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August 11, 2011 (Thursday)

Armed conflict and attacks

Karen Drambjan, a left-wing Estonian politician, storms the Defense Ministry in Tallinn and takes two hostages, but is killed when special police forces storm the building. (RT)
At least five people including four police officers are killed after a bomb explodes near a police van in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. (BBC)

Business and economy

Stock markets in Asia and Australia fall on the back of a sharp decline in trading on the New York Stock Exchange. (MarketWatch), (MarketWatch)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 423.37 points Thursday, the fourth-straight day U.S. stocks have changed by over 400 points. The market dropped on Monday and Wednesday, and registered increases Tuesday and today. (Hartford Courant)

Disasters

The City Council in the New Zealand city of Christchurch announces plans to rebuild its central business district after the recent earthquake. (TV New Zealand)

International relations

Final approval is given for the building of 1,600 Israeli settler homes in disputed East Jerusalem by Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai despite a diplomatic rebuke Tuesday from the United States over earlier construction plans. (BBC) (Toronto Globe and Mail)

Law and crime

Umar Patek, a key suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings, faces trial on terrorism charges in Jakarta after being extradicted from Pakistan to Indonesia. (AP via News Limited)

Politics and elections

The Parliament of the United Kingdom comes back from its summer break to debate the 2011 England riots. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)

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