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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2009.

Daily events

Saturday 1st August 2009

Demonstration in Tehran

• Brussels / Belgium : The Dane Anders Fogh Rasmussen replaces Jaap de Hoop Scheffer from the Netherlands as Secretary General of the NATO military alliance .
• Munich / Germany : Bavaria allows civil partnerships to be entered into in registry offices .
• Tehran / Iran : The first trials before the Revolutionary Court against hundreds of participants in the protests against the controversial presidential election begin, one of the defendants is the French Clotilde Reiss . In addition, the TV station Al-Alam reports that three Americans have been arrested near the border with Iraq .
• Tel Aviv / Israel : In an apparently homophobically motivated attack on a gay and lesbian youth group, a 16-year-old girl and a 26-year-old group leader are killed. At least ten other people are injured, four of them seriously; the perpetrator can escape. As a result, there are rallies by homosexual groups in Tel Aviv.

Sunday 2nd August 2009

• Haditha / Iraq : A car bomb attack on a market kills six people and injures 20 others.
• Rome / Italy : The 13th FINA World Championships the FINA going to end. The nations with the most medals are the United States and China with 29. The swimmers from Germany win twelve medals and one goes to Austria .
• Sentani / Indonesia : A Merpati Nusantara Airlines plane with 16 passengers on board disappears without a trace on its way from Jayapura airport to Oksibil in the Papua province .
• Ziketan / China : After the outbreak of the pneumonic plague , the entire city is quarantined .

Monday 3rd August 2009

• Fallujah / Iraq : Five people are killed in a suicide attack .
• Harardheere / Somalia : Somali pirates release a Malay ship that has been captured since mid-December , ending the second longest such hostage-taking off the Somali coast.
• Herat / Afghanistan : Twelve people are killed in a bomb attack on a police convoy in the west of the country.
• Melbourne / Australia : Police thwart a terrorist attack on the country's army facilities. Five Islamic extremists who planned to raid a barracks are arrested during a raid .
• Munich / Germany : After ten years of legal tug-of-war, the former gun lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber is extradited from Canada to Germany.
• Nairobi / Kenya : President Mwai Kibaki converts the sentences of all 4,000 people sentenced to death in the country to life imprisonment; however, the death penalty is not officially abolished.
• San José de Secce / Peru : Five people are killed in a night attack on a police station in the south of the country.

Tuesday 4th August 2009

• Berlin / Germany : The collapse of a roof of the Romanian Orthodox parish hall in the Westend district kills two people, including the parish priest. Five people go into shock .
• Ko Samui / Thailand : During the landing, a Bangkok Airways propeller plane with 72 people on board got out of control and collided with a building. The pilot is killed and 41 other people are injured, some seriously.
• Lillooet / Canada : Due to the persistently hot weather and the resulting drought, the forest fires in British Columbia continue to spread and thousands of people have to be evacuated.

Wednesday 5th August 2009

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

• Bridgeville / United States : Four people are killed in a rampage in a fitness center near Pittsburgh in the US state of Pennsylvania .
• Mumbai / India : In an Indian village in the east, at least ten participants in a funeral service are killed by a lightning strike.
• South Waziristan / Pakistan : The head of the Pakistani Taliban , Baitullah Mehsud , as well as two of his relatives and seven of his bodyguards are killed in a US air strike.
• Tehran / Iran : The swearing in of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president triggers new protests from.

Thursday 6th August 2009

Sonia Sotomayor

• Kabul / Afghanistan : 21 people are killed and six others are injured when an explosive device explodes. The bomb detonated on a roadside in the south of the country.
• Malopi / Pakistan : In the north of the country, 35 soldiers are killed in a bus accident. The coach comes off the road and falls into a river near the village.
• Nuku'alofa / Tonga : The ferry “Princess Ashika” capsizes off the coast of the country. Of the 149 people on board, 55 can be recovered alive and two dead. 93 people are missing and are believed to be dead.
• Sonthofen / Germany : A sex offender wanted nationwide turns himself in. He is strongly suspected of multiple serious sexual abuse of children, the production of child pornographic videos and their distribution.
• Washington, DC / United States : After a four-week Senate hearing , Sonia Sotomayor is appointed to the Supreme Court as the first female judge with Hispanic American roots .

