ( SPD ) and which persuaded many long-time SPD voters in the 2005 federal election to join her Change voting behavior.
• Berlin / Germany : Federal Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen suggests using young people as undercover test buyers to find out who is selling goods to young people even though the sale is illegal.
• Dolomites / Italy : Part of the Einserkofel falls into the valley in the form of a rock avalanche . Nobody gets hurt.
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The members of the union of German locomotive drivers strike the regional train traffic. According to the union, the end of the strike is in prospect next Wednesday.
• Hubei / China : The builders of the Three Gorges Dam announce that around 3,000,000 will have to leave their homes near the structure.
• Istanbul / Turkey : An Egyptian plane lands on the fuselage because the wheels cannot be extended and catches fire. Nobody gets hurt.
• Moscow / Russia : President Vladimir Putin threatened by a dispute with the Secretary of the United States Condoleezza Rice about the deployment of US missile defense systems in Central and Eastern Europe with the withdrawal of his country from the Washington Treaty on Intermediate Nuclear Systems . Should Russia remain in the treaty, Putin wants other countries to join him; at the moment, only Russia and the USA are contractual partners. While Rice stressed that the missile defense system would not be directed against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced countermeasures.
• New York / United States : The Security Council of the United Nations agree on a statement made by the authority of the Government of Myanmar condemned repression of peaceful demonstrators.
• Stockholm / Sweden : The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former Vice President of the United States Al Gore will receive the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize . Al Gore is asked on the occasion of the relevant press release about a new candidacy for the election of President of the United States and explains that he is not available for it.

Saturday October 13, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : There is a demonstration against the reforms of the so-called “ Agenda 2010 ” and against online searches .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The union of German locomotive drivers promises due to progress in collective bargaining with Deutsche Bahn AG that its members will suspend their strike until Tuesday .
• Kailua-Kona / United States : The Ironman Hawaii ends with victories for the British Chrissie Wellington in the women and the Australian Chris McCormack in the men.
• Russia : Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev supports President Vladimir Putin in the debate over a possible exit by Russia from the Washington Treaty on Medium-Range Nuclear Systems . Gorbachev, who once signed the treaty for the Soviet Union, sees Putin's threat to withdraw as a "normal reaction" to the United States' planned missile defense system in Central and Eastern Europe .
• United States : In the Iraq war , General Ricardo S. Sánchez, a long-time commander, expresses fundamental criticism of the government of the United States. According to Sanchez, the war in Iraq cannot be won by the USA, and in the best case scenario a defeat can be averted.

Sunday October 14, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : Federal Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen withdraws her proposals for the protection of minors. She wanted to use young test buyers to uncover violations of the youth protection law in retail .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The Israeli historian Saul Friedländer receives the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade . Federal President Horst Köhler is attacked at the event, but remains unharmed. The attacker is arrested. He justified his act with the fact that he wanted to draw attention to personal problems.
• Hockenheim / Germany : After his success in 2004, the Swede Mattias Ekström finished first in the drivers' championship of the DTM racing series for the second time .
• Lomé / Togo : The parliamentary elections take place.
• Wiesbaden / Germany : Chancellor Angela Merkel receives the President of Russia Vladimir Putin .

Monday October 15, 2007

Airbus A380

• Brussels / Belgium : The European Union (EU) and Montenegro sign an agreement to facilitate the entry of citizens of EU member states into Montenegro.
• Stockholm / Sweden : The Americans Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson as well as their compatriot Leonid Hurwicz , who was born in the Russian Empire in 1917, will receive the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics this year for “developing the fundamentals of Mechanism Design ” .
• Toulouse / France : The first Airbus A380 aircraft will be delivered with a year and a half delay. The customer is the airline Singapore Airlines .
• Wiesbaden / Germany : At the German- Russian meeting, differences of opinion emerged on the question of sanctions against Iran because of its nuclear program . The President of Russia Vladimir Putin recommends seeking dialogue with the Iranian government and refraining from sanctions.

