On this day
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The Mahdi Army has been profoundly weakened in a number of neighborhoods, in an important, if tentative, milestone for stability in Iraq.
The idea that the job of a lifeguard is something straight from the TV show “Baywatch” could not be further from the truth.
Colombia’s four-decade war fueled by the drug trade is proving immune to American-financed efforts to stop it.
Following a raid at an Iowa meatpacking plant, immigrants have described pervasive labor violations that experts say could result in criminal charges.
Seven years ago, amid much mutual warmth, Bill Clinton opened an office in Harlem. Today, unhappiness about the ex-president is easy to find.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 23, 2008, covering July 27, 2008.
Lil Wayne
Coldplay
Soundtrack
Beck
Kid Rock
2008Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)[†]
Youssef Chahine was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films included in a list of Top 100 Egyptian films published by the Cairo International Film Festival. A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award, Chahine was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif. A well-regarded director with critics, he was often present at film festivals during the earlier decades of his work. Chahine gained his largest international audience as one of the co-directors of 11'9"01 September 11 (2002).
2008Horst Stein, German-born Swiss conductor (born 1928)[†]
Horst Walter Stein was a German conductor.
2008Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (born 1923)[†]
Isaac Saba Raffoul was a Mexican businessman of Syrian Jewish descent; his father emigrated from Aleppo, Syria to Veracruz, Mexico where he started a rag business which the family built on. Isaac Saba Raffoul was one of the wealthiest persons in the world according to Forbes magazine, with a net worth of $2.1 billion. He had been married to wife Rebecca for over 40 years and had three sons: Moises, Manuel and Alberto.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]