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This article covers breaking news and events in July 2007.

Daily events

Sunday 1st July 2007

• Klagenfurt / Austria : The German writer Lutz Seiler wins the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2007 with his prose text Turksib .
• Lisbon / Portugal : Portugal takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union from Germany . The office of Head of Government of the EC is given to José Sócrates .
• London / United Kingdom : About two months before the 10th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales , the first wife of the heir to the throne of the British monarchy Charles , the Concert for Diana takes place in London .
• Munich / Germany : The German soccer player Miroslav Klose starts work at FC Bayern Munich , the transfer fee for Klose paid by Bayern Munich to Werder Bremen , at 15 million euros, is the highest that has been paid to a German soccer player to date.
• Vienna / Austria : Parliament decides to lower the voting age for nationwide elections from 18 to 16 years. The low age limit, which Austria has in common with only a few countries, is intended to alleviate young people's disaffection with politics ; School accompanying measures for political education are also planned .

Monday July 2, 2007

Deutsche Bahn is currently concentrating on high-speed routes and logistics

• Berlin / Germany : The trade unions Transnet and GDBA start strikes against Deutsche Bahn AG in order to raise income of at least 7%.
• Istanbul / Turkey : Half a year after the murder of the Turkish- Armenian journalist Hrant Dink , the trial against the main juvenile perpetrator and 17 other accused begins.
• Marib / Yemen : At least six people are killed in a suicide attack on a group of 15 Spanish tourists at the moon temple of Marib, the former capital of the ancient kingdom of the Queen of Sheba .

Tuesday 3rd July 2007

• Baghdad / Iraq : According to the US military, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard supports the training of Shiite extremists , equips them with weapons and helps with the planning of terrorist attacks .
• Germany : A nationwide warning strike by the union of German locomotive drivers from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. for its own drivers - collective bargaining agreement leads to massive disruptions in rail traffic.
• London / United Kingdom : British construction companies Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey merge to form Taylor Wimpey .
• Beijing / China : According to the Financial Times , 750,000 people die every year in the People's Republic as a result of environmental pollution . According to their information, the Chinese government has put pressure on the World Bank to delete a relevant passage from the environmental report, as this information could spark social unrest.
• Tokyo / Japan : The Japanese Defense Minister Fumio Kyūma resigns after his controversial statements on the importance of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the end of the Second World War. Kyuma's successor will be the previous security advisor, Yuriko Koike .
• Valencia / Spain : The Swiss sailing syndicate Alinghi wins the seventh race and with it the America's Cup 2007 with 5: 2 victories against challenger Team New Zealand .
• Washington, DC / United States : The by President George W. Bush arranged bail in favor of the former adviser Lewis Libby by US Vice President Dick Cheney , who for perjury sentenced to 30 months in prison, and obstruction of justice in the investigation to the unmasking of a CIA agent The political scene in the capital is unsettling.

Wednesday 4th July 2007

• Gaza / Palestinian Territories : BBC broadcaster reporter Alan Johnston , kidnapped by the Palestinian group Army of Islam , is released after being held hostage for four months.
• Guatemala City / Guatemala : The IOC designates Sochi to host the 2014 Winter Olympics .
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Constitutional Court dismisses the claims of nine members of the Bundestag against the obligation to disclose additional income.

Thursday 5th July 2007

• Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag passes the new version of the Insurance Contract Act . Most of the innovations concern life insurances and expand the rights of policyholders, for example. B. more right to information and advice with regard to the product is granted.
• Germany : After an unsuccessful top-level discussion between Deutsche Bahn AG and the Union of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL), the union has announced further warning strikes for the coming week . The GDL demands a separate collective agreement for the drivers .

Friday July 6, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : After the Bundestag and acting Federal the corporate tax reform in Germany in 2008 , in which the nominal tax rates be lowered from 39 to below 30 percent.
• Berlin / Germany : The Railway - unions Transnet and GDBA announce, not to impede the railway traffic on the weekend by strike action.
• Islamabad / Pakistan : The fighting over the Red Mosque between the Islamist Koran students and the Pakistani government troops is intensifying. The Taliban are ready to be martyred .
• Kabul / Afghanistan : A mass grave is found in a former military prison on Soviet military grounds . The victims are believed to be Afghan civilians who refused to cooperate with the Soviets. Some of the people were killed by gunshots in the head, and some were walled up alive in the prison rooms.

