2007 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but Santoro chose not to participate, and only Zimonjic competed that year. Zimonjic partnered with Daniel Nestor, but lost in the quarterfinals to Sébastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.


2007 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov won in the final 6–4, 6–2, against Tomáš Cibulec and Lovro Zovko.


2007 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, and won in the final 7–5, 7–6(11–9), against Paul-Henri Mathieu.


2007 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Květa Peschke and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but Schiavone chose not to participate, and only Peschke competed that year. Peschke partnered with Rennae Stubbs, but lost in the quarterfinals to Iveta Benešová and Galina Voskoboeva.


2007 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Cara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 10–7, against Victoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek.


2007 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Anna Chakvetadze was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Dinara Safina.


2007 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Elena Dementieva won the title, defeating Serena Williams in the final 5–7, 6–1, 6–1.


2007 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2007 Krems local election
Local elections were held in Krems an der Donau on 7 October 2007. The ÖVP held its majority; while the SPÖ increased its share of votes and seats, it failed to displace the ÖVP as the largest party in the city council. In addition to ÖVP, SPÖ, FPÖ and the Grüne, three other parties stood:


2007 Krems local election
The ÖVP held their 20 mandates, the SPÖ saw an increase of three for a total of 16, while the FPÖ lost one and the Greens lost two, resulting in two and one mandate, respectively. The Communists and Left Socialists held their single mandate.


2007 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election
The 2007 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2007年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 7 April 2007 in Taiwan between Wu Po-hsiung and Hung Hsiu-chu. This was the third direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote. The previous leadership election had occurred in 2005.


2007 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election
The election was triggered by the resignation of chairman Ma Ying-jeou after he was indicted for allegedly misusing funds while Mayor of Taipei. The Taiwan High Court eventually cleared Ma of all corruption charges. The election, held on 7 April, was won by Wu Poh-hsiung.


2007 Kuril Islands earthquake
The 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake occurred east of the Kuril Islands on 13 January at 1:23 p.m. (JST). The shock had a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A non-destructive tsunami was generated, with maximum wave amplitudes of 0.32 meters (1 ft 1 in). The earthquake is considered a doublet of the 8.3 magnitude 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake which occurred the previous November approximately 95 km to the southeast.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict
The Kurram Agency War began on 6 April 2007 in Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan when a Sunni gunman on a Friday prayer held by Shia in Parachinar. It left more than 40 people dead and more than 150 people wounded . Tension had been brewing in the area adjacent to the Afghan border since April 1 when the sectarian group Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat taking part in Mawlid (prophet Muhammad's birthday) when some of Sunni people having guns shot the Shia people.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 6 (War Starts)
On Friday, 6 April 17 RabiulAwal, a Sunni gunman fired on a procession (EideMilad u Nabi) held by Shia in Parachinar. An ambulance was also attacked by sunni Taliban terrorists in the city in which three people, including the organiser of the  Haideri Blood Bank, Inayat Hussain were wounded. Hospital sources said that three bodies and 18 wounded people had been brought to the agency headquarters hospital. Hundreds of sunnis  were killed by Shia. Locals said the number of casualties might increase as both sides were using heavy weapons.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 6 (War Starts)
Akber Khan Road's Markets, which was full of Taliban forces fighting against Shia, although houses and shops were set ablaze after a big fight by Shia who came from nearest villages resulting in millions of rupees losses. The aim was to flush the sunni  people from the city Which is evident as now only few people of sunni sect left there and no property is owned by them  from Parachinar and surroundings..


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 6 (War Starts)
The political administration of the Kurram Agency imposed a curfew and additional army troops were called out to stop acts of lawlessness in the area. A jirga of elders was being convened to broker a ceasefire between the two groups.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 7 (Army Takes Over)
The army took control of Parachinar on Saturday after overnight heavy gun battles between two sectarian groups. Fierce clashes continued in other parts of the Kurram Agency. Cobra helicopters targeted suspected locations in and around the town to dislodge combatants from their positions. The army and paramilitary forces, backed by armoured personnel carriers, entered Parachinar and secured positions at around 11 am.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 7 (Army Takes Over)
FATA’s secretary for security Arbab Mohammad Arif told reporters in Peshawar that 40 people had been killed and 70 wounded in the two days of fighting. Officials claim the curfew imposed in the area was effective; the city had been sealed completely and troops were issued a ‘shoot at sight order’ if any person was found violating the curfew.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 7 (Army Takes Over)
Hospital sources said 15 bodies had been counted so far and 62 injured had been taken to the city’s main hospital and private clinics. An official source said three government employees were among the dead.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 8 (Clashes spread to villages)
Despite the presence of a large number of Taliban forces killed Shia peoples, clashes between rival groups intensified in the Kurram Agency on Sunday. Fifteen more Taliban dead and scores of others wounded amid reports that the rival groups in certain areas had intensified attacks on each other's positions. One woman was among the dead. The road between Parachinar and Thall remained closed and wounded people could not be taken to Peshawar. Doctors said that local hospitals lacked adequate medical and surgical facilities. Four Taliban were killed in Piwar and three in Kirman village. A mortar shell hit a house in Alamsher village, killing one Amin Hussain (Shia). Six Taliban were killed in Sadda town shelling from Balish Khel. Two were killed while loading a mortar gun.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 8 (Clashes spread to villages)
Fierce clashes continued in Tari Mangal-Piwaar, Mali Khel-Boshera, Parachamkani-Kirman and Ibrahimzai-Sadda areas and heavy weapons were used. A heavy exchange of fire was reported from Boshera, 5 km south of Parachinar. The main grid station supplying electricity to Sadda came under attack and power supply to the area was suspended.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 8 (Clashes spread to villages)
Official sources claimed that 25 people had died in the past three days and 140 had suffered injuries, with many of them said to be in critical condition in hospitals. Two of the injured died in a hospital in Parachinar and three in Sadda hospital. The sources said 110 wounded people had been taken to hospitals in Parachinar and 30 to the hospital in Sadda. Political Agent Sahibzada Mohammad Anis said 15 people had died and 40 others wounded.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 8 (Clashes spread to villages)
Administration considered using Cobra helicopters to dislodge armed groups from different locations. The administration persuaded the area MNAs, senators and Maliks to use their influence to broker a truce. AFP adds: "We have started negotiations with tribal elders to end the fighting," Sahibzada Anis said, adding that troops could be used in some outlying areas if needed.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 9, 2007 (Clashes Intensify)
A security personnel was killed and several others injured when a mortar shell hit their headquarters.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 9, 2007 (Clashes Intensify)
The security forces have warned to take action if the rival factions did not stop fighting. Residents said some people had opened fire in Dandar localities of the city on Sunday night, but no casualty was reported. A large area of the agency is without electricity. Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Hamid Khan promised security to the residents of Kurram Agency during a visit to the area.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 10, 2007 (Clashes Continue)
Despite the presence of security forces, heavy fighting between Taliban & Shia in different areas of the Kurram Agency continued for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday April 10. There is no respite in clashes and residential areas are being targeted with rockets and light cannons, forcing people to evacuate women and children to safe places. The region was without electricity after the main transmission line was attacked by Taliban near Alizai in the Lower Kurram Agency. According to sources, death toll had risen to 50 and hospitals in Parachinar, Sadda and Alizai had received 260 wounded. Doctors said that 173 wounded had been shifted to hospitals in Parachinar and about 65 to the Sadda hospital.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 10, 2007 (Clashes Continue)
The official death toll from the clashes since April 6 has reached 25, while the unofficial toll is as high as 80. The political administration is using the traditional jirga system to broker a ceasefire. The jirgas are showing results at some places only.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 10, 2007 (Clashes Continue)
Fresh army troops and paramilitary soldiers were seen heading towards the main bazaar as violence continued in surrounding areas of Parachinar, witnesses told Daily Times. A doctor who was given permission to go out in the curfew said that private property has been badly damaged in Parachinar bazaar. “Shops have been burnt and no one knows which side has suffered most. Both groups have tried to inflict maximum damage on the other,” said the doctor, asking not to be named.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 10, 2007 (Clashes Continue)
Sources say that government is falsely claiming the ceasefire in various areas, and government law enforcement agencies found Taliban attacking on civilians as stated that a woman transferring her son wounded to Hospital was shot dead along with her son. Central leaders of the ISO Shafiq Bangash, Sajid Hussain and others alleged that 10 helicopter gunships were firing at terrorist in different parts of Parachinar. People here say that city is running out of food.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 11, 2007 (Failed Balishkhel Coupe)
Government sources claimed that a cease fire was in place in Sadda, while Parachinar was still under curfew. A reporter of site Shia News has reported that on the night of Tuesday, 10 April, 15  Fighters of Taliban were killed in the area of BalashKhel. They were wearing uniforms of the Pakistani Armed Forces. When trying to enter the town, they were killed by the firing from Shias of Balashkhel, and after the clash the bodies were examined. War continued in Parachinar in which 6 Shia  have been killed, 2 were injured while 30 Taliban were Killed.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 11, 2007 (Failed Balishkhel Coupe)
On Wednesday, April 12, Local Shia Fighter launched a cross border attack at the town of Jalmey where 20 Taliban were killed and 22 were injured. Earlier they had attacked Char Diwar and left 30 of them dead behind them. In this attack the president of Islamic Education Trust, Taibullah Turi, the grandson of Haji Ali Akbar, and two women: Gulab Nisa and Nasreen Shahid Shahsawar, were counted among the 12 dead. During this 24-hour period, those persons who were killed included: Rasheed Khan, A missile attack was launched from bordering Afghan area Paktia by Taliban. The target was Bourki town. Ten rockets were observed to have hit there. In this attack 3 persons were wounded.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 12, 2007 (Failed Alizai Misadventure)
A huge terrorist brigade consisting 15,000 Taliban attacked two villages of Shia population in Alizai area on late Wednesday night. In this attack 25 persons were killed, while dozens of houses were set on fire. Reports indicated 10 corpses had been transferred to hospital. Estimates of injured persons indicated 30 victims. The towns of Shilozan, Jalmey, and Piwaar were still engaged in fighting while all other parts of the valley were reported to be calm. The number of people killed after the incident of Alizai reportedly reached 85.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 13, 2007 (Clashes Extinguish)
Curfew was loosened for two hours on Friday 13, April 2007 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, in the city of Parachinar. An eyewitness told the BBC correspondent by telephone that security forces had set about collecting the unexploded shells of mortar, missiles and rocket propelled grenades.


