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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2007.

Daily events

Wednesday August 1, 2007

Interstate 35W, Minneapolis

• Berlin / Germany : The federal government rules out the sending of further soldiers of the Bundeswehr as part of the UN troops in the Sudanese crisis province Darfur . They don't have the necessary capacities and equipment.
• Hamburg / Germany : The Hamburg Scientology Envoy Ursula Caberta calls for a ban of the union, as it was operating against the state and its presence in Berlin strive apparent after direct influence.
• Minneapolis , United States : During rush hour , the eight-lane Interstate 35W Mississippi River Bridge collapses in Minneapolis, Minnesota , killing at least four people.
• New York / United States : The media entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch closes the takeover of the media group Dow Jones with the figurehead The Wall Street Journal after the owner family Bancroft accepted an offer of possibly 5 billion dollars .
• Vienna / Austria : FPÖ boss Heinz-Christian Strache admits in the process of so-called " paintball pictures " earlier contacts to the neo-Nazi Wiking youth, which has been banned in Germany since 1994 .

Thursday August 2, 2007

• Baghdad / Iraq : Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is trying to maintain his government after all Sunni ministers have withdrawn from his cabinet .
• Berlin , Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg , Munich / Germany : Prosecutors in various German cities are investigating 17 German journalists. The authorities are investigating whether the journalists assisted in the betrayal of secrets when they quoted from confidential and secret files of the BND investigation committee of the Bundestag .
• Berlin / Germany : The transport ministers of the federal states reject the plans of German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee for privatization of Deutsche Bahn and demand improvements. They are calling for a “real right to have a say and control over the use of federal funds earmarked for investments in local transport”.

Friday 3rd August 2007

• Bangladesh , India , Nepal : The floods in Assam , Bihar , Uttar Pradesh and Nepal have left 20 million people homeless . In India alone, 1,300 people are said to have died from the consequences (drowning, lack of clean drinking water, dysentery).
• Plaidt / Germany : A slight earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 M _w with an epicenter in Plaidt near Koblenz shook the region around 5 a.m. local time.
• Surrey / United Kingdom : UK veterinary chief Debby Reynolds confirms the foot and mouth disease outbreak . The pathogen of the disease was found in around 60 cattle on a farm in Wanborough near Guildford in the southern county of Surrey.

Saturday 4th August 2007

• Dorset , United Kingdom : After the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the southern county of Surrey has been confirmed, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking his leave off to lead crisis management . In 2001, millions of cattle had to be killed to prevent the disease from spreading.
• London / United Kingdom : The Brown government has imposed a ban on exports of cattle and animal products from all over the country because of foot and mouth disease . In addition, the transport of cattle , sheep , pigs and goats is prohibited.

Monday August 6, 2007

Xanana Gusmão

• Chennai / India : The lawsuit by the Swiss company Novartis against the Indian state regarding the legality of the Indian patent law is dismissed because the Indian court declares that it has no jurisdiction and refers Novartis to the arbitration tribunal of the WTO .
• Dili / East Timor : The former independence fighter Xanana Gusmão is appointed Prime Minister of East Timor.
• Tehran / Iran : The Iranian government bans the dissident newspapers Shark and Ham Mihan .

Tuesday August 7, 2007

Map of Georgia

• China : The to the toothed whales counting Chinese river dolphin is officially extinct and thus the first whale that was eradicated by the action of man.
• Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia : Beginning of the Badminton World Championship in individual competitions , which will last until August 19 .
• Oldenburg / Germany : The preliminary round of the 2007 men's fistball world championship will take place in Oldenburg. With two wins, the German national team will definitely qualify for the second round. The other favorites Austria, Switzerland and Brazil also prevail with two wins in their group.
• Saarbrücken / Germany : With the transfer of the Green MP Barbara Spaniol , the Left Party is represented in the Saarland state parliament for the first time .
• Tbilisi / Georgia : After the alleged rocket fire in a Georgian village from Russian territory, the government appoints the Russian ambassador to the Georgian Foreign Ministry to clarify the incident. Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili speaks in connection even by a guided missile of an aircraft. The background to the foreign policy alienation of the two states is the western orientation of Georgia, which is striving to join the European Union and is considering joining NATO .

