Template:In the news
- SCO v. Novell, a court case in the SCO-Linux controversies, concludes that Novell, not the SCO Group, is the owner of the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights.
- The Labour Party and its allies win a majority in the National Assembly of the Republic of the Congo.
- The European Central Bank injects more than €150 billion of liquidity into the European financial system in two days, as stock markets worldwide slide in response to the United States subprime mortgage financial crisis.
- NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour (pictured), carrying Barbara Morgan, the first Educator Astronaut in space, and six other astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station.
- A series of floods on the Indian subcontinent leaves more than 2000 people dead and 20 millions homeless, with the Gangetic plain in India and its delta in Bangladesh being the worst affected areas.
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