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A white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in the U.S. state of Virginia turns violent,
leaving 3 people dead and more than 30 others injured.
Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) is re-elected President of Kenya.
A 7.0 Mw earthquake in China's Sichuan province kills at least 20 people and injures
more than 430 others.
Brazilian footballer Neymar joins French club Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record fee
of 222 million. Uhuru Kenyatta
After Nawaz Sharif is disqualified from public office, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi succeeds
him as Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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is killed and several people are injured after a man drove ChinaIndia border standoff
his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. (CNN) (http://ed European migrant crisis (timeline)
ition.cnn.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-white-national Philippine Drug War
ists-rally/index.html) (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/w
Purges in Turkey
orld-us-canada-40912509) (The Independent) (http://www.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/violence-clashes-f Qatar diplomatic crisis
ar-right-rally-charlottesville-virginia-latest-unite-the-right- South China Sea disputes
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The Governor of Virginia declares a state of emergency
due to the protests. (CNN) (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/0 More details ongoing conflicts
8/12/us/charlottesville-white-nationalists-rally/index.html)
A Virginia State Police helicopter monitoring protests
crashes, killing two officers onboard. (NBC News) (http:// Sport
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d-helicopter-crash-near-charlottesville-are-mourned-n7921 Association football
46) 201718 Premier League
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Championship
Floods in Nepal 201718 UEFA Champions
Flooding in Nepal leaves at least 36 dead and dozens more League
missing. (Hindustan Times) (http://www.hindustantimes.co
201718 UEFA Europa
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2017 ChinaIndia border standoff
2019 FIFA Women's World
India increases its military alert amid a border standoff
with the People's Liberation Army of China at Doklam. Cup qual.
(Bloomberg News) (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti Tennis
cles/2017-08-12/india-s-military-said-to-increase-alert-alo 2017 ATP World Tour
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The world's oldest man, PolishIsraeli Yisrael Kristal, who 2017 Formula One season
was also recognized as the oldest living Holocaust 2017 MotoGP season
survivor, dies at age 113 years, 330 days, in Haifa, Israel. 2017 World Rally
(BBC via MSN.com) (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/w Championship
orld/oldest-man-and-auschwitz-survivor-dies/ar-AApSSW
c?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp) 2017 NASCAR Cup Series
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the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in Helsinki. 2017 AFL season
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Because of a recent pair of deadly crashes, the U.S. Marine 8: Ken Kaiser
Corps will ground its flight operations for 24 hours for an 8: Rius
operational reset. The suspensions will be spread out over 7: Don Baylor
the next two weeks. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/art
7: Chantek
icle/us-usa-marines-idUSKBN1AR2HZ) (The New York
Times) (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/us/marines- 7: Haruo Nakajima
order-brief-groundings-and-safety-reviews.html) 6: Betty Cuthbert
2017 Unite the Right rally 6: Darren Daulton
A white supremacist rally called "Unite The Right" takes 6: Dick Locher
place in Charlottesville, Virginia. (CNN) (http://us.cnn.co 6: Martin Roth
m/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-white-nationalists-rally/in
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dex.html)
5: Mark White
5: Ernst Zndel
August 10, 2017 (Thursday) 3: Robert Hardy
2: Judith Jones
Business and economy 2: Ara Parseghian
1: Jeffrey Brotman
Economy of the United States
New York State-based GateHouse Media announces an July 2017
agreement to buy 11 U.S. newspapers from Georgia-based
Morris Communications. Included in the deal is the Log 31: Jeanne Moreau
Cabin Democrat, founded in 1879, and three Alaskan 31: Les Murray
newspapers: the Juneau Empire, the Peninsula Clarion and
Homer News. The deal is expected to close on October 2. 30: Anton Vratua
(AdWeek) (http://www.adweek.com/digital/gatehouse-med 29: Lee May
ia-morris-communications/) 28: Charlie Gard
DineEquity announces it will close 160 Applebee's and 27: Sam Shepard
IHOP restaurants. (USA Today) (https://www.usatoday.co 27: Marty Sklar
m/story/money/2017/08/10/many-160-applebees-and-ihop- 26: June Foray
locations-close/556343001/)
25: Gretel Bergmann
Disasters and accidents 25: Barbara Sinatra
25: John Wraw
Migrant crisis 25: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
The United Nations International Organization for
23: John Kundla
Migration reports, over the last two days in two incidents,
smugglers have thrown 280 migrants from Ethiopia and 23: Mervyn Rose
other Horn of Africa countries into the sea off the coast of 23: Snooty
Yemen. More than 50 refugees have drowned with over 30 21: John Heard
people still missing. (AP via CBS News) (http://www.cbsn 21: Geoff Mack
ews.com/news/smugglers-throw-280-migrants-into-the-sea 20: Chester Bennington
-off-yemen-u-n-says/) (Al Jazeera) (http://www.aljazeera.c
20: John McCluskey
om/news/2017/08/200-refugees-thrown-yemen-sea-50-mis
sing-170810104006798.html) 19: Max Gallo
Road incidents in China 19: Blaoui Houari
At least 36 people die in a bus crash in China's Shaanxi 19: Charles Weston Houck
province. The bus was travelling between Chengdu and 18: Red West
Luoyang. (The Telegraph) (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne 17: Raymond Sackler
ws/2017/08/11/least-36-people-dead-bus-crash-china/)
16: George A. Romero
International relations 15: Martin Landau
15: Maryam Mirzakhani
CanadaCuba relations, CubaUnited States relations 15: Babe Parilli
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The Canadian government says at least one of their 15: Bob Wolff
diplomats in Havana has been treated for hearing loss, 14: William "Hootie" Johnson
following up on yesterday's report that American 13: Liu Xiaobo
diplomats had similar injuries. U.S. officials say the
12: Chuck Blazer
problems started in the fall of 2016. The Cuban Foreign
Ministry says it was informed of the incidents in February 12: Ray Phiri
and has been investigating since that time. (Time) (http://ti
me.com/4896456/canada-diplomat-cuba-hearing-loss-soni
c-device/) Trials
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