The People's Republic of China launches a new long-range nuclear submarine and an accompanying class of ballistic missiles, with a range in excess of 7,400 km (4,600 mi), developed by the People's Liberation Army. (AP) (Link dead as of 04:01, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
Yukos loses an appeal to halt the auctioning off of its main production unit. President of RussiaVladimir Putin, while on his three-day visit to India, says Indian firms are welcomed to bid. (BBC)
A car bomb explodes outside a Shi'a mosque in a BaghdadSunni district, killing 14 worshippers and wounding 19. Mortars land on a police station in Baghdad, followed by an assault which kills 12 people and results in the freeing of 50 prisoners. A website allegedly tied to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claims responsibility for the police station attack. (BBC)(Reuters)Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (Link dead as of 04:01, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
The Supreme Court of Ukraine rules that the 2004 second round presidential results are invalid and requires a new vote to be completed within three weeks without determining whether the second round will be re-run or an entirely new election will be run. (BBC)(Yahoo! News) (Link dead as of 04:01, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
Rwanda denies it has sent any troops to Congo. Reuters (Link dead as of 04:01, 15 January 2007 (UTC)) quotes unnamed diplomatic sources that claim that the troops were there only temporarily. (BBC)(Reuters)Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (Link dead as of 04:01, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
Typhoon Nanmadol slams into the island of Luzon in the Philippines, less than a week after tropical depression locally called "Winnie" caused landslides and floods in the region also affected by the earlier typhoons Muifa and Merbok. Floods and landslides by Winnie killed at least 495 persons. More people are expected to be declared missing or dead as typhoon Nanmadol leaves the country later today. (CNN)(Inquirer/GMA7)
