Current events of 28 April 2007 (2007-04-28) (Saturday) edit history watch

Australia wins its third consecutive Cricket World Cup with a victory over Sri Lanka in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup finals in Barbados. (ABC) (BBC) Human rights in Tajikistan: Two police officers in Dushanbe, Tajikistan are found guilty of beating and torturing a 16-year-old boy while in police custody. They are sentenced to two years in prison. (RFE/RL) A bombing occurs at a mosque in Karbala, Iraq, killing 55. (BBC) A suicide bombing in Pakistan kills at least 22 and injures Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao. (BBC) (CNN) Turkey's army warns against questioning the country's secular system after a disputed first-round presidential vote in parliament. (BBC) An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale strikes Kent, England. (BBC) President of Ireland Mary McAleese dissolves the 29th Dáil and calls for a general election on 24 May 2007. (Irish Examiner) (BBC) 80,000 people gather throughout the United States joining 'Displace Me' to raise awareness of displaced refugees in Northern Uganda. (KOMO4)