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*One of [[Southeast Asia]]'s most wanted [[Terrorism|terror]] suspects, [[Noordin Mohammed Top]], is |
* One of [[Southeast Asia]]'s most wanted [[Terrorism|terror]] suspects, [[Noordin Mohammed Top]], is allegedly killed after a 16 hour siege at a house in [[Java]], [[Indonesia]]. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/08/noordin-m-top-reportedly-killed-a-bathroom-after-16-hour-seige.html (''Jakarta Post'')] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8190071.stm (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/08/200987213621943955.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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*The second hearing in the trial of [[Iran]]ian [[2009 Iranian election protests|election protesters]] resumes. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/08/20098843439590151.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/08/content_11847420.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=102827§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)] |
* The second hearing in the trial of [[Iran]]ian [[2009 Iranian election protests|election protesters]] resumes. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/08/20098843439590151.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/08/content_11847420.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=102827§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)] |
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*[[Sri Lankan local government elections, 2009|Local government elections]] |
* [[Sri Lankan local government elections, 2009|Local government elections]] take place in northern [[Sri Lanka]], the first elections since the end of the [[Sri Lankan Civil War|civil war]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090811133117/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/08/08/pol01.asp (''Daily News'')] [https://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSCOL461692 (Reuters)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=102844§ionid=351020406 (Press TV)] |
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* A small plane and a tour helicopter [[2009 Hudson River mid-air collision|collide]] over the [[Hudson River]] in the [[United States]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/08/hudson.helicopter.crash/index.html (CNN)] |
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* A [[suicide bomber]] [[2009 Nouakchott suicide bombing|detonates a bomb]] outside the [[France|French]] embassy in [[Nouakchott]], [[Mauritania]], wounding two. The attack is the first suicide bombing in Mauritania's history.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090825152039/http://www.france24.com/en/20090809-two-wounded-suicide-bombing-outside-french-embassy- (France 24)][http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/116/article_4690.asp (RFI)] |
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Latest revision as of 14:04, 11 March 2022
August 8, 2009 (Saturday)
- One of Southeast Asia's most wanted terror suspects, Noordin Mohammed Top, is allegedly killed after a 16 hour siege at a house in Java, Indonesia. (Jakarta Post) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- The second hearing in the trial of Iranian election protesters resumes. (Al Jazeera) (Xinhua) (Press TV)
- Local government elections take place in northern Sri Lanka, the first elections since the end of the civil war. (Daily News) (Reuters) (Press TV)
- A small plane and a tour helicopter collide over the Hudson River in the United States. (CNN)
- A suicide bomber detonates a bomb outside the French embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, wounding two. The attack is the first suicide bombing in Mauritania's history.(France 24)(RFI)