2007 Kurram Agency conflict, Public opinion and Role of media
A famous Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan also the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has named this war as American agenda for preparation of attack on Iran.


2007 Kvalserien
The 2007 Kvalserien was the 33rd edition of the Kvalserien. It determined two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2007–08 Elitserien season and which four teams would play in the 2007–08 HockeyAllsvenskan season.


2007 Kwai Tsing District Council election
The 2007 Kwai Tsing District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 28 elected members to the 36-member District Council.


2007 Kwara State gubernatorial election
The 2007 Kwara State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Kwara State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Bukola Saraki won the election, defeating Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim of the Democratic People's Party.


2007 Kwara State gubernatorial election, Results
Bukola Saraki from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim from the Democratic People's Party. Registered voters was 1,216,478.


2007 Kwun Tong District Council election
The 2007 Kwun Tong District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 34 elected members to the 42-member District Council.


2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Kyrgyzstan on 21 October 2007, following the constitutional crisis caused by amendments passed since the Tulip Revolution in 2005 (in November and December 2006) being invalidated by the Constitutional Court of Kyrgyzstan on 14 September 2007. Voters were asked whether questions on a new constitution and electoral law. Both were approved by over 95% of voters.


2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background
In response to the invalidation of the constitutional amendments passed after the Tulip Revolution, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev called the referendum on 19 September 2007. The new constitution provided for a 90-seat Supreme Council (an increase from 75) elected by proportional representation, whilst members of political parties declared illegal would lose their seats. The president would have powers to appoint or dismiss the government, civil servants, the National Security Council, judges, prosecutors, directors of the National Bank and members of the Electoral Commission, but not to dissolve the Supreme Council.


2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background
The new electoral law would set a 5% nationwide electoral threshold for political parties, set a gender quota of 30% and require that at least 15% of candidates were under the age of 35 and 15% were from national minorities. The changes were thought likely to see many of the independent politicians and smaller parties eliminated from the Supreme Council.


2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Conduct
According to observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), there were reports of numerous irregularities, observers being obstructed, and ballot stuffing; it also said that popular awareness of what was at stake in the referendum was low and called into question the claimed high turnout rate. The United States embassy also had concerns and said that the vote fell short of international standards.


2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Results, Constitution
Do you agree with the new version of the constitution?


2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Results, Electoral law
Do you agree with the new electoral law, as proposed by the President for the referendum?


2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Aftermath
Analysts assumed that there would be early parliamentary elections in 2008 following the referendum, especially as Bakiyev had also announced that he would be founding a political party. Bakiyev called early elections for December 2007 immediately after preliminary results indicated that more than 75% of voters had approved the changes, with an official turnout of 80%.


2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 16 December 2007. The election was called by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev after the constitutional referendum on 21 October 2007 approved a new electoral system and constitutional reform proposals, enlarging the parliament to 90 MPs and introducing party-list voting.


2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Campaign
Twenty-two parties filed to run in the election, but some reconsidered and six were rejected by the authorities, including Taza Koom ("Clean Society"). Thus the following parties contested the election:


2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Controversy
On 28 November 2007, Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev from the Social Democratic Party resigned and Iskenderbek Aidaraliyev became Acting Prime Minister until the election; the resignation was reportedly over differences between Atayev and Bakiyev.


2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Controversy
To enter parliament, a party had to pass two thresholds:


2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Results
According to preliminary results based on 81% of the polling stations, turnout was over 60%, but no party apart from Ak Jol had managed to pass both thresholds. Ak Jol reportedly received 47.8% of the vote. Ata Meken received 9.3% of the vote nationwide, but failed the regional thresholds in three regions. Ak Jol therefore appeared to be the only party to enter parliament. International monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe heavily criticised the election. Monitors from the Commonwealth of independent States, however, claimed the election met democratic standards. Later results showed that two other parties, the Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party, narrowly managed to pass the national threshold.


2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Results
The Supreme Court overturned the second, regional threshold two days after the vote (thus potentially broadening parliamentary representation from three to four different parties). Final results are expected to be announced on by the end of December.


2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Results
According to the central electoral commission, Ak Jol received 71 seats, the Social Democratic Party received 11 seats and the Communist Party received 8 seats. It is unclear whether the CEC is ignoring or reinterpreting the Supreme Court ruling which would entitle the Ata Meken party to seats despite failing to win at least 0.5% of the vote in all seven regions and two cities. The newly elected parliament convened on 21 December 2007 for the first time and will have to confirm a new government before 1 January 2008.


2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Results
According to official results, Ata Meken failed to gain the necessary votes in Osh, yet party activists claimed to have proof of having attained more than the necessary votes.


2007 Kyrgyzstan League
This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Frietjes (talk | contribs) at 17:28, 10 January 2020 (→League standings). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.


2007 Kyrgyzstan League, Overview
It was performed in 10 teams, and Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn won the championship.


2007 LFF Lyga
Final tables of the Lithuanian Championship in 2007 are presented below. The Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) organized three football leagues: A Lyga (the highest), 1 Lyga (second-tier), and 2 Lyga (third-tier), which comprised several zones. For the first time a separate league for farm teams was set up.


2007 LG Hockey Games
The 2007 LG Hockey Games was played between February 8 and February 11, 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden.


2007 LG Hockey Games
Sweden won the tournament undefeated, after victories against the Czech Republic (6-1), Russia (6-2) and Finland (1-0). The tournament became a major success for Sweden's Johan Davidsson, who scored for points and was also appointed for the tournaments all star-team. The game Sweden-Ryssland also became his 100th international.


2007 LMB All-Star Game
The 2007 LMB All-Star Game was the 75th edition of the LMB All-Star Game. The game and the Home advantage in the Serie del Rey, were won by the Zona Norte, defeating the Zona Sur 5–3.


2007 LMB All-Star Game, Home Run Derby
Karim Garcia of the Monterrey Sultans won the Home Run Derby. Garcia won the tiebreaker to Carlos Rivera of the Oaxaca Warriors who opened the final round and hit 4 homers, however, Karim shot one of the longest runs in the history of the stadium to deposit the ball on the roof of the Olympic Village is located behind the right field wall.


2007 LPGA Championship
The 2007 LPGA Championship was played from June 7–10 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the 53rd edition of the LPGA Championship, the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2007.


2007 LPGA Championship
Suzann Pettersen, age 26, won her first major title with 274 (−14), one stroke ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb; it was her second career win on the LPGA Tour.


2007 LPGA Tour
The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In 2007, prize money on the LPGA Tour was $54.285 million, the highest to date.


2007 LPGA Tour
Lorena Ochoa topped the money list with a record $4,364,994, easily surpassing Annika Sörenstam's previous record of $2,863,904. Sörenstam was out most of the 2007 with neck and back injuries. Ochoa led the tour in victories in 2007 with eight wins; Suzann Pettersen of Norway had five.


2007 LPGA Tour
The four major championships were won by: Morgan Pressel (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Suzann Pettersen (LPGA Championship), Cristie Kerr (U.S. Women's Open), and Lorena Ochoa (Women's British Open). All four majors were won by first-time major winners. The British Open also marked a breakthrough for women's golf; for the first time the event took place at historic St Andrews in Scotland, the fabled "home of golf," that had previously been off-limits to women.


2007 LPGA Tour
In a slight reversal of a trend from recent years,  Americans saw a relative resurgence in dominance in 2007, winning 12 events. For the first time since 2000, two Americans won majors. However, only one American, Paula Creamer, won more than one event, while Mexico's Lorena Ochoa won eight times and Norway's Suzann Pettersen five. Koreans won only four events, seven fewer than the 11 won in 2006.


