A suicide bomber rams a car into a minibus containingAfghan soldiers on a highway south ofKabul. Thirteen, including six Afghan soldiers, are killed in the incident.(AP via Google News)[permanent dead link]
Percy Schmeiser and Louise Schmeiser for their courage in defending biodiversity and farmers' rights, and challenging the environmental and moral perversity of current interpretations of patent laws.(The Right Livlihood Award.org)
Grameen Shakti wins the Right Livelihood Award for bringing sustainable light and power to thousands of Bangladeshi villages, promoting health, education and productivity.(Daily News)
TheUnited StatesSupreme Court decides that federal district judges have broad discretion to impose what they think are reasonable sentences, even if federal guidelines call for different sentences. The case that they ruled on involvedcrack cocaine.(The New York Times)
CongressmanRon Paul raises a record 6 million dollars for his presidential campaign in a single day "Money Bomb" internet fundraiser to commemorate the anniversary of theBoston Tea Party. This event is widely credited as being the first modern day Tea Party, thus creating theTea Party movement.(Politico)
Iraq War:U.S. troops kill 11 members of aMahdi Army splinter group. The military also announces that it has detained two more suspects in the capture of three U.S. soldiers earlier this year.(AP via Yahoo! News)
2007 Zoé's Ark controversy - SixFrenchaid workers, sentenced to eight years athard labor by aChadian court for allegedly attempting to rescue over 100 Chadian children, are flown to France, where they will appear before a French court which will decide how they will serve their sentences.(Reuters)
NASA astronomers refine the trajectory of new asteroid2007 WD5, giving it a 1-in-25 (4%) chance of strikingMars on January 30, 2008. The object, estimated to be 50 meters wide, could impact Mars with the force of about three megatons of TNT. The potential strike area is close to the location of theOpportunity rover.(NASA)
Kenyan presidential election, 2007: Vote counting is delayed for a day with the opposition, led byRaila Odinga, holding a 40,000 vote lead with 90% of votes counted. Violence andlooting ensue, especially in the capitalNairobi, with "several" fatalities amidst claims of election fraud from both camps.(BBC News)
TheNew England Patriots are the first team in theNFL to ever finish the regular season with a record of16-0, the first perfect regular season in the league since the 1972 Miami Dolphins.(ESPN)
Tom Brady sets theNFL record for Most Touchdown Passes in a season with 50.
Randy Moss sets theNFL record for the Most Touchdown Receptions in a season with 23.
