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Current events of
August 19, 2013
(
2013-08-19
)
(Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Sinai insurgency
:
At least 24
Egyptian
policemen are killed in an attack near
Rafah
in the
Sinai peninsula
.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
Business and economy
An agrarian strike is planned for today in
Colombia
to demand
labor rights
.
(Voice of Russia)
Disasters and accidents
A train accident
in
India
kills at least 37 pilgrims and injures over a dozen.
(
The Times of India
)
(BBC)
(Reuters)
Torrential rain and
floods in north-east
China
, together with
Typhoon Utor
-triggered floods in southern China, jointly result in at least 91 people dead and 111 missing.
(BBC)
The 500th
eruption
this year of
Mount Sakurajima
in Southern
Japan
covers the major city of
Kagoshima
in a cloud of
ash
.
(BBC)
A
B-1B
Lancer with the
United States Air Force
's 28th Bomb Wing crashes near
Broadus, Montana
during a routine training mission.
(USAF)
International relations
Russia
and
Japan
begin discussing the main starting points and modality of the upcoming talks on a
peace treaty
.
(ITAR-TASS)
The British warship
HMS
Westminster
arrives in
Gibraltar
amid tensions with
Spain
.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
South African
track star
Oscar Pistorius
is officially charged with the murder of his girlfriend,
Reeva Steenkamp
, at his home earlier this year, with the trial due to start on March 13.
(Voice of America)
The first same-sex marriages take place in
New Zealand
, following the passage of the Marriage Equality Bill in April.
(BBC)
Politics and election
Attorney general
Mohammad Ishaq Aloko
is fired by
Afghan
President
Hamid Karzai
, over an unsanctioned meeting with
Taliban
peace negotiators in the
United Arab Emirates
.
(Reuters via Yahoo!)