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Thursday, July 24. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Voters in Glasgow East go to the polls for the Glasgow East by-election, 2008 with the Scottish National Party (SNP) claiming a historic victory over the Scottish Labour Party candidate after a massive swing in favour of the SNP. //ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXAaUblX8vtu9aeKkqvVErIPIW0w (Press Association via Google News) //www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/2456823/Glasgow-East-by-election-Labour-demands-recount-as-SNP-claims-victory.html ("The Telegraph")

The International Olympic Committee bans Iraq from participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics because the Government of Iraq seized control of Iraq's Olympic Committee. //www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079sid=atWB1XRrVFMUrefer=home (Bloomberg)