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July 18, 2011
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2011-07-18
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Arab Spring
:
2011 Libyan civil war
:
Rebels claim victory in the eastern town of
Brega
.
(Reuters)
Former
Foreign Minister
Abdel Rahman Shalgham
says that the Libyan government was responsible for the bombing of
UTA Flight 772
in 1989 over
Niger
.
(Al Arabiya)
2011 Syrian uprising
:
50 protesters arrested in the city of
Hama
are released.
(BBC)
Qatar
suspends operations at its embassy in Syria, after it was attacked by government supporters.
(
Gulf News
)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
:
US General
David Petraeus
hands over command of
NATO
forces in
Afghanistan
to
United States Marine Corps
Lieutenant General
John R. Allen
.
(CNN)
Rioting at a police station in
Hotan
in the
Xinjiang
region of western
China
kills at least four people.
(BBC)
(
Times of India
)
(Xinhua)
Arts and culture
Nine months after a goodwill gesture
Japan
and
South Korea
will commence negotiations in August on the return of more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean royal archives taken during
Japanese rule between 1910 and 1945
.
(Yonhap News)
The
Philadelphia Daily News
reports that
Cardinal
Justin Rigali
will resign five months after a U.S.
grand jury
accuses the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
that he heads of failing to investigate claims of
sexual abuse
of children by clergy in the diocese.
(Philly.com)
Business and economy
Cisco Systems
announces plans to cut 11,500 jobs including transfer of a plant employing 5,000 people in
Juarez, Mexico
, to
Foxconn
.
(CNBC)
Disasters
The
eastern United States
will have a
heat wave
this week which has already commenced in the
Plains States
and
Midwest
.
(
USA Today
)
The U.S. city of
Phoenix
,
Arizona
, is hit by a
haboob
or dust storm.
(Fox News)
International relations
The
Vatican
and
Malaysia
establish diplomatic relations.
(Bernama)
(AP via Google News)
Iran
claims to have taken control of three Iranian Kurdish
PJAK
camps inside
Iraq
.
(Al Arabiya)
The
President of Russia
Dmitry Medvedev
commences a two-day visit to
Germany
.
(RIA Novosti)
The
United States Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
arrives in
India
for two days of talks with the Indian government.
(IBN Live)
Law and crime
The trial of five
bloggers
in the
United Arab Emirates
for advocating democratic reforms resumes.
(Al-Jazeera)
A
Somali
man
Omer Abdi Mohamed
pleads guilty in the US city of
Minneapolis
,
Minnesota
, to helping recruit people to travel to
Somalia
to assist the terror group
al-Shabab
.
(AP via Google News)
The
San Francisco County Superior Court
in the US state of
California
announces plans to cut 200 jobs and close 25 out of 63 court rooms due to budget problems.
(ABC News America)
An
Israeli rights group
, "No Minor Matter", criticises the Israeli government for jailing
Palestinian
stone throwers under the age of 14.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
A new
Cabinet
is sworn in in
Egypt
, with half the former members being replaced due to ongoing protests since the
2011 Egyptian revolution
.
(Al-Jazeera)
United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Defence
,
Liam Fox
announces plans to reduce the
British Army
to its smallest size since the start of the
Second Boer War
just over a century ago. By 2020, troop numbers will be reduced from the present 101,000 to 82,000, with a greater reliability on
Territorial Army
soldiers.
(Sky News)
(
The Guardian
)
News International scandal:
David Cameron
, the
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
, cuts short a tour of
Africa
due to the
News of the World phone hacking affair
inquiry.
(
The Guardian
)
Assistant Commissioner
John Yates
is called in for questioning for his links with former News executive
Neil Wallis
and later resigns.
(
The Telegraph
)
(BBC)
News of the World
phone-hacking whistleblower
Sean Hoare
is found dead at his home.
(
The Guardian
)
LulzSec
hackers
attack
The Sun
website posting a story about the fake death of
Rupert Murdoch
.
(News Limited)
(
The Guardian
)
(
The Telegraph
)
Bob Stenehjem
, the
Senate Majority Leader
in the US state of
North Dakota
, is killed in an accident in
Alaska
.
(AP via
Greenfield Reporter
)
Science
The
Dawn
spacecraft takes its first photo of the
asteroid
4 Vesta
.
(
USA Today
)
Sports
Iranian
athlete and
Iran's Strongest Man
Rouhollah Dadashi
is killed in a fight which started as an argument with another driver and his passengers. Two of them are arrested by police.
(Blogspot)
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