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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2011.
Daily events
Monday 1st August 2011
- Mediterranean Sea : On board a boat heading for the Italian island of Lampedusa from Libya , 25 people suffocated from engine exhaust in the storage room while attempting to immigrate to the European Union .
- Washington, DC / United States : Shortly before the feared insolvency, the Senate and House of Representatives agree to a compromise on the budget crisis .
Tuesday 2nd August 2011
- Priština / Kosovo : After violent clashes at the Jarinje border crossing in the north of the country, the international KFOR protection force is reinforced with around 700 soldiers from Germany and Austria .
Wednesday 3rd August 2011
- Cairo / Egypt : Less than six months after his fall , the trial of former President Husni Mubarak and his two sons as well as former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli on charges of abuse of office, corruption and the killing of demonstrators begins .
Thursday 4th August 2011
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The European Central Bank is resuming the purchase of government bonds due to the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area .
- Lampedusa / Italy : According to information from non-governmental organizations, up to 100 people are starving and thirsting on a boat full of migrants that has been floating in front of the island since Friday and set sail in Libya .
- Washington, DC / United States : NASA announces that images from the Mars surface of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggest the existence of flowing salt water as possible.
Friday 5th August 2011
- Bangkok / Thailand : One month after the general election , the House of Representatives elects Yingluck Shinawatra as the country's first woman Prime Minister .
- Cape Canaveral / USA : The NASA - spacecraft Juno starts its mission to Jupiter .
- New York / United States : The rating agency Standard & Poor's rates the long-term credit rating of the United States from the top rating of "AAA" to "AA +" down .
Saturday 6th August 2011
- Kabul / Afghanistan : 38 people are killed when a US attack helicopter is shot down by the Taliban in the east of the country.
- Leavenworth / United States : Charles Graner , the main culprit and last convicted person in custody in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal , is released early on parole after six and a half years in prison.
Sunday 7th August 2011
- London / United Kingdom : Serious riots broke out in Tottenham on the night of August 6th , after a local was shot by police two days earlier. 26 police officers were injured, several shops were vandalized and set on fire.
- Praia / Cape Verde : In the first round of the presidential elections , Jorge Carlos Fonseca got 37.3% of the votes cast, while Manuel Inocêncio Sousa got 32% and Aristides Lima got 27.4%. Jorge Carlos Fonseca and Manuel Inocêncio Sousa will face a runoff on August 21st.
- São Tomé / São Tomé and Príncipe : In the runoff election for the presidency , Manuel Pinto da Costa wins with 53% of the vote, while his opponent Evaristo Carvalho wins 47%.
Monday 8th August 2011
- London / United Kingdom : The unrest continues to spread to Birmingham , Liverpool , Nottingham and Bristol in England .
- New York / United States : In connection with the uncertainty in the financial markets, the gold price has reached an all-time high of over 1,700 US dollars per troy ounce .
Tuesday August 9, 2011
- San Angelo , United States : Warren Jeffs , self-proclaimed "prophet" of Latter-day Saint Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ , is sentenced to life imprisonment and 20 more years in prison and a fine of US $ 20,000 for sexually abusing minors .
Wednesday August 10, 2011
- Dalian / China : The People's Republic's first aircraft carrier is running out for its first test drive. The construction of the ship, named “ Liaoning ”, began in 1985 in the Soviet Union , at that time still under the name “Riga”. The Ukraine sold the project in 1998 to a businessman from Macau , who had it docked in Dalian.
- Saarbrücken / Germany : The Saarland Landtag elects the CDU politician Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the new Prime Minister in two ballots . She succeeds her party colleague Peter Müller .
Thursday 11th August 2011
- Berlin / Germany : For the first time since the Federal Republic of Germany came into existence, a bilateral tax agreement is being negotiated with Switzerland in over 50 years .
- Brussels / Belgium : In view of the turmoil on the financial markets and the ongoing euro crisis , Belgium, Germany , France , Italy and Spain are temporarily prohibiting the short selling of certain stocks .