2007 LPGA Tour
For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2007 in golf.


2007 LPGA Tour, Tournament schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour including that event.


2007 LPGA Tour, Tournament schedule and results
Tournaments in bold are majors. * The LPGA NW Arkansas Championship was not completed due to inclement weather. Only 18 holes were played so it was not an official tournament, nor did the money count as official money. * *The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge was held on November 13. It was broadcast on television on December 22 and 23. The official LPGA Tour schedule listed the tournament dates based on the television broadcast.


2007 LPGA Tour, Award winners
The three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are:


2007 LSU Tigers football team
The 2007 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship and the national championship–their third claimed national championship and fourth recognized by the NCAA and the college football community.


2007 LSU Tigers football team
The team's head coach was Les Miles, who entered his third year at the helm. They were led on the field by senior quarterback Matt Flynn and senior defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, a two-time All-American and winner of multiple national trophies and awards. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


2007 LSU Tigers football team
The team overcame two triple-overtime losses and four other close games to become the first, and only, two-loss national champion in the BCS/CFP era. On their way to the BCS national championship, the Tigers won their tenth SEC championship by defeating Tennessee in the SEC Championship Game.


2007 LSU Tigers football team
The Tigers finished the season having earned the Southeastern Conference championship trophy, the Grantland Rice Award, the MacArthur Trophy, the Associated Press Trophy and the AFCA National Championship Trophy.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season
In his second season as head coach, Les Miles had another terrific year leading the Tigers to back-to-back 11 win seasons. The Tigers finished 2006 with a record of 11–2 (6–2 SEC) and were invited to the 2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl to play Notre Dame. The Tigers went on defeat Notre Dame 41–14 to cap a 7-game win streak to end the season. The Tigers headed into the off-season with higher hopes for the 2007 Season.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Pre-season
LSU was ranked No. 2 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll and the preseason AP Poll.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Pre-season
In the pre-season, returning quarterback Matt Flynn was named one of the top-10 impact seniors for 2007. Senior tailback Alley Broussard left the team on July 24 to concentrate on academics. Broussard had started eight games, but was not expected to start in 2007.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Pre-season, 2007 recruiting class
LSU signed a total of 26 players for the 2007 recruiting class. The 2007 class was a solid recruiting class for Les Miles and the LSU Football program. The class was headlined by safety Chad Jones, wide receivers Demetrius Byrd and Terrance Tolliver, quarterback Jarrett Lee, and defensive tackle Joseph Barksdale. LSU did miss out on signing Joe McKnight, the top recruit out of Louisiana who decided to commit to USC instead. Overall, the 2007 LSU recruiting class was ranked No. 4 by  and No. 5 by .


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
The schedule was ranked as the No. 3 toughest home schedule.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
LSU and Mississippi State kicked off the 2007 college football season in a Thursday night SEC contest broadcast live on ESPN. Through much of the first half it appeared as though Mississippi State was up to the daunting task of challenging the Tigers, then the #2-ranked team in the country behind only USC, as MSU clung to a 3–0 deficit until the end of the second quarter, when LSU scored 14 points in the last six minutes of the first half, opening the door for the Tigers to cruise to the final 45–0 margin.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
LSU K Colt David warmed up the scoreboard for the Tigers' offense with a 27-yard field goal with 6:28 remaining in the first quarter. Tigers' RB Keiland Williams would score twice in the second quarter on one-yard runs with 5:52, then 0:00 on the clock to push LSU's lead to 17–0 at the half. In the third quarter, the Tigers' distanced themselves with two eleven-yard touchdown passes from QB Matt Flynn to WR Early Doucet (12:53) and RB Charles Scott (2:09), bringing the score to 31–0 to start the fourth quarter.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
LSU backup QB Ryan Perriloux sealed the Tigers' victory in the fourth quarter with a three-yard touchdown scramble (8:20), followed by a 15-yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon LaFell (5:45). LSU's dominance included earning 22 first downs to MSU's 9 and yielding MSU just ten rushing yards on 26 carries.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
LSU FB Jacob Hester led the Tigers with 14 carries for 72 yards (4.9 yards per carry), while Early Doucet paced LSU's passing attack with 9 catches for 78 yards, including the 11-yard touchdown strike he caught in the third quarter; he was the only LSU receiver to catch more than one pass. For MSU, RB Anthony Dixon led the Bulldogs on the ground with just 29 yards on 13 carries (2.2 average). RB Arnil Stallworth led MSU with only 3 pass receptions for 33 yards.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
LSU starting QB Matt Flynn paced his team's offense by completing 12 of 19 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns and rushing 11 times for 42 yards. Ryan Perriloux ran the Tigers' offense well in relief duty, completing 2 of 3 passes for 21 yards and a touchdown and running 3 times for 12 yards and another score. For MSU, QB Michael Henig completed just 11 of 28 passes on his way to a school record-tying six interception-performance. He was sacked three times for a cumulative loss of 30 yards.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
Defensively, LSU LB Ali Highsmith led the Tigers with eight total tackles. Tigers' S Craig Steltz returned three of MSU's six interceptions a total of 100 yards. MSU LB Dominic Douglas led all tacklers with nine total, in his first career game with the Bulldogs.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
The ESPN College GameDay crew was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for this important non-conference matchup between two top-10 teams. LSU entered the game ranked No. 2 while Virginia Tech was ranked #9. With both teams having excellent defenses the game was expected to be a low-scoring affair. LSU, however, on their first possession drove the ball 80+ yards for a touchdown. The next time they got the ball they did the same thing. LSU continued to shock the Virginia Tech defense all night as it racked up 48 points to eventually win the game 48–7.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee State
Second ranked LSU played Middle Tennessee State in front of a sold out crowd in Tiger Stadium. Head coach Les Miles didn't play starting QB Matt Flynn because of an ankle injury he suffered during the week, and to rest him for next weeks game at home against the South Carolina Gamecocks. Instead, he started Sophomore Ryan Perrilloux who threw 20–26 passing for 298 passing yards to help lead LSU to a 44–0 win against MTSU. Senior WR Early Doucet didn't play to rest for next weeks game as well. LSU held Middle Tennessee to a total of 90 yards on offense. LSU only allowed 9 yards rushing in the game against the same MTSU team that put up 264 yards of total rushing against Louisville the week before. LSU won the game 44–0.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
#14 South Carolina, coached by Steve Spurrier, came into Tiger Stadium on a rainy Saturday afternoon. The game, broadcast nationally by CBS, was messy due to the wet conditions, and South Carolina took an early 7–0 lead. LSU responded by scoring two unanswered touchdowns to make it 14–7. LSU again drove down into South Carolina territory but the drive stalled and the Tigers lined up to kick a field goal.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
The kick was a fake, perfectly executed by QB Matt Flynn and K Colt David, which saw David take an over-the-head no look toss from Flynn into the end zone for a touchdown. The play would go on to be selected as the ESPN/Pontiac Game Changing Performance for week 4 of the 2007 season. South Carolina would score again late in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough and the Tigers won the game 28–16.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tulane
LSU played Tulane in a recently renewed rivalry that stretches all the way back to LSU's first football game in 1893. Even though the game was played at the Louisiana Superdome, Tulane's home stadium, it was a virtual home game for LSU considering it is only approximately 80 miles (130 km) away from Baton Rouge. The Tigers started out slow and Tulane took a 9–7 lead late in the first half. LSU would score a field goal to go into halftime with a 10–9 lead. The second half saw the Tigers pull away from the Green Wave and LSU won the game 34–9.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tulane
LSU and Tulane both wore special uniforms designed by Nike to honor Hurricane Katrina victims. The new designs will be sold at stores throughout the city and proceeds will benefit Nike's Let Me Play New Orleans fund to help rebuild New Orleans through Sport. LSU's uniforms consisted of white pants and a purple jersey and a white helmet. This is only the second time in history that LSU has worn a white helmet. The other time came in the 1997 Independence Bowl against Notre Dame.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tulane
The LSU victory, along with Southern California's close game with Washington, pushed LSU to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll, with 1,593 points and 33 first-place votes just over Southern California's 1,591 points and 32 first-place votes; however the Trojans remained No. 1 in the Coaches Poll, keeping a more substantial lead: 1,483 points and 45 first-place votes to LSU's 1,454 points and 14 first-place votes.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
In the pre-season, this game was named as one of candidates for the 10 most important games of 2007, with the 2006 contest having made a significant impact on determining the national championship (Florida finished #1, LSU #3); it would also serve as the first true road test for Gator's starting quarterback Tim Tebow.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
In preparation for the matchup, CBS staged The Early Show from the LSU campus on the Friday morning before the game. ESPN also chose LSU as the site for College GameDay. It was the second time in the 2007 season that ESPN College GameDay was broadcast from LSU.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
The Gators took an early lead by kicking a field goal on their first drive. Two drives later, the Gators mounted a 12-play drive that culminated in a Tim Tebow two-yard pass to Kestahn Moore to put the Gators up by ten. LSU immediately countered with a long drive of their own, going 80 yards in 16 plays, scoring on a Ryan Perrilloux option play to cut the Gator lead to 10–7. The Gators marched down the field again and scored on a Tebow run to put their lead back at 10 with 2:23 to play in the first half. LSU moved the ball right before the half, but kicker Colt David missed a 43-yard field goal.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
In the second half, LSU took the ensuing drive but were stopped by the Gator defense. Appearing to kick another long field goal, LSU instead ran a brilliant fake with the holder—quarterback Matt Flynn—who scooted eight yards for the first down. The Tigers scored on a Keiland Williams run shortly thereafter.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
The Gators answered the LSU drive with a quick 3-play drive to score on a 37-yard Tebow pass to Cornelius Ingram. Craig Steltz missed an assignment on the play which left Ingram wide open on the post pattern. Florida started the fourth quarter with a 24–14 lead.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
However, the Tigers were not to be denied. After missing another relatively short field goal, LSU took advantage of an errant pass by Tim Tebow which hit Ingram in the helmet. The Tigers drove down the field, and Flynn hit Demetrius Byrd for a 3-yard touchdown to cut the Gator lead to 3.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
On the final LSU drive, the Tigers converted several fourth down plays, including one by Jacob Hester where he made a great second effort to surge ahead to just get the first down. Hester scored a short touchdown with 1:06 to play in the game, giving the Tigers a 28–24 lead.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
On the final drive, Florida gained 30 yards, but a Hail Mary pass as time expired was batted down by Chad Jones, sealing the LSU victory.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
Much of the hype during game week concerned the fate of starting safety and captain, Tony Joiner, who was arrested earlier in the week for what was later termed a "misunderstanding." The owner of the towing company where Joiner was arrested was quoted as having received over 200 calls from Florida fans, several of them death threats to him and his family. Joiner played but did not start the game.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
After suffering their first loss of the season to No. 17 Kentucky, LSU fell to No. 5 in the polls. LSU blew a 13-point lead in the 3rd quarter.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Auburn
One week after their brutal triple overtime loss to Kentucky, LSU returned home for another tough matchup: number 17 Auburn. Auburn jumped out to an early 7–0 lead when Brandon Cox found Montez Billings. A 46-yard screen pass to Keiland Williams for a TD tied it, but Auburn took a 17–7 lead into halftime when LSU backup quarterback Ryan Perrilloux fumbled, and Carl Stewart ran for a one-yard touchdown after LSU's Trindon Holliday had saved a touchdown. Wes Bynum's field goal capped the first half scoring.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Two Colt David field goals pulled LSU within four before Matt Flynn hit Jacob Hester on a five-yard screen and David kicked another field goal to put LSU on top 23–17. But, Auburn wasn't done, as they drove down the field and scored a touchdown. LSU had 3:13 left, and they put themselves in good position to kick a game-winning field goal on Auburn's 22-yard line. However, with a chance to make the kick and a timeout, LSU coach Les Miles chose to gamble (as he has so often during the year) and go for a touchdown.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Auburn
It turned out as he planned however, as LSU won on Matt Flynn's 22-yard pass to Demetrius Byrd. Miles later said he thought he had plenty of time, and reviews of the play verified that the pass was caught with 4 seconds remaining, but the clock ran until the referee signaled TD with 1 second remaining. Under NCAA rules, the clock keeper allows the clock to run when a reception is made in the endzone until a signal is given by the endzone referee. Had the ball been incomplete, the clock keeper would have stopped the clock immediately upon the ball hitting the ground. This likely would have left LSU with 3–4 seconds on the clock and a chance to run another play.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
In the game dubbed "Saban Bowl I", in which Nick Saban's new Alabama team faced an LSU team that featured several players Saban himself had recruited during his tenure in Baton Rouge, the Tide found itself in an SEC shootout. Alabama struck first with an early Leigh Tiffin field goal. However, the Tigers then scored 17 unanswered points, and it appeared that the game could have been a blowout. Unfortunately for LSU though, Bama wasn't finished yet. They scored 17 points in the second quarter, and the Crimson Tide led 20–17 at halftime.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
The third quarter saw no scoring until the last two minutes. With 1:19 left, Keith Brown caught a 14-yard touchdown pass to make the score 27–17. The Tigers quickly responded on their next drive when Matt Flynn threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Demetrius Byrd to bring the Tiger back to within 3 points of Bama. Then, with 11:21 left in the game, Colt David kicked a 49-yard field goal to tie it up 27–27. The Tide took the lead again when Javier Arenas returned a punt for a 61-yard touchdown.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
With 2:49 left, LSU was able to tie the game again. It appeared the game might go into overtime until John Parker Wilson was hit in the backfield by Safety Chad Jones and fumbled the ball and LSU recovered on the Tide's 4-yard line. They then ran it in for a touchdown and won when Alabama was unable to respond. The Tigers had 475 total yards compared to Alabama's 254. Alabama was able to stay in the game thanks to 3 interceptions the defense was able to force and 130 yards in penalties that LSU accumulated. John Parker Wilson was 14 for 40 with 234 yards, 3 touchdowns, and an interception.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
After coming off of a win against Ole' Miss, the once again No. 1 ranked LSU Tigers lost again in a triple overtime battle against the Arkansas Razorbacks. The loss dropped them back to No. 7 and the loss also jeopardized their chances of getting into the BCS National Championship.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship Game: Tennessee
Tennessee and LSU faced off in the SEC Championship Game. They last met in the SECCG in 2001. LSU won that game over the favored Volunteers, eliminating them from a trip to the Rose Bowl for the national championship. LSU last played in the SECCG in 2005, losing to Georgia. Tennessee last played in the SECCG in 2004, losing to Auburn. Matt Flynn was sidelined by injury, and the Tennessee defense delivered its best performance of the year, holding the Ryan Perrilloux-led Tigers to a season low 21 points.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship Game: Tennessee
However, the LSU defense intercepted two passes from Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge, including one late in the fourth quarter to secure the win. In the wake of this victory, LSU jumped from 7th to 2nd in the BCS standings and became the first two-loss team to play in the BCS National Championship Game.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game
After coming out of a two loss season with a win in the SEC championship game, the LSU Tigers took on the top ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and defeated them 38–24. This win made the LSU Tigers the first team to win two BCS National Championships.