Friday 7th August 2009

• Kabul / Afghanistan : Three soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack on a NATO patrol in the south of the country. The alliance does not disclose the nationality of the victims.
• Kirkuk / Iraq : Five people are fatally wounded when a car bomb explodes in the northern Iraqi city. 32 more people are injured when the explosive charge explodes in a busy market in the northern Rahimawa district .
• Taipei / Taiwan : Typhoon Morakot reaches mainland Asia and kills at least two people shortly after it arrives .
• Vigo / Spain : The power supply collapses in the port city in the northwest of the country, after which the entire city center of the metropolis with 300,000 inhabitants is affected by the " blackout ". The cause is an explosion in a distribution station that occurs during maintenance work, and a worker suffers severe burns.
• Zambales / Philippines : landslides and floods after heavy monsoon rain kill at least six people in the north of the country.

Saturday 8th August 2009

Mahmoud Abbas

• Berlin / Germany : Opening of the underground line 55 , the so-called "Kanzler-U-Bahn". From 2010 the line is to be connected to the subway line 5 and merge with it.
• Mombasa / Kenya : After four months in the violence of Somali pirates , the released German freighter Hansa Stavanger reaches the port of Mombasa.
• New York / United States : The collision of a helicopter with a small plane over the Hudson River kills nine.
• Palestinian Territories : Mahmoud Abbas is re-elected as chairman of Fatah .

Sunday 9th August 2009

• Berlin / Germany : The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe decides to send election observers to the Federal Republic to observe the course of the Bundestag election next September.
• Dinuba / United States : Seven people, including four children, die in a police chase in the state of California .
• Helmand / Afghanistan : A British soldier is killed in a bomb explosion in the south. The number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan in August rises to 20.
• Mogadishu / Somalia : At least eight people are killed and 17 others injured in a mortar attack by Islamist rebels.
• Spain : The Basque underground organization ETA is committed to several terrorist attacks carried out last June and July, including the bomb attack on Mallorca on July 30th. A short time later, two more ETA bombs explode on the holiday island.

Monday August 10, 2009

• Handlová / Slovakia : In a mining accident in a coal mine are killed up to 20 miners.

Tuesday 11th August 2009

• Mount Darwin / Zimbabwe : In the Mount Darwin district 17 people are killed in a bus accident, including five children. At least 49 other inmates are seriously injured.
• Munich / Germany : In one of the last German Nazi war crimes trials , the regional court sentenced former Wehrmacht officer Josef Scheungraber to life imprisonment.
• Sankt Augustin / Germany : After the rampage at the Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium was prevented , the public prosecutor's office charged the student Tanja O. with attempted murder. She first wanted to stab a teacher with a sword and then steal the keys to the classrooms from him.

Wednesday August 12, 2009

• Magas / Russia : The building minister of the Russian Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia , Ruslan Amerchanow , is shot dead by a group of armed men in his office.

Thursday August 13, 2009

• Basilan / Philippines : According to the military, at least 43 people are killed in heavy fighting between the army and fighters of the radical Islamic Abu Sajaf .
• Berlin / Germany : The Austrian - Canadian automotive supplier Magna and the financial investor RHJI each reach an agreement with General Motors to take over Opel . The GM board of directors will decide which of the two competitors will be allowed to take over Opel.

Friday August 14, 2009

• Bremen / Germany : The historian of philosophy Kurt Flasch is awarded the Hannah Arendt Prize for political thinking .
• Bucharest / Romania : Twelve people, including one child, are killed when a minibus is hit by a train at a level crossing.
• Fort Worth / United States : Charles Manson supporter Lynette Fromme , convicted of an attempted assassination attempt on former US President Gerald Ford , has been released from prison after more than three decades.
• Gaza / Palestinian Territories : 16 people are killed and 120 others injured in heavy fighting between supporters of a radical Islamic preacher and Hamas . The fighting in Rafah breaks out after the radical cleric Abdel Latif Mussa proclaims an “Islamic emirate” in the Gaza Strip during Friday prayers . His Palestinian group Jihad al-Salafi is affiliated with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network .
• Santa Cruz / United States : Forest fires in northern California drive thousands of people to flight. As a precaution, more than 2000 people are being brought to safety from the fires, which are spreading rapidly in the Santa Cruz district due to strong winds.

Saturday 15th August 2009

Logo of the 12th World Athletics Championships

• Berlin / Germany : The twelfth track and field world championships the IAAF are in the Olympic Stadium opened.
• Calella / Spain : One week after the series of attacks on Mallorca, the Spanish police evacuated a beach on the Costa Brava after a bomb threat . According to the Basque news agency Vasco Press , the Spanish road security service DYA received an anonymous call on Saturday afternoon at 2:14 p.m. (CEST), warning of an explosive device deposited on the beach of the resort.
• Évora / Portugal : If a twin-engine propeller plane crashes, both passengers are killed.
• Gómez Palacio / Mexico : 19 people are killed in a prison revolt between rival prisoners in a prison in Mexico.
• Montgomery / United States : The US regional bank Colonial Bank is insolvent. Competitor BB&T benefits from the acquisition of most of the assets and becomes the eighth largest US bank.