Friday August 12, 2011
- Shenzhen / China : Opening ceremony of the XXVI. Summer Universiade
Saturday 13th August 2011
- Pasching / Austria : In the final of the men's fistball world championship , Germany wins 4: 2 against Austria and is thus the 10th fistball world champion.
Sunday August 14, 2011
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- Kathmandu / Nepal : Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal , who has been in office since February 2011 , is stepping down from office due to failed negotiations on a new constitution.
- Kiel / Germany : Nine months before the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein , Christian von Boetticher resigns as a CDU top candidate and state party leader because of a previous love affair with a minor .
Monday 15th August 2011
- Baghdad / Iraq : At least 60 people are killed and more than 230 others are injured in a series of attacks on around a dozen cities.
- Madrid / Spain : The 26th World Youth Day of the Roman Catholic Church begins.
- Mountain View / United States : Google Inc. announces the acquisition of Motorola Mobility for a purchase price of 12.5 billion US dollars .
Tuesday August 16, 2011
- Paris / France : Summit on the euro crisis between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy . Both declare that they want to set up a European economic government with far-reaching powers to stabilize the euro over the long term .
Thursday August 18, 2011
- The Hague / Netherlands : The trial of the former Prime Minister of Kosovo , Ramush Haradinaj , and two other accused of murder and torture during the war in Kosovo begins before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia .
- Hasselt / Belgium : During a severe storm at the Pukkelpop Festival, five people are killed and 140 others are injured.
Friday 19th August 2011
- Jonesboro , United States : The three convicts of a child murder trial, known as the West Memphis Three , are released from prison after 18 years amid persistent doubts about their guilt .
- Zurich / Switzerland : The world football association FIFA disqualifies Syria in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup because the Swede George Mourad , who was not eligible to play for Syria , played in both games against Tajikistan .
Saturday 20th August 2011
- Madrid / Spain : Due to a players' strike, the first matchday of the top football league Primera División is postponed by one week.
- Scotland / United Kingdom : The oil flow from the Gannet Alpha drilling rig off the North Sea coast will be stopped , according to the operator Shell . In the past two weeks, more than 200 tons of oil are said to have spilled into the sea.
Sunday 21st August 2011
- Praia / Cape Verde : In the runoff election for the presidency , Jorge Carlos Fonseca won with 54.2% of the vote, while his opponent Manuel Inocêncio Sousa won 45.8%.
Monday 22nd August 2011
- Moscow / Russia : Less than five years after the murder of the journalist Anna Politkowskaja , who was critical of the government , investigators arrested Dmitri Pavlyuchenko, a suspected mastermind.
Tuesday 23rd August 2011
- China , Pakistan : Austrian mountaineer Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner reaches the summit of K2 and is the first woman to have climbed all eight-thousanders without the use of oxygen equipment.
- New York / United States : The trial of Director of the International Monetary Fund ' Dominique Strauss-Kahn for attempted rape is suspended after the prosecution withdraws their charges.
- Virginia / United States : An earthquake strikes near Washington, DC With a magnitude of 5.8 M w , it is the strongest on the east coast of the United States since 1897 .
Wednesday August 24, 2011
- Baikonur / Kazakhstan : An unmanned Russian supply ship of the type Progress M-12M with supplies for the ISS crashes after a misfire of the third rocket stage in Russia's Altai province from.
- Cupertino / United States : The boss and co-founder of the computer company Apple , Steve Jobs , declares his resignation. The new head of the company will be Tim Cook , the previous board member responsible for operational business.
Thursday August 25, 2011
- Liaoning / China : Researchers discover a fossil of Juramaia sinensis , the oldest known higher mammal .
- Monterrey / Mexico : In the arson attack on Casino Royale , armed men break into Casino Royale , a bingo club, and set it on fire, killing at least 52 people.
Friday 26th August 2011
- Abuja / Nigeria : 23 people are killed in an attack by the radical Islamic group Boko Haram on the UN headquarters.