Wednesday August 8, 2007

The Endeavor on the launch pad

Logo of the Canoe World Championship

• Cape Canaveral / United States : At 10:36 p.m. UTC , the space shuttle Endeavor takes off for the STS-118 mission . The postponement by one day is the result of a leak in the crew cabin .
• Duisburg / Germany : Start of the 36th Canoe World Championships , which will take place until August 12, 2007. This is the fourth time that the World Championships will take place in Duisburg. The world championships are also qualifying regattas for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

Thursday August 9, 2007

• Germany , Austria , Switzerland : In the event of severe storms , more than 45 l / m ^{2 of} precipitation falls within a few minutes in many places in the evening . Basements, streets and apartments are flooded. The A46 had to be closed for hours. In Germany ( Arnsberg , Mönchengladbach ) two elderly men die who are surprised by the sheer volume of water, and in Austria a woman who overlooked an oncoming car due to the rain. In Switzerland alone, the damage is estimated at 76 to 95 million euros.

Friday August 10, 2007

• Baghdad / Iraq : 30 people are killed in a US air strike on the Shiite district of Sadr City in the Iraqi capital. The attack was directed against militias which, according to US reports, were supported and equipped by Iran .
• Ghazni / Afghanistan : Diplomatic representatives of South Korea and the Taliban meet in person for the first time to discuss the release of the 21 hostages who were abducted three weeks ago .
• Saarbrücken / Germany : Start of the Germany Tour 2007 , which will last until August 18th .

Saturday August 11, 2007

Remnants of the border fortifications near Geisa and Point Alpha

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The European Central Bank has pumped more than 150 billion euros into the market in the last few days to ease the turbulence caused by the US real estate and mortgage crisis .
• Magdeburg / Germany : For the first time, the Birthler authorities found a specific shooting order for a Stasi unit to be used on the inner-German border in the stored sources.
• Munich / Germany : In an interview with Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber describes the debate currently initiated by Christa Stewens , which brought him up as a potential successor to Federal President Horst Köhler , as superfluous. He himself proposed Köhler at the time (to Angela Merkel ) and, given Köhler's good work, had no doubts about a second term in office, which he intended to support.

Sunday August 12, 2007

• Oldenburg / Germany : At the 2007 men's fistball world championship , Austria secured the title 3-0 in the final against Brazil . Third is Germany, which defeated Switzerland 3-1 in the small final.
• Tromsø / Norway : The Danish government is sending an icebreaker from the northern Norwegian port of Tromsø to collect scientific data to substantiate claims to the area at the North Pole .

Monday August 13, 2007

• Hunan / China : At least 29 people are killed in the collapse of a bridge over the Tuo River in the central Chinese province of Hunan; 39 people are still missing. The 320-meter-long bridge that was supposed to connect Fenghuang District with the airport in neighboring Guizhou Province collapsed when construction workers tried to remove the scaffolding .
• Warsaw / Poland : The Polish government coalition under Jarosław Kaczyński is terminated by him by dismissing ministers of the coalition partner and replacing them with party comrades. New elections are planned for October 2007.

Tuesday August 14, 2007

• al-Qahtaniyya , Siba Sheikh Khidir / Iraq : In four explosions in the villages of al-Qahtaniyya ( Kurmanji til Ezer ) and Siba Sheikh Khidir (Kurmanji Siba Şêx Xidir ) are 796 people jesidischer ethnicity killed and injured another 1,562 Yazidis.
• Berlin / Germany : The German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) is in favor of a reform of the civil servants' pension and an increase in the retirement age to also 67 years: “The civil servants, soldiers and judges of the federal government will also have to accept restrictions on their retirement pensions that reflect the restrictions in pension insurance. ”The SPD speaks of a consensus across party lines.
• El Segundo / United States : With the largest recall campaign in its company's history, the US toy manufacturer Mattel is withdrawing over 18 million toys made in China, including Barbie dolls, for safety reasons. According to the company management, there are small magnets attached to the products that children can swallow.
• Pyongyang / North Korea : In heavy storms and rains in North Korea, 200 people are killed or go missing. 30,000 houses are destroyed, numerous bridges collapse and streets are washed away.

