Portal:Current events/2008 July 28
July 28, 2008 (Monday)
- A United States Predator drone launches a missile strike on a Pakistani madrassa killing six people reportedly including al-Qaeda member Abu Khabab al-Masri.(The Times)
- King George Tupou V of Tonga relinquishes many of his powers, ending centuries of absolute monarchy. (AP via Google News)
- An internal U.S. Department of Justice report is released finding that Monica Goodling, a senior aide to former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, illegally based hiring decisions on political affiliation. (The New York Times)
- Suicide bombers target Kurdish political protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad killing at least 48 people and wounding 249. (The New York Times)
- Human Rights Watch has called for military aid to Kenya to be halted until an inquiry is held into a crackdown in the west of the country. (BBC News)
- A fire destroys the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. (BBC News)
- The hole in Qantas Flight 30, a Boeing 747 that made an emergency landing on July 25, is believed to have been caused by the explosion of an oxygen tank. Terrorism is not suspected. (CNN)
- Qantas Flight 692, a Boeing 737-800, is forced to turn back to Adelaide after an undercarriage door fails to close after takeoff. No one is injured. (Sydney Daily Telegraph)
- Navanethem Pillay is appointed to succeed Louise Arbour as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (AFP via Google News)