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NASA launches STS-118, using the orbiter Endeavour, on a construction mission to the International Space Station, carrying the first schoolteacher-astronaut in space.

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.

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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-{{*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]].
+{{*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]] in space.
 {{*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 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]].