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Portal:Current events/2011 August 18

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • At least fourteen people die after a minibus hits a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Herat province. [http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/08/18/roadside-bomb-kills-14-in-minibus-in-western-afghanistan/ (Voice of America)]
  • Turkey launches an air strike on PKK positions in northern Iraq. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iPUZlO9OIVXIhmLvr2aJdD_mRukQ?docId=9b9314f0f11a433bbab6b8b6b4dc08fd (AP via Google News)]
  • Southern Israel attacks
  • Eight people are killed and dozens are injured in southern Israel near the Egyptian border, after a string of terrorist attacks on a highway targeting two civilian buses and cars as well a military bus responding to the attacks. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4110634,00.html (Ynetnews)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/world/middleeast/19israel.html?emc=na (New York Times)]
  • In retaliation, Israel launches an air raid on the town of Rafah killing five Palestinians terrorists from the Popular Resistance Committee according to officials in Gaza. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/18/israel-air-strikes-gaza-eilat-attacks (The Guardian)], [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/six-dead-as-israel-hits-southern-gaza-20110819-1j0m3.html (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/world/middleeast/19israel.html?emc=na (New York Times)]

;Business and economy

  • South Korean banks temporarily stop making household loans to stop the growth of household debt. [http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2011/08/18/50/0503000000AEN20110818005000320F.HTML (Yonhap)]
  • August 2011 stock markets fall
  • The DAX, CAC 40, Nasdaq drop over 5%, the FTSE 100 index by 4.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 3.7%. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14574125 (BBC)], [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/business/daily-stock-market-activity.html?_r=1&emc=na (New York Times)]
  • Gold hits a high of US$1,826 an ounce. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14574125 (BBC)]

;Disasters

  • More than 60,000 people are homeless after flooding in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-18/thousands-homeless-after-pakistan-floods/2844570 (Pakistan)]
  • An Australian Broadcasting Corporation helicopter goes missing near Lake Eyre in outback South Australia with journalist Paul Lockyer, pilot Gary Ticehurst and cameraman John Bean feared dead. [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/abc-journalist-paul-lockyer-great-storyteller-true-gent/story-e6frf7jx-1226118021867 (AAP via Melbourne Herald Sun)]
  • Five people die on the first day of the Belgian Pukkelpop festival when a hurricane hits the festival field. The rest of the festival is cancelled.

; Law and crime

  • A rabbi in the U.S. state of New Jersey has been indicted for alleged sex crimes against two 13-year-old Israeli boys who were visiting the rabbi through a scholarship fund. The two boys had reported the abuse separately following their return. [http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=234262 (Jerusalem Post)]
  • Seven people are killed and 17 injured after a fight in a western Venezuelan prison in the town of Cabimas. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iIzYcPSxo1Ij8_AFlgzGjBgp3QHg?docId=8e9deda1f6ff46b5846b8dac661cfd4c (AP via Google News)]
  • The BBC airs a special edition of its Crimewatch programme aimed at identifying people involved in the 2011 England riots. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8709138/London-riots-CCTV-shows-thugs-blasting-man-defending-shop-with-fire-extinguisher.html (The Telegraph)] [http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9205324.Police_release_shocking_fire_extinguisher_attack_footage/ (The Guardian)]

;Politics and elections

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