World News Atlas
United Kingdom
2007
July
| United Kingdom, July 2007 Timeline | Thursday, November 27 | Author |
|
|
||
| Legend | ||||
|
||||||
| Jul.1 | Hong Kong |
|
Hong Kong marks handover anniversary||||
| The former British colony marked the 10th anniversary of its hand-over to China and bid farewell to a rocky decade |
United Kingdom
Gaza Johnston, kidnapped March 12 by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, was wearing blue jeans and looking gaunt
|
Jerusalem
BBC man: I felt buried alive
Alan Johnston hanked his supporters and saying he was moved by all the people who took the time to support him when he needed it most
Nigeria
Margaret Hill, the daughter of a British expatriate worker, has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta
London
Venus Williams romps to her fourth title She is beating Marion Bartoli, of France 6-4 6-1 in the Wimbledon final. As #31 Venus is the lowest-ranked women's winner in Wimbledon histo...
London
Federer wins historic fifth title
The world #1 prevailed over Rafael Nadal 7-6 4-6 7-6 2-6 6-2 after 3 hours and 45 minutes of breathtaking tennis
London
Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, and Ramzi Mohammed, 25, have been found guilty of plotting to carry out suicide bombings on 21 July 2005
Australia
London
Chile
Blast near UK, Israeli embassies A small explosion near the building that houses the British and Israeli embassies in Santiago caused minor damage and no injurie
London
UK expels four Russian diplomats 
| The UK is to expel 4 diplomats from the Russian embassy after Moscow refused to extradite the suspect in the murder of Litvinenko. The decision follows Moscow's refusal to hand over th... |
Moscow
The Kremlin has warned Britain it faces 'serious consequences' after expelling four Russian diplomats from the UK
Moscow
Russia expels 4 British diplomats
Russia has announced the tit-for-tat expulsion amid a mounting diplomatic row over Moscow's refusal to hand over a suspect in Litvinenko death
Moscow
New UK PM blamed for Russia row
Russia's foreign minister has blamed Gordon Brown's takeover as prime minister for a row about extradition
London 
| The seventh book in the series went on sale across the world. JK Rowling read excerpts to 500 devotees at Natural History Museum |
England | 150,000 homes were without drinking water after the floodwaters swamped large areas of western England. 50,000 homes are without electricity |
Jerusalem
Envoy Blair on mission to Israel
Tony Blair is beginning a 2-day visit on his first mission as special envoy to the Middle East
England
Australia
Australia
Washington
Iraq to dominate Bush-Brown talks British Prime Minister, on his maiden voyage to the White House, seeks to assure President Bush that the U.S.-British alliance remains stron...
Washington
Bush and Brown vow co-operation
US President and UK PM have held their first formal talks, renewing pledges to fight terrorism and seek progress in Iraq
Please send feedback to: support@mapreport.com
Advertise on United Kingdom, July 2007 Page