Current events of 1 July 2008 (2008-07-01) (Tuesday) edit history watch

At least 38 people die as a motorised ferry sinks in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta. (CNN) Police in Portugal announce that they are closing the investigation on the disappearance of Madeline McCann. (NineMsn news) Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol break world records for the 100 metres backstroke at the United States Olympic trials. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald) A jury orders pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis to pay $114 million in compensation to the Government of Alabama for overcharging for Medicaid prescription drugs. (AP via Google News) Starbucks announces that it will close 600 underperforming coffee shops in the United States. (AP via CNN Money) A man stabs five people to death in a Shanghai police station. (AP via Google News) A four-day state of emergency is declared in Mongolia after violent protests following the legislative elections. (BBC News) Thousands of citizens battle local government officials in a major riot in Guizhou in China over a police cover-up dealing with the death of a local girl. (Straitstimes)