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Topics in the news Egyptian security forces fire upon pro-Mohamed Morsi demonstrators in Cairo, leaving dozens of people dead. Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi (pictured) is assassinated in Tunis. A train crash in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, kills 79 people. Thor's hero shrew, the sister species to the armored shrew, is discovered. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a son, Prince George of Cambridge, third in line to succeed Queen Elizabeth II. A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, Gansu, China, kills at least 95 people and injures more than 1,000 others. Recent deaths
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July 31, 2013 (Wednesday)

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Disasters At least ten people die as a result of a heatwave in the Chinese city of Shanghai which has reached its hottest temperatures in at least 140 years. (AFP via France 24) Law and crime The Independent Commission Against Corruption in the Australian state of New South Wales finds that former Ministers Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid acted corruptly and recommends that charges be laid. (The Australian) Politics and elections India's ruling coalition endorses the creation of a new state of Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. (AP via WMDT) Voters in Zimbabwe go to the polls for a general election. (Sun Daily)
July 30, 2013 (Tuesday) edit history watch

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Armed conflicts and attacks Nigerian Sharia conflict: 28 people are killed in a series of explosions targeting bars in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. (BBC) Syrian civil war:

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17 people are killed and 26 wounded in a mortar attack in the government held district of Homs and the town of Dablan (ABC) (The Times of Israel) A car bomb kills Syrian Kurdish politician Isa Huso outside his home near the Turkish border. (Reiters) 134 people are reported to have been killed in a new wave of violence between two rival tribes in Sudan's Darfur region. (Voice of America) Arts and culture Vietnams Ministry of Justice, H Hng Cng, becomes the second government ministry, after the Health Ministry, to back plans to legalize same-sex marriage in Vietnam, when he submits a draft of an amended Law on Marriage and Family to the government. (Gaystarnews) Business and economy Fiat wins at least a partial victory in Delaware Chancery Court, but the judge declines its invitation to order a United Autoworkers affiliated trust to sell its Chrysler shares to the Italian company. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents At least nine children are killed and another twenty injured after their school bus collides with a truck in the Indian city of Hanumangarh in Rajasthan state. (AP via ABC News America) A mass funeral is held near the southern Italian town of Pozzuoli for the 38 victims of Sunday's bus crash. (BBC News) (CNN) Eight people are injured in a gas explosion in the US state of Florida. (BBC) The driver of a train that derailed in Spain last week, killing 79 people, is reported to have been on the phone with railway staff when the train crashed, possibly distracting him shortly before the crash, expert say. (CNN) Honduras declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever kills 16 people and sickens 12,000. (AP via CTV News) International relations US Secretary of State, John Kerry, announces that Israeli and Palestinian officials have agreed to resume negotiations for a peace agreement. (The Jerusalem Post) (CNN) (The Telegraph) EU Foreign Affairs head, Catherine Ashton meets with deposed

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President Mohamed Morsi at an undisclosed location and confirms he is in good health, while Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood supporters call for continued demonstrations against the new regime. (The Times of Israel) (The Telegraph) (UPI) Law and crime

In United States v. Bradley Manning, Bradley Manning is acquitted of aiding the enemy for giving classified United States Army information to WikiLeaks. Manning is found guilty of five espionage charges and five theft charges. (CNN)(The Guardian) edit sidebar JPMorgan Chase settles with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for $410M due to alleged manipulation of energy Ongoing conflicts markets in California and the Midwest. (Bloomberg) The United States Department of the Treasury issues sanctions Global to three Mexican nationals linked to the Sinaloa Cartel for laundering money for the drug lords Ismael Zambada Garca and Joaqun Guzmn Loera. The Kingpin Act sanctions War on Terror prohibits Americans to do any kind of business with them. (The Terrorist incidents Wall Street Journal) Operation Active Raif Badawi, the editor of a Saudi Arabian website to discuss Endeavour the role of religion in Saudi Arabia, is sentenced to seven years Operation Enduring in prison and 600 lashes for founding an Internet forum that Freedom "violates Islamic values and propagates liberal thought." War on Drugs (Reuters via New York Daily News) Africa Politics and elections Mamnoon Hussain is elected as the 12th President of Pakistan. (Geo) Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF - Horn of Africa OEF - Trans Sahara DR Congo: M23 rebellion Egypt Egyptian protests Libya: Libyan factional fighting Nigeria: Nigerian Sharia

