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BBC News on Video in the News 2007

• July
  • July 31: The Taleban killed a second Korean Christian hostage in central Afghanistan
  • July 31: The Video of S. Korean Christian held hostage by the Taleban is broadcast
  • July 27: Taleban threatens to kill South Korean Christian hostages if negotiation fails
  • July 27: A South Korean woman held hostage in Afghanistan pleads for help
  • July 26: Taleban kills one of South Korean Christian hostages, a pastor
  • July 23: Taleban extended deadline for Korean hostages held in Afghanistan
  • July 18: North Korea closes more nuclear sites signaling a "Big Deal"
  • July 13: North Korea's military calls for direct talks with the US
  • July 12: South Korean Fuel ship bound for North Korea
  • July 10: Pakistani security forces attack the red mosque in Islamabad
  • July 9: The UN nuclear agency approves sending inspectors to North Korea
  • July 2: South Korea tycoon Kim Seung-youn jailed for attempted violence
     
• June
  • June 29: The North Korean regime did not shut down nuclear facilities in Yongbyon
  • June 28: U.N. weapons inspectors visit North Korea's nuclear reactor at Youngbyon
  • June 27: UN's nuclear inspectors visiting North Korea's main nuclear facilities
  • June 27: Tony Blair travels to Buckingham Palace to hand in his resignation
  • June 26: U.S. Congress votes in favor of the resolution that demands Japan's apology
  • June 25: North Korea confirms Macau funds transferred to its Bank of Foreign Trade
  • June 22: Christopher Hill says North Korea is ready to shut down nuclear reactor
  • June 21: The U.S. Envoy Christopher Hill made his first visit to North Korea 
• April
  • April 20: Cho Seung-hui's family makes apology for the Virginia Tech accident
  • April 19: Police Officers  regret at Cho Seung-hui's video broadcasted by NBC
  • April 17: Police identifies the gunman of the incident at the Virginia Tech
• March
  • March 27: David Hicks, the first Guantanamo terror suspect, is charged
  • March 20: US Democratics demands the withdrawal of the U.S. troops in Iraq
  • March 15: Has North Korea hidden its real intention for the nuclear deal?
  • March 14: The head of the UN nuclear agency snubbed by North Korea
  • March 13: The UN Nuclear chief warns over North Korea nuclear deal
  • March 12: The Believers of the Tibetian Catholic Church holding on to their faith
• February
  • Feb 26: Bosnians disappointed by the ruling on Srebrenica massacre
  • Feb 26: The UN's top court clears Serbia of genocide in the 1990s Bosnia war
  • Feb 24: North Korea invites the U.N. Nuclear agency Mr. Mohamed Elbaradei
  • Feb 22: Thailand's new prime minister is accused of weak & hesitant leadership
  • Feb 20: Iran rejects the latest deadline to halt uranium enrichment
  • Feb 19: South Korean Teenagers sent to bootcamp to taste military training
  • Feb 16: North Korea celebrates Kim Jong-il's 65th birthday after nuclear deal
  • Feb 15: North Korea tested ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons
  • Feb 14: Rice hails a deal with North Korea over its nuclear programme
  • Feb 13: North Korea agrees to close nuclear reactor in Youngbun
  • Feb 12: The German court approved parole for the former gang Baader-Meinhof
  • Feb 9:  Tense in Jerusalem after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians
  • Feb. 8: Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme resume in Beijing
  • Feb. 7:  Leaders of Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas begin talks in Mecca
  • Feb. 6:  Itallians mourn over the death of an officer by football hooliganism
  • Feb. 6:  Indonesia fears disease amid flood in the capital Jakarta
  • Feb. 2:  Climate report/ Climate change is the result of human activity
  • Feb. 1:  US warns Iran to stop helping insurgents in Iraq
• January
  • 1-31  Eight people are arrested in Birmingham after anti-terror raids
  • 1-30  North Korea nuclear talks to resume
  • 1-29  African snub to Sudan over Darfur
  • 1-27  First international plan to try to stop the overfishing of tuna in Japan
  • 1-26  Lebanon appeals for financial aid after war between Israel and Hezbollah
  • 1-25  A US Senate panel rejects President Bush's Iraq plan in 2007
  • 1-23  Lebanese opposition parties halt the strike which paralyzed the country
  • 1-22  Serbia's nationalist Radical Party won in the country's general election
  • 1-20  US asks China to explain its intentions of carrying out an arms test in space
  • 1-19  Nepal's Maoists disbanded parallel government set up in their insurgency
  • 1-18  Israeli opposition figures call on the Prime Minister Ohmert to quit
  • 1-17  Ban Ki-moon and charge against the chief of the UN oil-for-food programme
  • 1-16  Rice arrives in Saudi Arabia to rally support for US plans for Iraq
  • 1-13  Spanish police arrest Argentine ex-President Isabel Pero
  • 1-12  UN Secretary Ban Ki-mun calls to close the detention centre at guantanamo
  • 1-11  US President George W Bush boosts troop numbers in Iraq
  • 1-10  US air strikes in Somalia are aimed at al-Qaeda leaders
  • 1-9  Russia cuts oil supplies to Europe as a Moscow-Belarus trade row escalates
  • 1-6  US Democrats warn President Bush against sending more troops to Iraq
  • 1-5  Democrats led by Nancy Pelosi take control of the US Congress
  • 1-3  A guard was questioned over unofficial filming of Hussein's execution
  • 1-2  Iraq investigates unofficial mobile phone footage showing Hussein's execution
  • 1-1  Somali Islamists flee their last stronghold as government troops claim Kismayo

   

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