2007 Year in Review

Top events for the nation and the world

News of the Nation
Iraq Edges Toward Stability • Destruction of CIA Interrogation Tapes • Dismissal of Federal Prosecutors • Democrats in Control of Congress • Presidential Election
News of the World
Report Says Iran Has Halted Nuclear Weapons Program • Palestinian and Israeli Leaders Pledge to Work Toward Peace • North Korea Makes Concessions on Nuclear Program • Political Turmoil in Pakistan • Sudan Resists UN Efforts for Peace

News: Month by Month
Detailed chronology of the news each month, covering national and international events
Iraq Conflict Timeline 2007
From the surge of U.S. troops into Baghdad to the shooting of civilians by Blackwater guards
Estimated Cost, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
The estimated cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan varies dramatically depending on what federal agency is doing the reporting
Supreme Court Decisions
Rulings on using race to maintain school diversity • Partial birth abortion • Regulation of automobile emissions • Students’ right to free speech
Significant Armed Conflicts
Darfur • Afghanistan • Iraq • Sri Lanka
Recently Suspended Armed Conflicts
Global Political, Economic, and Social Facts

Deaths in 2007
Brooke Astor • Art Buchwald • Michelangelo Antonioni • Liz Claiborne • Bob Clark • Vincent DeDomenico • Frank Guarrera • Lee Hazlewood • Sir Wally Herbert • Dennis Johnson • Deborah Kerr • Arthur Kornberg • Norman Mailer • Jack Odell • Kiichi Miyazawa • Paul Roche • Brett Somers • Boris Yeltsin

Science Milestones, 2007
New Planetary System • Leopard Species Discovered • Corals • Stem Cells • Airbus A380
New Planetary System
New planet has a mass 45 times that of Earth
Disasters in 2007
Earthquakes in 2007
Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes in 2007
Volcanic Eruptions 2007