September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05) (Wednesday)

• Three suspects arrested on terrorism charges yesterday appear before Germany's Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe. (AP via the Guardian)
• The Swedish Defence Minister Mikael Odenberg resigns after being overruled by the Finance Minister Anders Borg in the pending budget talks. (Aftonbladet)
• War in Afghanistan: Afghan and U.S led coalition forces kill 20 insurgents while two Afghan policeman die in a bomb attack. (AP via The Canadian Press)
• Israeli tanks and bulldozers enter the Gaza Strip in a limited operation against rocket launchers. (AP via International Herald Tribune)
• Singapore jails the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party Chee Soon Juan for failing to pay a fine of S$4,000 for trying to leave the city-state without permission. (Reuters)
• A group of 50 asylum-seekers held in an Australian facility on Nauru have started a hunger strike. (SBS and AAP)
• Japanese and North Korean envoys begin in Ulan Bator, Mongolia to resolve long-standing differences. (BBC)
• Special prayers are said at the tomb of Mother Teresa at her tomb in Calcutta in honour of the tenth anniversary of her death. (BBC)
• The Solomon Islands government rejects an extradition request by Australia for Attorney-General Julian Moti to face child sex charges. (AAP via Sydney Morning Herald)
• Pakistani police arrest approximately 50 supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League in Punjab prior to his return to Pakistan next week. (AFP via Google)
• APEC
  • The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and the President of the United States George W. Bush agree to discuss upgrading the defense relationship with Australia to enjoy the same access to US military technology as the United Kingdom. (ABC News Australia)
  • Prime Minister Howard assures President Bush that "Our commitment to Iraq remains". (AP via CNN)
  • The New South Wales Supreme Court upholds an application by the New South Wales Police Force to change the route of a protest march on Sydney on Saturday. (ABC News Australia)