Wednesday August 15, 2007

• Duisburg / Germany : On Wednesday night, six young Italians between the ages of 16 and 39 were killed in their car near Duisburg Central Station during the Mafia murders in Duisburg . The Italian Ministry of the Interior confirms the Mafia contacts of those shot and sees the act as the result of a dispute between two Calabrian “families”. It is the first time that the local 'Ndrangheta has committed a murder of this magnitude abroad.
• Kabul / Afghanistan : Three men were killed and one seriously injured in an attack on German police officers in Kabul.

Thursday August 16, 2007

• Huntington / United States : In the US state of Utah , three rescue workers die while attempting to rescue six workers buried in a coal mine at a depth of 450  m on August 6 .
• Lima / Peru : According to civil defense, more than 300 people die in a severe earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 near the cities of Ica and Chincha Alta . More than 1,000 people are injured.

Friday 17th August 2007

• Berlin / Germany : The former RAF - terrorist Eva Haule is after 21 years imprisonment from the women's prison in Berlin-Neukölln paroled.

Saturday 18th August 2007

• Solar system : The planet Venus is in lower conjunction (in front of the sun) and thus changes from the evening to the morning star ; Venus will only be visible to the public at the end of the month.

Sunday 19th August 2007

• Kabul / Afghanistan : The young German development worker is freed in an action by 300 police officers in western Kabul . Four suspected kidnappers are arrested.
• Mügeln / Germany : During a city festival in Mügeln in the Torgau-Oschatz district , there is a dispute between Germans and eight Indians . Around 50 German youths chase the eight Indians from a festival tent through the city to a pizzeria . According to eyewitnesses, xenophobic slogans are shouted. 69 police officers manage to put an end to the hustle and bustle. A total of 14 people are injured, all eight of them Indians.

Monday August 20, 2007

Burnt-out Boeing 737 of China Airlines

• Ankara / Turkey : After the early parliamentary elections 2007 in Turkey on July 22, 2007, the first round of the renewed presidential election will take place on August 20, 2007 ; the resuming Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül provisionally fails again in the Turkish parliament with 341 votes from his AKP . The 99 MPs of the MHP stay away from the election. The second ballot is scheduled for Friday, August 24, 2007.
• Okinawa / Japan : A Boeing 737 of the Taiwanese airline China Airlines goes up in flames shortly after landing at Okinawa Airport in Naha . The 165 passengers were able to exit the aircraft via the evacuation slides shortly before the explosion .

Wednesday August 22, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : The federal cabinet agrees on key points for reforming the consumer insolvency procedure .
• Berlin / Germany : The German federal government is in favor of extending the UNIFIL mission of the German Navy in Lebanon by one year. The German Bundestag should decide on this in mid- September .

Thursday August 23, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : Germany ratifies the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education in the European Region , with which higher education entrance qualifications and university degrees are mutually recognized in all contracting states.
• Meseberg / Germany : The German cabinet approves a multi-billion dollar climate protection package.

Friday August 24, 2007

• Brussels / Belgium : Two months after the Belgian parliamentary election, Prime Minister-designate Yves Leterme declared the coalition negotiations between Christian Democrats and Liberals to have failed.
• Wachenroth / Germany : Several animals infected with the H5N1 bird flu are found in a duck fattening operation . This is followed by the most extensive cull in the history of the Federal Republic, with 166,000 animals killed .

Saturday 25th August 2007

Nauruan parliament building

• Osaka / Japan : Start of the 2007 World Athletics Championships .
• Peloponnese / Greece : The conflagration in Greece has assumed catastrophic proportions, over 50 people die from the forest fires .
• Yaren / Nauru : The parliamentary elections in the smallest republic in the world have started. President Ludwig Scotty had brought the elections forward by two months. Scotty’s ruling followers are predestined to win the election and for a further three-year term. Scotty had recently announced unpopular constitutional reforms, which should lead the bankrupt country further out of the miserable situation.

Sunday August 26, 2007

• Kiev / Ukraine : End of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships .
• Munich / Germany : Start of the world rowing championships , which will last until September 2nd.
• Yaren / Nauru : The first projections of the parliamentary elections show that the allegiance to President Ludwig Scotty has won a huge election and won 15 of the 18 parliamentary seats. Scotty is expected to be confirmed in office by Parliament in the presidential election on Tuesday.

