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August 22, 2014 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- The United Nations estimates that the death toll in Syria has doubled to at least 191,000 in the past year. (Bloomberg via Business Week)
2014 Israel-Gaza conflict
- At least 18 people are executed in public by Hamas after being accused of "collaborating" with Israel. Al Majd, a Hamas website, warns that future suspects will be dealt with "in the field" rather than the courts. (AP),(NY Times)
- A 4-year-old boy is killed in a mortar attack on a southern Israeli village near the Gaza border; Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu vows that military operations will "intensify" because of his death. The IDF claims the mortar was fired from a school used as a shelter by Hamas. (BBC)(Times of Israel)

War in Donbass:
- Russian aid convoys enter eastern Ukraine without permission from the Ukrainian government, sparking condemnation from the US, the EU, and NATO, and prompting the UN to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the action. No other country sent humanitarian aid to the region. (BBC)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present):
- A suicide bomber and multiple gunmen, suspected to be Shia militiamen, attack a Sunni mosque in the Diyala province, killing at least 65 people. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from landslides in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture rises to 39 with 26 missing. (Boston.com) (Bloomberg)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- The bodies and ashes of twenty Malaysian victims who died when the flight was shot down over Ukraine in July have been returned to Kuala Lumpur. (AP)
44 people are killed and 41 injured after two buses crash in the south of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. (Al-Ahram)(RT) (BBC)

Law and crime

The murder conviction of David Eastman for allegedly killing former Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester is quashed after Eastman has served a 19-year prison sentence. (Brisbane Times)

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+;Armed conflicts and attacks
+*[[Syrian Civil War]]
+**The [[United Nations]] estimates that the death toll in [[Syria]] has doubled to at least 191,000 in the past year. [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-22/un-says-syria-dead-double-to-191-000-in-forgotten-war (Bloomberg via Business Week)]
+*[[2014 Israel-Gaza conflict]]
+**At least 18 people are executed in public by [[Hamas]] after being accused of "collaborating" with [[Israel]]. Al Majd, a Hamas website, warns that future suspects will be dealt with "in the field" rather than the courts. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=MYPSP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-08-22-04-21-35 (AP)],[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/world/middleeast/israel-gaza.html?_r=0 (NY Times)]
+**A 4-year-old boy is killed in a mortar attack on a southern Israeli village near the Gaza border; [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Benjamin Netanyahu|Netanyahu]] vows that military operations will "intensify" because of his death. The [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] claims the mortar was fired from a school used as a shelter by [[Hamas]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28900098 (BBC)][http://www.timesofisrael.com/four-year-old-killed-in-mortar-attack-named-as-daniel-turgerman/ (Times of Israel)]
+*[[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbass]]:
+**Russian aid convoys enter [[Eastern Ukraine|eastern Ukraine]] without permission from the [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian government]], sparking condemnation from the US, the [[European Union|EU]], and [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]], and prompting the [[United Nations|UN]] to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the action. No other country sent humanitarian aid to the region. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28903829 (BBC)]
+*[[Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)]]:
+**A suicide bomber and multiple gunmen, suspected to be Shia militiamen, [[Mus`ab ibn `Umair Mosque massacre|attack a Sunni mosque]] in the [[Diyala Governorate|Diyala province]], killing at least 65 people.  [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28900340 (BBC)]
 ;Disasters and accidents
-*The death toll from [[landslide]]s in [[Japan]]'s [[Hiroshima prefecture]] rises to 39 with 26 missing. [http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2014/08/21/landslide-death-toll-just-below/c1lERqsHk2osWeD2E2vDMN/video.html (Boston.com)], [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/japan-landslide-rescue-continues-with-39-dead-and-26-missing-1-.html (Bloomberg)]
+*The death toll from [[2014 Hiroshima landslides|landslide]]s in [[Japan]]'s [[Hiroshima prefecture]] rises to 39 with 26 missing. [http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2014/08/21/landslide-death-toll-just-below/c1lERqsHk2osWeD2E2vDMN/video.html (Boston.com)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/japan-landslide-rescue-continues-with-39-dead-and-26-missing-1-.html (Bloomberg)]
 *[[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]]
-**The bodies and ashes of twenty [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] victims who died when the flight was shot down over the [[Ukraine]] in July have been returned to [[Kuala Lumpur]]. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/malaysia-prepares-receive-bodies-m17-crash (AP)]
+**The bodies and ashes of twenty [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] victims who died when the flight was shot down over [[Ukraine]] in July have been returned to [[Kuala Lumpur]]. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/malaysia-prepares-receive-bodies-m17-crash (AP)]
-*At least 25 people are killed and 50 injured after two buses crash in the south of [[Egypt]]'s [[Sinai Peninsula]]. [http://rt.com/news/line/2014-08-22/#68956 (RT)]
+*44 people are killed and 41 injured after two buses crash in the south of [[Egypt]]'s [[Sinai Peninsula]]. [http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/109033.aspx (Al-Ahram)][http://rt.com/news/line/2014-08-22/#68956 (RT)] [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28892145 (BBC)]
 ;Law and crime
 *The murder conviction of [[David Eastman]] for allegedly killing former [[Australian Federal Police]] Assistant Commissioner [[Colin Winchester]] is quashed after Eastman has served a 19-year prison sentence. [http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/act-news/david-eastman-to-be-released-from-prison-after-conviction-quashed-20140822-10777y.html (''Brisbane Times'')]
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