Sunday August 16, 2009

• Berlin / Germany : At the World Athletics Championships , Usain Bolt sets a new world record in the 100-meter run with 9.58 s and wins the gold medal.
• Jarah / Kuwait : At a wedding party , a fire breaks out in a women's tent , killing at least 41 people.
• Letňany / Czech Republic : In an airplane crash around 100 kilometers south of Prague , a four-seater Cessna falls into the Otava River . Three people are killed. The dead are the pilot and a wedding couple, whose ten-year-old daughter survived seriously injured.
• Zhukovsky / Russia : During a training flight for an air show, two Russian fighter planes collide in the air and crash. Debris falls on a house, both pilots are killed. The Sukhoi Su-27 machines were part of the aerobatic team . She was supposed to fly at MAKS , the most important and largest show in the Russian aviation industry.

Monday 17th August 2009

Arctic Sea

• Nazran / Russia : An explosive device detonates at the local police headquarters in the Ingushetia province . Twelve people are killed in the process.
• Peshawar / Pakistan : At least six civilians are killed and eight other people are injured in a bomb attack in the troubled Northwest Frontier Province when an explosive device hidden in a fully occupied pickup truck explodes at a gas station north of the provincial capital.
• Praia / Cape Verde : The freighter " Arctic Sea ", which has been missing for around two weeks, is seized off the island by Russian naval forces.
• Sajanogorsk / Russia : In the largest Russian hydropower plant, Sajano-Schuschenskaja GES, two downpipes burst due to an unknown cause. As a result, the machine building is flooded and partially collapses. At least seven workers die and at least another eleven people are injured.
• Stockholm / Sweden : An article in the newspaper Aftonbladet ("Abendblatt"), in which alleged organ harvesting by Israelis from killed Palestinians is described, leads to not inconsiderable diplomatic reactions on the part of the Israeli government.

Tuesday August 18, 2009

• Berlin / Germany : At the end of her career, Steffi Nerius wins the gold medal in the javelin at the World Athletics Championships .
• Schwalmtal / Germany : Three people are killed in a rampage in the small town on the Lower Rhine . The alleged perpetrator is a 71-year-old man who wants to prevent the foreclosure of his daughter's house. The victims are the two lawyers of the parties and an expert from the city of Viersen .

Wednesday August 19, 2009

• Baghdad / Iraq : At least 95 people are killed and at least 600 other people are injured in coordinated car bomb attacks and other fatal attacks. The facade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is damaged.
• Berlin / Germany : The discus thrower Robert Harting achieved a distance of 69.43 m in the last throw at the World Athletics Championships and thus became world champion.
• Borneo / Indonesia : 25 people are killed and 13 others injured in a truck accident.
• Manila / Philippines : In fighting between Muslim rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front and government soldiers, seven rebels are killed in the west of the country.
• Viernheim / Germany : A 44-year-old detonates several explosives in Weinheim and Viernheim and then holed up in his apartment in Viernheim. After 28 hours he finally surrenders to the police. The former security guard of an ammunition depot and current plumber gave his customers' unpaid bills as a motive, and an eviction suit was filed against him. The police found significant quantities of firearms and ammunition as well as other explosive devices in his apartment.

Thursday August 20, 2009

• Edinburgh / United Kingdom : The Scottish government prematurely releases the convicted Lockerbie assassin Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi from prison due to cancer , who then returns to his home country Libya and is received there personally by President Muammar al-Gaddafi .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The heirs of Egon Steigenberger sell their shares in the Steigenberger Hotel Group to the Travco Group owned by the Egyptian Hamed El Chiaty , which now owns 99.6% of the shares.
• Kabul / Afghanistan : In the presidential election there are reports of election fraud and attempts to intimidate the voters.
• Strait of Malacca / Southeast Asia : A day and a half after the accident in an oil tanker off the coast of Malaysia , rescue workers can extinguish the fire on board, nine sailors remain missing. The tanker loaded with almost 60,000 tons of crude oil collided with the cargo ship "MV Ostend Max" on August 18 .

