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After extensive restoration, what is now called Kew Palace (previously the Dutch House) is opened again to the public.
A UN-sponsored cease-fire comes into effect in the conflict between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in south Lebanon
The International Astronomical Union demotes Pluto to the new category of 'dwarf planet'
Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson in a crime thriller, The Departed
A team from the University of Tübingen find a tiny figurine of a mammoth, at that time the earliest known piece of European figurative sculpture
A military coup in Thailand removes the prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, from office
A milk-truck driver opens fire on children in an Amish school in Pennsylvania, killing five girls and wounding others
North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon
Google pays $1.65 billion for the website YouTube, launched less than two years previously
The United States Census Bureau announces that the US population has reached 300 million
An Iraqi court sentences former dictator Saddam Hussein and two of his senior colleagues to death by hanging
The Republicans lose control of both houses of the US Congress in an electoral backlash against the Iraq War
Commodore Frank Bainimarama leads a military coup in Fiji and in early 2007 assumes office as prime minister
The prime minister, Tony Blair, is questioned by police in Britain's 'cash for honours' enquiry
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad, a month after being convicted of a few of his crimes
New South stand opens at Twickenham rugby stadium increasing capacity to 82,000.
The Metropolitan Opera in New York begins broadcasting live performances, which within a few years are being shown on hundreds of movie screens all over the world.
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, bringing the number of member states to twenty-seven
Democrat Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives, becoming the first woman to hold the post
China carries out a successful test of a ground-based missile that can destroy satellites in orbit
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent adopt the Red Crystal for use where a non-religious emblem is preferred
Democratic US Senator Hillary Clinton launches her 2008 presidential bid, posting the message 'I'm in' on her website
North Korea agrees to begin shutting down its nuclear facilities in return for an ongoing programme of fuel aid
Morgan Tsvangirai is arrested on his way to a prayer rally in Harare, and is severely beaten and tortured in police custody
US Senator John McCain launches his 2008 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination
