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Current events of
July 21, 2013
(
2013-07-21
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Hundreds of
al-Qaeda
prisoners escape during armed raids on two
Iraqi
prisons, including the
Baghdad Central Prison
(formerly known as Abu Ghraib).
(
The Telegraph
)
Disasters and accidents
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake
strikes
under
Cook Strait
in
New Zealand
, causing moderate damage in the capital city
Wellington
.
(Fairfax NZ)
Fifteen
Egyptian Army
soldiers are killed and another injured after their bus crashes into a truck on a highway on the
Mediterranean coast
.
(AP via
Montreal Gazette
)
Law and crime
At least 12 people have been killed or wounded in a clash between two
Muslim
families in the province of
Lanao del Sur
in the southern
Philippines
.
(
Mindanao Examiner
)
Politics and elections
Voters in
Japan
go to the polls for a
House of Councillors (Japan's upper house)
election with the governing coalition led by
Shinzo Abe
winning control of the upper house.
(
USA Today
)
,
(Bloomberg via
Business Week
)
King
Albert II of Belgium
abdicates in favour of his son
Prince Philippe
.
(AP)
Sport
In cycling, the
2013 Tour de France
finishes today in
Paris
with
Kenyan
-born
British
rider
Chris Froome
winning his first
Tour de France
.
(ABC News Australia)
In golf, American golfer
Phil Mickelson
wins the
2013 Open Championship
at
Muirfield
in
Scotland
for the first time.
(Al-Jazeera)
,
(AP via
The Washington Post
)
In motorcycling, the
World Superbike Championship
race at the
Moscow Raceway
is cancelled after the Italian rider
Andrea Antonelli
dies after a crash on the opening lap.
(Guardian)
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