2007 LSU Tigers football team, White House visit
On April 7, 2008, the 2007 LSU Tigers football team traveled to the White House in Washington, D.C. to meet U.S. President George W. Bush.


2007 La Flèche Wallonne
The 71st edition of the La Flèche Wallonne cycling classic took place on April 25, 2007 and was won by the 2004 winner Davide Rebellin ahead of 2006 winner Alejandro Valverde and 2005 winner Danilo Di Luca.


2007 La Flèche Wallonne, Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race
As of April 25, 2007, after the 2007 La Flèche Wallonne


2007 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo
The 2007 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo was held from 7  to 21 January 2007 in Gabon. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over a prologue and five stages.


2007 Labatt Tankard – Playdowns
The 2007 Labatt Tankard Open Playdowns were held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club in Crapaud, Prince Edward Island from January 26–29. The top eight teams from the playdowns qualified for the final tournament.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election
The 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election was a British political party election for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party. John Prescott, the previous deputy leader, announced on 10 May 2007 that he was standing down from that position and that he would be leaving as deputy prime minister about the same time that Tony Blair tendered his resignation as prime minister.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election
Harriet Harman was elected deputy leader on 24 June 2007 with 50.43% of the final redistributed vote. However Gordon Brown, who was elected leader on the same day, did not subsequently appoint her deputy prime minister, instead leaving the office vacant.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election
There had been reports that an increasing number of Labour MPs and members of the NEC had been attempting to get the election for the position of deputy leader abandoned in order to save the £2,000,000 it was estimated that the contest would cost. There would have had to have been a special conference convened if such an alteration was to be made.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Successfully nominated candidates
All six declared candidates secured more than the 45 nominations from MPs that was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper by close of nominations at 12:30 UTC+1 on 17 May 2007.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Results
The election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to MPs and MEPs, a third to individual members of the Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Results
Harriet Harman won the contest, her victory heavily depending on support from individual party members with preference votes narrowing her opponent's lead and she only led in the final round. The final total percentage votes for the two main candidates after redistribution were almost identical to those of the final round of the 1981 contest.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Suggested candidates not standing
Jeremy Corbyn announced in December 2006 he was considering running for the Deputy Leadership. However, there was no subsequent statement from him on it and he nominated Hilary Benn for the Deputy Leadership. No other eligible person — i.e. Labour MP — announced they were considering standing for the position except for the six nominated candidates and Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn would go on to be elected Leader of the Labour Party in the 2015 leadership election, appointing Benn his Shadow Foreign Secretary.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Suggested candidates not standing
There was some speculation about Ed Balls, Patricia Hewitt, David Miliband and Jack Straw standing for the position, but no sign that they had ever said they were inclined to run and all had ruled themselves out before nominations opened.


2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Candidate spending
The amount of donations made to each candidate for their campaigns were:


2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The 2007 Labour Party leadership election was formally triggered on 10 May 2007 by the resignation of Tony Blair, Labour Leader since the previous leadership contest on 21 July 1994. At the same time that Blair resigned, John Prescott resigned as Deputy Leader, triggering a concurrent election for the deputy leadership.


