Wiktionary:Words in the News/2007

Words in the News - Archive - 2007

• general election - December 31 - Pakistani general election likely to be postponed
• Siberian tiger - December 28 - Wall of Siberian tiger enclosure at San Francisco Zoo is too short
• tiger - December 26 - Tiger escapes from cage at San Francisco Zoo, kills worker
• snow storm - December 24 - 11 dead after snow storms in US
• sex tape - December 22 - Preview of sex tape starring former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra is released
• humpback whale - December 21 - Japan backs down from hunting Humpback whales
• faggot - December 18 - BBC Radio 1 reverses "faggot" ruling hours after initial ban
• trans-Atlantic - December 15 - Trans-Atlantic 'air rage' incident ends safely
• neurofibromatosis - December 14 - Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis
• time zone - December 10 - Hugo Chávez sets new time zone for Venezuela
• teddy bear - Dec 3 - Teacher jailed over teddy bear given pardon
• election - Dec 2 - Russians vote in parliamentary election
• daredevil - Nov 30 - Daredevil Evel Knievel dies at age 69
• lawfully - Nov 27 - UK prime minister says donations were not lawfully declared
• riot - Nov 26 - Youths riot in Paris suburb, attack police station
• Antarctic - Nov 23 - Canadian cruise ship sinking in Antarctic
• sabotage - Nov 21 - Sabotage strikes French railways
• strike - Nov 20 - French transportation strike spreads to civil servants
• cyclone - Nov 15 - Cyclone Sidr smashes Bangladesh's coastline, millions evacuated
• Eurostar - Nov 14 - Eurostar train service moves to new London terminal
• perpetrator - Nov 8 - Perpetrator of Finnish school shooting dies in hospital
• mass grave - Nov 6 - Iraqi troops uncover mass grave
• kidnap - Nov 4 - Chad releases seven Europeans held in alleged kidnap plan
• unwilling - Nov 2 - American diplomats unwilling to go to Iraq may be forced, says State Department
• suicide bomber - Nov 1 - London's Metropolitan Police Service found guilty in suspected suicide bomber case
• Daylight Saving Time - Oct 31 - North American Daylight Saving Time to end on November 4
• pet - Oct 23 - Pet parrot saves owners lives
• renewed - Oct 21 - Thousands flee renewed violence in Congo
• restoration - Oct 18 - Avro Vulcan returns to the air after restoration
• risky - Oct 16 - Studies: raw fish risky
• collide - Oct 15 - Two planes collide at London's Heathrow airport
• fair - Oct 11 - 2007 Frankfurt International Book Fair opens
• unfurl - Oct 8 - Umbrella unfurling for demanding suffrage in Hong Kong
• patty - Oct 5 - Sam's Club recalls beef patties nationwide following reported illnesses
• trapped - Oct 4 - Thousands trapped in South African mine; over half rescued so far
• seminar - Oct 3 - PTS Taiwan holds "Why Democracy?" the Movie Pre-launch Seminar to examine the democratic process in Taiwan
• screw - Sep 30 - German man arrested for selling screws worth $155,000
• mascot - Sep 29 - Support strong to bring back 1980 Soviet mascot for the 2014 Olympics
• "monastary" - Sep 27 - Hundreds of monks arrested in monastary raids
• Twenty20 - Sep 24 - India defeat Pakistan in 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final
• hit and run - Sep 23 - Singer Britney Spears faces hit and run charges
• nail bomb - Sep 21 - Nail bomb explodes beneath UK teacher's car
• meteorite - Sep 20 - Meteorite blamed for mysterious illness in Peru
• taser - Sep 19 - Student questioning Senator Kerry is tasered
• dogfight - Sep 15 - Aircraft crashes during mock dogfight at Shoreham Airshow, United Kingdom
• if - Sep 13 - Australian PM will not serve full term if re-elected
• slump - Sep 11 - Adam Air ticket sales revive after post-crash slump
• schmooze - Sep 10 - Stars "schmooze" at Toronto International Film Festival party
• lorry - Sep 8 - 85 Hindu pilgrims killed in India lorry crash
• swastika - Sep 7 - Police called to investigate after tenant draws swastikas in landlord's house
• triathlete - Sep 6 - Belgian triathletes race at North Sea coast
• web - Sep 1 - 200 yard spider web found in Lake Tawakoni State Park, East Texas
• unveil - Aug 29 - Nelson Mandela statue unveiled in Parliament Square, UK
• fire - Aug 27 - MLB: Houston Astros fire manager Phil Garner and GM Tim Purpura, Finland offers helicopters, personel to assist Greece with forest fires, Hot air balloon fire kills two, injures eleven in Canada
• punishment - Aug 24 - Two-year-old punished in dryer
• jam - Aug 22 - Prisons in New Zealand to introduce mobile phone jamming technology
• catastrophic - Aug 19 - Hurricane Dean forecasted to become "catastrophic" Category 5 storm
• speed - Aug 17 - Two German scientists claim to have broken the speed of light
