Portal:Current events/2008 July 3
July 3, 2008 (Thursday)
- The Pentagon extends the tour of duty of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan. (AP via Google News)[permanent dead link]
- The European Central Bank increases interest rates in the Eurozone to 4.25 per cent to tackle inflation. (AP via Forbes)
- French authorities charge Continental Airlines and five individuals over the Concorde disaster. (The Guardian)
- MV Princess of the Stars disaster: The Board of Marine Inquiry says that two of four ballast tanks were empty, leaving the ship unstable. (Inquirer.net)
- Google is ordered to divulge the viewing habits of every user to Viacom if they have watched YouTube videos. (BBC News)
- NASA announces discovery of water in the atmosphere of Mercury by its MESSENGER probe. (Planetary Society)
- 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. (BBC News)
- Olympic athletes including Roger Federer, Yao Ming, Laure Manaudou, Liu Xiang, and Yelena Isinbayeva are among the stars of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s latest public service announcement entitled “Heroes”.