Portal:Current events/2007 October 16
October 16, 2007 (Tuesday)
- Irish writer Anne Enright wins the 2007 Man Booker Prize for her novel The Gathering. (BBC News)
- Libya, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, Croatia and Costa Rica are elected to the United Nations Security Council as non-permanent members. (BBC News)
- The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh advises the President of the United States George W. Bush that India is unlikely to sign a pact with the United States on civil nuclear cooperation. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Macedonian singer Tose Proeski passes away in Croatia