• battery - Aug 14 - Nokia issues BL-5C battery warning, offers replacement
• glitch - Aug 12 - Los Angeles Internatonal computer glitch causes four hour backup
• gouge - Aug 11 - 'Gouge' found on wing of Space Shuttle Endeavour
• proscription - Aug 8 - Dutch MP advocates proscription of Koran
• exoplanet - Aug 7 - Largest exoplanet so far is discovered
• armband - Aug 6 - Thai police to wear 'Hello Kitty' armbands as punishment
• force-feed - Aug 5 - Thief force-fed fifty bananas to retrieve necklace
• monsoon - Aug 4 - Asian monsoon rains force millions to flee
• Exclusive Economic Zone - Aug 2 - Russia claims North Pole by planting flag on seabed
• fence - Aug 1 - Argentine President harshly criticizes US border fence
• existential - July 30 - Ingmar Bergman dies at age 89
• straw poll - July 29 - Fred Thompson wins Georgetown County straw poll
• ISS - July 26 - NASA says worker tried to sabotage ISS
• ETA - July 25 - ETA places explosives on Tour de France route in Spain
• state of emergency - July 22 - Macedonia declares state of emergency due to heat wave
• woman - July 21 - Pratibha Patil becomes the first woman president of the Republic of India
• jetliner - July 20 - Body found on jetliner from China to United States
• derailment - July 18 - Toxic air from Ukraine train derailment continues to make people sick
• jolt - July 16 - Strong 6.7 earthquake jolts Japan
• martyrdom - July 15 - Osama bin Laden praises martyrdom in video
• butterfly - July 14 - Fast evolution observed in butterflies
• Hindu - July 13 - Christian protesters try to disrupt first Hindu prayer in US Senate
• knighthood - July 10 - Al-Qaeda threatens UK over Rushdie's knighthood
• sleet - July 10 - Argentina celebrates its independence day covered in white
• peleton - July 10 - Tour de France: Yellow jersey Cancellara surprises sprinters
• knighthood - July 10 - Al-Qaeda threatens UK over Rushdie's knighthood
• sleet - July 10 - Argentina celebrates its independence day covered in white
• peleton - July 10 - Tour de France: Yellow jersey Cancellara surprises sprinters
• karaoke bar - July 9 - TNT blamed for Chinese karaoke bar explosion that killed 25
• oldest - July 6 - Scientists uncover oldest known DNA on Earth * oldest - July 6 - Scientists uncover oldest known DNA on Earth
• mole - July 5 - Fred Thompson accused of being a "mole" for Nixon White House
• controlled explosion - July 3 - Controlled explosions take place as police enquiry into UK bombings continues
• critical - June 30 - MI5 terror threat warning level raised to 'critical'
• regime - June 29 - International Red Cross condemns Myanmar regime
• bridge - June 27 - Young bridge player wins at Antalya
• intelligent design - June 26 - "Creationism and intelligent design have no place in the UK science curriculum" says UK Government
• wonders of the world - June 25 - Election of new 7 wonders of the world: deadline approaching
• torrential - June 24 - Torrential rainstorms kill over 200 in Karachi
• Walloon - June 23 - Walloon region of Belgium officially recognises mosques
• Iwo Jima - June 22 - Japan changes Iwo Jima's name
• durian - June 21 - Thai scientist has deodorized the stinky 'king of fruits'
• foie gras - June 20 - Study links foie gras consumption with Alzheimer's, arthritis, diabetes, other diseases
• landing gear - June 18 - Emergency Air New Zealand landing performed with no landing gear
• gay marriage - June 15 - Gay marriage amendment to stay off 2008 ballot in Massachusetts, USA
• birdlike - June 14 - Fossilized remains of birdlike dinosaur found in China
• P2P - June 14 - Michael Moore's new film 'Sicko' leaked via P2P
• Popemobile - June 6 - Man attempts to jump into Popemobile
• junta - June 5 - Thai junta partially lifts political ban
• panties - June 3 - Free Paris Hilton protest panties
• temporary marriage - June 3 - Iran's interior minister backs temporary marriage
• Scouts - June 1 - Philadelphia breaks 80 year old lease and moves to evict Scouts
• monster - May 26 - Monster Pig killed by eleven-year old boy
• McJob - May 25 - McDonald's petitions Oxford English Dictionary to remove the word McJob
• hammerhead - May 23 - Hammerhead sharks can give birth without mating, study shows
• landfill - May 21 - Landfill named after comedian, John Cleese
• treasure - May 19 - 500 million US dollars worth of treasure found off coast of Cornwall UK
• World Bank - May 17 - Wolfowitz to quit as head of the World Bank
• chemical bomb - May 17 - Insurgents in Iraq kill 32 with chemical bomb
• televangelist - May 15 - Televangelist Jerry Falwell dies at age 73
• coffee table - May 12 - Longest coffee table symbolises World Fair Trade Day in Belgium
