July 1
- Libel case against Wikimedia Foundation dismissed
- Counter-terrorism agents search home in suburban Chicago, Illinois
- Mugabe spokeperson tells critics to 'go hang'
- Wikinews interviews Molossian president Kevin Baugh on his country's recent intermicronational summit
- Fear and loathing on the campaign trail, June 2008
- 2008-09 UEFA Champions League Qualification: 42 Clubs learn their fate for First and Second Qualifying Rounds
- Truck carrying 12 million bees overturns in New Brunswick
- Half a million złoty vanish from the bank account of Lech Wałęsa
- Man kills five police officers in Shanghai
- Ulysses spacecraft retires after 17 year mission
- Google's GPhone to be postponed awaiting Android modifications
- Man to face court after axe attack in Australia
July 2
- Government Accountability Office requests rerun of US Air Force tanker bid
- Suspect in eight murders arrested in Illinois, United States
- Four killed, dozens injured in Jerusalem attack on bus
- Íngrid Betancourt and others rescued, says Colombia
- Palestinians storm Egyptian border near Rafah
- Tennis: Nadal beats Murray in Wimbledon quarter final
- Nine oil workers die as helicopter crashes in Siberia
- Zimbabwean opposition leader rejects calls for power sharing talks
- Edmonton prison conflict wounds eight
- Mongolia declares state of emergency after violent protests, five people killed
- Nelson Mandela taken off US terrorist list
July 3
- Search-and-rescue dog that found 9/11 survivor to be cloned
- Military storehouse explodes near Sofia
- 19th century stable in Buffalo, New York officially saved from demolition
- President Bush plans to attend opening of Beijing Olympics
- Mongolia's ruling party wins elections as rioting subsides
- Sulpicio Lines pay PHP6.2 million for death of man in 1998 ferry disaster
- Continental Airlines to face charges over Air France Concorde disaster
- New study shows children's perception of rainforest wildlife
- Australian murder victims killed in different ways
- Former science director sues Texas over intelligent design e-mail
- Hillary Clinton attends grand opening of the Erie Canal Harbor in Buffalo, New York
July 4
- Chinese Wikipedia unblocked by government
- Threat received before Boeing 767 fire at San Francisco
- Hot dog eating champion retains title after tiebreaker
- Íngrid Betancourt returns to France
- Pakistani scientist says government knew about nuclear shipment to North Korea
- Former US Senator Jesse Helms dead at 86
- Over 60 members of Chadian sect killed by troops after violence
- Judge orders YouTube to hand over video view records
July 5
- Iran says its nuclear program is unchanged
- London police launch new anti-gang taskforce
- Death toll in Arizona helicopter collision at seven as only survivor dies
- UK court rules Pringles are potato-light
- South African president wrongly announces death of Zambian counterpart
- 2008 Taste of Taiwan Cuisine: A complex to redefine Taiwan's MICE industry
- Train cars derail into the Thompson River, British Colombia, chemicals spilled
July 6
- Syrian jail riot kills at least 25
- Triathlon national championship held in Belgium
- Prisoner abuse, serious corruption may have occurred in Turks and Caicos Islands
- Buffalo, New York man shot in head, run over by shooter's car
- Lewis Hamilton wins 2008 British Grand Prix
- At least eight dead as building collapses during construction in China
- Honduran capital's main airport reopens six weeks after jetliner crash
- Man rips off Hitler waxwork's head in Berlin
July 7
- Minneapolis I-35W bridge spans Mississippi River
- 40th Ariane 5 rocket launches ProtoStar-1 and Badr-6 satellites
- Candidates begin campaigning for Glasgow East by-election
- Captain killed as DC-9 cargo jet crashes onto Mexican highway
- Wikinews interviews Donald K. Allen, independent candidate in US presidential elections
- Wax Hitler will return to museum after repairs
- Suicide bomber attacks Indian Embassy in Kabul, killing at least 41
- Sulpicio Lines asks court to stop BMI investigation into 'Princess of the Stars' disaster
- 2008 G8 summit launched in Hokkaido, Japan
- Boeing 747 cargo aircraft crashes in Colombia, three dead
- Bertha becomes first hurricane of 2008 Atlantic season
- Alleged axe murderer faces an Australian court
July 8
- Antiglobalization protestors march near site of G8 summit
- Philippines ferry disaster: ship owner sues over toxic cargo; recovery deadline set & more
- Hurricane Bertha strengthens over Atlantic Ocean
- Romanian foreign minister breaks the ice between Bucharest and Chisinau
July 9
- Iran conducts nine missile tests
- Declassified records show American inaction during South Korean mass killings
- G8 members release statement on Zimbabwe
