In the news
- Two bombs explode in Istanbul, Turkey, killing at least seventeen and injuring more than 150.
- In cycling, Carlos Sastre (pictured) of Spain wins the 2008 Tour de France.
- A series of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, India, kills at least forty-five people and injures over one hundred, one day after a similar attack in Bangalore.
- Kapiliele Faupala is crowned the new King of Wallis (Uvea), succeeding the late Tomasi Kulimoetoke II in Wallis and Futuna.
- The International Olympic Committee bans Iraq's team from competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics because of interference by the government in the national-level committee.
- Cape Verde joins the World Trade Organization, becoming its 153rd member.
Political news
- July 29: Alaska senator Ted Stevens indicted in corruption scandal
- July 29: Court sentences eight to death in Sudan over Omdurman rebel attack
- July 28: US presidential candidate Obama speaks in Berlin, Germany
- July 28: Two bomb blasts kill at least 17 in Istanbul, Turkey
- July 26: Six year old girl and five others killed, Hamas arrests 200 Palestinians
- July 26: US Senate passes housing aid bill
- July 26: US presidential candidate Barack Obama's lead in the polls increases
- July 26: SNP wins Glasgow East by-election in Scotland
- July 26: Obama's private prayer published in Israeli newspaper
- July 24: Turkish planes bomb PKK targets in northern Iraq
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