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Print Edition Preparation Page for July 19

Wikipedia Current events
The President of the United States, George Bush, welcomes Prime Minister Singh of India in Arrival Ceremony. Eight former Serbian secret police officers, and supporters of Slobodan Milošević, have been found guilty of the murder of former President Ivan Stambolic and sentenced to between 15 and 40 years in prison. The Federal Constitutional Court, the highest Court in Germany, has ordered the release of Mamoun Darkazanli who has been accused by Spain of having funded the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Hurricane Emily slams into the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Tens of thousands of tourists and residents were evacuated from the beach resorts in and around Cancún and Cozumel in the state of Quintana Roo. In Taiwan, authorities evacuate hundreds of people when Typhoon Haitang hits the country. The typhoon is heading towards Okinawa. In Australia, aboriginal leaders pay tribute to Sir Ronald Wilson, white aboriginal right campaigner, who died last Friday. In Malaysia, a group of 30 people attacks the religious commune of Sky Kingdom. In Lebanon, the Parliament grants amnesty to the imprisonned Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea. Geagea was arrested since 1994.

Wikipedia Today in history
711 – Roderic and the Visigoths in Iberia were defeated in the Battle of Guadalete by Moorish Umayyad invaders led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad. 1553 – Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after holding that title for just nine days. 1848 – The two-day Women's Rights Convention opened in Seneca Falls, New York, United States. 1870 – France declared war on Prussia, starting the Franco-Prussian War. 1979 – Sandinista rebels overthrew the US-backed government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.

Wikiqoute Quote of the Day
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~ Nelson Mandela