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July 17, 2016 (Sunday)

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Arts and culture

Protests erupt in Pakistan over the apparent "honour killing" of internet celebrity Qandeel Baloch. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

The Japan Meteorological Agency reports a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck 40 kilometers (25 miles) underground in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo on the main island of Honshu. A tsunami warning has not been issued. (AP) (JMA)
Local officials report eight people were killed when, on Friday, their elevator in an under-construction apartment building fell 18 stories in the port city of Longkou in Shandong province of eastern China. (AP)

Politics and elections

Territorial disputes in the South China Sea, Philippines v. China
- Vietnamese police bus away about two dozen would-be protestors who gathered at Hoàn Kiếm Lake in central Hanoi to rally in support of the Permanent Court of Arbitration's South China Sea decision, and against China's rejection of the tribunal's ruling. This preemptive action, in effect, squashed the No-U group protest. (AP) (AAP via News.com.au)

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 *The [[Japan Meteorological Agency]] reports a 5.0 [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] earthquake struck 40 kilometers (25 miles) underground in [[Ibaraki Prefecture]], north of [[Tokyo]] on the main island of [[Honshu]]. A [[Tsunami warning system|tsunami warning]] has not been issued. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d0fa53cf28b54ade901e98bd4dc84ecc/quake-jolts-tokyo-region-no-tsunami-warning-issued (AP)] [http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/3/20160717132843395-171324.html (JMA)]
 *Local officials report eight people  were killed when, on Friday, their   elevator in an under-construction apartment building fell 18 stories in the port city of [[Longkou]] in [[Shandong]] province of eastern [[China]]. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a0e589e239d34b3ea6c3e9ce0ab1c0b1/8-killed-after-construction-elevator-falls-eastern-china (AP)]
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+*[[Territorial disputes in the South China Sea]], ''[[Philippines v. China]]''
+**[[Vietnam People's Public Security|Vietnamese police]] bus away about two dozen would-be protestors who gathered at [[Hoàn Kiếm Lake]] in central [[Hanoi]] to rally in support of the [[Permanent Court of Arbitration|Permanent Court of Arbitration's]] [[South China Sea]] decision, and against China's rejection of the tribunal's ruling. This preemptive action, in effect, squashed the No-U group protest. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4b009e2b34444d4fba37c74d01fbe367/vietnam-police-detain-dozens-anti-china-protest (AP)] [http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/vietnam-police-detain-dozens-in-protest/news-story/0604284d4fdd4f0745d50eab18eed1b7 (AAP via News.com.au)]
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