Monday February 26, 2007

Holidays

• Blessed Edigna
• Saint Mechtild (d. 1154)
• Blessed Leo of Furnes (d. 1163)
• Saint Victor
• Saint Alexander of Alexandria
• Saint Nestor (died 251)
• Liberation Day in Kuwait (1991).
• Nation of Islam - Savior's Day - commemoration of the birthdate of Wallace Fard Muhammad, believed to be Allah in human form, the saviour of the black race.
• See more

Events

• Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye becomes the new Prime Minister of Chad, replacing interim PM Adoum Younousmi who stood in for Pascal Yoadimnadji since Yoadimnadji's death on 23 February 2007 in Paris. (IHT)
• Talpiot Tomb: Film director James Cameron claims to have found ossuaries that once contained the remains of Jesus of Nazareth, his disciple Mary Magdalene, and their son, named Judah. (CNN)
• Insurgency in Saudi Arabia: At least three French citizens have been shot dead in an attack near the historical site of Madain Saleh. (Al Jazeera)
• Iraq:
• The Iraqi Government has come to an agreement to divide oil revenue and encourage foreign investment in the country. (CNN)
• A bomb inside the Iraqi Ministry of Public Works kills at least five people. It also injures Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi and the Minister for Public Works Reyad Ghareeb in a possible assassination attempt. (''New York Times'')
• ''The Daily Telegraph'' reports that Israel is negotiating with the United States for an air corridor over Iraq to carry out an air strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh calls the information ampquotbaseless.ampquot (''The Guardian'')
• The preliminary inquiry by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch into the Grayrigg rail crash finds that a key part of the set of points was missing. (''The Daily Telegraph'')
• Scientists find over 20 new species of animals as the Larsen Ice Shelf breaks in the Antarctic. (''The Times'')
• Four Guatemalan police officers jailed for the 19 February slaying of three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament are shot dead inside a maximum security prison a riot ensues. (BBC)
• Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney makes surprise visits to Pakistan and Afghanistan to encourage President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to increase border security between the two countries and to take further action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. (Bloomberg)
• United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Des Browne announces the deployment of an additional 1,400 troops to Afghanistan. (BBC)
• Guinean general strike, 2007: President of Guinea Lansana Conté appoints Lansana Kouyaté as the new Prime Minister of Guinea after reaching an agreement with the trade union movement and the Opposition. (BBC)
• Iraq:: The Iraqi Government has come to an agreement to divide oil revenue and encourage foreign investment in the country. (CNN)A bomb inside the Iraqi Ministry of Public Works kills at least five people. It also injures Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi and the Minister for Public Works Reyad Ghareeb in a possible assassination attempt. (New York Times)
• The Daily Telegraph reports that Israel is negotiating with the United States for an air corridor over Iraq to carry out an air strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh calls the information "baseless." (The Daily Telegraph) (Persian Journal) (United Press International) (Chicago Tribune) (The Guardian)
• See more

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around…Comes Around
2. Ludacris - Runaway Love
3. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
4. Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice
5. Akon - Don't Matter

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Take That - Shine
2. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
3. Gwen Stefani featuring Akon - The Sweet Escape
4. Mika - Grace Kelly
5. The Fray - How To Save A Life

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Robin Thicke - Lost Without U
2. Lloyd Featuring Lil Wayne - You
3. Ludacris Featuring Mary J. Blige - Runaway Love
4. Rich Boy Featuring Polow Da Don - Throw Some D's
5. Chris Brown Featuring Jay Biz - Poppin'

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Mana - Manda Una Senal
2. Conjunto Primavera - Ese
3. Hector "El Father" - Sola
4. Xtreme - Shorty Shorty
5. Ricky Martin Featuring La Mari De Chambao Y Tommy Torres - Tu Recuerdo

Bundesliga 2

• Duisburg - Hansa Rostock : 1 - 2

Division 2

• Grenoble - Le Havre : 2 - 1

Championship

• Stoke - Barnsley : 0 - 1

Serie B

• Modena - Juventus : 0 - 1

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $75.50
• Apple AAPL: opens at $89.84
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $28.96
• General Electric GE: opens at $35.15
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $97.86

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 120.65 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.1606 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.2298 CHF
• 1 USD = 7.748 CNY
• 1 EUR = 159.12 JPY