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August 11, 2008 (Monday)

An air strike by the United States kills 25 Taliban militants and 8 civilians in Orūzgān Province in southern Afghanistan. (The Australian)
The United States team wins the 4x100 men's freestyle relay setting a new world record with France and Australia finishing second and third respectively. The top five teams all broke the previous world record and Australia's Eamon Sullivan in the lead-off leg broke the record for 100m. (The New York Times) (SI via CNN)
Taliban fighters force Pakistani troops to retreat from an outpost near the border with Afghanistan. (The New York Times)
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines are holding elections using for the first-time electronic voting as precedent to the Presidential elections in 2010. (ABS-CBN)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2008 South Ossetian War:
- According to Ossetian and Russian sources, Georgian attacks leave 2000 dead in South Ossetia, most of which civilian population of Tskhinvali. (The Guardian)
- Breakaway republic of Abkhazia launched an attack on Georgian forces in the Kodori Valley, the region of Abkhazia under control of Georgians, where the parallel Tbilisi-backed "Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia in exile" is situated. (AFP via News.Com.Au) (Al Jazeera)
- Fearing an air raid, the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili run for cover during an interview in Gori. (CNN) (CNN via YouTube)
- Russia is attacking Georgia in a cyberwar. (Ars Technica)
- The President of the United States George W. Bush warns Russia to respect "Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. (The New York Times)

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-*An [[air strike]] by the [[United States]] kills 25 [[Taliban]] militants and 8 civilians in [[Orūzgān Province]] in southern [[Afghanistan]]. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24162276-12335,00.html (''The Australian'')]
-*The [[United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics|United States]] team wins the 4x100 men's freestyle relay setting a new [[world record]] with [[France at the 2008 Summer Olympics|France]] and [[Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Australia]] finishing second and third respectively. The top five teams all broke the previous world record and Australia's [[Eamon Sullivan]] in the lead off leg broke the record for 100m.[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/sports/olympics/11phelpsweb.html (''New York Times'')][http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/10/phelps.usa.relay.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories SI/CNN]
-*[[Taliban]] fighters [[Battle of Bajaur|force]] [[Pakistan]]i troops to retreat from an outpost near the border with [[Afghanistan]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/world/asia/11pstan.html?ref=asia (New York Times)]
-*The [[Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]] in the [[Philippines]] are holding [[Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, 2008|elections]] using for the first-time [[electronic voting]] as precedent to the Presidential elections in [[2010]]. [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=127924 (ABS-CBN)]
-*The war in South Ossetia between Georgian army and South Ossetian and russian forces continues.
-**Breakaway republic of [[Abkhazia]], together with [[Military of Russia|Russian]] forces [[Battle of the Kodori Gorge|launches]] launched an attack on [[Military of Georgia|Georgian forces]] in the Kodori Valley, the region of Abkhazia under control of Georgians, where the parralel Tbilisi-backed "Government of Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia in exile" is situated. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24159851-23109,00.html (AFP via News.Com.Au)], [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/2008810135036728694.html (Al Jazeera)]
-**Georgian attacks leave 2000 dead in Ossetia, most of which civilian population of Tskhinvali. South Ossetians 'highly unlikely to want to be part of Georgia now'. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/10/georgia.russia4 (Guardian)]
+* An [[air strike]] by the [[United States]] kills 25 [[Taliban]] militants and 8 civilians in [[Orūzgān Province]] in southern [[Afghanistan]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080815054340/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24162276-12335,00.html (''The Australian'')]
+* The [[United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics|United States]] team wins the 4x100 men's freestyle relay setting a new [[world record]] with [[France at the 2008 Summer Olympics|France]] and [[Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Australia]] finishing second and third respectively. The top five teams all broke the previous world record and Australia's [[Eamon Sullivan]] in the lead-off leg broke the record for 100m. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/sports/olympics/11phelpsweb.html (''The New York Times'')] [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/10/phelps.usa.relay.ap/index.html (SI via CNN)]
+* [[Taliban]] fighters [[Battle of Bajaur|force]] [[Pakistan]]i troops to retreat from an outpost near the border with [[Afghanistan]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/world/asia/11pstan.html (''The New York Times'')]
+* The [[Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]] in the [[Philippines]] are holding [[Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, 2008|elections]] using for the first-time [[electronic voting]] as precedent to the Presidential elections in [[2010]]. [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=127924 (ABS-CBN)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
+* [[2008 South Ossetian War]]:
+** According to Ossetian and Russian sources, Georgian attacks leave 2000 dead in [[South Ossetia]], most of which [[civilian]] population of [[Tskhinvali]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/10/georgia.russia4 (''The Guardian'')]
+** Breakaway republic of [[Abkhazia]] [[Battle of the Kodori Gorge|launched]] an attack on [[Military of Georgia|Georgian forces]] in the Kodori Valley, the region of Abkhazia under control of Georgians, where the parallel Tbilisi-backed "[[Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia]] in exile" is situated. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24159851-23109,00.html (AFP via News.Com.Au)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/2008810135036728694.html (Al Jazeera)]
+** Fearing an air raid, the [[President of Georgia]] [[Mikhail Saakashvili|Mikheil Saakashvili]] run for cover during an interview in Gori. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/georgia.president/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTjtO7bMyY (CNN via YouTube)]
+** Russia is attacking Georgia in a cyberwar. [https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080811-georgian-government-websites-attacked-by-russian-hackers.html (Ars Technica)]
+** The [[President of the United States]] [[George W. Bush]] warns Russia to respect "Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/world/europe/12georgia.html (''The New York Times'')]
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