August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01) (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Health
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- Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014
- Disgraced Australian former entertainer Rolf Harris has applied for permission to appeal against his conviction for indecent assault. Eighty-four-year-old Harris was sentenced to 5 years and 9 months in prison in July on 12 counts of indecent assault against four girls between 1968 and 1986. (BBC News)
August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02) (Saturday)
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August 3, 2014 (2014-08-03) (Sunday)
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August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04) (Monday)
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August 5, 2014 (2014-08-05) (Tuesday)
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August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06) (Wednesday)
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- Russia bans all United States agricultural products, European Union fruit and vegetable imports in response to Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukrainian crisis. (RT) (BBC News)
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- Officials in Karamay in Xinjiang, western China, places a temporary ban on Islamic headscarves, clothing and those with beards from using public transport, following violence in the region. (BBC News)
- Two medical students Neil Dalton, 23 and Aidan Brunger completing their exchange from Newcastle University to a hospital in Malaysian Borneo were murdered after four men followed them after an argument over singing in a bar and stabbed them from behind. (The Telegraph)
Science and technology
August 7, 2014 (2014-08-07) (Thursday)
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August 8, 2014 (2014-08-08) (Friday)
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- The DotA 2 tournament, "The International 4" begins, the biggest e-sports event of all time with a prize pool of $10,930,698
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August 9, 2014 (2014-08-09) (Saturday)
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- A bus crashes into a ravine in Tibet, killing at least 44 people. (Fox News)
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August 10, 2014 (2014-08-10) (Sunday)
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August 11, 2014 (2014-08-11) (Monday)
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August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12) (Tuesday)
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August 13, 2014 (2014-08-13) (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
- Associated Press journalist Simone Camilli, a freelance translator and four Gaza police officers are killed when police tried to defuse unexploded ordnance. (AP)
- Two hours before the end of a 72-hour ceasefire, rockets are fired from Gaza into Israel. One rocket landed in Egypt and one child died and several were injured. Despite the violations, the cease-fire has been extended. (The Daily Mail)
- An interview with Fatah militants in the Gaza Strip was aired on Lebanon TV in which they claim to be planning a "high profile" attack and claim to be moving rockets in order to be fired into Israel. (Memri)
- Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
Disasters
- Governor Eduardo Campos, a candidate in the upcoming Brazilian presidential election, dies in a plane crash in Santos, São Paulo, together with six other people on board the aircraft. It also sparks a large fire (Reuters), (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- The bodies of five missing climbers are found on Mont Blanc in France. (BBC)
- Three train cars derail and 11 people are injured after a landslide hits a mountain train in the Swiss Alps. (AP via Yahoo News)
- In the Philippines a southbound MRT Line 3 train heading to Taft Avenue station derailed and overshot to the streets. The train first stopped after leaving Magallanes station due to a technical problem. Later on, the train broke down altogether, so another train was used to push the stalled train. During this process, however, the first train got detached from the rails and overshot towards Taft Avenue, breaking the concrete barriers and falling to the street below. At least 38 people were injured. The accident was blamed on two train drivers and two control personnel for failing to follow the proper coordination procedures and protoco. (Rappler)
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August 14, 2014 (2014-08-14) (Thursday)
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August 15, 2014 (2014-08-15) (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Donbass:
- A column of at least 23 Russian armoured vehicles and military trucks crosses the border from Russia into Ukraine, in the first confirmed sighting of such an incident by Western journalists. (Daily Telegraph)
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August 16, 2014 (2014-08-16) (Saturday)
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August 17, 2014 (2014-08-17) (Sunday)
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- A tourist boat sinks near the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, with at least 10 foreign tourists and 5 Indonesian crew members missing. (BBC)
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August 18, 2014 (2014-08-18) (Monday)
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- At least 160 people are reported dead in floods and landslides following days of heavy rain in northern India and Nepal. (BBC)
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August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19) (Tuesday)
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August 20, 2014 (2014-08-20) (Wednesday)
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- IAEA reports that Iran is continuing to meet its commitments under the interim accord that it reached with the P5+1. (Reuters)
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August 21, 2014 (2014-08-21) (Thursday)
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August 22, 2014 (2014-08-22) (Friday)
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August 23, 2014 (2014-08-23) (Saturday)
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Disasters and accidents
- Iceland issues a red alert warning for the Bárðarbunga volcano meaning significant emissions are likely. (BBC)
- A oil tanker carrying 5,000 liters of oil explodes while docking at the Lach Bang port, Thanh Hoa, Viet Nam killing two people and injuring four others. The fire is ignited either in the oil compartments or from the cooking gas cylinder. (Thanh Nien News)
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August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24) (Sunday)
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August 25, 2014 (2014-08-25) (Monday)
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August 26, 2014 (2014-08-26) (Tuesday)
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- Three impeachment complaints against Philippines President Benigno Aquino III are deemed by the Philippine House of Representatives as "sufficient in form", paving the way for possible legal proceedings against him. (GMA Network) (The Philippine Star)
- François Hollande, the President of France names a new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Manuel Valls with ministers who rebelled against spending cuts dropped. (BBC)
- Two high-ranking officials in China's Shanxi province, Chen Chuanping and Nie Chunyu, are placed under a corruption investigation by Chinese Communist Party authorities. Chen Chuanping was the CPC party chief of Taiyuan, the provincial capital. The president of China Resources Power, Wang Yujun, is also detained. (Bloomberg) (SCMP)
- Klaus Wowereit makes it official that he will resign as the mayor of Berlin on 11 December, after having held the post for nearly 14 years, making him Germany's current longest-serving head of a state government. (Deutsche Welle)
- Michael Spindelegger resigns as vice-chancellor and finance minister of Austria; as leader of the Austrian People's Party, he is replaced by Reinhold Mitterlehner. (Wall Street Journal) (Kurier)
August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27) (Wednesday)
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August 28, 2014 (2014-08-28) (Thursday)
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- Sound supervisor Bryce Dion is accidentally shot and killed by police after being caught in the crossfire while working to film an episode for the reality series Cops. (New York Times)
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August 29, 2014 (2014-08-29) (Friday)
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August 30, 2014 (2014-08-30) (Saturday)
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August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31) (Sunday)
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