Monday August 27, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : Computers of the German federal government were spied on by virus programs. The discovery weighs on Chancellor Angela Merkel's trip to the People's Republic of China .

Tuesday August 28, 2007

Child of crib age

• Ankara / Turkey : In the third ballot, the Grand National Assembly elects the former Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister Abdullah Gül from the Justice and Recovery Party as the new President .
• Berlin / Germany : The federal and state governments agree on a legal right to a daycare place from 2013.
• Yaren / Nauru : After the elections in the small Pacific state, President Ludwig Scotty is confirmed in office by the Nauruan parliament . The opposition nominated Marcus Stephen . Scotty receives 14 out of 17 votes.

Wednesday August 29, 2007

Thalia Theater

• Venice / Italy : The 64th Venice International Film Festival opens with Joe Wright's literary adaptation Atonement .

Thursday August 30, 2007

• Afghanistan : The last seven South Korean hostages are released by the radical Islamic Taliban six weeks after the hostage drama began. On Wednesday evening twelve more of the original 23 hostages were released.

Friday August 31, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : So-called “ rotten meat ” was sent from Bavaria to Berlin, where it was relabeled and delivered to kebab bars in various German federal states .
• Berlin / Germany : The trade unions ver.di and dbb tarifunion are calling in a joint initiative to protest against austerity measures in public budgets . The savings in health care and nursing and in authorities are pointed out as serious .
• Duisburg / Germany : Two weeks after the six murders of members of the 'Ndrangheta in Duisburg, the police are now looking for a photo of a 28-year-old Italian from the Kaarst area .

See also

• Nekrolog August 2007 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August

Web links

Spain in August 2007

Commons : August 2007  - collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published August 2008  - News

