Week in Review: February 11 - 17
Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: News
East Timor is in a state of emergency following a rebel shooting that has left President Jose Ramos-Horta hospitalized in Austrailia on Monday. Rebel leader, Alfredo Reinado, was killed in the attack. Austrailia has since come to the country's aid.
An old US spy satellite will be shot down before it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
A gunman at Northern Illinois University killed five, and himself, along with injuring 15 students on Thursday.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama swept presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia to take momentum over Hillary Clinton.
A top Hezbollah commander, Imad Mugniyah, was killed by a bomb detonation on Tuesday. He was wanted by the United States for the terrorist attacks that killed Americans in 1980s.
The United States is seeking execution for the Guantanamo Bay detainees on trail for 9/11 crimes.
Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, replaced her campaign manager after eight primary losses to Obama.
The Senate voted to give legal protection to phone companies that cooperated with President Bush's program of wiretapping without warrants.
Mitt Romney endorsed Republican frontrunner, John McCain.
Four masterworks were stolen from the Buehrle Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland.
British pilot, Lotfi Raissi, the first person to be charged for involvment in 9/11, was cleared of all charges.
The European Union approved a civilian police and justice mission to keep order in Kosovo as the country declares independence from Serbia.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will not tolerate protests after next week's elections.
An old US spy satellite will be shot down before it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
A gunman at Northern Illinois University killed five, and himself, along with injuring 15 students on Thursday.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama swept presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia to take momentum over Hillary Clinton.
A top Hezbollah commander, Imad Mugniyah, was killed by a bomb detonation on Tuesday. He was wanted by the United States for the terrorist attacks that killed Americans in 1980s.
The United States is seeking execution for the Guantanamo Bay detainees on trail for 9/11 crimes.
Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, replaced her campaign manager after eight primary losses to Obama.
The Senate voted to give legal protection to phone companies that cooperated with President Bush's program of wiretapping without warrants.
Mitt Romney endorsed Republican frontrunner, John McCain.
Four masterworks were stolen from the Buehrle Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland.
British pilot, Lotfi Raissi, the first person to be charged for involvment in 9/11, was cleared of all charges.
The European Union approved a civilian police and justice mission to keep order in Kosovo as the country declares independence from Serbia.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will not tolerate protests after next week's elections.
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