2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
Informal campaigning had been ongoing ever since Blair announced in 2004 that he would not be fighting a fourth general election as leader. Pressure for a timetable eventually led him to announce on 7 September 2006 that he would step down within a year. Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) met on 13 May 2007 to decide a timetable. Nominations opened on 14 May and closed at 12:30 UTC+1 on 17 May 2007.


2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
Blair said he expected Gordon Brown to succeed him, and that Brown "would make an excellent Prime Minister". When nominations for the leadership elections opened, Blair was one of those nominating Brown. From the start, most observers considered Brown the overwhelming favourite to succeed Blair; John McDonnell, his only challenger, failed to secure enough nominations in order to get onto the ballot, and conceded defeat. Brown received 313 (88.2%) nominations to McDonnell's 29 (8.2%), making it mathematically impossible for anyone other than Brown to be nominated.


2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The election process concluded with Brown being declared leader at a special conference on 24 June 2007. On 27 June, Blair resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and was succeeded by Brown.


2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
If Brown had been opposed, Labour Party members would for the first time have directly elected a new Prime Minister.


2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates
John McDonnell and Gordon Brown were the only candidates as the election process began with the nominations round. In order to secure a place on the ballot paper, candidates needed to submit their nominations to the National Executive Committee (NEC) by 17 May, each supported by at least 12.5% of Labour MPs (45 Labour MPs, including the candidate themselves). Brown, the only successfully nominated candidate, was declared leader at a special Labour conference on 24 June 2007.


2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Nominations and result
Only Gordon Brown attained over 45 nominations and was thus elected unopposed.


2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Suggested candidates who declined to run
During the months leading up to Tony Blair's resignation, media attention focused on a wide range of Labour politicians, most of whom publicly refused to stand:


2007 Ladies European Tour
The 2007 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). The tour featured 24 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the biannual Solheim Cup. Sophie Gustafson won the Order of Merit with earnings of €222,081.47, while Bettina Hauert was voted Player's Player of the Year. Louise Stahle won Rookie of the Year honours, finishing 23rd in the Order of Merit.


2007 Ladies European Tour, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2007 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.


2007 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2007 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his eighth season as head coach. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. All games were televised on the Lafayette Sports Network (LSN).


2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election
The 2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. Babatunde Raji Fashola of the AC defeated other candidates, by polling 599,300 votes, PDP's Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro was closest contender with 383,956 votes.


2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election
Babatunde Fashola emerged the ACN candidate at the gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Sarah Adebisi Sosan.


2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election
Of the 22 candidates who contested in the governorship election, 20 were male, only two were female. Among the deputies, 18 were male, four were female.


2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Lagos State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP governorship primary election was in the main bowl of the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos, on held on Saturday 9 December 2006, and lasted about 48 hours. There were 6,100 accredited delegates in attendance from across the state. Wife of the party's late gubernatorial aspirant Funsho Williams, Hilda Funsho-Williams, led with 2,597 votes; Senator Musiliu Obanikoro followed closely with 2,195 votes. Others like Engr. Kamson polled 683 votes, Senator Wahab Dosunmu had 253 votes, Prince Ademola Adeniji Adele got 190 votes, Engr. Adedeji Doherty got 73 votes, Chief Tunde Fanimokun polled 61 votes, Arch.


2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
Kayode Anibaba had 18 votes, Mrs. Abosede Oshinowo got 17 votes, and Sir Babatunde Olowu polled one vote. There were some voided votes. The Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Rear Admiral Babatunde Ogundele (rtd), according to Vanguard Nigeria, however, announced the failure of Funsho-Williams  to secure the required 50% win. It was Musiliu Obanikoro, however, who got to be nominated as the party's candidate.


2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 22 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. The AC candidate, Babatunde Fashola, won, defeating PDP' Musuliu Obanikoro, DPA's Jimi Agbaje, and 19 other minor party candidates. The total number of registered voters in the state was 4,204,000.


2007 Lagos State indecency crackdown
In the fall of 2007, the government of Lagos State under governor Babatunde Fashola initiated a police crackdown on public indecency in personal dress based upon the state's dress code. It was carried out by state police commissioner Mohammed Abubakar, and resulted in the arrests of at least 90 women and 3 men. Their cases in court were defended by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and officials of the Rural Women Empowerment and Development Network (RWEDN), and the police institution was criticized for misplacement of priorities, violation of women's rights, and the violation of human rights to expression.


2007 Lagos State indecency crackdown
The police responded by stating that the crackdown was initiated to combat female prostitution in the state.


2007 Lancaster City Council election
Elections to Lancaster City Council took place on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and in remained in No Overall Control with Labour and the Liberal Democrats losing seats to the Greens and Conservatives.


2007 Lancaster City Council election
Following the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2007 Langerado Music Festival
The fifth Langerado Festival was held from Friday, March 9, to Sunday, March 11, 2007. The event was expanded to three full days of music, which started with performances by Trey Anastasio and STS9 on Thursday, March 8.


2007 Langerado Music Festival, Line-up
Friday March 9: Trey Anastasio, moe., Sound Tribe Sector 9, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, North Mississippi All Stars, Galactic, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks,  The Hold Steady, New Monsoon, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Tea Leaf Green, Assembly of Dust, Lotus


2007 Langerado Music Festival, Line-up
Saturday March 10: My Morning Jacket, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Disco Biscuits, JJ Grey + Mofro, Soulive, Perpetual Groove, Yerba Buena, The Slip, Toubab Krewe, Apollo Sunshine, STS9


2007 Langerado Music Festival, Line-up
Sunday March 11: Widespread Panic, Matisyahu, O.A.R., The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Toots & the Maytals, Cat Power and Dirty Delta, Pepper, Explosions in the Sky, New Orleans Social Club, The Mutaytor, Band of Horses, Girl Talk, The Spam Allstars, Rodrigo y Gabriela*, Kid Beyond.


2007 Langerado Music Festival, Line-up
Rodrigo y Gabriela were dropped from the set list at the last minute and were replaced by The Lee Boys.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation
The alleged 2007 Laotian coup d'état plan was a conspiracy allegation by the United States Department of Justice that Lt. Col. Harrison Jack (Ret.) and former Royal Lao Army Major General Vang Pao, among others conspired in June 2007 to obtain large amounts of heavy weapons and ammunition in allegedly planning an attempt to overthrow the Communist government of Laos in violation of the Neutrality Act. The charges were ultimately dropped and the case helped serve to further highlight, instead, major human rights violations by the Lao government against minority Hmong and Laotian refugees and political and religious dissidents.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
On June 4, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice announced they had arrested ten individuals in connection with the alleged plot as part of a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
The operation, dubbed "Operation Tarnished Eagle," alleges Lt. Col. Harrison Jack (Ret. ), former Royal Lao Army Major General Vang Pao, Lo Cha Thao, Youa True Vang, Hue Vang, Chong Vang Thao, Seng Vue, Chu Lo, and Lo Thao conspired in June 2007 to obtain scores of AK-47 assault rifles, ground-to-air Stinger missiles, M72 LAW rockets, AT-4 anti-tank missiles, mines, rockets, explosives and smoke grenades in allegedly planning an attempt to overthrow the government of Laos in violation of the Neutrality Act.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
On June 14, Dang Vang was also arrested in connection to the alleged plot. In an affidavit by Graham Barlowe, a group supervisor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, it is alleged that at the time of Vang's arrest, he admitted preparing the operations plan.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
After initially denying bail, the U.S. federal judge ultimately reversed the bail decision, granting Vang Pao and the other defendants bail, even while labeling all of them flight risks, given their access to significant financial resources and private airplanes.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives lead agent has also stated in a court affidavit that "probable cause exists to believe" that former Wisconsin State Senator Gary George was part of the conspiracy.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
On April 23, 2008, it was reported that U.S. Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd would hear arguments in November for motions seeking information U.S. intelligence agencies might have on the alleged coup plotters, including whether the government has intercepted electronic communication between Hmong in the United States and Laos.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
The defendants' lawyers argued that the case against all of their clients was spurious at best. "The case cannot proceed [because] the process has been so corrupted by the government's misconduct that there can never be any confidence in the validity of the charge," said Mark Reichel, one of the defense attorneys involved in the case.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
"[W]hile the [prosecution] tries to portray the 'conspiracy' as a dangerous and sophisticated military plan, it cannot refute the extensive evidence demonstrating otherwise – from the agent's informing the so-called conspirators that they would need an operational plan; to his providing a map of the region when they couldn't procure a useful one; to his explanation of what GPS was (including that it requires batteries); to the so-called conspirators' inability to finance the operation."


