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July 2, 2008
(
2008-07-02
)
(Wednesday)
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LDU Quito
wins the
Copa Libertadores 2008
defeating
Fluminense
in the final after a
penalty shootout
.
(ESPNsoccernet)
31 years after its launch, the
Voyager 2
spacecraft
sends a detailed view of the
shock wave
that marks the thinning of the
solar wind
, the charged
particles
streaming from the
sun
, confirming that the
heliosphere
is actually egg-shaped, possibly due to a tilted
magnetic field
in local
interstellar space
.
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
(AFP via Google News)
(Fox News)
Colombia
Íngrid Betancourt
, held captive by the
FARC
guerilla for six years, is rescued in an operation by the
Colombian
government.
(BBC News)
Three
American
hostages rescued at the same time as Ingrid Betancourt arrive at
Lackland Air Force Base
to be reunited with their families.
(AP via Yahoo! News)
Admiral
Michael Mullen
, the current
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
in the
United States
, warns
Israel
of the dangers of an attack on
Iran
.
(ABC News)
The
President of Zambia
Levy Mwanawasa
is flown to
Paris
for treatment after suffering a
stroke
at the
African Union
summit in
Sharm el-Sheikh
,
Egypt
.
(BBC News)
2008 Jerusalem bulldozer rampage
: A man drives a
construction loader
into several vehicles on
Jaffa Road
in
Jerusalem
, killing three and leaving dozens other injured, before being shot dead by an off-duty
IDF
officer.
(Jawa Report)
(Ynet)
Nine oil workers are killed when a civilian
Mi-8
helicopter carrying 16 people crashes in
Siberia
.
(Turkish Press)
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