## [2011-07-8](/feed/2011/07/8/index.md)

##### Space Shuttle Atlantis
### [The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off for the final mission of the US Space Shuttle program. ](/feed/2011/07/8/the-space-shuttle-atlantis-lifts-off-for-the-final-mission-of-the-us-space-shuttle-program.md)
##### Arab Spring
### [A large protest with as many as a million people participating is planned for the Egyptian capital Cairo over perceived lack of progress since the 2011 Egyptian revolution. ](/feed/2011/07/8/a-large-protest-with-as-many-as-a-million-people-participating-is-planned-for-the-egyptian-capital-cairo-over-perceived.md)
##### News of the World
### [Former editor of the "News of the World", Andy Coulson, is arrested for questioning due to alleged involvement in a phone hacking affair. ](/feed/2011/07/8/former-editor-of-the-news-of-the-world-andy-coulson-is-arrested-for-questioning-due-to-alleged-involvement-in-a-phon.md)
##### United Nations Security Council
### [The United Nations Security Council discusses sending a peacekeeping force to the Republic of South Sudan when it becomes an independent nation tomorrow. ](/feed/2011/07/8/the-united-nations-security-council-discusses-sending-a-peacekeeping-force-to-the-republic-of-south-sudan-when-it-become.md)
##### Hewa Bora
### [A Hewa Bora Boeing 727 airliner crashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killing 74 people. ](/feed/2011/07/8/a-hewa-bora-boeing-727-airliner-crashes-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-killing-74-people.md)
##### Hurricane Jova
### [Tropical Storm Calvin forms off the Pacific coast of Mexico. ](/feed/2011/07/8/tropical-storm-calvin-forms-off-the-pacific-coast-of-mexico.md)
##### France
### [A court in France announces a delay of an investigation into whether Christine Lagarde abused her authority as Finance Minister of that country. Lagarde is the new Director of the International Monetary Fund. ](/feed/2011/07/8/a-court-in-france-announces-a-delay-of-an-investigation-into-whether-christine-lagarde-abused-her-authority-as-finance-m.md)
##### First lady
### [Former First Lady Betty Ford, wife of former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, dies at 93. ](/feed/2011/07/8/former-first-lady-betty-ford-wife-of-former-us-president-gerald-r-ford-dies-at-93.md)
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