Current events of 20 November 2007 (2007-11-20) (Tuesday) edit history watch

2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Thousands of people escape Pakistan's Swat district, where the Pakistan Army is fighting with pro-Taliban militants. (BBC) More than 100 journalists are arrested for protesting against the state of emergency and media restrictions. (BBC) The Government of Pakistan releases 3,400 people who were jailed during the state of emergency. (BBC) Pakistan Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retired) Qazi Mohammad Farooq announces the next general elections will be held on January 8, 2008.[citation needed] November 2007 strikes in France: French President Nicolas Sarkozy vows to continue his economic reforms. (BBC) Students and civil servants join transport workers in the strike. (BBC) Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert and the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas are formally invited to the 2007 Mideast peace conference. (BBC) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holds talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh. (BBC) The Cambodia Tribunal holds its first public hearing, evaluating a bail request by Khang Khek Ieu. (BBC) The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe reverses its decision not to monitor the 2007 Russian legislative election. (BBC) Manfo Kwaku Asiedu is sentenced to 33 years in jail for his role in the 21 July 2005 London bombings. (BBC) Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is sentenced to five years to life in jail for complicity in rape. (BBC) Jordanian voters go to the polls in the 2007 parliamentary election. (BBC) Association of Southeast Asian Nations members sign their first charter at the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore. (BBC) Bangladesh calls for more international aid for the survivors of cyclone Sidr. (BBC) The death toll from the 2007 Zasyadko mine disaster rises to at least 90. (BBC) Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, announces Iran has agreed to a new round of talks about Iraq with the United States. (BBC) The United Nations reduces its estimate of how many people are infected with HIV in 2007 from nearly 40 million to 33 million. (BBC) The UK's HM Revenue and Customs admits that it has lost two computer discs which contained data, including bank details and National Insurance numbers, about every family with a child under 16 in the country. (BBC)