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July 29, 2013 (Monday)

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Armed conflict and attacks Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): A wave of twelve car bombs targeting Shiite communities in Iraq kills at least 44 people. (Reuters) War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban attacks a prison in the Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan with more than 300 prisoners freed. (AFP via Fox News), (Times of India) Disasters and accidents

2013 Pacific hurricane season: Tropical Storm Flossie is conflict predicted to make a rare landfall in the US island state of Niger Delta Hawaii with warnings of heavy rain with the potential for conflict flooding and landslides. (AP) Somalia: A building explosion and collapse in Philadelphia causes Civil War injuries to at least eight people. (CNN) (MyFoxPhilly) Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Sudan and South Sudan: Granges-prs-Marnand near Lausanne resulting in dozens of Sudan internal injuries including four serious injuries. (RT) conflict Seven people have been injured following a series of explosions South Sudan at a propane plant in the US town of Tavares in central Florida. internal conflict (Fox News), (BBC), (AP via Vancouver Post) Five people died and a woman was injured in a helicopter crash, Americas in Romania [1] International relations The New Zealand Ministry of Defence announces that it will investigate claims that it collected telephone metadata on Jon Stephenson, a freelance journalist for The McClatchy Company in Afghanistan. (AP via MyFox Phoenix) Law and crime 103 million worth of diamonds and other jewels are stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists in recent years. (AP via News24) FBI announces the arrests of 150 suspects, during a three-day sweep that took place in 76 cities across the United States, on charges of child sex-trafficking. (Reuters) Sports In association football, former Birmingham City and Club Amrica striker Christian Bentez dies of cardiac arrest complications in a hospital in Qatar. Having won the championship in Mexico, Bentez signed with El Jaish SC. (Exclsior) Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War: Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: North-West War Sectarian violence India: NaxaliteMaoist insurgency Islamic insurgency in the Philippines: Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines Korea: Korean maritime border conflict Southeast Asia: CambodianThai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict

July 28, 2013 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) A suicide bombing in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khormato kills at least eight policemen. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents A bus returning 48 pilgrims from a weekend visit to the shrine of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, in San Giovanni Rotondo, goes off a bridge east of Naples, in Avellino Province, killing 39 people (including some children), and injuring at least 9 others. Europe (English News CN) International relations In a first, India has offered a $100-million credit line to Vietnam to purchase military equipment. It will be used for purchasing four patrol boats. (The Hindu) Law and crime Francisco Jos Garzn Amo, the driver of the train involved in the Santiago de Compostela derailment, is charged with 79 counts of manslaughter in a Spanish court. (USA Today) Politics and elections Voters in Cambodia go to the polls for a general election with the governing Cambodian People's Party led by Prime Minister Hun Sen claiming victory amidst opposition claims of widespread irregularities. (BBC) (News Limited) Voters in Mali go to the polls for a presidential election. (BBC) The Togolese electoral commission releases official results for the recent parliamentary election with President Faure Gnassingbe's Union for the Republic party winning 62 of 91 seats with the Opposition threatening to challenge the results. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
July 27, 2013 (Saturday) edit history watch

South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea

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Armed conflicts and attacks Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'tat: Over 100 people are killed and around 1,500 injured in a violent crackdown against protesters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. (BBC) (The Guardian) At least six people are killed and 37 injured in a bomb blast in Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines. (ABS-CBN News Online) Disasters and accidents Three people are killed and several more are injured, some

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critically, after a bus overturns outside Indianapolis, Indiana. (NBC) Law and crime More than 1,000 inmates escape from prison in Benghazi, Libya. (AFP via Raw Story) Politics and elections Voters in Kuwait go to the polls for a general election, with Shiite candidates losing half their parliamentary seats. (AlArabiya) (AFP via The Telegraph) Sports In horse racing, the German horse Novellist wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. (BBC)
July 26, 2013 (Friday) edit history watch

