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August 22, 2010 (Sunday)

A Venezuelan soldier opens fire at an army base in the capital Caracas, killing two officers and injuring six others. (BBC) (AP)
Brazilian police rescue 35 hostages from InterContinental in São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro. (Al Jazeera)
Other conscripts make their experiences public following the recent controversy surrounding a former Israeli soldier's Facebook photos of blindfolded Palestinians. (The Observer)
The Government of Somalia claims that 10 members of the al-Shabab militant group have been killed when bombs they were preparing went off prematurely in Mogadishu. (Al Jazeera)

The Van Gogh painting Poppy Flowers missing but found yesterday is now reported missing again after yesterdays find proved false. (BBC)

5,000 people are evacuated in North Korea after the Yalu River on the border with China floods; 94,000 in China are also evacuated. (AFP) (Xinhua) (BBC)
Around 150,000 people flee their homes in Sindh as the devastating floods worsen in Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) (The Independent on Sunday)

Supporters of Julian Assange of Wikileaks credit American intelligence agencies with recent smears against his character and express surprise that it has not happened sooner. (The Observer)

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-*Protesters against the [[Park51]] project for a [[mosque]] and [[Islamic culture]] centre near [[Ground Zero]] of the [[World Trade Centre site]] gather in [[New York City]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/22/new.york.mosque.protests/ (CNN)]
+*Protesters against the [[Park51]] project for a [[mosque]] and [[Islamic culture]] centre near [[Ground Zero]] of the [[World Trade Center site]] gather in [[New York City]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/22/new.york.mosque.protests/ (CNN)]
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