Tuesday October 16, 2007

• Iran : Russian President Putin meets with Iranian President Ahmadinejad to discuss the nuclear program. President Putin announced that he would support the construction of the Iranian nuclear power plant. Putin says Russia will provide the nuclear fuel for it, but not when.
• Mainz / Germany : At the SPD meeting, the differences of opinion about unemployment benefit I could not be removed. The SPD decides that the strike should be decided at the next party conference.
• Munich / Germany : The Bavarian State Parliament confirms Günther Beckstein as Bavarian Prime Minister. The SPD and the Greens vote against it.
• Federal Research Minister Schavan announced that one million euros will be made available over the next ten years for research into climate-friendly technologies.
• Federal Consumer Protection Minister Seehofer presents a labeling regulation according to which fat, sugar and salt should be more easily recognizable for consumers: The calorie content should be indicated on the front of the product. However, it is not an obligation for the manufacturer to adhere to it.
• The GDL announces that it will take action against the court ruling that it is not allowed to strike long-distance and freight traffic.
• The energy company E.ON rejects the criticism of the electricity price increase. E.ON justifies the price increase with rising taxes.

Wednesday October 17, 2007

George W. Bush (right)

• Ankara / Turkey : The Turkish parliament allows a military operation in the border area between Iraq and Turkey to take action against the PKK .
• The GDL announces strikes for tomorrow because they do not agree with the offer from Deutsche Bahn AG. The GDL calls on politicians to intervene.
• Bonn / Germany : At the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs it is decided that from the school year 2010/2011 there should be uniform requirements for the Abitur subjects German, mathematics and a foreign language. This regulation will later also apply to natural sciences. There were no votes against. A central high school diploma was rejected.
• Washington, DC / United States : US President Bush warns of an intensification of the nuclear conflict with Iran , he says that a third world war must be prevented. He says: “We have a head of state in Iran who has threatened Israel with annihilation, we want to prevent a third world war. We must therefore do everything we can to ensure that Iran does not come into possession of an atomic bomb. ”He also warns that the situation between Iran and Turkey will worsen.

Thursday October 18, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : The GDL is on strike. 40% of the trains were canceled. Kurt Beck criticizes the GDL for calling for special regulations without considering others. Federal Transport Minister Tiefensee calls for a quick agreement. Deutsche Bahn AG calls for negotiations to resume. The GDL announces that there will be no strikes on the weekend and that it will be announced on Sunday whether there will be strikes on Monday.
• France : The French train drivers' union on strike against President Sarkozy's pension plans.
• France : President Sarkozy announces that he will split up with his wife.
• Karachi / Pakistan : 130 people die in an attack in Pakistan.
• Lisbon / Portugal : During the negotiations, the differences of opinion should be resolved. The biggest problem will be the number of seats for Italy. Italy is demanding more seats than according to current plans.
• Lisbon / Portugal : At least 150,000 people demonstrated against the EU treaties in the Portuguese capital. It is the largest demonstration in Portugal in 15 years.
• Russia : President Putin announces the development of a new generation of nuclear missiles.

Friday October 19, 2007

EU flag

• Bonn / Germany : Six other universities were selected as elite universities .
• Lisbon / Portugal : In Lisbon, Portugal, EU heads of government agree on the Lisbon Treaty . It was decided that Italy would get one more seat than previously planned. In the contract it was decided that not everyone has to agree to a resolution, but only the so-called double majority with 55%, 65% of the citizens of the European Union must belong to these states. The state parliaments or referendums should approve the treaty by 2009. The parliament will then no longer consist of 785 seats, but only 750. The contract also contains a rule according to which citizens can request a law if it has been signed by a million citizens. This contract is to be signed in Brussels in December. The new voting rules will only apply from 2014, the rules on parliament and the EU foreign minister will apply from 2009.
• Washington, DC / United States : President Bush calls for sanctions against the government of Myanmar from other states and announced economic sanctions and entry bans against human rights violations from the USA.
• Wiesbaden / Germany : In Wiesbaden the Ministerial Conference advises on license fees.

Saturday 20th October 2007

• Berlin / Germany : The GDL announces that strikes are to be expected on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. When the strikes will take place will be announced at 4 p.m. the day before.
• Paris / France : In the final of the Rugby Union World Cup 2007 South Africa wins 15: 6 against England .
• Rügen , Stralsund / Germany : The new Strelasund crossing , the fourth longest road bridge in Germany , is inaugurated between the island of Rügen and the West Pomeranian mainland .
• Warsaw / Poland : Before the parliamentary elections, the current opposition gets more votes than before, according to polls.