13: Bhutan, National Assembly (2nd Round) 21: Japan, House of Councillors (one half) 25: Togo, Parliament 27: Kuwait, Parliament 28: Cambodia, Parliament 28: Mali, President and Parliament (1st Round) 30: Pakistan, President (indirect) Upcoming: July 31: Zimbabwe, President and Parliament
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Armed conflicts and attacks Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'tat: Mass rival demonstrations are held across Egypt three weeks after Mohamed Morsi was deposed as president in a military coup. At least eight people die and hundreds are injured in violence during the rallies. (Reuters) (BBC) (Times of Israel) (Al-Jazeera) At least 57 people are killed in a marketplace bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan. (BBC) Business and economy A general strike is called in Tunisia following the assassination of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi on July 25. (AP via Fox News) Disasters and accidents Landslides caused by heavy rain kill at least nine people and trap eight others south of Dingxi, China. (AP via Fox News) A state of emergency is declared in Ireland as torrential rain floods a hospital in the north-west of the country and shuts roads and other transport links in the east. (RT) Qatar Airways grounds one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners following a "minor" technical issue, as pressure mounts on Boeing over possible new electrical problems with the newly-

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Recently concluded Canada: Michael Rafferty Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Germany: Breno Borges Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Marka (ICTY), Momilo Perii (ICTY) Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris

released jet. (Reuters) Law and crime Police in Spain formally detain the driver of a high-speed train that derailed and crashed in Santiago de Compostela, killing 78, on July 24. The driver is accused of manslaughter and reckless driving. (BBC) (The Guardian) Ariel Castro, a 53-year-old man charged with the kidnappings of three women from Cleveland, Ohio, between 2002 and 2004, is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after accepting a plea deal with prosecutors. (BBC) Swiss bank UBS AG pays $885m in a settlement with American regulators over allegations that the bank misrepresented mortgage-backed bonds during the pre-2007 housing bubble, paving the way for billions more to be paid by other banks. (Reuters) A gunman kills six people in Hialeah, Florida, and gets fatally shot by police. (Los Angeles Times) Sports Large-scale athletic events are held in London on the anniversary of the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Daily Telegraph)

July 25, 2013 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks The United Nations states that the death toll of the ongoing Syrian civil war has exceeded 100,000. (CNN) Arts and culture The Oxford English Dictionary confirms that it will change the definition of the word "marriage" to include the LGBT community. (Daily Mail) Business and economy China begins a major effort to boost its economic growth with business tax breaks and export liberalization, amid an increasing industrial slowdown. (BBC) Disasters and accidents Santiago de Compostela derailment:

Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Bradley Manning Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer

Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain, declares three days of national mourning for the 78 people killed in the derailment, Spain's worst train accident since 1944. (RTE) The driver of the Alvia high-speed train involved in the accident is arrested, as investigations show that the train was travelling at more than double the local speed limit at the time of the crash. (Reuters) Law and crime Mohamed Brahmi, the leader of the Tunisian People's Movement, is fatally shot outside his house in Tunis, sparking clashes between police and protesters. (BBC) Disgraced Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai is charged with corruption and abuse of office, in the culmination of one of China's most significant political scandals in recent years. (Financial Times) A New Jersey attorney announces the largest alleged commercial hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States. (AP via Fox News) Politics and elections Voters in Togo go to the polls for a parliamentary election, which was delayed from October 2012 due to mass protests. (BBC) Science British scientists discover the mechanism which causes human allergy to cats, and state that a general cure for the condition could become available within five years. (Daily Mail)
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Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Beate Zschape Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadi (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Russia: Platon Lebedev South Africa: Oscar Pistorius Sudan: Lubna alHussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Koo Stark, Liam Adams, Eddy Shah, United States: Jodi Arias, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Whitey Bulger Upcoming Czech Republic: Vclav Klaus France: ric Raoult Jordan: Abu Qatada Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

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