Portal:Current events/2007 February 17

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Current events of February 17, 2007 (2007-02-17) (Saturday) edit history watch

United States presidential election, 2008: Presidential contender Hillary Clinton has called for a 90-day deadline to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. She states in a video on her website: "If George Bush doesn't end the war before he leaves office, when I'm president, I will." (Reuters via ABC Australia Online) United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Iraq for talks. (Reuters Alertnet) A suicide bomb in a district court in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, Pakistan kills at least 13 people. (Times of India) Italians demonstrate against the expansion of a United States Army base in Vicenza, home of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. (BBC) Former professional wrestler Mike Awesome is found dead in his Tampa, FL residence. He was 42. [1] Singer Britney Spears controversially shaves her head. [2] Vietnamese New Year