User:Kennedy/sandbox/ITN
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- The Channel Island Sark (pictured) abolishes the last remaining feudal system in Europe.
- Soyuz TMA-12 is launched, carrying Yi So-yeon, the first Korean in space, for a mission to the International Space Station.
- The Olympic torch relay is disrupted in London, Paris and San Francisco by protesters objecting to China's human rights record.
- The Washington Post wins six awards and Bob Dylan receives a special citation in the 2008 Pulitzer Prizes.
- At its summit in Bucharest, NATO invites Albania and Croatia to join the alliance.
- Jules Verne, the first European Automated Transfer Vehicle, successfully performs a fully automated docking with the International Space Station.
