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Wikinews:2011/August

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Contents

  • 1 August 1
  • 2 August 2
  • 3 August 3
  • 4 August 4
  • 5 August 5
  • 6 August 6
  • 7 August 7
  • 8 August 8
  • 9 August 9
  • 10 August 10
  • 11 August 11
  • 12 August 12
  • 13 August 13
  • 14 August 14
  • 15 August 15
  • 16 August 16
  • 17 August 17
  • 18 August 18
  • 19 August 19
  • 20 August 20
  • 21 August 21
  • 22 August 22
  • 23 August 23
  • 24 August 24
  • 25 August 25
  • 26 August 26
  • 27 August 27
  • 28 August 28
  • 29 August 29
  • 30 August 30
  • 31 August 31

August 1

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  • 6.8 earthquake rocks northeastern coast of Papua New Guinea
  • More than 100 reported dead after Syrian troops move against protesters
  • US President Obama announces deal reached to avert government default


August 2

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  • Jenson Button wins Hungarian Grand Prix


August 3

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  • Study observes masturbation and other sexual trends among US teens
  • British man survives artificial heart transplant
  • Bill passed to raise US debt limit
  • Russian geographer Andrey Kapitsa dies aged 80


August 4

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  • Yani Tseng captures Women's British Open title for a record fifth major
  • Swaziland to receive financial bailout from South Africa
  • Earl Anthony Wayne confirmed as U.S ambassador to Mexico


August 5

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  • Air France, pilots union, victims group criticise transatlantic disaster probe


August 6

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  • Sitcom star Roseanne Barr announces run for U.S. president
  • Ralph Nader: Obama will likely face challenge in Democratic primaries
  • Juno spacecraft bound for Jupiter


August 7

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  • 38 killed after US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan


August 8

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  • Wikinews interviews Andy Martin, U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate
  • Bill to eliminate corruption does not go far enough, say Indian activists and lawyers
  • United States Government loses AAA credit rating from Standard and Poor's
  • Hugh Carey, former New York Governor, dies aged 92
  • Boeing rolls out first 787 Dreamliner to go into service


August 9

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  • Former Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri dies aged 74
  • Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait recall ambassadors to Syria
  • Allied WWII spy Nancy Wake dies aged 98
  • U.S. Presidential candidate Fred Karger denied place at Fox News debate
  • BMW announces 7.6% sales rise as US, China demand grows
  • Rioting develops throughout England
  • DNA components found in meteorites
  • Scottish annual drug deaths coming down from record levels


August 10

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  • Fiona Donnison jailed for murdering her children in UK
  • Riots in England continue for a fourth night
  • Finnish police to receive guidance on Internet 'hate speech'


August 11

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  • Texas governor Rick Perry to announce his presidential intentions
  • Sri Lankan cricketer Norton Fredrick dies aged 73


August 12

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  • Former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko arrested on contempt of court charges
  • Three killed amongst Birmingham, England riots
  • School Principal found dead in Tennessee classroom; teen held by police
  • Australian politician Karen Overington dies aged 59
  • Scientists use gene therapy, patients' own immune systems to fight leukemia


August 13

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  • Renewed concern over nuclear response following atomic bomb anniversary
  • China sends its first aircraft carrier to sea
  • David Cameron responds to rioting, promises changes on policing
  • Phone hacking scandal prompts media review in Australia
  • Shell reports oil leak at North Sea platform


August 14

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  • Corruption threatens Brazil's Olympics and World Cup
  • Texas continues to suffer record-breaking drought
  • New drug may treat virtually all viral infections
  • Texas governor Rick Perry enters presidential race
  • Thirty injured as bus crashes in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Jersey knife attack kills six


August 15

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  • U.S. Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann narrowly edges Ron Paul in Ames Straw Poll
  • Glasgow, Scotland shooting leaves two hospitalised
  • Syrian naval vessels, ground troops attack port of Latakia


August 16

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  • Japan to use renewable energy
  • Wikinews interviews Chinese-American martial artist Alfred Hsing
  • Up to 74 reported dead after Iraq bombings


August 17

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  • Chinese human rights activist faces trial
  • Indiana State Fair stage collapse kills four, injures forty
  • Police social media frenzy threatens to prejudice alleged child killer trial


August 18

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  • Former Governor-General of New Zealand Paul Reeves dies aged 78
  • Scots report crime using Facebook
  • News of the World: New document suggests cover-up
  • SETI Institute set to re-open


August 19

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August 20

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  • Red Arrows pilot killed at 2011 Bournemouth air display


August 21

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  • Guyana president's libel case heard in court
  • Egypt recalls envoy in Israel
  • La Liga fixtures face delay due to players' strike
  • Officer held after phone-hacking investigation 'leak'


August 22

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  • Libya: Rebels edge closer to Tripoli


August 23

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  • Pakistan government must investigate killings and abductions of journalists, says UN
  • Social networks asked to visit UK Home Office after riots
  • Former Wikileaks employee destroys unpublished leaked documents
  • New York executive files $60 million libel lawsuit over insurance scandal
  • Magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia felt up and down U.S. east coast, Pentagon evacuated


August 24

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  • Strauss-Kahn case dismissed
  • Australian TV network sprung fabricating live crosses by rival


August 25

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  • Japan nuclear disaster: areas to remain off-limits for decades
  • UK electoral commission asked to investigate News International payoffs
  • Trapped journalists in Libya freed
  • Apple executive Steve Jobs resigns


August 26

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  • Retired policeman arrested in connection with murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya


August 27

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  • Australia's Channel Nine Network sacks two journalists for faking footage


August 28

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  • Tropical Storm Irene passes over New York


August 29

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  • Freshwater lakes in Texas show signs of extreme drought
  • Sudanese President releases all detained journalists


August 30

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  • South African police probe 'racist' image on Facebook


August 31

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  • Wikileaks crashes under cyber attack
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