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{{*mp|August 30}} ''[[Mad Men]]'' wins the drama prize and ''[[Modern Family]]'' wins the comedy prize at the '''[[62nd Primetime Emmy Awards]]'''. |
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{{*mp|August 30}} '''[[Mount Sinabung]]''' ''(pictured)'', on the [[Indonesia|Indonesian]] island of [[Sumatra]], produces its first [[Types of volcanic eruptions|volcanic eruption]] since 1600, causing more than 18,000 residents to flee. |
{{*mp|August 30}} '''[[Mount Sinabung]]''' ''(pictured)'', on the [[Indonesia|Indonesian]] island of [[Sumatra]], produces its first [[Types of volcanic eruptions|volcanic eruption]] since 1600, causing more than 18,000 residents to flee. |
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{{*mp|August 27}} '''[[Arrowhead]]s''' excavated from [[Sibudu Cave]] in [[South Africa]] indicate the use of the [[bow (weapon)|bow and arrow]] up to 64,000 years ago. |
{{*mp|August 27}} '''[[Arrowhead]]s''' excavated from [[Sibudu Cave]] in [[South Africa]] indicate the use of the [[bow (weapon)|bow and arrow]] up to 64,000 years ago. |
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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]]. |
{{*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 24}} A '''[[Henan Airlines Flight 8387|plane crashes]]''' in [[Heilongjiang]], north-east [[People's Republic of China|China]], killing 42 people. |
{{*mp|August 24}} A '''[[Henan Airlines Flight 8387|plane crashes]]''' in [[Heilongjiang]], north-east [[People's Republic of China|China]], killing 42 people. |
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{{*mp|August 23}} Nine people, including the hostage-taker, are killed in a '''[[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 21:32, 30 August 2010
- Mad Men wins the drama prize and Modern Family wins the comedy prize at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
- Mount Sinabung (pictured), on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, produces its first volcanic eruption since 1600, causing more than 18,000 residents to flee.
- Arrowheads excavated from Sibudu Cave in South Africa indicate the use of the bow and arrow up to 64,000 years ago.
- Following a general election, Danny Philip is elected Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands.
- A series of bombings across thirteen cities in Iraq kills more than fifty people.
- Al-Shabaab militants storm a hotel, killing dozens of people, including parliamentarians, amid heavy fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia.
- A plane crashes in Heilongjiang, north-east China, killing 42 people.
- Thirty-three miners are found alive but trapped, three weeks after a mine collapse near Copiapó, Chile.
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