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2007年全世界會發生的幾件大事

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January



Germany takes over the presidency of the EU from Finland,
and that of the G8 from Russia.



Ban Ki-moon replaces Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the UN.

The World Economic Forum meets in Davos,
Switzerland.



Microsoft launches the consumer edition of its new operating system, Windows
Vista.













February



Chinese celebrate the Year of the Pig.







Britain relinquishes command of NATO forces in Afghanistan
to a “composite command", likely to be headed by American troops.



The space shuttle Atlantis blasts off for the International Space Station.



Tinseltown hosts the Oscars.













March



The four-yearly Cricket World Cup is held in the West
Indies.



The League of Arab States summit takes place in Cairo.







The world’s most-wanted man, Osama bin Laden, turns 50.




Finland celebrates a century of female MPs.













April



Presidential election in Nigeria.



Deadline for the complete destruction of Libya’s chemical weapons.



America commemorates the 400th anniversary of its first
English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.



Nicholas Negroponte’s “$100 laptop” goes on sale to developing countries,
initially for about $130.












May





England and Scotland mark the 300th anniversary of the Act
of Union of their parliaments.



Presidential elections in France and Turkey.



Lovers of good movies flock to the Cannes film festival;

lovers of bad music tune in to the Eurovision song contest.



The winner of the Lulu Blooker prize, the world’s first
literary prize devoted to books based on blogs or websites, is announced.













June



The G8 summit is held in Heiligendamm, Germany.



Venturi, a French car manufacturer, launches a limited edition of its
solar-electric-powered car, the Eclectic.



For the first time since 1851, the America’s Cup is hosted
in Europe—in Valencia, Spain.



Also for the first time, Venezuela hosts the Copa América, Latin America’s
football championship.

July



Portugal takes over the EU presidency.



The mandate for US Trade Promotion Authority, which allows the president to
strike international trade deals, expires.



The Tour de France makes its grand départ from London,
then resumes on French soil.







J.K. Rowling is likely to publish the last of her wildly successful
Harry Potter books.













August



More than 3,000 athletes from 200-odd countries compete in
the World Athletics Championships in Osaka.



The British army’s presence in Northern Ireland is reduced to a permanent
garrison of no more than 5,000; counter-terrorism legislation targeted at
Northern Ireland is also due to be repealed around now.



Experts gather at the European Marine Biology Symposium in
Kiel, Germany, to discuss the effects of climate change on the ocean’s
ecosystems.



Scouts, Cubs, Beavers and Brownies celebrate 100 years of Lord Baden-Powell’s
Scouting movement.













September



The UN General Assembly meets in New York.



A collection of some 3m seeds, representing the agricultural diversity of the
planet, is completed in Longyearbyen, Norway.

Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant is due to be
commissioned.



The Rugby World Cup kicks off in France.













October



Presidential election in Argentina.



Pakistan decides who follows Pervez Musharraf as president—or at least how a new
president is to be chosen.



In Britain, the controversial Turner prize will be hosted
for the first time by Tate Liverpool.



The European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, which has been circling the
Red Planet for the past two Martian years (around 1,374 days), is due to
complete its mission.













November



The five-yearly congress of the Chinese Communist Party is
held in Beijing around now.



More than 20 heads of state and government from the Asia-Pacific Economic Area
meet in Sydney to discuss regional issues.



Zimbabwe resumes international Test cricket, having
withdrawn in early 2006 after the loss of 20 senior players.







Wordy types enjoy a night on the tiles at the biennial Scrabble world
championship.













December



Presidential elections in Kenya (if not sooner) and South
Korea; parliamentary elections in Russia.



The International Air Transport Association aims to have achieved 100%
electronic ticketing by now, saving the industry some $3 billion a year.



Japanese and Chinese diplomacy is tested on the 70th
anniversary of the “rape of Nanking”.







Sailors set off from Fremantle, Australia, on the inaugural Antarctica Cup, a
non-stop race to circumnavigate Antarctica, over a distance of 14,600 nautical
miles.