Portal:Current events/2010 August 22

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)
Iran unveiled a long range unmanned bomber, their latest addition in a number of recently disclosed military hardware. (The Guardian)

The Vincent van Gogh painting Poppy Flowers, missing but reportedly found yesterday, is now reported missing again after yesterday's find is proven 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)
All thirty-three Chilean miners trapped deep underground are found alive after 17 days. (AP via Google News)

After a federal investigation, 47 foreign-born gang members were arrested in New England. Members belong to the "True Somali Bloods", "True Sudanese Bloods" and the "Asian Boyz". Over half of them were arrested in Maine, illustrating the states rising gang activity and the overwhelming immigration of people from the Horn of Africia to Maine's largest cities. (Portland Press Herald)
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)

Protesters against the Park51 project for an Islamic community center two blocks away from Ground Zero of the World Trade Center site gather in New York City. (CNN)(ABC)
Australian federal election, 2010
- With results indicating a hung parliament Prime Minister Julia Gillard holds initial talks with independent candidates in an attempt to form a government. (BBC)