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| Abdul Aziz Award Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich |  |
| 12th Feb Saudi King Abdullah awards Putin the King Abdul Aziz Award, SaudiArabia's top civilian decoration |
| Al Aqsa Mosque Olmert, Ehud |  |
| Feb Jerusalem Israeli renovations near the Mughrabi gate of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem spark widespread unrest in the Arab world, over false charges that Israel is destroying the mosque |
| Al Qaeda Yazid, Mustafa Abu al- |  |
| 28th Dec Al-Qaeda Commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claims responsibility for the attack, describing Bhutto as "the most precious American asset" |
| Ambassador Crocker, Ryan |  |
| 28th Mar Diplomat Ryan Crocker replaces Zalmay Khalizad as U.S. ambassador to Iraq |
| Anfal Campaign Majid, Ali Hassan al- |  |
| 16th June Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign |
| Arrest Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 8th Nov Bhutto is placed under house arrest just a few hours before she was due to lead and address a rally against the state of emergency |
| Arrest Tsvangirai, Morgan |  |
| Mar Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is hospitalised after his arrest at a rally |
| Assassination Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 27th Dec Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa states that, "We condemn this assassination and terrorist act, and pray for God Almighty to bless her soul" |
| 27th Dec Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| 27th Dec The UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting and unanimously condemns the assassination |
| Assassination Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 27th Dec Musharraf calls for a three day mourning period after Bhutto's assassination |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| Assassination Sharif, Nawaz | |
| 28th Dec Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the rival opposition party Pakistan Muslim League, states that "This is a tragedy for her party, and a tragedy for our party and the entire nation" |
| Assassination Yazid, Mustafa Abu al- | |
| 28th Dec Al-Qaeda Commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claims responsibility for the attack, describing Bhutto as "the most precious American asset" |
| Battle of Najaf Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| 28th Jan Najaf As many as 250 are killed near Najaf as American and Iraqi troops fight with a Shiite militia, an American helicopter is shot down in the battle |
| Battle of Najaf Bush, George Walker | |
| 28th Jan Najaf 250 are killed near Najaf as American and Iraqi troops fight with a Shiite militia, an American helicopter is shot down in the battle |
| Blackwater USA Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| 13th Sep 17 Iraqi civilians, including a couple and their infant, are killed when employees of private security company Blackwater USA reportedly fire on a car that fails to stop, Nuri al-Maliki threatens to evict Blackwater employees from Iraq |
| Blackwater USA Bush, George Walker | |
| 13th Sep 17 Iraqi civilians, including a couple and their infant, are killed when employees of private security company Blackwater USA reportedly fire on a car that fails to stop, Nuri al-Maliki threatens to evict Blackwater employees from Iraq |
| Blair Brown Relations Brown, Gordon |  |
| May There is a sudden outbreak of mutual admiration as Mr Blair endorses the chancellor's candidacy for the party leadership, praising him as "an extraordinary and rare talent" |
| Bombing of Baghdad Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| 16th Jan Baghdad At least 70 people die when three bombs explode in attacks at the mostly Shiite Mustansiriya University |
| 18th Feb Baghdad At least 60 people die when a bomb tears through a crowded market in Baghdad, the attack comes two days after Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success" |
| 25th Feb Baghdad A bomb explodes at Baghdad's Mustansiriya University, killing about 40 people, mostly students |
| Bombing of Dohuk Province Petraeus, David | |
| 16th Dec Dohuk Province With the help of the USAmilitary, Turkish fighter jets bomb areas in Dohuk Province in northern Iraq, targeting the Kurdish militant group, the Kurdistan Workers ' Party |
| Bombing of Jazeera Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| 14th Aug Jazeera Two pairs of truck bombs explode about five miles apart in the remote, northwestern Iraqi towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, 500 members of the minority Yazidi community are reported killed, the biggest insurgent attack in the war |
| Bombing of Kabul Cheney, Dick | |
| 27th Feb Kabul A suicide bomber attacks a United States base near Kabul, about a mile away from where the vice president is staying, the Taliban claims responsibility for the attack which killed more than 20 people |
| Bombing of Qahtaniya Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| 14th Aug Qahtaniya Two pairs of truck bombs explode about five miles apart in the remote, northwestern Iraqi towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, 500 members of the minority Yazidi community are reported killed, the biggest insurgent attack in the war |
| Bombing of Sudan Bush, George Walker | |
| 8th Jan Mogadishu The USAlaunches an air strike in Somalia, targets suspected al-Qaeda operatives who were forced to flee Mogadishu following Ethiopian air strikes that routed Islamist militias |
| Brian Clough Trophy Clough, Brian | |
| 31st July Derby Derby County and Nottingham Forest compete for the inaugural Brian Clough Trophy at Pride Park Stadium |
| Burial Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 28th Dec Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto's body is flown to her hometown of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in Larkana District, Sindh, and is buried next to her father in the family mausoleum at a ceremony attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners |
