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{{*mp|August 8}} [[NASA]] launches [[Space Shuttle]] orbiter [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']] ''(pictured),'' carrying [[Barbara Morgan]], the first [[Educator Astronaut Project|Educator Astronaut]] in space, and six other astronauts on a '''[[STS-118|mission]]''' to the [[International Space Station]]. |
{{*mp|August 8}} [[NASA]] launches [[Space Shuttle]] orbiter [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']] ''(pictured),'' carrying [[Barbara Morgan]], the first [[Educator Astronaut Project|Educator Astronaut]] in space, and six other astronauts on a '''[[STS-118|mission]]''' to the [[International Space Station]]. |
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{{*mp|August 7}} Two [[Russia]]n aircraft are '''[[Georgian-Ossetian conflict|accused of violating]]''' [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n [[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 are '''[[Georgian-Ossetian conflict|accused of violating]]''' [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n [[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 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 more than 2000 people dead and 20 |
{{*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 more than 2000 people dead and 20 homeless, with the [[Gangetic plain]] in [[India]] and [[Ganges Delta|its delta]] in [[Bangladesh]] being the worst affected areas. |
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<div style="text-align: right;" class="noprint">'''[[n:Main Page|Wikinews]]''' – '''[[Deaths in 2007|Recent deaths]]''' – '''[[Portal:Current events|More current events...]]'''</div> |
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Revision as of 03:28, 13 August 2007
- 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 orbiter Endeavour (pictured), carrying Barbara Morgan, the first Educator Astronaut in space, and six other astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station.
- Two Russian aircraft are accused of violating Georgian airspace, with one firing an air-to-surface guided rocket onto Georgian territory, some 65 km north of Tbilisi.
- A series of floods on the Indian subcontinent leaves more than 2000 people dead and 20 million homeless, with the Gangetic plain in India and its delta in Bangladesh being the worst affected areas.
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