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Hurricane Dean (pictured) passes to the south of Jamaica, and heads towards the Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 5 hurricane.

An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru, killing more than 500 and flattening more than 85,000 buildings.

A series of four suicide bomb attacks in Kahtaniya, Iraq results in at least 400 deaths and another 375 injuries; most of the victims belonged to the minority Yazidi religion.

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-{{*mp|August 19}} '''[[Hurricane Dean (2007)|Hurricane Dean]]''' ''(pictured)'' passes to the south of [[Jamaica]] as a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 4]] [[Tropical cyclone|hurricane]], and heads towards the [[Yucatán Peninsula]].
+{{*mp|August 19}} '''[[Hurricane Dean (2007)|Hurricane Dean]]''' ''(pictured)'' passes to the south of [[Jamaica]], and heads towards the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] as a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] [[Tropical cyclone|hurricane]].
 {{*mp|August 16}}  [[NASA]] opts not to repair damaged [[Space shuttle thermal protection system|thermal protective tiles]] on the [[Space Shuttle Orbiter]] [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']], currently on a '''[[STS-118|mission]]''' to [[ISS assembly sequence|expand]] the [[International Space Station]].
 {{*mp|August 15}} An 8.0-[[moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] '''[[2007 Peruvian earthquake|earthquake]]''' off the [[Pacific coast]] devastates [[Ica Region|Ica]] and various regions of [[Peru]], killing more than 500 and flattening more than 85,000 buildings.