Saturday 7th July 2007

Rally on the Frankfurt Römer against the NPD demonstration

Live Earth Concert at Wembley Stadium London

• Baghdad / Iraq : Over 100 people are killed in a suicide attack by a car bomb in the Iraqi city of Amirli .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : In connection with an upcoming NPD demonstration in the Main metropolis, SPD parliamentary group leader Peter Struck calls for a new review procedure against the party. It could not be acceptable that “the taxpayer finances these constitutional enemies through his taxes”. Similarly, Dieter Graumann , Vice President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany , calls on politicians to resume the NPD ban proceedings.
• Lisbon / Portugal : The “ 7 new wonders of the world ” were announced in Lisbon this evening . These include the Colosseum in Rome, the Great Wall of China , the Taj Mahal Temple, the rock city of Petra , the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio, the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu and the ruins of the Mayan city of Chichén Itzá .
• London / United Kingdom : American Venus Williams wins the women's singles tournament of the Wimbledon Championships in tennis against French Marion Bartoli .
• Worldwide: The 24-hour benefit concert series Live Earth , which takes place on all seven continents, aims to raise awareness of climate protection with around 150 performers and bands around the world . With around one million concert-goers and an estimated two billion listeners and viewers through various media, it was the largest music event in history to date .

Sunday July 8, 2007

• Dornbirn / Austria : Opening event of the 13th World Gymnaestrada , which will be held in Dornbirn and other communities in Vorarlberg until July 14th .
• London / United Kingdom : In the final of the men's singles tournament of the Wimbledon Championships , there is a new edition of the previous year's final . Defending champion Roger Federer from Switzerland defeats Rafael Nadal from Spain again , this time in five sets.

Monday July 9, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : The Deutsche Bahn AG concludes new collective agreements with the trade unions GDBA and Transnet regardless of the demand for a driver - collective agreement on the part of the union of German locomotive drivers .

Tuesday July 10, 2007

GDL strike shield

• Germany : For the second time, for the first time on July 3, the Union of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL) is holding a warning strike , which this time lasts three hours in the morning and causes considerable disruption to train traffic nationwide. The labor court in Düsseldorf stops the GDL measure in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with an injunction .
• Islamabad / Pakistan : Special forces of the Pakistani military storm the Red Mosque, which has been occupied for days by partially armed Koran students . There are over 70 fatalities.

Wednesday July 11, 2007

• Washington, DC / United States : The US is sending another aircraft carrier to the Middle East , according to the US Navy. The background to the dispatch of the third aircraft carrier is the growing tensions with Iran and the security offensive in Iraq .

Thursday July 12, 2007

• Baghdad / Iraq : 12 civilians die in an air strike using Apache attack helicopters, including Reuters employees Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh , whose telephoto lenses were mistaken for rocket launchers by the helicopter crew. At least two are critically injured. In the incident, a minibus was destroyed by means of the Apache's 30 mm gun, with which a family man wanted to rescue an initially only wounded man.
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Constitutional Court confirms permission for automatic account reconciliation.
• Munich / Germany : The CSU - district administrator Gabriele Pauli announces her candidacy for the CSU chairmanship in the fall.

Friday July 13, 2007

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The German share index ( DAX ) reached a new all-time high of 8,151.57 points.
• Washington, DC / United States : The US real estate market is in a serious crisis. Many home buyers can no longer pay their debts.

Saturday July 14, 2007

• Mainz / Germany : The Mainz Labor Court approves the contradictions of the German Engine Drivers' Union against the strike ban imposed on Tuesday. This allows the union to call for and strike again in these areas of the company. The union has announced that it will not hold warning strikes until further negotiations on July 19.
• Moscow / Russia : President Vladimir Putin , in protest against US missile defense systems in Eastern Europe, has his country no longer subject to the obligations of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe .

