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*<!--13 Aug--> '''[[2015 Baghdad market truck bombing|A truck bomb attack]]''' at a market in [[Baghdad]] kills at least 80 people and injures more than 200 others. |
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*<!--12 Aug--> '''[[2015 Tianjin explosions|Multiple explosions]]''' in [[Tianjin]], China, kill more than 50 people and injure at least 700. |
*<!--12 Aug--> '''[[2015 Tianjin explosions|Multiple explosions]]''' in [[Tianjin]], China, kill more than 50 people and injure at least 700. |
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*<!--8 Aug--> In [[cricket]], [[England cricket team|England]] ''(pictured)'' regain [[the Ashes]] with a victory against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in the fourth Test of '''[[2015 Ashes series|the series]]'''. |
*<!--8 Aug--> In [[cricket]], [[England cricket team|England]] ''(pictured)'' regain [[the Ashes]] with a victory against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in the fourth Test of '''[[2015 Ashes series|the series]]'''. |
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*<!--6 Aug--> A new 35 km-long (22 mi) '''[[New Suez Canal|bypass channel]]''' of Egypt's [[Suez Canal]] is officially opened, approximately doubling the canal's capacity. |
*<!--6 Aug--> A new 35 km-long (22 mi) '''[[New Suez Canal|bypass channel]]''' of Egypt's [[Suez Canal]] is officially opened, approximately doubling the canal's capacity. |
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*<!--5 Aug--> '''[[2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill|A toxic spill]]''' occurs at Gold King Mine near Durango, Colorado, contaminating a river in southern Colorado and threatening other waterways. |
*<!--5 Aug--> '''[[2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill|A toxic spill]]''' occurs at Gold King Mine near Durango, Colorado, contaminating a river in southern Colorado and threatening other waterways. |
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*<!--5 Aug--> Debris found washed ashore on [[Réunion]] is confirmed to be from '''[[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]]''', which went missing in March 2014. |
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Revision as of 17:45, 14 August 2015
- A truck bomb attack at a market in Baghdad kills at least 80 people and injures more than 200 others.
- Multiple explosions in Tianjin, China, kill more than 50 people and injure at least 700.
- In cricket, England (pictured) regain the Ashes with a victory against Australia in the fourth Test of the series.
- Typhoon Soudelor makes landfalls in Taiwan and eastern China, killing at least 29 people and injuring hundreds more.
- A new 35 km-long (22 mi) bypass channel of Egypt's Suez Canal is officially opened, approximately doubling the canal's capacity.
- A toxic spill occurs at Gold King Mine near Durango, Colorado, contaminating a river in southern Colorado and threatening other waterways.
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