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{{*mp|August 8}} [[NASA]] launches '''[[STS-118]]''', using the orbiter ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]],'' on a construction mission to the [[International Space Station]], carrying the first [[Educator Astronaut Project|schoolteacher]] since the explosion of the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]]. |
{{*mp|August 8}} [[NASA]] launches '''[[STS-118]]''', using the orbiter ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]],'' on a construction mission to the [[International Space Station]], carrying the first [[Educator Astronaut Project|schoolteacher astronaut]] since the explosion of the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]]. |
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{{*mp|August 8}} Amid protests from [[Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor|FRETILIN]], who have won the most seats in the '''[[East Timorese parliamentary election, 2007|recent parliamentary election]]''', [[Xanana Gusmão]] ''(pictured)'' of the [[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction|CNRT]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of East Timor|Prime Minister]] of [[East Timor]]. |
{{*mp|August 8}} Amid protests from [[Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor|FRETILIN]], who have won the most seats in the '''[[East Timorese parliamentary election, 2007|recent parliamentary election]]''', [[Xanana Gusmão]] ''(pictured)'' of the [[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction|CNRT]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of East Timor|Prime Minister]] of [[East Timor]]. |
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{{*mp|August 7}} Two [[Russia]]n aircraft '''[[Georgian-Ossetian conflict|allegedly violate]]''' [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]'s airspace, with one firing an [[Air-to-surface missile|air-to-surface guided rocket]] onto Georgian territory, some 65 km north of [[Tbilisi]]. |
{{*mp|August 7}} Two [[Russia]]n aircraft '''[[Georgian-Ossetian conflict|allegedly violate]]''' [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]'s airspace, with one firing an [[Air-to-surface missile|air-to-surface guided rocket]] onto Georgian territory, some 65 km north of [[Tbilisi]]. |
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{{*mp|August 7}} [[Barry Bonds]] hits his 756th career [[home run]], passing [[Hank Aaron]] for the '''[[List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters|career home run record]]''' in [[Major League Baseball]] |
{{*mp|August 7}} [[Barry Bonds]] hits his 756th career [[home run]], passing [[Hank Aaron]] for the '''[[List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters|career home run record]]''' in [[Major League Baseball]]. |
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{{*mp|August 4}} An '''[[2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak|outbreak]]''' of [[foot-and-mouth disease]] in the [[United Kingdom]] prompts the banning of exports of [[livestock]] and other animal products from [[Great Britain]]. |
{{*mp|August 4}} An '''[[2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak|outbreak]]''' of [[foot-and-mouth disease]] in the [[United Kingdom]] prompts the banning of exports of [[livestock]] and other animal products from [[Great Britain]]. |
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{{*mp|August 1}}<!--Please consider keeping this on ITN if this is still an ongoing major event.--> A '''[[2007 South Asian floods|series of floods]]''' on the [[Indian subcontinent]] leaves millions homeless, with the [[Gangetic plain]] in [[India]] and its delta in [[Bangladesh]] being the worst affected areas. |
{{*mp|August 1}}<!--Please consider keeping this on ITN if this is still an ongoing major event.--> A '''[[2007 South Asian floods|series of floods]]''' on the [[Indian subcontinent]] leaves millions homeless, with the [[Gangetic plain]] in [[India]] and its delta in [[Bangladesh]] being the worst affected areas. |
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Revision as of 04:08, 10 August 2007
- NASA launches STS-118, using the orbiter Endeavour, on a construction mission to the International Space Station, carrying the first schoolteacher astronaut since the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- Amid protests from FRETILIN, who have won the most seats in the recent parliamentary election, Xanana Gusmão (pictured) of the CNRT takes office as Prime Minister of East Timor.
- Two Russian aircraft allegedly violate Georgia's airspace, with one firing an air-to-surface guided rocket onto Georgian territory, some 65 km north of Tbilisi.
- Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run, passing Hank Aaron for the career home run record in Major League Baseball.
- An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom prompts the banning of exports of livestock and other animal products from Great Britain.
- A series of floods on the Indian subcontinent leaves millions homeless, with the Gangetic plain in India and its delta in Bangladesh being the worst affected areas.
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