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Current events of
August 7, 2014
(
2014-08-07
)
(Thursday)
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Conflicts and attacks
2014 Northern Iraq offensive
:
The Islamic State
captures a range of cities inhabited primarily by
Assyrian/Chaldean Christians
in Northern Iraq, notably
Bakhdida
,
Bartella
,
Qaraqosh
,
Tel Keppe
,
Karamlish
and
Tel Isqof
; thousands flee, while many
Yazidis
are caught in the newly-captured city of
Sinjar
.
(BBC)
(Al-Jazeera)
The
President of the United States
,
Barack Obama
, delivers a statement promising increased humanitarian and military assistance including air strikes.
(NBC News)
(
Washington Examiner
)
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
:
Yemeni
forces kill at least seven
al-Qaeda
militants in the Wadi Hadramout region.
(Reuters)
Health
2014 West Africa ebola outbreak
:
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
, the
President of Liberia
, declares a
state of emergency
over the outbreak which has claimed the lives of 282
Liberian people
so far.
(BBC)
Disasters
2014 Pacific hurricane season
:
Residents in the US state of
Hawaii
prepare for the impact of
Hurricane Iselle
expected to hit the island of
Hawaii
as a Category 1
hurricane
before weakening to a
tropical storm
when it hits the islands of
Maui
and
Oahu
.
(AP via Yahoo! News)
Law and crime
A
United Nations
backed war crimes tribunal sentences former
Khmer Rouge
leaders
Khieu Samphan
and
Nuon Chea
to life imprisonment for their roles in the
Cambodian genocide
that claimed a quarter of the population between 1975 and 1979.
(AP)
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