Portal:Current events/2008 July 22
July 22, 2008 (Tuesday)
- 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Dolly strengthens to Hurricane Dolly in the Gulf of Mexico as it nears the coast of Texas. (Bloomberg)
- The United Progressive Alliance led government in India survives a crucial no-confidence vote based on disagreements between Indian National Congress and Left Front over the Indo-US nuclear deal. (CNN) (The Times)
- In an incident similar to the one that occurred on July 2, a Palestinian man drives a backhoe into two vehicles in Jerusalem, injuring 16, before being shot dead. (The Guardian)
- Based on initial clinical trials, the drug abiraterone is hailed as a potentially historic advance in the treatment of prostate cancer. (BBC News)