Portal:Current events/2009 August 16

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• A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurs near Siberut Island, Sumatra, Indonesia, at 14:38 local time, injuring at least seven people. [https://www.webcitation.org/5jD4Dz5TB?url=http://www.france24.com/en/20090816-powerful-earthquake-strikes-off-sumatra-indonesia (France24.com)]
• Police clash with hundreds of protesters in Peru demonstrating over the failure of President Alan García's government to rebuild the city of Pisco two years since it was devastated by a powerful earthquake. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0816/breaking119.htm (The Irish Times)]
• Two Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets collide during a training flight southeast of Moscow, killing the commander of the Russian Knights demonstration team. [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090816/155824125.html (RIA Novosti)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/16/content_11892151.htm (Xinhua)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8204072.stm (BBC)]
• Tropical Storm Claudette becomes the first tropical cyclone to affect the U.S. mainland in 2009. [http://www.weather.com (Weather.com)]

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