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{{*mp|August 18}} In [[association football]], [[Nicolas Anelka]] is suspended for 18 games with the '''[[French national football team|national team]]''', and three other players for for shorter periods for their roles in a player strike at the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]. |
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{{*mp|August 17}} A '''[[17 August 2010 Baghdad bombing|bombing]]''' outside an [[Iraqi Army]] recruitment centre in [[Baghdad]] kills more than sixty people. |
{{*mp|August 17}} A '''[[17 August 2010 Baghdad bombing|bombing]]''' outside an [[Iraqi Army]] recruitment centre in [[Baghdad]] kills more than sixty people. |
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{{*mp|August 15}} [[Germany|German]] [[golf]]er '''[[Martin Kaymer]]''' ''(pictured)'' wins the [[2010 PGA Championship]] at [[Whistling Straits]]. |
{{*mp|August 15}} [[Germany|German]] [[golf]]er '''[[Martin Kaymer]]''' ''(pictured)'' wins the [[2010 PGA Championship]] at [[Whistling Straits]]. |
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Revision as of 00:13, 19 August 2010
- In association football, Nicolas Anelka is suspended for 18 games with the national team, and three other players for for shorter periods for their roles in a player strike at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- A bombing outside an Iraqi Army recruitment centre in Baghdad kills more than sixty people.
- German golfer Martin Kaymer (pictured) wins the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
- The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the first Youth Olympic Games, begins in Singapore with 3,531 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees.
- Agricultural Bank of China completes the world's largest initial public offering, raising US$22.1 billion.
- Former President of Malta and President of the United Nations General Assembly Guido de Marco dies at the age of 79.
- Colombia and Venezuela re-establish diplomatic relations after Juan Manuel Santos becomes the President of Colombia.
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