• Stevenage - May 12 - Stevenage Borough win FA Trophy
• resign - May 10 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair to resign on June 27
• supernova - May 8 - NASA observes largest supernova on record
• eschew - May 6 - Iranian minister eschews un-Islamic dress at Sharm al-Sheikh
• tornado - May 5 - At least nine killed in Greensburg, Kansas tornado
• UFO - May 3 - Britain's Ministry of Defence to release UFO files
• free to air - May 2 - Free to air digital TV switched on in New Zealand
• outage - May 1 - Western New York recovering after major internet outage
• pinch hit - 28 April - MLB: Twins defeat Tigers after pinch hit scores two
• extra-solar - Apr 24 - Newly discovered extra-solar planet may be Earth-like
• turnout - Apr 22 - High turnout observed in French presidential election
• molten - Apr 19 - Molten steel kills 32 workers in Liaoning,China
• pro-secular - Apr 15 - Pro-secular Turks rally against Erdogan's possible presidential candidacy
• captive - Apr 10 - UK allows former captives to sell stories
• code of conduct - April 9 - Jimbo Wales to create 'code of conduct' for bloggers and the Wikimedia Foundation
• sunken - Apr 8 - Captain of sunken cruise ship charged
• snort - Apr 5 - Keith Richards reported to have "snorted" his father's ashes
• TGV - Aprl 3 - TGV makes 574.8 km/h on rails
• Security Council - Mar 30 - UN Security Council calls for release of British soldiers in Iran
• yuan - Mar 29 - Proposed U.S. legislation seeks to push China raise the value of yuan
• material support - Mar 27 - Guantanamo detainee David Hicks pleads guilty to providing "material support"
• power sharing - Mar 26 - Power sharing to return to Northern Ireland
• niqāb - Mar 24 - Muslims told not to wear veils on Quebec election day
• gunpoint - Mar 23 - 15 British Royal Navy sailors captured at gunpoint by Iranian guards
• suspicious - Mar 21 - Pakistan coach's death 'suspicious'
• lahar - Mar 18 - Lahar at New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu
• friendly fire - Mar 16 - Friendly fire killing of Lance Corporal Matty Hull deemed unlawful
• neo-natal - Mar 10 - Bacterial outbreak forces closure of Toronto hospital neo-natal unit
• renewable energy - Mar 9 - EU adopts renewable energy measures
• peacekeeper - Mar 8 - African Union peacekeepers come under attack in Mogadishu
• aide - Mar 6 - Jury convicts former aide to Dick Cheney in Plame case
• lunar eclipse - Mar 3 - Full lunar eclipse due on March 3, 2007
• Vice President - Feb 27 - Explosion near Afganistan base kills at least 19, U.S. Vice President may have been target
• Waitangi Day - Feb 23 - New Zealand's "Waitangi" holiday to stay
• bereavement - Feb 22 - On bereavement and acceptance: Yale study of grief process
• mud volcano - Feb 21 - Indonesia to plug mud volcano
• northern lights - Feb 17 - NASA launches satellites to study northern lights
• kidnapping - Feb 16 - 26 Americans, mostly CIA agents, charged for kidnapping in Italy
• Grammy - Feb 12 - Dixie Chicks, Blige, Underwood big Grammy winners
• candidacy - Feb 10 - Senator Obama announces presidential candidacy
• snow - Feb 8 - Snow causes disruption in UK
• Hare Krishna - Feb 6 - Further demolition of Hare Krishna homes in Kazakhstan seems imminent
• letter bomb - Feb 5 - Letter bomb explodes near Scotland Yard in London, England
• insurgent - Feb 2 - Insurgents shoot down U.S. helicopter near Baghdad
• Second Life - Jan 31 - Sweden to open embassy in Second Life
• Stonehenge - Jan 30 - Home of Stonehenge builders found
• witch-hunt - Jan 26 - Four women killed in Papua New Guinea witchhunt
• living fossil - Jan 25 - Living fossil caught off coast of Japan
• vista, OpenDocument, OOXML - Jan 24 - - , etc.
• nomination - Jan 23 - "Sunshine", "Queen" in the spotlight as 79th Annual Academy Award nominations announced
• exploratory committee - Jan 20 - Hillary Clinton forms presidential exploratory committee
• sponsorship - Jan 18 - UK Celebrity Big Brother loses sponsorship over racism allegations
• bravitude - Jan 16 - Bravitude climbing fast on Google
• decapitated - Jan 15 - Saddam's co-defendant decapitated while being hanged
• ice storm - Jan 13 - Western New York prepares for ice storm
• iPhone - Jan 10 - Apple introduces iPhone and Apple TV
• air strike - Jan 9 - U.S. air strikes on Somalia confirmed
• archbishop - Jan 8 - Polish Archbishop resigns after spying revelations
• instant noodle - Jan 7 - Inventor of instant noodles passes away
• avalanche - Jan 6 - Avalanche buries cars in Colorado
• insurgent - Jan 3 - Insurgents now control Iraqi city
• European Union - Jan 1 - Bulgaria and Romania are new European Union members