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A suicide bomber rams a car bomb into the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 41 people.
An explosion near the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, kills at least 18 people on the first anniversary of the deadly siege and storming of the mosque.
In tennis, Rafael Nadal of Spain and Venus Williams (pictured) of the United States win the men's and women's singles title, respectively, at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.
Clashes are reported between Georgian and South Ossetian forces near Tskhinvali.
Weekend cross-strait charter flights between Taiwan and Mainland China resume after 59 years.
A series of explosions at a depot storing 1,500 tonnes of obsolete munitions forces the evacuation of some 2,000 people in Sofia and the closure of the Bulgarian capital's main airport.

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July 7, 2008 (Monday)

Hurricane Bertha becomes the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. (Reuters)
A suicide car bomber strikes outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan with at least 41 people killed. (Reuters) (AFP via The Melbourne Age) (BBC News)

July 6, 2008 (Sunday)

Gunmen kill a United Nations official in Mogadishu as he leaves a mosque and injure two others. (AP via CNN)
Rafael Nadal of Spain wins the 2008 Wimbledon Championships for the first time defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in an amazing match, winning 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7. (AP via The New York Times)
NBC agrees to buy the Weather Channel. (Bloomberg).
The United Arab Emirates forgives the 7 billion dollars (USD) of foreign debt Iraq owes it. (CNN)
World leaders arrive in Japan for the G8 summit to be held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō. (Reuters)
An explosion near the Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad killed at least 10 people. The attack came on the first anniversary of the deadly siege and storming of the Red Mosque. (France 24)

July 5, 2008 (Saturday)

In rugby union, New Zealand defeat World Cup winners South Africa 19–8 in the opening match of the Tri Nations. (IHT)
Margaret Hoelzer sets a world record for the 200 metre backstroke at the United States Olympic trials in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP via CNNSI)
Venus Williams defeats sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships Ladies' Final. (BBC News)

July 4, 2008 (Friday)

A fire sweeps through the Biological Museum at Djurgården in <