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{{*mp|August 23}} Nine people, including the hostage-taker, are killed after a man '''[[2010 Manila hostage crisis|takes 25 hostages]]''' on board a bus in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. |
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{{*mp|August 22}} Thirty-three miners are found alive but trapped, three weeks after a '''[[2010 Copiapó mining accident|mine collapse]]''' near [[Copiapó]], [[Chile]]. |
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{{*mp|August 21}} A '''[[Australian federal election, 2010|federal election]]''' is held in [[Australia]], with results indicating a [[hung parliament]] with neither the incumbent [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] nor the [[Coalition (Australia)|Liberal/National Coalition]] able to form a majority government. |
{{*mp|August 21}} A '''[[Australian federal election, 2010|federal election]]''' is held in [[Australia]], with results indicating a [[hung parliament]] with neither the incumbent [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] nor the [[Coalition (Australia)|Liberal/National Coalition]] able to form a majority government. |
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{{*mp|August 21}} [[Iran]] begins loading [[nuclear fuel|fuel]] into its first '''[[Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant]]''' in [[Bushehr]], preparing it to begin producing electricity. |
{{*mp|August 21}} [[Iran]] begins loading [[nuclear fuel|fuel]] into its first '''[[Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant]]''' in [[Bushehr]], preparing it to begin producing electricity. |
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{{*mp|August 21}} [[Bolivia]] declares a [[state of emergency]] as '''[[2010 Bolivia forest fires|forest fires]]''' rage across {{convert|15000|km2|mi2|sp=us|sigfig=2}}. |
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{{*mp|August 19}} At least seven people are killed and fourteen others wounded in a '''[[2010 Aksu bombing|bomb attack]]''' in [[Aksu, Xinjiang|Aksu]], [[Xinjiang]], north-western [[People's Republic of China|China]]. |
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Revision as of 21:34, 23 August 2010
- Nine people, including the hostage-taker, are killed after a man takes 25 hostages on board a bus in Manila, Philippines.
- Thirty-three miners are found alive but trapped, three weeks after a mine collapse near Copiapó, Chile.
- Kenyan runner David Lekuta Rudisha (pictured) breaks a 13-year-old world record in the 800 metres at the ISTAF IAAF World Challenge in Berlin.
- A federal election is held in Australia, with results indicating a hung parliament with neither the incumbent Labor Party nor the Liberal/National Coalition able to form a majority government.
- Iran begins loading fuel into its first nuclear power plant in Bushehr, preparing it to begin producing electricity.
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