| Censorship Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| May Rallies & demonstrations are banned for three months |
| Central Command Fallon, William | |
| 4th Jan William Fallon succeeds Gen. John Abizaid as the head of Central Command in Iraq |
| Commander Petraeus, David | |
| 4th Jan Lt. Gen. David Petraeus is named the top Commander in Iraq |
| Conference of Munich Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Feb Munich At the Munich Conference on Security Policy, criticises the USA's dominance in global relations, and points out that the USA displayed an "almost uncontained hyper use of force in international relations" |
| Feb Munich Calls for "fair and democratic world order that would ensure security and prosperity not only for a select few, but for all" |
| Constitution Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| Mar Power sharing in Northern Ireland is back after an historic agreement between Rev Ian Paisley & Gerry Adams |
| Constitution Paisley, Ian | |
| Mar Power sharing in Northern Ireland is back after an historic agreement between Rev Ian Paisley & Gerry Adams |
| Constitution Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 17th Sep Benazir Bhutto accuses Pervez Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan into crisis by their refusal to permit democratic reforms and power-sharing |
| Constitution Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 17th Sep Benazir Bhutto accuses Pervez Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan into crisis by their refusal to permit democratic reforms and power-sharing |
| 6th Oct Musharraf wins a parliamentary election for President, however, the Supreme Court rules that no winner can be officially proclaimed until it finishes deciding on whether it was legal for Musharraf to run for President while remaining Army General |
| 3rd Nov President Pervez Musharraf declares a state of emergency, citing actions by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and religious extremism in the nation |
| Coup d'Etat Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| June Five men are charged with treason for plotting a coup, their lawyer says they were planning to form a political party |
| Death Roberto, Holden Alvaro |  |
| 2nd Aug Death of Holden Alvaro Roberto |
| 2nd Aug President Jos Eduardo dos Santos eulogizes, "Holden Roberto was one of the pioneers of national liberation struggle, whose name encouraged a generation of Angolans to opt for resistance and combat for the country's independence" |
| Death Santos, Jos Eduardo dos | |
| 2nd Aug President Jos Eduardo dos Santos eulogizes, "Holden Roberto was one of the pioneers of national liberation struggle, whose name encouraged a generation of Angolans to opt for resistance and combat for the country's independence" |
| Death Bauer, Jos Carlos |  |
| 4th Feb Death of Jos Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer |
| Death Channon, Henry Paul Guinness | |
| 29th Jan Death of Henry Paul Guinness Channon |
| Death Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| 16th Jan Tally of death certificates and reports from morgues, hospitals, and other institutions indicates more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians died in 2006 |
| Death Rishawi, Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al- | |
| 13th Sep Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi, a leader of Sunni tribes in Anbar Province that have joined forces with the US. to fight Sunni militants, such as al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a bombing |
| Death Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim al- | |
| 15th Jan Death of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, executed |
| Death Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| 28th Dec The Interior Ministry of Pakistan states that "Bhutto was killed when she tried to duck back into the vehicle, and the shock waves from the blast knocked her head into a lever attached to the sunroof, fracturing her skull" |
| Death Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 23rd April Yeltsin dies of heart failure |
| Death Olitski, Jules |  |
| 4th Feb Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor |
| Death Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| 18th Oct Miami Death of Everette Howard Hunt |
| Death Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| 10th Nov Death of Norman Kings ley Mailer |
| Death McNair, Barbara | |
| 4th Feb Death of Barbara McNair, American singer and actress |
| Death Smith, Ian | |
| Nov Former Prime Minister Ian Smith dies |
| Demonstrations Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| May Rallies & demonstrations are banned for three months |
| Demonstrations Tsvangirai, Morgan | |
| Mar Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is hospitalised after his arrest at a rally |
| Diplomacy Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud |  |
| 11th Feb Officials show weapons, including mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosive penetrators they say were manufactured in Iranian factories, they also say that Iranian Government officials sanctioned the transfer of the weapons |
| Diplomacy Olmert, Ehud | |
| 8th Feb Mecca USAand Israel insist that the new Government must recognize right of Israel to exist, disarm terrorist groups and agree to end violence |
| 19th Feb Mecca Trilateral Israeli-Palestinian-American summit with Secretary of State Rice, PM Ehud Olmert and President Abbas ended with no visible result |
| Diplomacy Prodi, Romano |  |
| 28th Feb Romano Prodi submits his resignation after a measure about deploying more troops to Afghanistan and allowing the USAto expand a military base in Italy fails in the Senate, he has been in power only nine months. |
| Diplomacy Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Proposes certain initiatives such as establishing international centres for the enrichment of uranium and prevention of deploying weapons in outer space |