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
Mr. Philip Smith (Phillip Smith or Phil Smith), General Vang Pao's long-time political, foreign policy and public relations adviser, as well as family friend, urged the U.S. government to drop the charges against Vang Pao and the defendants, especially given Vang Pao's and the Hmong's role in support of U.S. national security interests during the Vietnam War as well as the Lao communist government's egregious human rights violations.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
According to human rights groups, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United League for Democracy in Laos and the Lao Human Rights Council, Laos engaged in military attacks and campaign of starvation against the Hmong people during the period of the alleged coup plot under the current Pathet Lao and Marxist government.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
Smith and The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), in cooperation with a bipartisan coalition of Members of the United States Congress organized and co-hosted events in Washington, D.C., Library of Congress and Capitol Hill regarding serious human rights violations in Laos, including special sessions of the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos where Members of the U.S. Congress and other human rights organizations, human rights advocates, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and policy experts testified, including Amnesty International, Kerry and Kay Danes, the Lao Veterans of America, Inc. and others.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
Smith, the CPPA, Amnesty International, public policy experts and independent journalists provided important research and information to Members of Congress and U.S. and international policymakers in Washington, D.C., regarding the Lao military's persecution and killing of Hmong and Laotian civilians, political asylum seekers and refugees and political and religious dissident groups, including Hmong resistance groups hiding in the jungles and mountains of Laos. Religious freedom issues were also researched and discussed, including the Lao and Socialist Republic of Vietnam security forces persecution, arrest and imprisonment of dissident Laotian and Hmong Christians, Buddhist and Animist religious believers in Laos.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
Reports by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom were discussed regarding religious freedom violations by the Lao and Vietnam-backed Lao military in Laos. Research and information was also provided about the plight of three Hmong-American citizens from St. Paul, Minnesota, including Hakit Yang, who were arrested, and later imprisoned by Lao security forces in Vientiane's notorious Phonthong Prison before they disappeared in Laos.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, History
Philip Smith told the Los Angeles Times, the New York Sun and others that the U.S. Government would be putting itself on trial for betraying the Hmong people, if it proceeded in prosecuting Vang Pao and the other Hmong leaders.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, Dropping of charges
On September 18, 2009, the federal government dropped all charges against Vang Pao, saying that "continued prosecution of this defendant is no longer warranted," and announcing in a press release that the federal government was permitted to consider "the probable sentence or other consequences if the person is convicted.”


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, Dropping of charges
On January 10, 2011, the federal government dropped all charges against the remaining defendants. "Based on the totality of the circumstances in the case, the government believes, as a discretionary matter, that continued prosecution of defendants is no longer warranted," according to court documents.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, Reaction
Vang Pao's arrest and a preliminary decision by a U.S. federal judge to deny bail to Vang Pao and the other defendants sparked huge Hmong protest rallies in California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other states.


2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, Reaction
As of early 2008, pressure built on California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. President George W. Bush to issue pardons in the case, given the defendants' historical alliance with U.S. interests in Southeast Asia.


2007 Las Vegas Bowl
The 2007 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I post-season college football bowl game between the UCLA Bruins and the Brigham Young University Cougars. The game was played on December 22, 2007, starting at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, where the bowl has been played since 1992. It was televised on ESPN.


2007 Las Vegas Bowl
Starting in 2001, the Las Vegas Bowl featured a matchup of teams from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), with organizers having first choice of bowl-eligible teams from the MWC, and the fourth or fifth choice (alternating annually) of bowl-eligible teams from the Pac-10.


2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Teams
This was the second meeting in the 2007 college football season between the UCLA Bruins and the BYU Cougars. In the first meeting on September 8, 2007 at the Rose Bowl Stadium, the Bruins avoided an upset in a tough game by beating the Cougars, 27–17. UCLA had control of the game in the first half, but BYU made it close in the third quarter. UCLA's pass defense was shaky, giving up 391 yards, and their own passing attack inconsistent, as Ben Olson, a quarterback who transferred from BYU to UCLA, completed only 13 of 28 passes for 126 yards.


2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Teams
On December 3, 2007, following the final regular season game against USC, Los Angeles papers and the Associated Press reported that UCLA Coach Karl Dorrell was fired during a meeting with athletic director Dan Guerrero. Dorrell was offered the choice, but decided not to coach in the Las Vegas Bowl. Defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker served as interim coach for the game.


2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary
The 2007 Las Vegas Bowl kicked off at Sam Boyd Stadium at 8:12 p.m. EST. UCLA won the coin toss and elected to kick off to BYU to begin the game.


2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary
With less than a minute to go in the first half the Cougars had opened up 17-6 lead. Instead of simply downing the ball, the Cougars ran a running play up the middle and RB Harvey Unga fumbled. The Bruins responded by punching the ball in the end zone on the final play of the half. In the second half with the Cougars leading 17-13, the defenses took over. Second-half scoring was limited to a 50-yard field goal by the Bruins' Kai Forbath in the fourth quarter. Forbath then attempted a 28-yarder at the end of the game, but it was blocked by Eathyn Manumaleuna to preserve the Cougars' victory.


2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary
Walker's defensive schemes kept the Bruins, who were without their two top quarterbacks and relied on McLeod Bethel-Thompson, in the game. The Bruins size and strength advantage allowed them to dominate the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Ball control was also key: Chris Markey rushed for 117 yards, the most by any BYU opponent in the 2007 season.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic
The 2007 SBets.net Las Vegas Desert Classic (also billed as Las Vegas Desert Classic VI) was the sixth time that the Professional Darts Corporation stage the prestigious darts tournament. The tournament was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for the second successive year and was staged between July 3 and July 8, televised on Sky Sports from July 4 - there was no title sponsor for the event after PartyPoker.net's sponsorship lasted for just one year.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic
The opening day of the tournament saw a few surprise results - none more so than when Mark Dudbridge stunned three-time Desert Classic champion Phil Taylor 6-5.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic
Raymond van Barneveld secured his third major PDC title of the year adding to his World Championship and UK Open successes by beating Terry Jenkins in the final.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Prize money
The prize fund increases for the 2007 event to a total of £126,400.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Results
A random draw was held after each round meaning no seedings were applied.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Television coverage
Sky Sports broadcast the event live in the UK & Ireland for the 6th year running. The final between van Barneveld & Jenkins achieved viewing figures of 82,000 - although that was surpassed by other matches during the week. Wednesday 120,000 (SS1) & 65,000 (SS2)Thursday 90,000 (SS1) & 115,000 (SS2)Friday unavailableSaturday 87,000 (SS2)Sunday 82,000 (SS1)


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Qualification
Following the 2007 UK Open at the beginning of June, top 12 players of the PDC Order of Merit became the automatic qualifiers for the sixth Desert Classic. They are Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, Colin Lloyd, Peter Manley, Terry Jenkins, Dennis Priestley, Adrian Lewis, Wayne Mardle, Roland Scholten, Andy Hamilton, James Wade and defending champion John Part.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Qualification
Four North American's qualified for the event via qualification tournaments across the United States and Canada. They were Darin Young, John Kuczynski, Gary Mawson and Gerry Convery.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Qualification
16 further places were to be decided at two qualification days on the eve of the tournament itself. These qualifying events were for lower ranked PDPA members and US residents. Eight players each day joined the automatic qualifiers in the first round of the main event.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Qualification
Monday's qualifiers were Wes Newton, Steve Maish, Kevin Painter, Steve Beaton, Colin Osborne, Mervyn King, Ray Carver and Dennis Smith. Tuesday's qualifiers were Alan Tabern, Mark Dudbridge, John Ferrell, Tony Eccles, Stuart Holden, Andy Smith, Steve Smith, Vincent van der Voort.


2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Players Championship
On the eve of the Las Vegas Desert Classic a PDPA Players Championship event was held on Sunday July 1 and was won by Raymond van Barneveld.


2007 Las Vegas Gladiators season
The 2007 Las Vegas Gladiators season was the 11th season for the arena football franchise, their 5th in Las Vegas. They looked to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with a 5–11 record. They went 2–14 and missed the playoffs. This was the final season in Las Vegas, as the team moved to Cleveland to become the Cleveland Gladiators.


2007 Las Vegas Gladiators season, Coaching
Danton Barto entered his first season as the head coach of the Gladiators.


2007 Las Vegas mayoral election
The 2007 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on April 3, 2007 to elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan.


2007 Las Vegas mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor Oscar Goodman, a Democrat in office since 1999, received a majority of votes in the first round of the election, and was reelected to a third term in office with no need for a runoff. Perennial candidate Tom McGowan came in a distant second place.


2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. Originally launched as the Billboard Latin Music Conference in 1990, the first awards began in 1994. In addition to awards given on the basis of success on the Billboard charts, the ceremony includes the Spirit of Hope award for humanitarian achievements and the Lifetime Achievement award, as well as awards by the broadcasting partner.


2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards
Since 1999, the awards ceremony has been broadcast on the television network Telemundo, where it became the network's highest-rated music special. The broadcast not only extends throughout the Americas and Puerto Rico, but also to such countries as Romania.


2007 Latvian Figure Skating Championships
The 2007 Latvian Figure Skating Championships (Latvian: Latvijas Čempionāts daiļslidošanā 2007) were the national championships of the 2006–07 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles.


2007 Latvian First League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and FK Vindava Ventspils won the championship.


2007 Latvian Higher League
The 2007 Latvian Higher League season was the 16th Virslīga season. It started on 7 April 2007 and finished on 4 December 2007. Eight teams competed in the league, playing each other four times over the course of the season, twice at home and twice away.


