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March 13–April 28 – The 2007 Cricket World Cup is held in the West Indies with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final [17] March 19 – The first solar eclipse of the year 2007 is a partial solar eclipse occurring just 0.7 days before perigee, making it very large. The Moon covers 87.558% of the Sun.
Archived 2007-05-25 at the Wayback Machine; Silas Rondeau, the Energy Minister of Brazil, resigns over allegations of corruption in a public works project. 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict: A total of seven rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip and landed in western Negev. Another rocket landed in Sderot and killed an Israeli woman.
(AP via Yahoo! News) Russian President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party wins 62.8% of the votes in Russia's parliamentary elections. Sébastien Loeb wins the World Rally Championship for the fourth time in a row, a feat only so far accomplished by Tommi Mäkinen. [permanent dead link ]
In a 2007 Cricket World Cup tie-up, India beats Bermuda by 257 runs, the highest margin of victory in the history of One Day Internationals. (BBC Sports) (Reuters) The Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper releases a budget forecasting a surplus of C$ 3.3 billion, and offers tax cuts for families and seniors and increased spending in Ontario ...
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup: After the Argentina vs Chile semi-final game ended, a scuffle between Toronto Police officers and members of the Chilean team led to the arrest of 21 players. Shoaib Mansoor's Khuda Ke Liye is released all over Pakistan by Geo Films and is considered to be the revival of cinema in Pakistan. Tewkesbury was flooded
(Reuters via ABC News Australia) A bus crash in Java kills at least 14 people. 48 people were injured, many seriously. (AP via the Guardian) 2007 Amirli bombing: At least 105 people are killed when a suicide truck bomber attacks a market in Amirli in northern Iraq with a majority Shiite Turkmen population. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Efficient wins the 2007 Melbourne Cup. (ABC News Australia) The incumbent People's National Movement party retains power in the Trinidad and Tobago elections. John "Jordan" Lewis is arrested by the Miami-Dade Police Department for the killing of Police Officer Charles Cassidy at a Dunkin' Donuts shop in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia ...
July 6 - 2007 National Assembly for Wales election. Welsh Labour Party members endorse a deal that will enable Assembly members to enter into a coalition with Plaid Cymru, despite some opposition from Welsh Labour Members of Parliament and Assembly Members. (BBC News-Labour Agrees Historic Coalition) July 6 - 2007 Glasgow International Airport ...