Saturday 22nd August 2009

• Rome / Italy : The one with 146.9 million euros biggest ever in Europe being played Lotto jackpot is hit.
• Seoul / South Korea : For the first time in almost two years, high-ranking representatives of the governments of North Korea and South Korea are meeting again for talks.
• Sulzbach-Rosenberg / Germany : The 24-hour mountain bike world championship takes place on the site of the former Maxhütte .

Sunday 23rd August 2009

• Athens / Greece : Forest fires reach the first suburbs in the north of the capital.
• Berlin / Germany : The World Athletics Championships are ending. The United States tops the medal table with 10 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze medals. The most successful athlete is the Jamaican Usain Bolt , who set two world records and won three gold medals.
• Ellwangen / Germany : A Robinson R44 helicopter and a small Cessna 172 aircraft collide at an airfield festival in the early afternoon . The four occupants of the helicopter are killed. The pilot of the Cessna is seriously injured in the crash.
• Helsinki / Finland : With the games Ukraine against the Netherlands and Finland against Denmark which is the tenth Women Football Championship opened.

Monday August 24, 2009

Ground Zero, New York City

• Gießen / Germany : In the archaeological site of Waldgirmes , a life-size, golden horse head from Roman times is discovered.
• New York / United States : A steel girder from the World Trade Center , which was destroyed on September 11, 2001 , is returning to Ground Zero after more than seven years . There it is to be set up as a symbol for the “rebirth” of the World Trade Center at the memorial for the victims of the terrorist attacks. The 58-tonne and almost twelve-meter-long part of the rubble was removed in May 2002 at the end of the clearance work and became known as the “last pillar”.

Tuesday 25th August 2009

• Jinzhong / China : At least eleven people are killed in a mine accident. Three miners are missing after the gas explosion in the coal mine in Shanxi province .
• Kandahar / Afghanistan : In a series of attacks with five car bombs detonated at the same time, at least 40 people are killed and 60 others are injured.

Wednesday August 26, 2009

• Brazzaville / Republic of the Congo : Six people are killed in the crash of an Antonov An-12 transport aircraft . The plane was about to land and crashed in a suburb of the capital.
• Taourirt / Morocco : More than 30 people are injured in a fire in a covered bazaar . The flames destroy 1,700 stalls in the market in the small town about 450 kilometers east of the capital Rabat .
• Tumaco / Colombia : Unidentified people murder twelve native inhabitants of the Awá people , including four children.

Thursday August 27, 2009

• Berlin / Germany : 32 years after the Federal Prosecutor General Siegfried Buback's murder , the former RAF terrorist Verena Becker is arrested as a suspect.
• Darmstadt / Germany : The Spanish examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón was awarded the Hermann Kesten Prize for his commitment to human rights .
• Stuttgart / Germany : The IT group SAP has to pay a fine of 139 million US dollars to its competitor Versata after a US court found the allegation of patent infringement to be confirmed.

Friday August 28, 2009

• Berlin / Germany : 41 critics surveyed by the magazine Theater heute voted the Münchner Kammerspiele as German-language theater of the year .
• Brussels / Belgium : The European Commission approves final takeover of the airline Austrian Airlines by the German Lufthansa .
• Geneva / Switzerland : Olav Fykse Tveit , pastor of the Church of Norway , is elected seventh general secretary of the World Council of Churches .
• Moroni / Comoros : Almost two months after the crash of Yemenia flight 626 , the plane's flight recorder is recovered.
• Münster / Germany : A development biologist team at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine is using a single gene to transform human nerve cells for the first time into so - called all - rounders that can develop into any cell and thus any type of tissue. The researchers rate the quality of the stem cells obtained in this way so high that the import of embryonic stem cells can be as good as dispensed with in the future .

Saturday 29th August 2009

• Cape Canaveral / United States : After several postponements and technical problems, the US space shuttle Discovery takes off successfully to the international space station .
• Zalingei / Sudan : Two civilian employees of the peacekeeping forces of the United Nations and the African Union in the Sudanese crisis region of Darfur ( UNAMID ) have been kidnapped, a UNAMID spokesman announced that they were a man and a woman. Armed men had attacked a UNAMID staff quarters in the city in the west of the country and abducted the two employees.

