Portal:Current events/2008 July 4: Difference between revisions

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* A fire sweeps through the Biological Museum at [[Djurgården]] in [[Stockholm]], leaving parts of the 115-year-old landmark charred and severely damaged. [http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/artikel_1436327.svd (Svenska Dagbladet)] [http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1298&a=801688 (Dagens Nyheter)]

* After 69 years, the [[Embassy of the United States in Berlin]], [[Germany]], returns to its old site near the [[Brandenburg Gate]]. At the celebration, Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]], former U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] and the U.S. Ambassador to Germany [[William Timken]] open the new chancery on [[Pariser Platz]] in the center of [[Berlin]]. [http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/2264/neid_aller_diplomaten.html Spiegel (German)]

* [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] forces shell [[Tskhinvali]] in [[South Ossetia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7489199.stm (BBC News)]

* Four people are shot dead in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], during a [[street party]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/us/05brfs-FOURKILLEDIN_BRF.html (AP via ”The New York Times”)]

* [[Íngrid Betancourt]] returns to [[France]] two days after her rescue. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/world/europe/05france.html (”The New York Times”)]

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