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{{*mp|August 25}} A '''[[2010_China_National_Highway_110_traffic_jam|traffic jam]]''' outside [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] extends for over 60 miles (100 kilometres), leaving many drivers stranded for days. |
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{{*mp|August 24}} [[Al-Shabaab]] militants '''[[Muna hotel attack|storm a hotel]]''', killing dozens of people, including parliamentarians, amid '''[[Battle of Mogadishu (2010)|heavy fighting]]''' in [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]]. |
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{{*mp|August 23}} Nine people, including the hostage-taker, are killed in a '''[[2010 Manila hostage crisis|hostage crisis]]''' on board a bus in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. |
{{*mp|August 23}} Nine people, including the hostage-taker, are killed in a '''[[2010 Manila hostage crisis|hostage crisis]]''' on board a bus in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. |
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{{*mp|August 22}} Thirty-three miners are found alive but trapped, three weeks after a '''[[2010 Copiapó mining accident|mine collapse]]''' near [[Copiapó]], [[Chile]]. |
{{*mp|August 22}} Thirty-three miners are found alive but trapped, three weeks after a '''[[2010 Copiapó mining accident|mine collapse]]''' near [[Copiapó]], [[Chile]]. |
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Revision as of 03:32, 25 August 2010
- A traffic jam outside Beijing, China extends for over 60 miles (100 kilometres), leaving many drivers stranded for days.
- Al-Shabaab militants storm a hotel, killing dozens of people, including parliamentarians, amid heavy fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia.
- Nine people, including the hostage-taker, are killed in a hostage crisis on board a bus in Manila, Philippines.
- Thirty-three miners are found alive but trapped, three weeks after a mine collapse near Copiapó, Chile.
- Kenyan runner David Lekuta Rudisha (pictured) breaks a 13-year-old world record in the 800 metres at the ISTAF IAAF World Challenge in Berlin.
- A federal election is held in Australia, with results indicating a hung parliament with neither the incumbent Labor Party nor the Liberal/National Coalition able to form a majority government.
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