Sunday August 30, 2009

Yukio Hatoyama

• Amstelveen / Netherlands : The European field hockey championship for women ends with a 3-2 victory for the Netherlands against Germany and in the men's final England beat Germany 5-3.
• Dresden , Erfurt , Saarbrücken / Germany : State elections are held in Saxony , Thuringia and Saarland . The CDU loses percentage of votes, in Saarland and Thuringia the share of votes falls in double digits. The incumbent Prime Minister of Thuringia Dieter Althaus announces that he will not run again as head of government. The SPD only loses votes in Saarland, it wins easily in the other two countries. The left reaches 19% in Saarland and moves into the state parliament. This means that CDU, SPD, Die Linke, FDP and the Greens are represented in all three state parliaments. In addition, there is the NPD in Saxony despite losses .
• Düsseldorf / Germany : In the North Rhine-Westphalian local elections, the CDU asserts itself as the strongest political force.
• Libreville / Gabon : Presidential elections are held after President Omar Bongo Ondimba had passed away three months earlier after 42 years in office.
• Radom / Poland : Both pilots die when a Belarusian fighter plane crashes at an air show . The Sukhoi Su-27 two-seater was used at an event around 100 kilometers south of Warsaw .
• Tokyo / Japan : In the general election that wins opposition Democratic Party of Yukio Hatoyama significantly, thereby ending the dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Taro Aso after more than 50 years.
• Yaoundé / Cameroon : When a fully occupied train derailed in the West African country, at least seven people were killed and almost 300 others injured.

Monday August 31, 2009

A 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar bill

• Burbank / United States : The owners of the Walt Disney Company come to an agreement with the owners of Marvel Entertainment, owner u. a. of Marvel Studios in California on a takeover. Disney is for about 4 billion US dollars to pay.
• Harare / Zimbabwe : The Zimbabwean dollar will be reformed again after removing ten zeros last year. This time the central bank is deleting twelve zeros due to renewed hyperinflation .

See also

• Nekrolog August 2009 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August

Web links

France in August 2009

Commons : August 2009  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published August 2009  - News