Sunday October 21, 2007

SVP politician Christoph Blocher

• Ankara / Turkey : In a referendum in Turkey, a constitutional amendment was approved. In future, the president will no longer be elected by parliament, but directly by the people. The president's term of office will be reduced from seven to five years.
• Bern / Switzerland : In the parliamentary elections , the Swiss People's Party (SVP), the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) and the Greens also win seats in the National Council , while the Social Democrats and the Liberals in particular lose seats. In the Council of States , the voters confirm the CVP as the strongest parliamentary group.
• Ljubljana / Slovenia : Presidential elections in Slovenia ( see also: Political system of Slovenia )
• São Paulo / Brazil : Final of the 2007 Formula 1 season . At the Brazilian GP , Kimi Raikkonen becomes Formula 1 World Champion for the first time in his career.
• Warsaw / Poland : Parliamentary elections in Poland - the winner of the election is the opposition liberal Platforma Obywatelska led by Donald Tusk with over 41% , while the Polish ruling party loses with only 31% of the vote. Law and Justice by Jarosław Kaczyński loses the elections. The Samoobrona parties and the League of Polish Families , which were previously represented in parliament, fail to pass the 5 percent hurdle.

Monday October 22, 2007

• Ankara / Turkey : Turkey is determined to take military action against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq - although the US has asked for such an operation to be postponed. The Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan says: "We don't need permission from anyone".
• Heuersdorf / Saxony : When the Emmaus Church from the 13th century was raised to transport height, the move to Borna , 12 kilometers away, began for several days , because the Central German Brown Coal Company in Heuersdorf wants to develop the mining area south of Leipzig .
• Warsaw / Poland : After the votes were counted, Donald Tusk won Poland's election. Tusk announces that he would like to improve relations with the other EU states, especially Germany. He announced that he would sign the card that Kaczyński had refused. Kaczyński's brother remains in office as prime minister and can thus block laws with a veto.
• At the SPD party congress, the party decides in favor of Kurt Beck's proposal to extend unemployment benefit I for older unemployed people. Müntefering announced that he would no longer publicly advertise his proposal.
• The GDL announces that strikes are to be expected from Thursday.
• The EU is proposing a law against pesticides dangerous to humans. According to one study, 50% of the samples contained pesticides.

Tuesday October 23, 2007

Start of the discovery

• Beirut / Lebanon : Presidential elections in Lebanon
• Cape Canaveral / United States : At 5:38 p.m. CEST , the US space shuttle Discovery takes off for the STS-120 mission . During the mission, the “Harmony” component is to be attached to the ISS . According to NASA , the most difficult construction work to date will be carried out on the ISS on this mission.
• Germany : In Germany, students can now also apply for BaFöG if they are studying in an EU member state and have not previously studied in Germany for a year.
• California / United States : Forest fires are raging in large parts of California . The fires are favored by the drought and spread by the wind.
• Turkey : President Erdoğan announces that he will take more diplomatic action against the PKK.
• The EU abolishes the VW law , which has been in force since 1961.
• A law is being proposed in the EU Parliament that will make it easier for the highly qualified to enter. To do this, they have to prove a job that is paid three times as high as the minimum wage. Criticism of this law comes from Germany because there are already highly qualified unemployed people in Germany.

Wednesday October 24, 2007

Chang'e-1

• California / United States : The wildfires are getting worse.
• Liangshan / China : With the launch of the Chang'e-1 space probe from the Xichang cosmodrome in southwest China , the People's Republic is sending a lunar probe into space for the first time .
• Moscow / Russia : The so-called "checkerboard killer " Alexander Pitchushkin is found guilty of having committed 48 completed and three attempted murders between 1992 and 2006. Pitchushkin confessed to 63 murders, but not all of them could be proven.
• Noordwijk / Netherlands : At the NATO ministerial meeting in Nordweik, the Afghanistan mission is discussed.
• Deutsche Bahn AG is preparing the emergency timetable for the announced GDL strike. However, around half of all local trains will be canceled.
• The Turkish government announces economic sanctions against PKK supporters .