Sunday 15th July 2007

• Madrid / Spain : The Spanish Princess Sofía de Borbón y Ortiz , April 29, 2007 , is baptized in the gardens of the Palacio de La Zarzuela , the royal family seat, by Cardinal and Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela. She is the second daughter of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain , Prince of Asturias , and his wife, Princess Letizia , née Ortiz Rocasolano.

Monday July 16, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : As a consequence of the breakdowns in the Krümmel and Brünsbüttel nuclear power plants , the energy company Vattenfall Europe released the managing director of its nuclear division, Dr. Bruno Thomauske about his tasks. In addition, the head of corporate communications, Johannes Altmeppen, will resign.
• Niigata / Japan : In the Niigata Chūetsu coastal earthquake in 2007 with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale in northwestern Japan, at least nine people died. More than 900 people are injured in Niigata and Nagano prefectures . All nine fatalities, six women and three men between the ages of 70 and 90, are in Kashiwazaki .

Tuesday 17th July 2007

• Belgrade / Serbia : The Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica strictly rejects a proposal by the EU and the USA to enter into new direct negotiations with the Albanian-dominated provincial government of Kosovo on the basis of another UN resolution . This increases the risk that in the near future the USA, but ultimately also EU states, will recognize Kosovo as an independent state.

Wednesday July 18, 2007

Crash of TAM Linhas Aéreas flight 3054

• New York / United States : The conductor Alan Gilbert will be announced as the new chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic from the 2009/10 season. He will be the first native New Yorker to hold this post.
• São Paulo / Brazil : 186 passengers, six crew members and 25 of the house occupants are killed in the crash of an Airbus A320-200 passenger plane belonging to the airline Tam at the domestic airport of Congonhas in a gas station and an airport building. In heavy rain, the machine slides over the short runway and down a street into the building.

Thursday July 19, 2007

Project Stuttgart 21

• Berlin / Germany : After years of struggle, the federal government, the state of Baden-Württemberg and the railways agree to implement the Stuttgart 21 project , which includes a comprehensive renovation of Stuttgart's main train station .
• Freetown / Sierra Leone : The Special Court for Sierra Leone sentenced three former rebel leaders to long prison terms - for the first time in the history of international criminal justice, also for recruiting child soldiers.
• New Delhi / India : In the presidential election in India , Pratibha Patil is elected to the highest office of the state as the first woman in the history of India.

Friday July 20, 2007

• Berlin / Germany : Issue number 380 of the oldest periodically published German comic , Mosaik , appears. For 50 years in a row, a booklet was published every month.
• Hamburg / Germany : A Buddhist congress is taking place in Hamburg , at which the Dalai Lama is present. The congress discusses the approval of the ordination of women in Buddhism.

Saturday July 21, 2007

Burj Khalifa on July 15, 2007

• Dubai / United Arab Emirates : With a height of 512.1 meters, the Burj Dubai skyscraper, which is still under construction (renamed Burj Khalifa at the opening ), is replacing Taipei 101 as the tallest building in the world.
• London / United Kingdom : Under the title Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , the seventh and probably last part of Joanne K. Rowling's novel series will be published on Saturday night .

Sunday July 22, 2007

• Ankara / Turkey : The parliamentary elections in Turkey are won by the conservative AKP with almost 50% of the vote. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan can continue to rule alone.
• Lyon / France : 27 Polish pilgrims die in a bus accident in the French Alps

Monday July 23, 2007

• Kabul / Afghanistan : In Afghanistan, two German civil engineers and 22 Korean citizens are kidnapped by the Taliban . One of the two German kidnapping victims dies.
• London / United Kingdom : In many regions of England such as Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire there is flooding due to heavy rainfall.

Tuesday July 24, 2007

• Sofia / Bulgaria : The Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor in the HIV process in Libya are flown to Bulgaria and immediately pardoned.
• Washington, DC / United States : The armaments companies Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman increased their profits in almost all sectors in the second quarter.

