Template:In the news
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces the imminent release of the Royal Navy personnel captured off the Iraq-Iran coast.
- TGV POS trainset number 4402 sets a new world speed record for railed vehicles at 574.8 km/h (357 mph) during test runs conducted in Champagne, France.
- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (pictured) dissolves the parliament and calls for an early parliamentary election.
- A tsunami triggered by an earthquake strikes the Solomon Islands, killing at least 20 and leaving thousands homeless.
- Michael Phelps breaks five world records in swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia; seven other world records are also broken.
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