Current events of 27 October 2007 (2007-10-27) (Saturday) edit history watch

War in Afghanistan: United States led coalition forces kill 80 Taliban fighters outside Musa Qala in Helmand province. (AP via Fox News) A suicide bomber explodes a bomb outside a United States base in eastern Afghanistan killing four Afghan soldiers and a civilian. (AP via CNN) Curlin wins the Breeders' Cup Classic at the Monmouth Park racecourse. In the same race, European star George Washington is euthanized after breaking down in the stretch. (Reuters) At least 30 people are killed and 100 injured in flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC) California wildfires: Some fires are reported in the Mexican state of Baja California, south of the U.S. border, but these are generally brought fairly swiftly under control. (CalFires.com) The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger vows to personally "hunt down" those responsible for starting the fires. (CNN) Yu Zhengsheng leaves his post as CPC party chief of Hubei to replace newly promoted Politburo Standing Committee member Xi Jinping as Shanghai party chief. (Xinhua)