Wednesday July 25, 2007

Pratibha Patil

• Hannover / Germany : For a purchase price of 11.4 billion euros which takes over Continental AG , the Siemens subsidiary VDO Automotive and thus becomes one of the world's five largest automotive suppliers.
• New Delhi / India : Pratibha Patil is sworn in as the 13th head of state of India; she is the first woman in this office.

Thursday July 26, 2007

• Tokyo / Japan : The Japanese electronics company Sony has more than tripled its profits with its PlayStation 3 game console despite sustained losses . The great popularity of Cyber-shot digital cameras in particular contributed to the strong growth in earnings .

Friday July 27, 2007

• Islamabad / Pakistan : According to the authorities, at least 14 people were killed in a suicide attack near the reopened Red Mosque in Islamabad. The attack targeted police officers eating in a busy market in the Pakistani capital. A young man approached the officers and blew himself up.

Saturday July 28, 2007

• Gran Canaria / Spain : The biggest fire in the island's history has raged near the town of Tejeda since the morning and has so far destroyed 3500 hectares of forest. The fire was started by a forest worker.
• Leipzig / Germany : FC Bayern Munich wins the final of the DFL League Cup 2007 1-0 against FC Schalke 04 .

Sunday July 29, 2007

• Paris / France : The 94th Tour de France 2007 comes to an end on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The winner is the Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador , who is said to be involved in the Fuentes doping scandal .
• Tokyo / Japan : The Japanese Upper House elections the ruling party suffers Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a bitter election defeat.
• Vienna / Austria : In the negotiations on the future status of the autonomous territory of Kosovo , the German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger becomes the European Union's negotiator .

Monday July 30, 2007

• Gran Canaria / Spain : A large forest fire destroys areas near Tejedo on the island.

Tuesday July 31, 2007

• Luzón / Philippines : The Bulusan volcano erupts again after 12 years.
• Sandouping / China : Violent floods threaten the Three Gorges Dam .

See also

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

Web links

Lower Saxony in July 2007

Commons : July 2007  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published July 2007  - News