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.tagesspiegel.de - "No German soldiers for Darfur"
2. ↑ www.welt.de - “Controversial Religion. Sect expert calls for a ban on Scientology "
3. ↑ startribune.com : 4 dead, 79 injured, 20 missing after dozens of vehicles plummet into river ( Memento from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
4. ↑ www.focus.de - “Publishing takeover. Murdoch on target "
5. ↑ Der Standard - "Strache admits contacts to the Wiking youth in court"
6. ↑ www.welt.de - "Al-Maliki is fighting for his government"
7. ↑ www.sueddeutsche.de - “BND and media. Investigation proceedings for betrayal of secrets "
8. ↑ www.handelsblatt.de - "Countries are setting up new hurdles for rail privatization"
9. ↑ www.tagesanzeiger.ch - "Natural disaster in South Asia" ( Memento from September 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
10. ↑ www.zeit.de - "Rhineland-Palatinate: The earth trembles in Koblenz"
11. ↑ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6930684.stm (in English))
12. ^ After terrorism and floods, fresh crisis challenges Brown. In: theguardian.com . August 4, 2007, accessed August 21, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Great Britain struggles to contain the foot and mouth disease. In: dw.com . August 4, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2017 . 
14. ^ Bans on exports of British cattle and meat. In: faz.net . August 4, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2017 . 
15. ↑ www.taz.de - "India stops pharmaceutical giants"
16. ↑ www.baz.ch - "Gusmao appointed Prime Minister of East Timor" ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ www.kleinreport.ch - "Iran bans further newspapers critical of the government" ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ faz.net
19. ↑ www.badzine.de and BWF World Badminton Championships ( Memento from July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ Results of the 2007 Fistball World Cup ( Memento from September 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
21. ↑ www.taz.de - "Left moves into state parliament"
22. ↑ www.dw-world.de - "Missiles over Georgia?"
23. ↑ www.tagesanzeiger.ch - "Nasa postpones Endeavor start" ( Memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
24. ↑ www.kanuwm2007.de ( Memento from December 6, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
25. ↑ www.zeit.de - "Continuous rain: all-clear at a high level" and www.netzeitung.de - "Millions in damage from storms in Switzerland" ( Memento from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
26. ↑ www.zeit.de - "Iraq: At least 30 dead in US air strike in Baghdad"
27. ↑ www.handelsblatt.com - “Taliban representatives negotiate with diplomats. Direct talks about the fate of the South Korean hostages "
28. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: deutschland-tour.de
29. ↑ Spiegel Online from August 10, 2007: Stock market crisis: Dax sags - ECB again pumps billions into the market
30. ↑ www.welt.de - "Shooting order for Stasi unit found"
31. ↑ www.focus.de - “Koehler Succession. Stoiber is not available "
32. ↑ wm.ntb-infoline.de - "Results of the 2007 Fistball World Cup" ( memento of the original from September 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
33. ↑ www.tagesschau.sf.tv - "Dispute about Arctic Treasures"
34. ↑ www.sueddeutsche.de - "At least 29 dead in bridge collapse"
35. ↑ www.zeit.de - “Government reshuffle in Poland. Kaczynski: Coalition work ended "
36. ^ Otmar Oehring: Christians and Yazidis in Iraq: Current Situation and Perspectives. (PDF) kas.de , 2017, p. 15 , accessed on July 26, 2019 . 
37. ↑ www.faz.net - “Draft reform. Schäuble wants to cut civil servants' pensions "
38. ↑ de.today.reuters.com - “SPD signals approval of Schäuble's pension reform plan”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
39. ↑ www.spiegel.de - "Mattel recalls millions of Barbies and toy cars"
40. ↑ www.faz.net - “Serious Damage. Allegedly 200 storm deaths in North Korea "
41. ↑ www.dw-world.de - Italian government: Murders in Duisburg a mafia feud
42. ↑ Press release  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Federal Minister of the Interior Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble  
43. Jump up ↑ Mammath Marathons - Crandall Canyon. In: castlecountry.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018 . 
44. ↑ www.heute.de ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
45. ↑ www.tagesschau.de "Ex-RAF terrorist Haule free" from August 20, 2007 (tagesschau.de archive)
46. ↑ www.tagesschau.de - "Police arrest suspected kidnappers" from August 19, 2007 (tagesschau.de archive)
47. ^ Philipp Wittrock: Escalation at the village festival: Furious mob chasing Indians - Mügeln in shock. In: Spiegel Online . August 20, 2007, accessed May 15, 2020 . 
48. ↑ www.tagesschau.de - "Gül fails in the first round" (tagesschau.de archive)
49. ↑ www.tagesschau.de - "Airplane on Okinawa in flames - occupants rescued at the 'very last minute'" (tagesschau.de archive)
50. ↑ www.tagesschau.de "Cabinet decides to reform consumer insolvency" of August 22, 2007 (tagesschau.de archive)
51. ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/unifil-kabinett-verlaengert-libanon-mandat-fuer-bundeswehr-a-501354.html
52. ↑ Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education in the European Region. In: admin.ch . June 3, 2013, accessed February 15, 2017 (list of contracting states). 
53. ↑ n-tv: Harmony in the Green: Climate Package is through ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
54. ↑ n-tv: Leterme gives up ( Memento from September 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
55. ↑ WELT ONLINE - straw the cause of bird flu in Bavaria
56. ↑ - Osaka 2007 "D-500" ( Memento from October 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
57. ↑ faz.net - "National Tragedy" 41 dead in forest fires in Greece
58. ↑ ABC News - Nauru goes to polls in early election
59. ↑ ABC News - Scotty wins landslide Nauru election
60. ↑ Merkel fights against pirates. In: Zeit Online . August 28, 2007, accessed January 31, 2009 . 
61. ^ Biography of Abdullah Gül. In: tccb.gov.tr . Retrieved August 23, 2018 . 
62. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: n-tv: legal entitlement from 2013 onwards
63. ^ Radio Australia - Nauru's president retains top job
64. ↑ FAZ.NET: "Venice Film Festival - Everything feeds on America"
65. ↑ n-tv: All South Koreans free ( memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
66. ↑ FAZ: Disgusting meat scandal bigger than previously known
67. ↑ fragmentation of service law. In: dbb tarifunion . Retrieved June 18, 2019 . 
68. ^ Poster campaign launched by the Public Services Initiative nationwide. In: ver.di . August 31, 2007, accessed June 18, 2019 . 
69. ↑ Police are looking for relatives of Mafia victims. In: rp-online.de . August 31, 2007, accessed September 27, 2018 .