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Portal:Current events/2008 August 7

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Georgian-Ossetian conflict:
  • Georgian and separatist South Ossetian forces have exchanged fire again near the town of Tskhinvali, wounding up to 20 people, officials say. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7546639.stm (BBC News)]
  • The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was concerned over Georgia's "military preparations," while a Georgian official said Russia would further undermine its role as peacekeeper if it failed to convince the South Ossetian side on talks. [http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=18916 (Civil Georgia)] [http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=18917 (Civil Georgia)]
  • Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's president, offers an immediate ceasefire to South Ossetian authorities. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7546639.stm (BBC News)]

;Business and economy

;Law and crime

  • Salim Hamdan, Osama Bin Laden's former driver, is sentenced to 66 months in prison for war crimes. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/washington/08gitmo.html (The New York Times)]
  • The Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick is ordered to go to jail for violating the terms of his bond for an ongoing perjury trial. [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93376973 (NPR)]

;Politics and elections

  • The leaders of the 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état promise to hold elections as soon as possible. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/07/content_9014706.htm (Xinhua)]
  • Pakistan's ruling coalition announces it will seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080810135616/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWe152N60O8rfHfthVTBaXBeBs3wD92DGE7O0 (AP via Google News)]

;Sport

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