2007 Latvian Higher League, Season details
For the second time in a row FK Ventspils won the championship. In mid-season FK Liepājas Metalurgs had a lead of 11 points over Ventspils who won their last 11 games, conceding just one goal. FK Rīga finished third for the first time in the club's history. FC Skonto finished the season without winning any competitions for the first time, and also for the first time they would not compete in any of the European cups in 2008 as one of the UEFA Cup qualifying spots was taken by JFC Olimps Rīga for reaching the Latvian Cup final. Vīts Rimkus from Ventspils was the top scorer with 20 goals.


2007 Latvian Higher League, Season details
At the end of the season the Latvian Football Federation announced that the Virslīga would expand to 10 clubs for the 2008 season. Therefore, no club was relegated to the First League. The last time there were ten clubs in the Virslīga was in the 1996 season.


2007 Latvian presidential election
A presidential election was held in the Latvian Saeima on 31 May 2007. The government candidate Valdis Zatlers defeated Aivars Endziņš.


2007 Latvian presidential election, Nominations
Before the governing coalition had agreed on Zatlers as a candidate, the People's Party had proposed Māris Riekstiņš and LPP/LC had proposed Karina Pētersone. They subsequently withdrew their candidacies. Similarly, the New Era Party had proposed Sandra Kalniete, who withdrew her candidacy after Harmony Centre nominated Endziņš. For Human Rights in United Latvia did not nominate a candidate, it was announced after election that they supported Endziņš.


2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction
Although the powers of the President of Latvia are limited and the office is rather symbolic, 6th president Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, who held office from 1999 to 2007, managed to gain political authority and high popular approval. By Latvian law one cannot be president for more than eight years, therefore, the previous president could not be re-elected and the election drew significant public attention.


2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction
Notably, the  New Era Party announced that its candidate would be Sandra Kalniete, before the Saeima election held in 2006, and used the slogan "Kalniete for president!" in its parliamentary election campaign. As election day drew nearer, a political battle between the two remaining candidates ensued. Zatlers, who is a doctor, was accused of taking money from his patients, which he admitted.


2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction
This is connected with a set of problems in Latvia's domestic politics: people employed in health care are considered underpaid; patients often give doctors gifts of gratitude, sometimes in the form of money, and some doctors are accused of extortion. Notably, former Health minister Āris Auders had to leave office when one of his patients accused him of fraud. Zatlers was also criticized for lack of experience. Endziņš in turn was criticized for having been a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union before the independence of Latvia was re-established: this caused even more passionate debate when it was discovered that Endziņš had denied the occupation of Latvia in the 1970s.


2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction
Endziņš was the most popular candidate among the general public. An opinion poll showed that Endziņš was supported by 54% of Latvians and Zatlers was supported by 29%.


2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction
People at the Latvian House of Parliament shouted - "Envelopes! Envelopes!" and "Thief! Thief! ", when Zatlers came out after elections.


2007 Latvian presidential election, Process and Results
Endziņš' supporters hoped that the public support for his candidacy would sway some of members of the parliament from the ruling coalition to vote for Endziņš. This did not come true. Although one of coalition's MPs, Anna Seile voted for Endziņš and another, Karīna Pētersone, voted against both candidates, this was cancelled out by at least 3 opposition MPs voting for Zatlers, disobeying the decision by their party leaders to support Endziņš. There may be situation that at least 6 coalition MPs voted for Endziņš and more opposition MPs from Harmony Centre voted for Zatlers. Valdis Zatlers was elected president.


2007 Latvian security laws referendum
A referendum on two proposed security laws was held in Latvia on 7 July 2007; the referendum had been called after the president refused to sign the laws, claiming possible influence of oligarchs on Latvia's national security, and after 212,000 signatures had been collected, meeting the requirement of about 150,000 signatures. Although the referendum failed to reach the quorum of 453,730 votes, the results showed massive disapproval of the amendments.


2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Background
The President of Latvia has the power, as established by the constitution, to request that the Saeima reconsider a law; if the Saeima does not amend the law, then the president must sign it or suspend the law for two months. After this period the law must either be proclaimed or put to a national referendum, if 10% of the electorate request this. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga deemed the amendments in national security laws to be a threat to national security. As the Saeima did not amend the laws accordingly, the president used her power to suspend the laws.


2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Background
She said that she saw that the laws give employees of organizations granting access to classified information the right to grant such permission to themselves, which could result in certain groups and individuals having the ability to manipulate the information in their own interests. After the suspension, the Saeima did amend the laws as the president had originally requested, and the leaders of the governing coalition claimed that there was no need for a referendum given that the original amendments had already been ruled out and would come into force only for a day.


2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Background
However, this led to calls of citizens to use their right to vote and speculation that the president could dissolve the Saeima. Thus, the referendum was unofficially seen as a referendum over the resignation of Kalvītis' government and as a chance to show support for the popular president, who, coincidentally, left office on the day the referendum took place, rather than as a referendum on the amendments to the security laws.


2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Legal details
Given that the Saeima had already cancelled the laws, if there had been no referendum, after the end of the suspension period the laws would have come into force for one day; the same would happen if a majority voted "Against" repealing the laws. However, if a majority voted "For" repealing the laws, the Saeima would not be able to revive the laws until the end of the current term of the Saeima. Furthermore, there is a requirement that at least half as many votes as in the last Saeima elections must be cast for the referendum to be valid, that is about 450,000 votes.


2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Results
The referendum did not gain the quorum of 453,730 votes. The results showed massive disapproval of the amendments.


2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Results
Are you for the repealing of the law “Amendments to the National Security Law” of March 1, 2007?


2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Results
Are you for the repealing of the law “Amendments to the State Security Authorities Law” of March 1, 2007?


2007 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2007 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.


2007 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards
The following 22 productions, including four ballets and two operas,  received multiple nominations:


2007 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards
The following four productions, including one opera, received multiple awards:


2007 Le Mans Series
The 2007 Le Mans Series was the fourth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 15 April and ended on 10 November after six races.


2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships
Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries did not have their cars combined and each entry number was scored separately in the championship. Cars which failed to complete 70% of the winner's distance were not awarded points.


2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships
The top two finishers in each teams championship earned automatic entry to the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.


2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships, LMP1 Standings
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.


2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships, LMP2 Standings
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.


2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships, GT1 Standings
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.


2007 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships
Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who did not drive for at least 45 minutes did not receive points.


2007 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships, LMP1 Standings
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.


2007 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships, LMP2 Standings
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.


2007 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships, GT1 Standings
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.


2007 League of Ireland Cup
The League of Ireland Cup 2007 was the 34th staging of the League of Ireland Cup.


2007 League of Ireland Cup
The 2007 League Cup kicked off in April. Two non-league clubs (Fanad United and Kerry League) joined the 22 league clubs in the draw. There were sixteen clubs drawn to face each other in the first round, with the other eight given byes to the second round.


2007 League of Ireland First Division
The 2007 League of Ireland First Division season was the 23rd season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Cobh Ramblers won the division. Finn Harps were also promoted to the Premier Division after a play-off and Wexford Youths made their League of Ireland debut.


2007 League of Ireland First Division, Overview
The regular season began on 8 March and concluded on 10 November. Each team played the other teams four times, totalling 36 games.


2007 League of Ireland First Division, Play-offs, Promotion/Relegation
Finn Harps and Dundalk who finished second and third in the First Division played off against Waterford United who finished eleventh in the Premier Division.


2007 League of Ireland First Division, Play-offs, Promotion/Relegation
Finn Harps win 6–3 on aggregate and are promoted to Premier Division.


2007 League of Ireland First Division, Play-offs, Setanta Sports Cup
After winning the First Division, Cobh Ramblers also qualified for the new Setanta Sports Cup play-off. Their opponents were Derry City, the winners of the 2007 League of Ireland Cup.