- Six dead, including assailants, in attack on U.S. Consulate in Istanbul
- Bolivia road crash leaves at least 47 dead
July 10
- Karl Rove refuses to testify before House Judiciary Committee
- Wikinews interviews Christopher Beyette, prince of the Principality of Vikesland
- Poland announces Olympians for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
- UK car crash in Leicestershire kills six
- Uzbekistan arms depot explosions leave three dead
- Salmonella outbreak sickens over one thousand in United States
- Large earthquake hits Southern Peru, one killed
- Polish leaders discuss the anti-missile shield negotiations
- Iran tests more missiles as war games continue
- British teenager finds baby bat in her bra
- British Airways give medals to Flight 38's crew
- UK mathematician Nick Higham wins Fröhlich Prize
- Sudan ambush leaves seven peacekeepers dead, more than a dozen wounded
July 11
- Burglars steal Milan Lučić's Memorial Cup ring from his Vancouver home
- Lebanon forms unity government with Hezbollah-led opposition
- Afghan government claims U.S. air strike killed dozens of civilians
- Canadian Football League news: July 11, 2008
- Dow Chemical to buy Rohm and Haas
- Hundreds of Air Canada flight attendants to lose jobs
- Jesse Jackson apologizes for comment about Barack Obama
July 12
- Chaotic first day for iPhone 3G
- American surgeon Michael E. DeBakey dies at age 99
- Six die as bus carrying Polish tourists crashes in Serbia
- Tony Snow, former White House Press Secretary and "Fox News Sunday" anchor, dies at age 53
- IndyMac Bank placed into conservatorship by US Government
- Van Halen singer impersonated in Canadian medical scare
- United Kingdom will compensate Iraqi victims of abuse
July 13
- Two found dead at Norway Rock Festival
- Bronisław Geremek, former Polish Foreign Affairs Minister, dies at age 76
- World Health Organization: Stay away from Ugandan caves
- Volcano erupts in the Aleutian Islands
- Three hostages return home to Florida
- Sixteen killed in Pakistan during Taliban ambush
- Bobby Murcer, former New York Yankees player dead at 62
- Media reports: Israeli warplanes training in Iraq
July 14
- Sulpicio names companies hired for 'Princess of the Stars' salvage
- Spain-based Santander agrees to purchase of UK bank Alliance & Leicester
- Details emerge on Norway Rock Festival deaths as Motörhead hold minute's silence
- 13 missing from ship off coast of Madagascar; two rescued
July 15
- ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Sudanese president
- 23 killed, 36 injured by stampede at Sudanese stadium
- New Yorker's Obama cover sparks outrage
- First ever video showing Guantanamo questioning released
- US Army sergeant sentenced for sodomy of a minor and child porn
- Bus bombing in Myanmar kills man, wounds another
- Chanchangi Airlines 737 crashes on landing in Nigeria
- Italian officials found guilty of abusing G8 protestors
- Nine US troops killed in Afghanistan as Taliban attack base
July 16
- A false quake warning in Japan exposes problems for practical use
- Wikinews interviews Eric Saussine, director of the James Bond fan film Shamelady
- KSTAR tokamak test reactor sees first plasma
- Egyptian train crash at level crossing leaves dozens dead
- Woman fired over husband's email threat to Minnesota professor
- Teenager arrested after hijacking Japanese bus
- The Co-operative Group purchases Somerfield supermarket chain for over £1.5 billion
- Cuban cyclist Pedro Pablo Perez to miss Olympics after car crash
- Zenit-3SL rocket launches Echostar XI satellite
- Intel launches Centrino 2 aiming for performance and mobility
July 17
- US FAA to make airliner fuel tank inertion mandatory over 1996 air disaster
- Thousands flee Nigerian town to escape from militants
- North America's oldest retailer sold to U.S. owners of Lord & Taylor
- Broward County Sheriff’s police dog killed in shootout in Florida
July 18
- Wikimania 2008 opens at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
- Cuba to receive high speed internet connection from Venezuela
- MUFON releases report on UFO sighting in Stephenville, Texas
- Three firefighters killed in blaze at Chinese plastics factory
- Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
July 19
- Magnitude seven earthquake hits Japan, tsunami warning issued then withdrawn
- Former Beatle set for Quebec City concert amid protests
- Gambian magistrate to acquit all people detained without charge for 72 hours
- 2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center
- French police search for missing explosives
July 20
- Released video: Israeli soldier shoot bound man at short range
- Bombs rock Spanish tourist resorts
