Week of August 8, 2007
Georgia accuses Russia of sending two fighter jets into its airspace and dropping
a missile near a village. Moscow denies involvement, saying that Georgian
authorities staged the incident to gain an edge in their conflict with Russia.
S. Iraq - The governor and acting police chief of Qadisiya - Gov. Khalil Jalil
Hamza and police Maj. Gen Khalid Hassan are killed in a roadside bombing.
Federal reserve Chairman
Ben S.
Bernanke
is trying to ensure there is
sufficient money to encourage lending but
not enough to stoke an inflationary boom.
NASA says the tile damage on the
underbelly of Endeavour is as deep as
feared and that officials will decide whether
to send an astronaut out to fix it.
The Security Council agrees to widen the
world body’s presence in Iraq to tackle
political, economic and humanitarian
problems that have so far, eluded the U.S.,
British and Iraqi governments.
Sub-prime mortgage troubles as markets worldwide stagger after a French bank
sparked a financial scare by halting withdrawals from investment funds.
A monster truck performing stunts in front of an auto parts store in Illinois plowed
into a crowd of spectators, injuring at least nine.
The O.J. Simpson book - “If I Did It” has a publisher, but who it is has not been
disclosed.
First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna are collaborating on a children’s
picture story book, It should be published next year.
Sports -
A day after setting baseball’s all-time homerun record (756) - Barry Bonds hits #
757.
Some best-selling books -
Harry Potter and the deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
The Secret Servant - Daniel silva
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
