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Current events of
August 1, 2009
(
2009-08-01
)
(Saturday)
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At least two people are killed and at least fifteen are wounded in a
shooting attack
at a building frequented by
gay
youths in
Tel-Aviv
,
Israel
.
(
Haaretz
)
4,000 people are evacuated from the
Canary Islands
due to severe forest fires.
(RTÉ)
Former
President of the Philippines
Corazon Aquino
dies at the age of 76 of
cardiopulmonary arrest
after complications of
colon cancer
. A memorial service and funeral is scheduled for August 5.
(
Philippine Daily Inquirer
)
Russia
signs a deal to open a second military base in
Kyrgyzstan
at a
Collective Security Treaty Organisation
summit.
(AP)
The trial of 30 protesters in
Iran
who demonstrated in
protests
after the disputed
presidential election
begins.
(Press TV)
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
Thousands demonstrate in
Kuala Lumpur
,
Malaysia
, against a
current security law
that allows for detention without trial.
(Bernama)
(Al Jazeera)
(
The Times of India
)
Police fire tear gas and arrest over 400 people at street protests over laws that can see people detained indefinitely without trial by the authorities in
Kuala Lumpur
,
Malaysia
.
(RTÉ)
(Malaysian Insider)
Venezuela
orders 34 private radio stations to be closed.
(CNN)
(Al Jazeera)
Chinese
hackers target the website of the
Melbourne International Film Festival
for a second time as
Uyghur
leader
Rebiya Kadeer
is to visit the country.
(AFP)
(
The Australian
)
(Bloomberg)
North Korea
says a
South Korean
fishing boat it seized "illegally" entered its waters.
(Yonhap)
(BBC)
Six
Christians
are killed in religious unrest in
Punjab
,
Pakistan
, after days of tension following an alleged desecration of a
Qur’an
.
(BBC)
Rare
Buddhist
treasures, buried in the 1930s during
Mongolia
's
Communist
purge, are unearthed in the
Gobi Desert
.
(BBC)
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