Portal:Current events/2007 July 8
- Nigerian gunmen release British toddler Margaret Hill kidnapped in the south of Nigeria on Thursday. (CNN)
- Valdis Zatlers is sworn in as the third President of Latvia. (AP via IHT)
- Polling in the election is extended due to weather and transport problems. (ABC News Australia)
- A fierce battle breaks out between the Tamil Tigers off the eastern coast of Trincomalee province. (AP via CNN)
- The terrorist threat in Indonesia. (AAP via News Limited)
- Open Era record set by Björn Borg in 1980. Borg was in attendance to present the Wimbledon trophy to Federer. (BBC)
- Jamaican general election, 2007 will be held on August 27th, 2007 at a rally for People's National Party in Kingston, Jamaica. (Toronto Star)