Individual evidence

1. ↑ orf.at : Lutz Seiler is Bachmann Prize winner ( Memento from July 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In: cvce.eu . July 28, 2016, accessed January 30, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Diana concert a 'perfect tribute'. In: bbc.co.uk . July 2, 2007, accessed December 3, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Miroslav Klose - Transfer History. In: transfermarkt.de . Retrieved July 5, 2017 . 
5. ↑ heute.de : Tariff dispute at the railways intensifies ( Memento of October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ www.bbc.co.uk - "Dink murder trial opens in Turkey"
7. ↑ heute.de : Attack shakes tourist destination ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ www.spiegel.de - "US accusation. Iranian elite unit to train bombers in Iraq "
9. ↑ gdl.de : First strike on Tuesday ( Memento from October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Financial News
11. ↑ derstandard.at - "World Bank deletes information on deaths from polluted environment in China"
12. ↑ www.tagesspiegel.de - "China is poisoning itself"
13. ↑ Daily Yomiuri: "A-bomb gaffe sinks Kyuma" ( Memento of the original from July 6, 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. 
14. ↑ www.spiegel.de - "Alinghi wins the America's Cup again"
15. ↑ www.zeit.de - "No jail for Libby"
16. ↑ www.tagesschau.de - “After almost four months of being held hostage. BBC reporter Johnston free again " (tagesschau.de archive)
17. ↑ www.diepresse.at - "Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi"
18. ↑ www.sueddeutsche.de - “Karlsruhe rejects the lawsuit. Members of parliament must disclose additional income " ( Memento of July 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
19. ^ Reform of insurance contract law. In: gdv.de . January 2, 2008, accessed October 12, 2019 . 
20. ^ Deutsche Bahn AG: Top round with GDL: New meeting on July 13th . Press release from July 5, 2007
21. ↑ gdl.de : No result in conversation with the railway board - new strike next week ( memento of October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ Printed matter 384/07 (resolution) Corporate Tax Reform Act 2008
23. ↑ www.tagesschau.de - "The weekend remains free of strikes" from July 6, 2007 (tagesschau.de archive)
24. ↑ www.tagesschau.de - "Islamists ready to 'martyr's death'" from July 6, 2007 ( Memento from February 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
25. ↑ www.spiegel.de - “Mass grave of the Soviets discovered - hundreds walled in alive” of July 6, 2007
26. ↑ Die Welt : "100 Dead in Suicide Attack"
27. ↑ Der Spiegel : "Struck calls for a new ban against NPD"
28. ↑ "The seven new wonders of the world"
29. ↑ Draws Archive - Ladies' Singles 2007. In: wimbledon.com . Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
30. ↑ yahoo.com : “Live Earth” final in New York ( Memento from July 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
31. ↑ Web presence of the World Gymnaestrada 2007 ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2015 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. 
32. ^ Draws Archive - Gentlemen's Singles 2007. In: wimbledon.com . Accessed February 17, 2017 . 
33. ↑ Engine drivers promise not to strike. In: Welt Online . January 4, 2008, accessed on March 26, 2019 : "On July 9, 2007, the railway had [...]" 
34. ^ Anne Constanze Gutzeit: Critical examination of the principle of tariff unity . Diplomica Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8366-2499-2 , p. 44 .
35. ↑ Dirk Holtbrügge : Personnel Management . 4th edition. Springer Science + Business Media , Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-14579-7 , p. 79 .
36. ↑ BBC
37. ↑ US helicopters fired at civilians in Baghdad Spiegel Online on April 6, 2010
38. ↑ Ftd: Karlsruhe approves account snooping ( memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
39. ↑ Ftd: Beckstein waddles Pauli off ( Memento from July 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
40. ↑ Handelsblatt: General Electric wants to get rid of defaulting debtors
41. ↑ Engine drivers are allowed to strike again . Report on Spiegel Online from July 14, 2007
42. ↑ Why Russia rightly feels betrayed by NATO. In: Welt Online . July 18, 2007, accessed January 18, 2020 . 
43. ↑ Sofia de Todos los Santos
44. ↑ dw.com: Vattenfall dismisses nuclear manager Thomauske
45. ↑ Thousands are waiting in emergency shelters
46. ↑ Japan rocked by major earthquake (11:55 UTC)
47. ↑ No Kosovo solution in sight
48. ↑ www.zeit.de - "Alan Gilbert: A native of New York conducts the Philharmonic"
49. ↑ www.nytimes.com - "The Philharmonic Picks New Music Director"
50. ↑ www.tagesschau.de - “Airplane accident in Brazil. Problems with the runway were known " (tagesschau.de archive)
51. ↑ www.faz.net - “Airport Congonhas. The runway has long been considered a dangerous slide "
52. ↑ Financing for Stuttgart 21 is available . In: Spiegel online from July 19, 2007
53. ↑ www.tagesschau.sf.tv - "First judgments against child recruiters"
54. ↑ mosaic. In: mosapedia.de, Gilbert Schwarz. Retrieved September 20, 2016 . 
55. ↑ The Dalai Lama in Hamburg. In: ezw-berlin.de . November 2007, accessed October 29, 2019 . 
56. ↑ www.ftd.de - "Dubai has the tallest building in the world" ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
57. ↑ www.orf.at - “Worldwide onslaught on the last" Harry Potter "”  ( 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.  
58. ↑ Erdogan confirms European course. In: Zeit Online . July 23, 2007, accessed July 23, 2007 . 
59. ↑ Gazeta.pl ( Memento of the original dated August 8, 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.  
60. ↑ Time: Fears for a second hostage
61. ↑ Telegraph
62. ^ Statement by Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner on the occasion of her arrival with the Bulgarian nurses in Sofia
63. ↑ Ftd: US armaments giants earn splendidly
64. ↑ VDO is sold to Conti. In: stern.de . July 25, 2007, accessed August 18, 2019 . 
65. ↑ news.bbc.co.uk - "India gets first woman president"
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68. ↑ www.dfb.de - Premiere League Cup 2007
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