2007
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Current release date for The Golden Compass, first of the His Dark Materials movies.
January 1 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.
January 9 - War in Somalia: U.S. planes conduct air strikes in Somalia against suspected terrorists.
January 9 - An AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes in Balad, Iraq. The Islamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down.
January 10 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in Iraq.
January 11 - In Bangladesh, a state of emergency is declared by caretaker President Iajuddin Ahmed, following weeks of violent protests preceding upcoming parliamentary elections.
January 11 - Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization as its 150th member.
January 12 - The US Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, which caused minimal damage and no injuries.
January 12 - Comet McNaught, the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes perihelion.
February 1 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair is questioned for a second time in the 'cash for peerages (Cash for Honours)' probe as a witness.
February 13 - North Korea agrees to shut down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon by April 14 as a first step towards complete denuclearization, receiving in return energy aid equivalent to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil.
March 5 - March 15 - The 2007 National People's Congress is held in Beijing, China. The Property Law of the People's Republic of China is officially adopted.
March 8 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits that Israel had planned an attack on Lebanon in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before Hezbollah carried out its kidnapping.
March 12 - Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist disappears in Gaza City, Palestine. Van Halen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
March 17 - Chlorine bombs injure hundreds in Baghdad, Iraq.
March 18 - The 2007 Formula 1 World Championship Begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne
March 22 - NATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties.
March 23 - Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard seize Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.
