Portal:Current events/2013 July 21

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;Armed conflict and attacks

Hundreds of al-Qaeda prisoners escape during armed raids on two Iraqi prisons, including the Baghdad Central Prison (formerly known as Abu Ghraib). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10195753/Hundreds-of-al-Qaeda-inmates-in-mass-Iraq-jailbreak.html (The Telegraph)]

;Disasters and accidents

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes under Cook Strait in New Zealand, causing moderate damage in the capital city Wellington. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8945358/Big-quake-shakes-central-New-Zealand (Fairfax NZ)]
Fifteen Egyptian Army soldiers are killed and another injured after their bus crashes into a truck on a highway on the Mediterranean coast. [https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/Egyptian+soldiers+killed+when+their+crashes+into+truck/8688288/story.html (AP via Montreal Gazette)]

;Law and crime

At least 12 people have been killed or wounded in a clash between two Muslim families in the province of Lanao del Sur in the southern Philippines. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110209/http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20130720233834 (Mindanao Examiner)]

;Politics and elections

Voters in Japan go to the polls for a House of Councillors (Japan's upper house) election with the governing coalition led by Shinzo Abe winning control of the upper house. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/20/japan-election-abe-economy/2570723/ (USA Today)], [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-07-21/abe-election-win-sets-up-next-battle-as-japan-reform-fights-loom (Bloomberg via Business Week)]
King Albert II of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Prince Philippe. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/belgium-king-albert-makes-way-son-philippe (AP)]

;Sport

In cycling, the 2013 Tour de France finishes today in Paris with Kenyan-born British rider Chris Froome winning his first Tour de France. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-22/froome-cruises-to-tour-victory-in-paris/4834080 (ABC News Australia)]
In golf, American golfer Phil Mickelson wins the 2013 Open Championship at Muirfield in Scotland for the first time. [http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/golf/2013/07/201372019250909526.html (Al-Jazeera)], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/phil-mickelson-wins-his-first-british-open-title/2013/07/21/7d83d362-f224-11e2-8464-57e57af86290_story.html (AP via The Washington Post)]
In motorcycling, the World Superbike Championship race at the Moscow Raceway is cancelled after the Italian rider Andrea Antonelli dies after a crash on the opening lap. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jul/21/andrea-antonelli-dies-world-supersport (Guardian)]

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