Current events of October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18) (Thursday) edit history watch

Oil prices reach $90 a barrel for the first time due to the low dollar and ongoing tension between Turkey and Iraq. (BBC) The BBC announces 1,800 job cuts as part of restructuring to fill a £2 billion (US$4 bn) shortfall caused by lower than expected funding by the British government. (AFP via Google) At least four people are killed in three days of tribal warfare near the Grasberg mine in the Papua province of Indonesia. (BBC) French commuters face chaos after a public transport strike over proposed changes to pensions of transit workers continue. (Reuters) Cécilia and Nicolas Sarkozy file for divorce. (CNN) Return of Benazir Bhutto: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan after eight years of self-exile, with a crowd of a million expected in Karachi to welcome her back. (CNN) 2007 Karachi bombings: At least 138 people are killed and 600 injured as two bombs explode near a truck carrying Benazir Bhutto. (CNN)