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Democratic US Senator Barrack Obama announces to a cheering crowd in Illinois that he is joining the 2008 presidential race
The Scottish National Party wins Scotland's election, becoming for the first time the party with the widest support in Scotland
Nicolas Sarkozy defeats Ségolène Royal to become President of the French Republic
Devolved government returns to Northern Ireland, with Ian Paisley as first minister and Martin McGuinness as his deputy
Tony Blair gives June 27 as the date for his promised resignation as British prime minister
Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party, wins the election takes over as first minister of Scotland
Bertie Ahern and the Fianna Fáil win their third successive general election victory in Ireland
Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as leader of the Labour Party and prime minister of the United Kingdom
Apple's iPhone goes on sale in the USA and 270,000 are sold in the first thirty hours
Pratibha Patil is elected President of India, the first woman to hold the post
Barry Bonds breaks baseball's previous record, hitting his 756th home run
The Burmese government removes fuel subsidies, causing massive price rises for consumers
Demonstrations begin in Burma against the recent increase in fuel prices
The civil rights group Reporters Without Borders demands improvement in civil rights abuses and censorship in China before the Beijing Olympics
The Chilean Supreme Court grants the Peruvian government's request for the extradition of Alberto Fujimori to Peru
Large numbers of monks in Burma march in support of the escalating nation-wide demonstrations against the government
After continuing daily escalation of the protest in Burma, nation-wide, the junta order arrests and military intervention
Burmese security forces raid the monasteries and begin beating and arresting monks to terrify the population into submission
Burmese monasteries are raided, and monks are arrested and taken away all over the country
The Burma junta seals the country off by blocking all internet access
Ibrahim Gambari, a United Nations envoy, arrives in Rangoon
The streets of Rangoon are virtually empty, with crowds dispersed by fear during the day and by curfew at night
Ibrahim Gambari is allowed to visit Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence, and has another meeting on October 2
Estimates of the number of deaths in the suppression of the Burmese uprising range from a few hundred to several thousand
After eight years abroad, Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan to contest a coming election
