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| | | South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes the UN secretary-general, following the retirement of Kofi Annan | |
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| 2007 |
| | | Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, bringing the number of member states to twenty-seven | |
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| 2007 |
| | | Democrat Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives, becoming the first woman to hold the post | |
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| 2007 |
| | | China carries out a successful test of a ground-based missile that can destroy satellites in orbit | |
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| 2007 |
| | | The International Red Cross and Red Crescent adopt the Red Crystal for use where a non-religious emblem is preferred | |
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| 2007 |
| | | Democratic US Senator Hillary Clinton launches her 2008 presidential bid, posting the message 'I'm in' on her website | |
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| 2007 |
| | | North Korea agrees to begin shutting down its nuclear facilities in return for an ongoing programme of fuel aid | |
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| 2007 |
| | | Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly bring the same result as in 2003, with extremist rivals DUP and Sinn Fein the dominant parties | |
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| 2007 |
| | | Morgan Tsvangirai is arrested on his way to a prayer rally in Harare, and is severely beaten and tortured in police custody | |
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| 2007 |
| | | Long-term enemies Ian Paisley (DUP) and Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein) agree to share power in a reconvened Northern Ireland Assembly | |
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