- Cherchell / Algeria : At least 20 people are killed in two suicide attacks.
- Sukhumi / Georgia : In the presidential election in the state of Abkhazia , which is only recognized by Nauru , Nicaragua , Russia and Venezuela , the previous Vice President Alexander Ankwab wins .
- Tokyo / Japan : Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigns as party chairman five and a half months after the Tōhoku earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear disaster and announces that he will hand over office as head of government to a successor on August 30th.
Saturday August 27, 2011
- Ankara / Turkey : The government compensates religious minorities with immediate effect for expropriations in the last few decades and thus fulfills a central demand of the European Union from the accession negotiations .
- Daegu / South Korea : Start of the 13th World Athletics Championships
- Islamabad / Pakistan : At least 25 people are killed in several attacks by the Afghan Taliban on army checkpoints.
- Singapore / Singapore: Tony Tan wins the presidential election with 35% of the vote.
Sunday 28th August 2011
- Baghdad / Iraq : At least 28 people are killed and more than 37 others are injured in a suicide attack in the Sunni Umm-al-Qura mosque .
- Los Angeles / United States : In the MTV Video Music Awards , the US singer Katy Perry and the British Adele were the most successful with three prizes each.
- Mönchengladbach / Germany : With a 4: 2 final win over the Netherlands to win Germany the EuroHockey Nations Championships the men , while for women the Netherlands are successful.
- New Delhi / India : After far-reaching concessions by parliament , civil rights activist Anna Hazare ends his hunger strike for a stricter anti- corruption law in his home country.
- Stavelot / Belgium : In the twelfth race of this year's Formula 1 season at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , the German Sebastian Vettel wins in the Red Bull ahead of his teammate Mark Webber and Jenson Button in the McLaren .
Monday 29th August 2011
- Tallinn / Estonia : Parliament re- elects incumbent Toomas Hendrik Ilves as president of the country .
- Tokyo / Japan : After Naoto Kan's resignation , the incumbent Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is elected as the new chairman of the Democratic Party .
Tuesday August 30, 2011
- Daegu / South Korea : Robert Harting defends his world title in discus throw at the World Athletics Championships .
Wednesday August 31, 2011
- Berlin / Germany : After the end of a ten-month test phase at Hamburg Airport , Federal Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich announces that he will for the time being forego the nationwide use of body scanners in air traffic.
- Panevėžys / Lithuania : Start of the 33rd European Basketball Championship
- Venice / Italy : The 68th International Film Festival opens with George Clooney's film The Ides of March - Days of Treason .
See also
- Nekrolog August 2011 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
Commons : August 2011 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Refugees suffocated in the hold: Horror on an overcrowded ship - Investigations against smugglers in Italy . nzz.ch; Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ↑ US debt compromise clears first hurdle in Congress . de.reuters.com; Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ↑ Kosovo: 700 soldiers are to strengthen the KFor . Time online ; Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ↑ The trial starts in Cairo - Mubarak and sons reject allegations of murder . Spiegel Online ; Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ↑ Euro debt crisis: ECB is buying government bonds again . handelsblatt.com; Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ↑ New tragedy dies of thirst on the open sea off Lampedusa . tagesspiegel.de; Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ↑ Planetary research Flowing water on Mars . Time online ; Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ↑ First woman elected to head Thailand . dw-world.de; Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ↑ Probe starts historic mission - "Juno" comes close to Jupiter . n-tv.de; Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ↑ Rating agency S&P revokes USA top credit rating . de.reuters.com; Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ↑ abendblatt.de: Afghanistan: 30 US soldiers die in helicopter crash ( memento from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ The main culprit of Abu Ghuraib is free again . Spiegel Online ; Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ↑ Clashes with the police - London experiences second night of riot . Spiegel Online ; Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ↑ AFP: Cape Verde heads to run-off in presidential vote . ( Memento from January 24, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (English) accessed on August 31, 2011.