Individual evidence

1. ↑ dw-world.de : Dane Rasmussen moves to the top of NATO ( Memento from August 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ queer.de: Bavaria opens registry offices on August 1, 2009 (accessed on August 1, 2009)
3. ^ French woman before the Revolutionary Court in Iran. In: haz.de . August 9, 2009, accessed August 31, 2018 . 
4. ↑ google.com : Iran says three US nationals arrested near Iraq border ( Memento from March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
5. ↑ queer.de: Tel Aviv: Gunman kills 2 people at coming-out meeting (accessed August 1, 2009)
6. ↑ spiegel.de: Six dead in car bomb attack on the market (accessed on August 2, 2009)
7. ↑ Rome for Eternity. In: NZZ.ch . August 3, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Aircraft in Indonesia missing from NZZ.ch (accessed on August 2, 2009)
9. ↑ n24.de: Lung plague in China - city under quarantine ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 2, 2009)  
10. ↑ dradio.de: Six dead in attack in Iraq (accessed on August 3, 2009)
11. ↑ Somali pirates release Malaysian smugglers ( memento from January 24, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
12. ↑ Roadside bomb kills 12 in Afghanistan's west. In: reuters.com . August 4, 2009, accessed on May 16, 2019 . 
13. ↑ stern.de: Police thwart terrorist attack in Australia (accessed on August 3, 2009)
14. ↑ focus.de: Gun lobbyist extradited to Germany (accessed on August 3, 2009)
15. ↑ nzz.ch: Kenya waives the death penalty (accessed on August 4, 2009)
16. ↑ drs3.ch: Five dead in an attack on a police base in Peru (accessed on August 3, 2009)
17. ↑ spiegel.de: Pastor dies in roof collapse (accessed on August 4, 2009)
18. ↑ zeit.de: Aviation: Passenger plane crashed (accessed on August 4, 2009)
19. ↑ ngz-online.de: Thousands are fleeing forest fires in Canada (accessed on August 4, 2009)
20. ↑ stern.de: rampage in the fitness studio (accessed on August 5, 2009)
21. ↑ kleinezeitung.at: Ten dead from lightning strikes in India ( memento from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 5, 2009)
22. ↑ de.reuters.com: Pakistani Taliban leader Mehsud possibly dead (accessed August 4, 2009)
23. ↑ de.reuters.com: Wife of Pakistan's Taliban chief killed in attack (accessed August 5, 2009)
24. ↑ spiegel.de: Power struggle in Iran - Ahmadinejad's oath of office provokes new protests (accessed on August 5, 2009)
25. ↑ nachrichten.at: Afghanistan: explosion killed three Americans and one French (accessed on August 6, 2009)
26. ↑ freiepresse.de: 35 deaths in a bus accident in Northern Pakistan  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 6, 2009)  
27. ↑ focus.de: "Princess Ashika" Tonga - Around 30 missing persons after a ferry accident (accessed on August 6, 2009)
28. ↑ welt.de: Germans missing after ferry accident off Tonga (accessed on August 6, 2009)
29. ↑ n24.de: Search ended: alleged child molester turns himself in ( memento of the original from August 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 6, 2009)  
30. ↑ heute.de: Obama's candidate has reached its goal - immigrant daughter becomes first Latina at the Supreme Court  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 7, 2009)  
31. ↑ dw-world.de: Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 7, 2009)  
32. ↑ salzburg.com: Five dead in the attack in Kirkuk, Northern Iraq  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 7, 2009)  
33. ↑ berlinonline.de: Typhoon in Taiwan: Dead, missing and injured  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 7, 2009)  
34. ↑ de.euronews.net: Typhoon “Morakot” causes severe devastation (accessed on August 7, 2009)
35. ↑ lavozdegalicia.es: Medio Vigo se queda dos horas sin luz por una explosión en una subestación (accessed on August 7, 2009)
36. ↑ diepresse.com: Philippines: Dead and homeless after monsoon rain (accessed on August 7, 2009)
37. ↑ rbb-online.de: U-Bahn line 55 has started operation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 8, 2009)  
38. ↑ focus.de: "Hansa Stavanger" - Freighter hijacked by pirates in safety (accessed on August 8, 2009)
39. ↑ n24.de: Nine dead after a flight accident in New York ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 8, 2009)  
40. ↑ focus.de: Mahmud Abbas re-elected as Fatah boss (accessed on August 8, 2009)
41. ↑ spiegel.de: Observer mission for the first time - OSCE assesses election stop for Pauli party (accessed on August 9, 2009)
42. ↑ fresnobee.com: Police chase in Dinuba ends with 7 dead ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 9, 2009)  
43. ↑ derstandard.at: British Army expects a long commitment (accessed on August 9, 2009)
44. ↑ dw-world.de: Eight dead in mortar attack by rebels in Mogadishu  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 9, 2009)  
45. ↑ newsticker.sueddeutsche.de: ETA is committed to the Mallorca attack (accessed on August 9, 2009)
46. ↑ AP: Bomb detonated in a restaurant on the holiday island of Mallorca (accessed on August 9, 2009)
47. ↑ tagesschau.de: No chance of survival for Slovak buddies ( Memento from August 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 10, 2009)
48. ↑ vienna.at: At least 17 dead in a serious bus accident in Zimbabwe (accessed on August 11, 2009)
49. ↑ br-online.de: War criminal Scheungraber - Defense appeals ( Memento from August 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 11, 2009)
50. ↑ express.de: Sankt Augustin - Amok girls: This is how Tanja O. planned her massacre (accessed on August 11, 2009)
51. ↑ stern.de: Mordkommando shoots construction minister (accessed on August 12, 2009)
52. ↑ AP: Philippines: Dead in fighting between the army and Islamists ( Memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 13, 2009)
53. ↑ welt.de: Magna and GM agree on takeover of Opel (accessed on August 13, 2009)
54. ↑ derstandard.at: Hannah Arendt Prize to Kurt Flasch - Philosophy historian is honored for freedom of thought (accessed on August 14, 2009)
55. ↑ nachrichten.at: Minibus captured by Zug: ten dead (accessed on August 14, 2009)
56. ↑ welt.de: Manson supporter Fromme is free again (accessed on August 14, 2009)
57. ↑ focus.de: Jihad group - Heavy fighting in Gaza (accessed on August 14, 2009)
58. ↑ sfgate.com: 2,400 people evacuated as wildfire grows ( memento of the original from March 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 14, 2009)  
59. ↑ express.de: Beach in Calella evacuated after a bomb threat ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 15, 2009)  
60. ↑ nn-online.de: Plane crashed on settlement in Portugal  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 15, 2009)  
61. ↑ news.yahoo.com: 19 inmates dead, 20 injured in Mexico prison fight ( Memento from August 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 15, 2009)
62. ↑ ftd.de : No end to the financial crisis ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
63. ↑ spiegel.de: 100 meter final - Bolt takes gold and world record (accessed on August 16, 2009)
64. ↑ abendblatt.de: At least 41 dead at wedding in Kuwait (accessed on August 16, 2009)
65. ↑ ceskenoviny.cz: Four injured in Cessna plane crash in Prague (accessed on August 16, 2009)
66. ↑ bazonline.ch: Fighter jets collide during an air show (accessed on August 16, 2009)
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