- Crane collapse in Houston, Texas, kills 4, injures 7
- Human cells grow blood vessels in mice
- Golf: Harrington wins British Open
- Lewis Hamilton wins 2008 German Grand Prix
- Betancourt calls for release of all FARC hostages
- Wikimania 2008: MediaWiki use in the U.S. Department of State
July 21
- 2008 Leisure Taiwan: Safety first before sporting
- One-Two-Go Airlines cease operating over fuel costs as legal action begins over September air disaster
- Search underway after US B-52 bomber crashes off Guam's coast
- Cyclone Nargis aid effort to cost one billion US$
- Brazilian actress Dercy Gonçalves dies at age 101
[edit] July 22
- Kosmos-3M launches final SAR-Lupe satellite
- Tropical Storm Dolly kills seventeen in Guatemala
- American actress Estelle Getty dead at age 84
- Alleged war criminal Radovan Karadžić caught in Serbia
- Paramedics protest outside New South Wales parliament
- US military confirms three deaths after B-52 crash off Guam
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 200's pilot's trial to begin this week
- Israeli-Arab Hebrew University students charged with operating al-Qaeda cell
July 23
- Trio found with €440 million of cocaine receive a total of 85 years imprisonment
- China to establish protest zones for Olympics
- Chinese police offer 300,000 yuan reward in double bus bombings
- Nationalised UK bank Northern Rock appoints new chief executive
- Rhode Island man arrested with record blood-alcohol reading
- Second Arab-Israeli bulldozer attack in July 2008
July 24
- UK opposition leader David Cameron's bicycle was stolen
- Marathon runner addresses Toronto, bringing attention to autism
- Amy Winehouse wax model unveiled
- Iraq banned from participating in Beijing Olympics
- Turkish planes bomb PKK targets in northern Iraq
- Palestinian official newspapers: Israel uses super rats against Jerusalem Arabs
- African HIV prevalence may also be physiological
- Two large earthquakes rattle Japan, Russia
- Bus crash in Victoria, Australia injures twenty, some critical
July 25
- Hole in fuselage causes Qantas flight to make emergency landing
- British boy drowns while on holiday with family in Portugal
- Minimum wage in United States increases to $6.55
- "Last Lecture" Professor Randy Pausch dies at age 47
July 26
- Six year old girl and five others killed, Hamas arrests 200 Palestinians
- US Senate passes housing aid bill
- US presidential candidate Barack Obama's lead in the polls increases
- SNP wins Glasgow East by-election in Scotland
- Obama's private prayer published in Israeli newspaper
- Two nuclear leaks in two weeks trigger security and safety reviews in France
July 27
- Two dead, seven others wounded in church by gunfire in Tennessee, United States
- EU maintains ban on Indonesian airlines amid accusations of political motivation
- Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director dies at 82
- Qantas ordered to check oxygen cylinders
July 28
- Report says modernizing and repairing US bridges to cost $140 billion
- US presidential candidate Obama speaks in Berlin, Germany
- Five of six accused over Egyptian ferry fire that killed over 1,000 are acquitted
- Door opens mid-Qantas flight; plane makes an emergency landing
- Two bomb blasts kill at least 17 in Istanbul, Turkey
- Puffin numbers are falling on UK's Farne Islands
July 29
- IOC lifts ban on Iraqi athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics
- American actor and star of 'Frasier' returns to hospital
- Earthquake strikes southern California
- Alaska senator Ted Stevens indicted in corruption scandal
- US father kidnaps daughter, may flee country in yacht
- Court sentences eight to death in Sudan over Omdurman rebel attack
- SEPTA buys rail cars from NJ Transit to deal with crowding
- British Airways enters merger talks with Iberia
- Over 100 people protest exclusion of gender identity protection in ENDA outside HRC dinner
- Google's search index hits one trillion page mark
July 30
- Sixteen Christian converts arrested in Iran; facing death penalty
- King of Tonga to hand power to Prime Minister, ending era of absolute monarchy
July 31
- 2008 TICA highlights open source applications at Linux Forum & Expo
- Man decapitated on Greyhound bus in Manitoba
- British doctor killed while on honeymoon
- Southern Minnesota plane crash kills eight
- Israeli PM Olmert to step down in September
- British hacker may face Guantanamo, 60-year sentence
- Chinese Wikipedia unblocked across China
- England's historic Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier destroyed by fire
- Sony refreshes VAIO brand for business and entertainment
- United States confirms first military death sentence since 1957
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