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Jim Dale, who has already recorded an audio version of âHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,â really believes that readers should discover the end for themselves.
The Bush administration signaled that it will make a major push for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Lawmakers have shelved Mayor Michael R. Bloombergâs plan to charge motorists in some parts of Manhattan.
Moorsetown, N.J., one of 39 remaining dry towns in the state, is considering allowing limited alcohol sales.
Many migrant workers are bringing AIDS to rural parts of Mexico, which are not prepared to handle the epidemic.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 11, 2007, covering July 17, 2007.
Miley Cyrus
Kelly Clarkson
Bon Jovi
The White Stripes
Brad Paisley
2007Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (born 1959)[â ]
Grant Forsberg was an American actor, born in Holden, Massachusetts.
2007JĂșlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (born 1956)[â ]
JĂșlio CĂ©sar Redecker was a Brazilian politician and a member of the opposition party, Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Redecker was the leader of the minority in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. Redecker died aboard TAM Airlines Flight 3054, which crashed after landing in SĂŁo Paulo on July 17, 2007. He was married and had three children.
2007Paulo RogĂ©rio Amoretty Souza, Brazilian lawyer and businessman (born 1945)[â ]
Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza was a Brazilian lawyer and former chairman of the association football team Sport Club Internacional. He was born in Recife. Prior to his death he was an attorney for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. He was married and had two sons, both of whom are lawyers.
2007TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the SĂŁo PauloâCongonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.[â ]
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by TAM Airlines from Porto Alegre to SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of July 17, 2007, the Airbus A320-233 serving the flight from Porto Alegre overran runway 35L at SĂŁo Paulo after touching down during moderate rain and crashed into a nearby TAM Express warehouse adjacent to a Shell gas station. The aircraft exploded on impact, killing all 187 passengers and crew on board, as well as 12 people on the ground. An additional 27 people in the warehouse were injured. The accident surpassed Gol Transportes AĂ©reos Flight 1907 as the deadliest aviation accident in Brazilian territory and in South American history and was the deadliest involving the Airbus A320 series until the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268 in 2015, which killed 224. This was the last major fatal plane accident in Brazil until 2024, when Voepass Linhas AĂ©reas Flight 2283 crashed near SĂŁo Paulo which killed 62.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[â ]