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- Taliban frees German and four Afghan hostages it kidnapped in mid-July (AndhraNews.net)
- The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns consumers not to eat Banquet pot pies or other pot pies made by ConAgra with a printed code ending in C9 due to possible links with a salmonella outbreak. (AP via WJBF)
- Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, spells out his conditions for a peace deal with Israel prior to a conference in Annapolis, Maryland next month. (The Guardian)
- The United Automobile Workers reaches a tentative agreement with Chrysler shortly after workers commence strike action. (Fox News)
- The first Malaysian astronaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, and the first female space station commander, Peggy Whitson, are launched towards the International Space Station on board Soyuz TMA-11. (Spaceflightnow)
- German scientist Gerhard Ertl is announced as the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on chemical processes on solid surfaces. (BBC)
- The International Monetary Fund warns of a slowdown of the global economy in 2008 as a result of financial turmoil on global markets. (BBC)
- An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale is recorded just south of Katanning, Western Australia, and felt as far away as Perth, Western Australia. (ABC)
- A 14-year-old high school student goes on a shooting rampage in Cleveland, Ohio, wounding two teachers and two students before his death. (CNN)
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- War in Afghanistan: Sixteen militants fighting under wanted Uzbek warlord Tahir Yuldash are killed in eastern Afghanistan. (AP via Google)
- The United Auto Workers sets a Wednesday deadline to reach a new four-year contract with Chrysler. (NYT)
- A sheriff's deputy shoots dead six young people in Crandon, Wisconsin, United States. It was initially believed that he was killed by a police sniper after a manhunt, but is now believed to have committed suicide by multiple gunshots. (Reuters)
- Costa Ricans approve CAFTA in a referendum with 52% of the votes. (AP via Google News)
- Pro-Taliban militants capture 28 Pakistan soldiers in the North Waziristan tribal region. (AndhraNews.net)
- 2007 Pacific typhoon season:
- A Syrian military plane crashes near Damascus, killing all three on board. (AP via Google News)
- Record-setting temperatures cause the 2007 Chicago Marathon to shut down after only three and a half hours and after the race has a men's open division photo finish, a death, and sprint finishes in the women's open and men's wheelchair divisions. (Chicago Tribune)
- Vandals punch a 10-cm (4") tear in the Claude Monet painting Le Pont d'Argenteuil at the Orsay Museum during Paris's annual Nuit Blanche all-night cultural festival. (AP via Yahoo! News
- U.S. college football: On the heels of last week's historic AP Poll shakeup, another one of comparable size occurs, in which four Top Ten teams and eleven ranked teams overall move down the list or off the poll entirely. LSU receives first place from all 65 sports critics, the first time that has occurred for any team since December 2006. #2 California earns its highest rank since 1951, #4 Boston College earns its highest showing since 1984, and #5 South Florida continues its ascent after first moving into the AP Poll three weeks ago. (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
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