| Feb Munich At the Munich Conference on Security Policy, criticises the USA's dominance in global relations, and points out that the USA displayed an "almost uncontained hyper use of force in international relations" |
| 12th Feb Saudi King Abdullah awards Putin the King Abdul Aziz Award, SaudiArabia's top civilian decoration |
| Diplomacy Bush, George Walker | |
| 11th Feb Officials show weapons, including mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosive penetrators they say were manufactured in Iranian factories, they also say that Iranian Government officials sanctioned the transfer of the weapons |
| 27th Feb In a policy shift USAofficials say they will participate in high-level talks with Iran and Syria at a meeting about Iraq |
| Diplomacy Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Dec Mugabe attends the EU-Africa summit, where he is criticised over his rights record, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown boycotts the meeting over Mugabe's presence |
| Dismissal Katsav, Moshe | |
| 25th Jan Parliamentary committee approves Moshe Katsav's request to suspend himself after Israel's attorney general announces that he would indict Katsav on charges of rape, sexual harassment, abuse of power, and other charges. |
| Economy Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| 26th Feb The Iraqi cabinet passes a draft law on oil revenues that calls on the Government to distribute oil revenues to regions based on their populations and allows regions to negotiate contracts with foreign companies to explore and develop oil fields |
| 26th June A new law calls on Government to distribute oil revenues to regions based on their populations and allows regions to negotiate contracts with foreign companies to explore and develop oil fields |
| 3rd July The Iraqi cabinet approves the hydrocarbon framework law, one component of a larger legislative package, which states that the revenue from oil sales belongs to all Iraqis and outlines the function of the oil and gas council |
| Economy Bush, George Walker | |
| 5th Feb President Bush says the $2.9 trillion budget will eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 without increasing taxes |
| Economy Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| May Warnings of power cuts for up to 20 hours a day while electricity is diverted towards agriculture |
| Election Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 8th Dec Bhutto meets Nawaz Sharif to publicize their demand that Musharraf fulfill his promise to lift the state of emergency before January's parliamentary elections, threatening to boycott the vote if he failed to comply |
| Election Kayani, Ashfaq | |
| 2nd Oct Musharraf names Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, as vice chief of the army starting October 8 with the intent that if Musharraf wins the presidency and resigns his military post, Kayani would become chief of the army |
| Election Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 2nd Oct Musharraf names Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, as vice chief of the army starting October 8 with the intent that if Musharraf wins the presidency and resigns his military post, Kayani would become chief of the army |
| 6th Oct Musharraf wins a parliamentary election for President, however, the Supreme Court rules that no winner can be officially proclaimed until it finishes deciding on whether it was legal for Musharraf to run for President while remaining Army General |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| Election Erdogan, Recep Tayyip |  |
| 22nd July Overall, the AKP secures a plurality of votes in 68 of Turkey's 81 provinces, with its strongest vote of 71% coming from Bingl |
| 22nd July The AKP achieves a landslide victory in the rescheduled July 22 2007 elections with 46.6% of the vote, translating into control of 341 of the 550 available parliamentary seats |
| Election Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Dec Mugabe is endorsed as ZANU-PF candidate for forthcoming elections |
| Execution of Tikriti Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim al- | |
| 15th Jan Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, the half-brother of Saddam Hussein who was also sentenced to death for his role in the 1982 execution of Shiites in Dujail, is decapitated by the noose during his execution |
| Exile of Bhutto Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Bhutto declares her intention to return to Pakistan within 2007, which she did, in spite of Musharraf's statements of May 2007 about not allowing her to return ahead of the country's general election, due late 2007 or early 2008 |
| 29th Aug Bhutto announces that Musharraf would step down as chief of the army |
| 1st Sep Bhutto vows to return to Pakistan "very soon", regardless of whether or not she reached a power-sharing deal with Musharraf before then |
| 17th Sep Bhutto accuses Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan into crisis by their refusal to permit democratic reforms and power-sharing. |
| Oct Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed states that officials agreed to grant Benazir Bhutto amnesty versus pending corruption charges |
| 5th Oct Musharraf signs the National Reconciliation Ordinance, giving amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders-except exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif-in all court cases against them, including all corruption charges |
| 18th Oct Karachi After eight years in exile in Dubai and London, Bhutto returns to Karachi to prepare for the 2008 national elections |
| 18th Oct Karachi Bhutto later claimed that she had warned the Pakistani Government that suicide bomb squads would target her upon her return to Pakistan and that the Government had failed to act |
| 18th Oct Karachi En route to a rally in Karachi two explosions occur shortly after Bhutto had landed and left Jinnah International Airport, she was not injured but the explosions, |
