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Portal:Current events/2011 August 10

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;Armed conflict and attacks

  • The People's Republic of China's first aircraft carrier, the refitted Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, commences its first sea trial under the Chinese flag. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-10/china-s-first-aircraft-carrier-starts-sea-trial-xinhua-says.html (Bloomberg)] [http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/09/idINIndia-58706620110809 (Reuters)]
  • Korean Peninsula:
  • The Yonhap news agency reports that sources have advised them that North Korea is plotting to assassinate Kim Kwan-jin, currently South Korea's defence minister. [http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/08/10/17/0301000000AEN20110810000900315F.HTML (Yonhap News)]
  • North and South Korea exchange artillery fire near Yeonpyeong Island. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-10/south-korea-fires-artillery-off-yeonpyeong-after-hearing-shells-from-north.html (Bloomberg)]
  • A US drone missile attack kills at least 18 people in Pakistan's North Waziristan district. [http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/10/us-drone-strike-kills-seven-in-north-waziristan-2.html (Dawn)]

;Arts and culture

  • The south ridge of Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to conquer Mount Everest. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/10/idINIndia-58707320110810?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&WT.tsrc=Social%20Media&WT.z_smid=twtr-RtrsIN_Entrtnmt&WT.z_smid_dest=Twitter&dlvrit=70620 (Reuters)]

;Business and economy

  • Stock markets in Asia and Australia continue to rebound after the United States Federal Reserve promises to keep interest rates near zero for two years. [https://www.cnbc.com/id/44082079 (CNBC)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • The trade surplus of the People's Republic of China rises to US$31.5 billion in July, the highest level in two years. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-10/china-s-trade-surplus-surges-to-31-5-billion-as-exports-exceed-estimates.html (Bloomberg)]
  • Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority gives Tiger Airways the all clear to resume operations after a six-week suspension for safety violations. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110823074435/http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/tiger-airways-given-allclear-to-resume-flights-20110810-1ilop.html (Sydney Morning Herald)]

;Law and crime

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