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August 21, 2014 (Thursday)

Armed conflict and attacks

2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
- Israeli airstrikes kill three senior military commanders of Hamas. (AP)
- A senior Hamas official speaking in Turkey praises the Al-Qassam Brigades for the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers. In response an Israeli NGO calls on the United States Attorney General to force Turkey to extradite the official as one of the teenagers was an American citizen. (Israel National News)
Syrian civil war:
- The Syrian opposition accuses the Syrian army of launching a chemical attack on the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, killing at least six people. (Arabnews)

Disasters and accidents

A Bell 206 helicopter carrying 5 Guatemalan Military officers crashes in Huehuetenango department, killing all on board. (Reuters)
36 people are killed by landslides in Hiroshima, Japan, after a night of heavy rain. (Reuters)

International relations

The governments of Romania and Hungary sign a framework agreement for opening 20 cross-border roads, strengthening traffic links with the entire European Union. (Nine O'Clock)

Law and crime

The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau in Taiwan is investigating former deputy minister Chang Hsien-yao of the Mainland Affairs Council on suspicions of treason for allegedly leaking classified information to China. (Taipei Times)

Politics and elections

Brazilian presidential election, 2014
- The internationally-acclaimed environmental campaigner Marina Silva replaces Eduardo Campos, who died in a plane crash on August 13, as the presidential candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party, with polls suggesting she could surpass Aecio Neves in the first round and current president Dilma Rousseff in the second. (BBC)
Slovenian parliamentary election, 2014
- The outgoing prime minister Alenka Bratušek and her alliance is barred from entering the new government due to "ethical concerns", notably her self-nomination as the country's EU commissioner, a decision currently being investigated by the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption. (Slovenia Times)
2014 Thai coup d'état
- The National Assembly of Thailand elects coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha as Prime Minister. (Sky News Australia)
The Turkish Justice and Development Party chooses foreign minister Ahmet Davutoğlu as its leader meaning that he will become the new Prime Minister. (New York Times)

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 ;Armed conflict and attacks
 *[[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]]
 **[[Israel]]i airstrikes kill three senior military commanders of [[Hamas]]. [http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2014-08-21-ML-Israel-Palestinians/id-9955efbf3da948b2a545cf3b698c6dfa (AP)]
-**A senior [[Hamas]] official speaking in [[Turkey]] praises the [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades|Al-Qassam Brigades]] for the abduction and murder of three [[Israeli]] teenagers. In response an Israeli [[NGO]] calls on the [[United States Attorney General]] to force Turkey to extradite the official as one of the teenagers was an American citizen. [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184277#.U_Y_0PldWoo (Israel National News)]
+**A senior [[Hamas]] official speaking in [[Turkey]] praises the [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades|Al-Qassam Brigades]] for the abduction and murder of [[2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers|three Israeli teenagers]]. In response an Israeli [[NGO]] calls on the [[United States Attorney General]] to force Turkey to extradite the official as one of the teenagers was an American citizen. [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184277#.U_Y_0PldWoo (Israel National News)]
 *[[Syrian civil war]]:
-**The Syrian opposition accuses the Syrian army of launching a chemical attack on the Jobar neighborhood of [[Damascus]], killing at least six people. [http://aranews.net/2014/08/syrian-regime-launchs-chemical-attack-jobar-damascus-opposition/ (Aranews)]
+**The Syrian opposition accuses the Syrian army of launching a chemical attack on the Jobar neighborhood of [[Damascus]], killing at least six people. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160513094128/http://aranews.net/2014/08/syrian-regime-launchs-chemical-attack-jobar-damascus-opposition/ (Arabnews)]
 ;Disasters and accidents
 *A [[Bell 206]] helicopter carrying 5 [[Military of Guatemala|Guatemalan Military]] officers crashes in [[Huehuetenango Department|Huehuetenango department]], killing all on board. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/20/guatemala-general-idINL2N0QQ2Z720140820 (Reuters)]
+*36 people are killed by landslides in [[Hiroshima]], [[Japan]], after a night of heavy rain. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-japan-landslides-idINKBN0GK06720140821 (Reuters)]
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 ;Law and crime
 *The [[Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau]] in Taiwan is investigating former deputy minister [[Chang Hsien-yao]] of the [[Mainland Affairs Council ]] on suspicions of treason for allegedly leaking classified information to China. [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/08/21/2003597900 (Taipei Times)]
-;Natural disasters
-*36 people are killed by landslides in [[Hiroshima]], [[Japan]], after a night of heavy rain. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-japan-landslides-idINKBN0GK06720140821 (Reuters)]
 ;Politics and elections
 *[[Brazilian presidential election, 2014]]
-**The internationally-acclaimed environmental campaigner [[Marina Silva]] replaces [[Eduardo Campos]],  who died in a plane crash on August 13, as the presidential candidate of the [[Brazilian Socialist Party]], with polls suggesting she could surpass [[Aecio Neves]] in the first round and current president [[Dilma Rousseff]] in the second. [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28875205 (BBC)]
+**The internationally-acclaimed environmental campaigner [[Marina Silva]] replaces [[Eduardo Campos]],  who died in a plane crash on August 13, as the presidential candidate of the [[Brazilian Socialist Party]], with polls suggesting she could surpass [[Aecio Neves]] in the first round and current president [[Dilma Rousseff]] in the second. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28875205 (BBC)]
 *[[Slovenian parliamentary election, 2014]]
 **The outgoing prime minister [[Alenka Bratušek]] and her [[Alliance of Alenka Bratušek|alliance]] is barred from entering the new government due to "ethical concerns", notably her self-nomination as the country's EU commissioner, a decision currently being investigated by the [[Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia|Commission for the Prevention of Corruption]]. [http://www.sloveniatimes.com/former-pm-bratusek-out-of-coalition (Slovenia Times)]
 *[[2014 Thai coup d'état]]
 **The [[National Assembly of Thailand]] elects coup leader General [[Prayuth Chan-ocha]] as [[Prime Minister of Thailand|Prime Minister]]. [http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2014/08/21/thai-army-chief-chosen-as-prime-minister.html (Sky News Australia)]
+*The [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] chooses foreign minister [[Ahmet Davutoğlu]] as its leader meaning that he will become the new [[Prime Minister of Turkey|Prime Minister]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/world/europe/foreign-minister-nominated-to-be-turkeys-next-premier.html?_r=0 (''New York Times'')]
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