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- Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party in the United States presidential election, 2008 speaks to 200,000 people in Berlin's Tiergarten. (New Zealand Herald)
- Three former aides to former Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer and the former head of the New York State Police are charged with ethics violations over improper use of travel records of former Republican New York Senate majority leader Joseph Bruno. (AP via Google News)
- Max Mosley, head of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, wins his privacy case against the News of the World, after the paper alleged he took part in a Nazi-themed BDSM orgy. (The Guardian) (BBC News)
- Voters in Glasgow East go to the polls for the Glasgow East by-election, 2008 with the Scottish National Party (SNP) claiming a narrow victory over the Scottish Labour Party candidate after a massive swing in favour of the SNP.(Press Association via Google News), (The Telegraph)
- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hits off the coast of Honshu, Japan with reports of landslides, injuries and disruption to transport and power supplies. (BBC News)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics:
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- Golfer Pádraig Harrington of Ireland wins his second successive Open Championship (British Open). (AP via Google News)
- The Dark Knight sets a new record for box office receipts for an opening weekend in the United States with US$158.4 million earned between Friday and Sunday. (Entertainment Weekly)
- The Colombian diaspora celebrates Colombia's Independence Day with concerts and marches against violence, kidnapping and the FARC in Bogotá, Leticia, the country's other 1,119 cities and municipalities, and events in cities around the world including Paris (attended by Ingrid Betancourt), London, Washington, New York City and Miami. (BBC News) (El Tiempo)
- At least 13 Afghan police and civilians are killed in an airstrike by NATO forces two weeks after an airstrike killed 52 civilians at a wedding. (BBC News)
- Beijing introduces traffic restrictions and factory closures in an effort to reduce air pollution for the 2008 Summer Olympics. (Reuters)
- 500,000 people attend the closing mass of World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, who announces Madrid as the host city for the next World Youth Day in 2011. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- 1,600,000 people attend the Loveparade in Dortmund, Germany. (AFP via Google News)
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