Thursday October 25, 2007

• Grevenbroich / Germany : In a serious accident on the large construction site of an RWE lignite power plant , 3 construction workers are killed and six others are seriously injured. Among the dead are a Czech worker and two Slovak workers.
• California / United States : Prisoners are also used to put out the fires .
• The GDL is on strike in local transport.
• At the NATO meeting, among other things, the US missile defense system is being negotiated.
• A new era in aviation history begins with the first scheduled flight of the A380 with Singapore Airlines.

Friday October 26, 2007

Position of the Harmony module

• Hamburg / Germany : At the SPD party conference, Kurt Beck was confirmed in office with 95.5% of the votes.
• California / United States : The wildfires are easing. An area twice the size of Berlin burned down.
• Mafra / Portugal : At the EU-Russia summit, Russian President Putin compared the situation of the US missile defense system with the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when the Soviet Union was storing nuclear weapons in its allied Cuba.
• Orbit : During an outboard operation, the construction of the 16-ton Harmony module on the ISS begins.
• After the longest strike in the history of the GDL, an ultimatum is set for Monday afternoon. Deutsche Bahn AG considers this ultimatum to be blackmail. In the west about half of the local trains are canceled, which is fewer than in the east because the GDL has more members in the east.
• Apple starts selling Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Saturday October 27, 2007

• Ankara / Turkey : The Turkish government demands that Europe take action against the PKK and extradite PKK fighters who have fled to Europe.
• Hamburg / Germany : At the SPD party congress, the SPD votes for a speed limit on motorways, against rail privatization and for the use of Afghanistan.
• California / United States : Residents return to their homes after the forest fires .
• United States : The USA rejects the comparison with the Cuban Missile Crisis of Russian President Putin.
• The translation of the 7th Harry Potter ( Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ) is published in Germany

Sunday October 28, 2007

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

• Berlin / Germany : In Berlin there are riots between Turks and Kurds.
• Berlin / Germany : Angela Merkel criticizes the SPD's plans for a speed limit, she says that a traffic jam is at least as environmentally unfriendly as driving too fast.
• Buenos Aires / Argentina : The presidential and parliamentary elections in Argentina won with more than 44% Cristina Fernández de Kirchner , who will be the first woman to take over the presidency in Argentina on December 10, 2007 .
• Germany : The German Environment Prize was awarded to Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , among others, for his work against climate change .
• Hamburg / Germany : The delegates of the party congress of the SPD adopt a new basic program . The Hamburg program, the necessity of which arises from social de-solidarization and individualization according to the SPD , replaces the Berlin program from 1989.
• California / United States : The air is very polluted after the forest fires . There are many breathing difficulties.

Monday October 29, 2007

Logo of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

• Berlin / Germany : The union of German locomotive drivers announces that there will be no strikes before the judgment of the Saxon regional labor court in Chemnitz . The GDL wanted to wait for the verdict as to whether freight and long-distance transport could also be on strike.
• Berlin / Germany : According to the Prognos Institute and the Federal Environment Agency , the Internet in Germany causes four million tons of CO ₂ through electricity consumption, so the CO ₂ emissions of the Internet are as large as those of air traffic. The number of internet users doubled every 5 years, and this increase will increase CO ₂ emissions.
• Bonn / Germany : The draft law to simplify German environmental law has started. The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety announced that the draft law should be ready by mid-November 2007.
• Hamburg / Germany : The decisions by the SPD - national party are criticized by the other parties. The CDU announces that there will be no speed limit on motorways with it . The FDP considers the federal government to be incapable of governing and prefers early federal elections .
• Vienna / Austria : UNIDO employee Aeryn MJ Gillern disappears under mysterious circumstances at the age of 35.
• Wiesbaden / Germany : According to the Federal Statistical Office , the savings rate rises to 10.9%, which is as high as it was in 1990.
• The US is no longer against Turkey's military advance in northern Iraq, a White House spokeswoman says the Turks have the right to search for the eight soldiers kidnapped by the PKK .

