Events in December 2007
Dec. 1: Miss China Zhang Zilin (23) is crowned Miss World 2007 at the beauty pageant in Sanya in the southern holiday resort of Hainan, China.
Dec. 2: Russians cast votes in parliamentary polls.
Venezuelans cast ballots in a referendum on constitutional reforms.
Dec. 3: United Russia, the party supported by President Vladimir Putin, sweeps the parliamentary polls.
The Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, is narrowly defeated in a referendum.
Kevin Rudd takes oath as Australian Prime Minister and signs documents to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Dec. 10: The former U.S. Vice-President, Al Gore, and Rajendra Pachauri of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
Dec. 11: The Supreme Court of Peru jails for six years the former President, Alberto K. Fujimori for ordering an illegal search.
Dec. 12: Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, the Lebanese army chief of operations, is killed in a car bomb explosion on the outskirts of Beirut.
Russia suspends obligations under the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty.
Dec. 15: Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, lifts emergency, revokes the Provisional Constitutional Order and restores the Constitution.
Agreement is reached on a road map for the future fight against climate change at the Bali summit after "extra-time" negotiations.
Dec. 16: Iraqi troops take control of Basra province.
Dec. 17: A wealthy New York couple, India-born Varsha Mahender Sabhnani and Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, are found guilty of slavery and face up to 40 years in prison.
Dec. 18: Yulia Tymoshenko becomes Ukraine’s Prime Minister for the second time.
Jacob Zuma wins the African National Congress presidential polls at the party’s 52nd national conference.
Dec. 19: Right-wing businessman Lee Myung-bak wins the South Korean presidential polls.
The Time Magazine names the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, the Person of the Year.
Indian army troops land in China for their first-ever joint exercises, "Hand-in-Hand 2007," with People’s Liberation Army personnel.
The U.S. President, George W. Bush, signs the Energy Independence and Security Act.
Dec. 20 Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan sign a landmark deal to build a gas pipeline, in Moscow.
Dec 21: Nine new EU members begin implementing the passport-free Schengen Area, extending coverage to 24 countries.
China unveils first home-grown regional jet ARJ 21-700.
The Federal court of Australia restores Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef’s work visa.
Dec. 22: China unveils 300 kmph bullet train made indigenously.
Dec. 23: Thailand general elections are held peacefully.
Islam Karimov is re-elected Uzbekistan President for a third term.
Dec. 24: The Koirala Government moves bill to declare Nepal a Republic.
Dec. 27: The former Pakistan Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, is assassinated in a suicide attack after an election rally in Rawalpindi.
Dec. 28: Nepal’s provisional Parliament gives nod to abolish the monarchy.
Prof. Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the sheep, is knighted.
Dec. 30: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (19) is named PPP chairman.
Kenyan President, Mwai Kibaki wins polls and is sworn in for a second term.
Maoists rejoin Nepal Government.
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