- ^ Sao Tome picks new president . ( Memento from May 27, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) AFP; Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: BBC News - Further riots in London as violence spreads across England . (English) accessed on August 10, 2011.
- ↑ New record high: Gold price rises above $ 1,700 for the first time . handelsblatt.com; Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ↑ Warren Jeffs - Pedophile polygamist sentenced to life in prison . World online ; Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ↑ First Chinese aircraft carrier goes on a test drive . faz.net, August 10, 2011.
- ↑ Saarland - Kramp elected Prime Minister . faz.net; Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ↑ Tax agreement with Switzerland - Why self-reporters will be dumb in the future . sueddeutsche.de; Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ↑ Italy also has a ban on short sales - the wave of highly speculative stock market transactions is to be contained . nzz.ch; Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ↑ Austria missed their title defense - final defeat against Germany . sport.orf.at; Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ Head of government resigned - after talks with other party leaders about a new constitution failed . derstandard.at; Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Christian von Boetticher: Teenage affair plunges northern CDU into leadership crisis . focus.de; Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ↑ Many fatalities in a series of attacks . fr-online.de; Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ↑ ft.com: Google buys Motorola mobile phone unit . (English) accessed on August 15, 2011.
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Reactions to Franco-German plans - Strong signal or fraudulent labeling? ( Memento of September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Former Kosovar prime minister in court - Ramush Haradinaj has to answer in The Hague for allegations of murder and torture . nzz.ch; Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Deaths at a music festival in Belgium - scenes like the "end of the world" . sueddeutsche.de; Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ↑ Alleged metal killers free after 18 years . Spiegel Online ; Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ↑ Syria disqualified from the 2014 FIFA World Cup . de.fifa.com; Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ↑ FIFA excludes Syria from qualification . mz-web.de; Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ↑ Primera Division - Strike in Spain: The world championship league stands still . Abendblatt.de; Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ↑ Scotland demands transparency . n-tv.de; Retrieved August 22, 2011.
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Jorge Carlos Fonseca wins Cape Verde presidential poll . (English) accessed on August 31, 2011.
- ↑ Politkovskaya murder: further arrests and references to clients . faz.net; Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Conquered K2 on the seventh attempt . sport.orf.at; Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- ^ Abendblatt.de: Trial in New York - Dominique Strauss-Kahn : Trial finally stopped ( Memento from July 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Severe earthquake shakes the east coast of the USA . de.reuters.com; Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ^ ISS supply flight: Russian space transporter crashed . Spiegel Online ; Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ↑ Legendary company founder: Apple boss Steve Jobs resigns . sueddeutsche.de; Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ↑ Evolution: "Great grandmother" of all higher mammals discovered . World online ; Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ 53 dead in an attack on a casino . taz.de ; Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ↑ Sect threatens terror . ( Memento from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) sueddeutsche.de
- ↑ Over 20 dead in attack in front of the military camp . derstandard.at; Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ Presidential election: Abkhazia region in conflict consolidates independence . stern.de; Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Naoto Kan: Japan's Prime Minister resigns . faz.net; Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Gesture towards religious minorities - Turkey returns confiscated property ( memento of December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 29, 2011.
- ↑ 25 Pakistanis killed in attack from Afghanistan . ( Memento from September 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) AFP; Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_results_presidential.html#Y2011
- ↑ Assassination attempt in Iraq - suicide attack on mosque . sueddeutsche.de; Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ↑ MTV Video Music Awards: Mothers are more important than moon men . Spiegel Online ; Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ↑ Hockey EM: Seventh title for the record champion - Germany is the new European champion! kicker.de; Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ Corruption in India - Anna Hazare ends hunger strike . Time online ; Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ World champion Vettel triumphs for the first time in Spa . kicker.de; Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ Estonia: Ilves confirmed as president . diepresse.com; Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ↑ Finance Minister Noda is to become head of government . World online ; Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ↑ Gold, silver and bronze for German athletes . faz.net; Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ↑ Flight safety: Bare scanners fail in the practical test . Spiegel Online ; Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ↑ 68th Venice Film Festival - Clooney meets the god of slaughter . stern.de; Retrieved September 1, 2011.