Tuesday October 30, 2007

Configuration of the ISS after the STS-120 mission

• Germany : October unemployment figures have fallen by 110,000 since September. In October, 3,434,000 were still registered as unemployed, 650,000 fewer than in the previous year.
• Germany : The SPD is committed to ensuring that travel costs to work for less than 20 km are tax-deductible, since January 2007 only costs from the 21st kilometer can be deducted. This is also supported by CDU members. SPD parliamentary group leader Peter Struck says the rule of the current commuter allowance is unconstitutional. Federal Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück (SPD) is against it.
• India : German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on a state visit to India.
• Italy : Several migrants from Africa die trying to immigrate to the European Union in the Mediterranean . The Italian authorities arrest 14 people suspected of being a smuggler.
• Orbit : The astronauts on the STS-120 mission are assembling the carrier for the ISS solar cells . If everything works, the power supply for the European Columbus space laboratory would be secured.
• Rheinsberg / Germany : The reactor pressure vessel of the decommissioned Rheinsberg nuclear power plant is brought to the interim storage facility in Lubmin , Mecklenburg, almost 300 km away . It is the first reactor transport on German rails. Twelve nuclear opponents who are blocking the tracks are temporarily arrested. The nuclear power plant was officially put into operation in the GDR on May 9, 1966.
• Zurich / Switzerland The world football association FIFA will decide on the 2011 Women's World Cup ; Germany wins the contract.
• Federal Environment Minister Gabriel ( SPD ) is against a speed limit , he says that a speed limit would be of little use to the climate.
• The GDL announces that it will strike freight traffic at the weekend if the state labor court in Chemnitz lifts the strike ban on freight traffic.

Wednesday October 31, 2007

Location of Myanmar

• Berlin / Germany : The grand coalition continues to argue about the statutory minimum wage in the postal sector, the CDU argues against the minimum wage that only the post office and not the competition were involved in the negotiations with Ver.di about the minimum wage. According to the CDU, only a third of the postal sector are involved, and 90% according to the SPD.
• Madrid / Spain : The Spanish parliament passes a law officially condemning the Franco regime and recognizing the rights of people persecuted for political, ideological or religious reasons during the civil war and the subsequent dictatorship.
• Madrid / Spain : 21 of the 28 participants in the Madrid attacks were sentenced to imprisonment, only convictions were given where there is certain evidence, therefore the remaining 7 were acquitted and received compensation. According to Spanish law, the individual sentences are added together, so the prosecutors demanded 300,000 years in prison. The main defendant was sentenced to 40,000 years in prison, and two other main defendants were sentenced to more than 30,000 years, but under Spanish law the maximum imprisonment period is only 40 years. In the ten bomb explosions on trains, 191 people died and almost 2,000 were injured.
• Pakokku / Myanmar : For the first time since the beginning of October, Buddhist monks are demonstrating again.
• Russia : The country is withdrawing its flight rights from Lufthansa Cargo due to a dispute over flight and security charges.
• Stuttgart / Germany : Environment Minister Tanja Gönner (CDU) has announced that from March 1, 2008, cars without an environmental badge will be banned in eight cities in Baden-Württemberg .
• Togliatti / Russia : A bomb attack was carried out on a bus in Togliatti.
• Wiesbaden / Germany : The BKA has the BKA's Nazi past investigated.
• According to a study by the Federal Environment Agency, the federal government's climate protection program can save 5 billion euros. Federal Environment Minister Gabriel says that climate investments are worthwhile for climate protection and the economy.
• The federal government is proposing a law to protect against takeover of German companies by foreign companies if it poses a security risk to the public. According to this, the Ministry of Economic Affairs should be able to prevent a purchase if a foreign entrepreneur wants to buy more than a quarter of a German company. Criticism of this proposal comes from the FDP, which warns that foreign companies would not be so easy to buy.

See also

• Nekrolog October 2007 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in October
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in October

Web links

Istanbul in October 2007

Commons : October 2007  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published October 2007  - News

Individual evidence

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6. ^ Briefing to the Security Council. In: un.org . October 5, 2007, accessed on September 22, 2018 . 
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67. ↑ First Chinese lunar probe launched into space  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
68. ↑ n24.de : chessboard murderer killed 48 people ( memento from October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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101. ^ Maximum sentences for masterminds of the Madrid attacks
102. ^ Maximum sentence for assassins in Madrid
103. ↑ Myanmar monks demonstrate again ( Memento from November 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
104. ↑ Lufthansa Cargo is not allowed to fly via Russia
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