Current events of 28 July 2008 (2008-07-28) (Monday) edit history watch

A United States Predator drone launches a missile strike on a Pakistani madrassa killing six people reportedly including al-Qaeda member Abu Khabab al-Masri.(The Times) King George Tupou V of Tonga relinquishes many of his powers, ending centuries of absolute monarchy. (AP via Google News) An internal U.S. Department of Justice report is released finding that Monica Goodling, a senior aide to former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, illegally based hiring decisions on political affiliation. (The New York Times) Suicide bombers target Kurdish political protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad killing at least 48 people and wounding 249. (The New York Times) Human Rights Watch has called for military aid to Kenya to be halted until an inquiry is held into a crackdown in the west of the country. (BBC News) A fire destroys the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. (BBC News) The hole in Qantas Flight 30, a Boeing 747 that made an emergency landing on July 25, is believed to have been caused by the explosion of an oxygen tank. Terrorism is not suspected. (CNN) Qantas Flight 692, a Boeing 737-800, is forced to turn back to Adelaide after an undercarriage door fails to close after takeoff. No one is injured. (Sydney Daily Telegraph) Navanethem Pillay is appointed to succeed Louise Arbour as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (AFP via Google News)