2007 League of Ireland First Division, Gallery
The clubs competing in the 2007 FAI eircom League of Ireland.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division
The 2007 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 23rd season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Drogheda United were champions for the first time while St Patrick's Athletic finished as runners-up.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
The close-period between the 2006 and 2007 seasons saw one of the biggest departures of senior talent from the League of Ireland and across the Irish Sea in recent times. The profile of the league had been improved by the recent successes of Derry City and Shelbourne in Europe. In addition former players such as Kevin Doyle, one of the top-scorers in the 2006–07 FA Premier League and once of Cork City, attracted attention from numerous managers in Scotland and England.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
Some of the top players to depart included David Forde and Jason Byrne, both of whom moved to Cardiff City. Cork City saw George O'Callaghan and Danny Murphy depart for Ipswich Town and Motherwell respectively. UCD players, Patrick Kavanagh and Gary Dicker both moved to Birmingham City. Others who made the journey across the water included Colin Hawkins, Trevor Molloy, Paul Keegan. League of Ireland managers also found themselves attracting interest with Stephen Kenny moving from Derry City to Dunfermline Athletic.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
The league season kicked off on 9 March. Derry City were initially regarded as favourites to win the Premier Division by numerous bookmakers, closely followed by Drogheda United and Cork City. Despite this, Derry City made a poor start to the season losing to strong title-contenders St Patrick's Athletic and Drogheda United in their early-season encounters. They also lost 4–1 to Cork City at home in the fifth round of games. Meanwhile, St Patrick's Athletic raced into an early-season lead at the top of the table, having won all of their first five fixtures.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
With a third of the season remaining Drogheda United had risen to the top of the Premier Division table and have since sealed the first league title in their history. On 18 October they beat Cork City 2–1 at United Park which guaranteed the title for them. It had looked like they might have possibly had to wait another week to wrap up the league but a strike from Guy Bates in the last minute gave Drogheda victory on the night which was enough to see them become league champions. The relegation battle was very tight.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
Longford Town were bottom for the majority of the season, having been deducted six points but going into the final day of the season, they were just three points behind Waterford United and had a far superior goal difference. Longford did what they had to do by beating Derry City 3–1 but Waterford got a point which meant that Longford were relegated. Waterford were still not safe, though, as they had to play in the relegation/promotion playoff where they beaten by Finn Harps which meant that they were still relegated.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Play-offs, Promotion/Relegation
Finn Harps and Dundalk who finished second and third in the First Division played off against Waterford United who finished eleventh in the Premier Division.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Play-offs, Promotion/Relegation
Finn Harps win 6–3 on aggregate and are promoted to Premier Division.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Play-offs, Setanta Sports Cup
After winning the First Division, Cobh Ramblers also qualified for the new Setanta Sports Cup play-off. Their opponents were Derry City, the winners of the 2007 League of Ireland Cup.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Prize funds
Between the League of Ireland, FAI Cup, League of Ireland Cup and the Setanta Cup a prize fund in excess of €1 million will be available. The FAI will be investing a total of €803,000 for prize funds in 2007. The prize fund for the Premiership in 2007 will reach €450,000 with the winner being awarded €225,000. The First Division winner's prize fund in 2007 will be €50,000, with €100,000 available in total. The following table gives a more detailed breakdown of the prize funds.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Media coverage
Broadcasting partners of the FAI - Setanta Sports, TG4 and RTÉ - agreed to televise over 50 live games in the 2007 season. The agreed games included League of Ireland games, as well as Setanta Cup matches and FAI Cup matches. TV3 also agreed to continue showing their highlights programme, eircom League Weekly, on a Monday night each week.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling
A significant number of players, who had already played with two clubs within the year prior to the season's kick-off, were left ineligible to play for their clubs until July at the beginning of the season as FIFA's rules, or, in particular, Article 5.3 of FIFA's Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players, stated that no player could play for more than two different clubs between 1 July of one season and 30 June of the following year. The highest-profile members of the group of ten were the Irish internationally capped midfielders Gareth Farrelly and Colin Healy.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling
Both players had agreed two-year deals with Cork City but their clearance failed to come through from FIFA due to the fact that they had each been registered to two other clubs since 1 July 2006. Among the other Premier Division players hit with the ruling were: Bray Wanderers midfielder Alan Cawley; Derry City striker Peter Hynes; and Ray Scully of Waterford United.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling
The Football Association of Ireland argued to FIFA that, as they ran a league with an unconventional Summer season out of tandem with the calendar of most other European national leagues, around which the rule was based, such circumstances ought to be permissible for players playing in the League. However, with two weeks of the league season completed, the association had yet to come to an agreement with FIFA.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling
As a result, in failing to ensure that the clubs under its jurisdiction would be able to field their full squads at the outset of the season, the FAI came in for criticism. Numerous fans of the league condemned what they viewed to be carelessly negligent short-sightedness on the part of the association.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling
By 23 March 2007, three of the group were cleared to play by FIFA. The players who were cleared to play were Gary Rogers of Galway United, Alan Cawley of Bray Wanderers and Shaun Holmes of Finn Harps, while decisions on the remainder were not expected for another week. On 2 April, it was announced that Colin Healy and Gareth Farrelly both failed to gain clearance to play for Cork City. While the FAI had taken the cases forward to FIFA on behalf of most of the players, it was Cork City who decided to have their own legal team represent their two players.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling
It was announced on 5 April that Peter Hynes had received clearance by FIFA. This concluded the wait for decisions on all ten players as the remainder (bar the two Cork City players) were also given exemptions. The other players cleared were: John Brophy and Mark Leech of Shelbourne; Willie Doyle of Monaghan United; and Ray Scully. In the meantime, Cork City suggested that they would be appealing FIFA's decision not to grant their two players clearance on 18 April 2007 by 20 April deadline.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling
The club made a 'strongly worded submission' to FIFA in relation to the issue asking FIFA to reconsider and were in consultation with people within the game, in legal circles and even those involved in politics. FIFA rejected Cork City's appeal on 23 April but the club stated that they may take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport as a last resort. When they did eventually take the case to this stage, it was once again decided against their favour, meaning that the two players had to wait to July until they could represent Cork City.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, The CityWeb affair
After having fined Cork City manager, Damien Richardson, during the 2006 season for critical comments he had made against a referee after a game, as well as handing him a four-match touchline ban, and comments from the then Bohemians manager, Gareth Farrelly, expressing that he felt gagged, the FAI continued to restrict critical opinions of their structures from individuals connected with clubs in the league. On 15 February 2007, Derry City were requested by the FAI to remove a blog entry posted on their official website -  - by fan, 'MariborKev'.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, The CityWeb affair
The entry, entitled "Another fine mess", which criticised the administration of the FAI in dealing with the financial irregularities at Shelbourne, even went on to predict that the organisation would get in contact with the club over the post to demand its removal. The article was said to have breached terms of the Participation Agreement, which the club had signed in order to take part in the 2007 competition. As a result, the club's webmaster was forced to move the blogging system to a separate domain, unconnected to the official club site.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, The CityWeb affair
A number of weeks later, on 6 March, it was revealed that the club had been fined €5,000 by the FAI. The body also made it known to the club that for every further day the offending article remained on the site, it would punish Derry by another €1,000. This was despite the fact the blogging area had been moved to another site weeks earlier. Derry City eventually had their punishment overturned after a successful appeal by the club's legal team.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Attendances
The league reported a significant increase in attendance figures for the opening weekend of the season with the average gate up 17 per cent from the same weekend in 2006. A total of 20,632 people paid into 11 fixtures on the opening weekend of the season. This equated to an average attendance of almost 1,900 which, compared with the 1,600 mean figure from a year previously, represented an increase of 17 per cent. The figures constituted an early success for the newly appointed National Club Promotions Officer, Noel Mooney, who was appointed to co-ordinate the new Club Promotions Officers at 16 League of Ireland clubs.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Attendances
With the attendance figures eclipsing the projected targets, Mooney commented:


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Attendances
It is a very encouraging way to begin the new season and gives us something to build on. We know that there is huge public interest in the league and our goal is to see that reflected in attendance figures. Our target for the opening weekend of fixtures was 18,000, so to clear that figure is fantastic. However, there are over thirty weeks of action ahead of us - the real work starts now.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Attendances
The improved attendance rate was maintained as the season progressed as a total of 97,656 patrons attended fixtures over the first six weeks season. The figure for the same period for the 2006 season was just 65,828, with the average attendance of 1,480 per game throughout the 2007 Premier Division and 2007 League of Ireland First Division equating to a massive rise of 37% in attendances.


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA 08
On 8 June 2007, it was announced that the FAI had teamed up with Electronic Arts and that the League of Ireland would feature in the FIFA 08 computer game; the first time for the league to feature in the FIFA series. Top players from the league, including Derry City's Paddy McCourt and Joseph N'Do of St Patrick's Athletic, were present at the official announcement and photocall of the deal, which took place in Temple Bar, Dublin, on 11 June 2007. All 12 teams in the League of Ireland's Premier Division would feature in the game, it was confirmed. At the event, Fran Gavin, Director of the League of Ireland said:


2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA 08
We are thrilled to be working with EA Sports to bring our league to a worldwide audience of millions. Having the eircom League of Ireland included in FIFA 08 is very exciting for supporters of the league, and it will also enable people around the world to play FAI eircom League of Ireland fixtures on their computer consoles.


2007 Lebanese by-elections
By-elections were held in Lebanon on 5 August 2007 to replace two assassinated MPs, Pierre Amine Gemayel of the Kataeb Party (killed on the 21 November 2006) and Walid Eido of the Future Movement (killed on the 13 June 2007). Their respective districts were Matn District and Beirut 2nd District.


2007 Lebanese by-elections, Beirut election
The seat was won by Mohammed al-Amin Itani, a candidate of parliament majority leader Saad Hariri's Future Movement, with a large majority. The Hezbollah-led pro-Syrian opposition did not officially sponsor a candidate. Turnout was very low, at just 19 per cent.


2007 Lebanese by-elections, Matn election
Khoury won a narrow victory with 39,534 votes, against Gemayel's 39,116 votes. Gemayel accused the March 8 Alliance of fraud. The turnout was 46 per cent.


2007 Lebanese by-elections, Matn election
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