Current events of 21 December 2007 (2007-12-21) (Friday) edit history watch

At least 50 people are killed by an explosion at a mosque in northern Pakistan. (CNN) Belgian authorities arrest 14 people the government calls Islamic extremists, who they say were plotting to free an al-Qaeda member from prison. (The New York Times) The Schengen Agreement is expanded to include the seaports and land borders of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. (BBC News)