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A suicide bomber rams a car bomb into the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 41 people.
An explosion near the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, kills at least 18 people on the first anniversary of the deadly siege and storming of the mosque.
In tennis, Rafael Nadal of Spain and Venus Williams (pictured) of the United States win the men's and women's singles title, respectively, at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.
Clashes are reported between Georgian and South Ossetian forces near Tskhinvali.
Weekend cross-strait charter flights between Taiwan and Mainland China resume after 59 years.
A series of explosions at a depot storing 1,500 tonnes of obsolete munitions forces the evacuation of some 2,000 people in Sofia and the closure of the Bulgarian capital's main airport.

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July 7, 2008 (Monday)

Hurricane Bertha becomes the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. (Reuters)
A suicide car bomber strikes outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan with at least 41 people killed. (Reuters) (AFP via The Melbourne Age) (BBC News)

July 6, 2008 (Sunday)

Gunmen kill a United Nations official in Mogadishu as he leaves a mosque and injure two others. (AP via CNN)
Rafael Nadal of Spain wins the 2008 Wimbledon Championships for the first time defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in an amazing match, winning 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7. (AP via The New York Times)
NBC agrees to buy the Weather Channel. (Bloomberg).
The United Arab Emirates forgives the 7 billion dollars (USD) of foreign debt Iraq owes it. (CNN)
World leaders arrive in Japan for the G8 summit to be held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō. (Reuters)
An explosion near the Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad killed at least 10 people. The attack came on the first anniversary of the deadly siege and storming of the Red Mosque. (France 24)

July 5, 2008 (Saturday)

In rugby union, New Zealand defeat World Cup winners South Africa 19–8 in the opening match of the Tri Nations. (IHT)
Margaret Hoelzer sets a world record for the 200 metre backstroke at the United States Olympic trials in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP via CNNSI)
Venus Williams defeats sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships Ladies' Final. (BBC News)

July 4, 2008 (Friday)

A fire sweeps through the Biological Museum at Djurgården in Stockholm, leaving parts of the 115-year-old landmark charred and severely damaged. (Svenska Dagbladet) (Dagens Nyheter)
After 69 years, the main embassy of the United States in Germany returns to its old roots near the Brandenburg Gate. At the celebration, Chancellor Angela Merkel, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and the U.S. Ambassador to Germany William Timken open the building at the Palais Blücher in the center of Berlin. Spiegel (German)
Georgian forces shell Tskhinvali in South Ossetia. (BBC News)
Four people are shot dead in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during a street party. (AP via New York Times)
Íngrid Betancourt returns to France two days after her rescue. (The New York Times)

July 3, 2008 (Thursday)

The Pentagon extends the tour of duty of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan. (AP via Google News)
The European Central Bank increases interest rates in the Eurozone to 4.25 per cent to tackle inflation. (AP via Forbes)
French authorities charge Continental Airlines and five individuals over the Concorde disaster. (The Guardian)
MV Princess of the Stars disaster: The Board of Marine Inquiry says that two of four ballast tanks were empty, leaving the ship unstable. (Inquirer.net)
Google is ordered to divulge the viewing habits of every user to Viacom if they have watched Youtube videos. (BBC News)
NASA announces discovery of water in the atmosphere of Mercury by its MESSENGER probe. (Planetary Society)
A series of explosions at a depot storing 1,500 tonnes of obsolete munitions forces the evacuation of some 2,000 people in Sofia and the closure of the Bulgarian capital's main airport. (BBC News)

July 2, 2008 (Wednesday)

LDU Quito wins the Copa Libertadores 2008 defeating Fluminense in the final after a penalty shootout. (ESPNsoccernet)
31 years after its launch, the Voyager 2 spacecraft sends a detailed view of the shock wave that marks the thinning of the solar wind, the charged particles streaming from the sun, confirming that the heliosphere is actually egg-shaped, possibly due to a tilted magnetic field in local interstellar space. (The Daily Telegraph) (AFP via Google News) (Fox News)
Colombia
- Íngrid Betancourt, held captive by the FARC guerilla for six years, is rescued in an operation by the Colombian government. (BBC News)
- Three American hostages rescued at the same time as Ingrid Betancourt arrive at Lackland Air Force Base to be reunited with their families. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Admiral Michael Mullen, the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States, warns Israel of the dangers of an attack on Iran. (ABC News)
The President of Zambia Levy Mwanawasa is flown to Paris for treatment after suffering a stroke at the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (BBC News)
2008 Jerusalem bulldozer rampage: A man drives a bulldozer into several vehicles on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, killing three and leaving dozens other injured, before being shot dead by police officer. (Ynet)
Nine oil workers are killed when a civilian Mi-8 helicopter carrying 16 people crashes in Siberia. (Turkish Press)

July 1, 2008 (Tuesday)

At least 38 people die as a motorised ferry sinks in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta. (CNN)
Police in Portugal announce that they are closing the investigation on the disappearance of Madeline McCann. (NineMsn news)
Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol break world records for the 100 metres backstroke at the United States Olympic trials. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
A jury orders pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis to pay $114 million in compensation to the Government of Alabama for overcharging for Medicaid prescription drugs. (AP via Google News)
Starbucks announces that it will close 600 underperforming coffee shops in the United States. (AP via CNN Money)
A man stabs five people to death in a Shanghai police station. (AP via Google News)
A four-day state of emergency is declared in Mongolia after violent protests following the legislative elections. (BBC News)
Thousands of citizens battle local government officials in a major riot in Guizhou in China over a police cover-up dealing with the death of a local girl. (Straitstimes)

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