2012-08-16 70accf1dfe94ed825edcb4fcc49a3a14be91bb6d 18 LGBT organizations 1 /wiki/lgbt%20rights Uganda 13 /wiki/uganda same-sex 36 /wiki/homosexuality LGBT organizations Uganda same-sex LGBT organizations /feed/2012/08/16/gay-rights-activists-hack-the-website-of-the-ugandan-prime-minister-over-the-government-s-stance-towards-homosexuality BBC 16 e58f616e553b9a2ceb8b4b6cb7aea1772b0393c4 8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19281664 2012 Gay rights activists hack the website of the Ugandan prime minister over the government's stance towards homosexuality. 2012-08-16 2b179cb106f260ad10b345acd974c9bf7e5e7de7 17 Bayou Steel Plant 13 /wiki/bayou%20steel%20plant LaPlace, Louisiana 36 /wiki/laplace,%20louisiana Louisiana 1 /wiki/louisiana police 70 /wiki/louisiana%20state%20police Bayou Steel Plant LaPlace, Louisiana Louisiana police Louisiana /feed/2012/08/16/two-louisiana-sheriff-s-deputies-are-killed-and-two-others-wounded-in-a-shooting-outside-the-bayou-steel-plant-in-lapla CNN 16 3cce35d63687d2201307d0fa2d0b809175577e06 8 http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/16/justice/louisiana-officers-shot/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 2012 Two Louisiana sheriff's deputies are killed and two others wounded in a shooting outside the Bayou Steel Plant, in LaPlace, Louisiana, Louisiana State Police report. Two suspects are in custody and one remains on the loose. 2012-08-16 ede0bd57af6ea47bfe7aa94d11048e433d169661 16 Non-Aligned Movement summit 36 /wiki/non-aligned%20movement#summits State Department 1 /wiki/state%20department UN Secretary-General 13 /wiki/un%20secretary-general Non-Aligned Movement summit State Department UN Secretary-General State Department /feed/2012/08/16/the-us-state-department-calls-the-un-secretary-general-s-decision-to-attend-the-120-member-non-aligned-movement-summit DPB 16 553d06282985074b5f3a8c172ae439ab91aba92d 8 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2012/08/196589.htm 2012 The U.S. State Department calls the UN Secretary-General's decision to attend the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement summit "strange" and "not a good signal". 2012-08-16 afc398d40a2ba50c7b70b780a044fdac58b0fc68 15 China 13 /wiki/china Japan 1 /wiki/japan Senkaku Islands 36 /wiki/senkaku%20islands China Japan Senkaku Islands Japan /feed/2012/08/16/japan-is-to-deport-14-pro-china-activists-who-landed-on-the-disputed-senkaku-islands Channel News Asia 16 096151c27097814c3e79015d93dbf59e4db3df9f 8 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1220493/1/.html 2012 Japan is to deport 14 pro-China activists who landed on the disputed Senkaku Islands. 2012-08-16 b76b0ffc0b7751a33fe7bc10f83aa0a185eb3a77 14 Dallas 13 /wiki/dallas Mike Rawlings 36 /wiki/mike%20rawlings West Nile virus 1 /wiki/west%20nile%20virus insecticide 115 /wiki/insecticide mosquito control 171 /wiki/mosquito%20control pyrethroid 70 /wiki/pyrethroid Dallas Mike Rawlings West Nile virus insecticide mosquito control pyrethroid West Nile virus /feed/2012/08/16/after-an-outbreak-of-the-mosquito-borne-west-nile-virus-kills-at-least-17-people-the-mayor-of-dallas-mike-rawlings-decl Al Jazeera 16 608ad7a3005097576e438804e447635145ce2a35 8 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/08/2012815224318379485.html 2012 Dallas News 16 b537800e205226d1db9370b90f327e60c7820fd5 8 http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20120815-aerial-spraying-for-west-nile-to-start-at-10-tonight-in-dallas-park-cities.ece 2012 Los Angeles Times 16 165c4afffa26dd0c4ca0543c7daa7ea8bc4747f4 8 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-dallas-west-nile-spray-20120816,0,607038.story 2012 After an outbreak of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus kills at least 17 people, the mayor of Dallas Mike Rawlings declares a state of emergency in the city. This paves the way for aerial spraying of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides from tonight on. Many residents express their concerns over safety and effectiveness; they suggest other preventive methods of mosquito control. Officials said the measures could cost as much as $1.2 million. 2012-08-16 629e6b0292112565b2aeb6f503fe523676bbe046 13 Brussels 13 /wiki/brussels Doel Nuclear Power Station 36 /wiki/doel%20nuclear%20power%20station Krupp 238 /wiki/krupp Nuclear regulators 1 /wiki/nuclear%20safety#responsible%20agencies Rotterdam Drydocks 171 /wiki/rotterdamsche%20droogdok%20maatschappij pressurized water reactor 70 /wiki/pressurized%20water%20reactor vessel 115 /wiki/reactor%20vessel Brussels Doel Nuclear Power Station Krupp Nuclear regulators Rotterdam Drydocks pressurized water reactor vessel Nuclear regulators /feed/2012/08/16/nuclear-regulators-from-nine-countries-hold-an-emergency-meeting-in-brussels-after-unusual-fissures-were-detected-in-the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control 16 ef98b6440db08a56b685e096a040cd8df5bab6a8 8 http://www.fanc.fgov.be/GED/00000000/3200/3272.pdf 2012 HLN, in Dutch 16 d75c2eab79b30d2f27262ee68cfbd788eb517edc 8 http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/6756/Kernenergie/article/detail/1486947/2012/08/16/Doel-3-zal-eind-september-nog-niet-opgestart-worden.dhtml 2012 Nuclear regulators from nine countries hold an emergency meeting in Brussels after unusual fissures were detected in the basic steel material of the Doel 3 pressurized water reactor vessel. This vessel type was built by now-defunct Rotterdam Drydocks with Krupp steel in 22 operating reactors worldwide, among which 10 in the US. Two 1 GW Belgian reactors will remain shut down at least until October. 2012-08-16 9eccbce9b886d9a108d1b1e88df7bbaf106ea60d 12 South Africa 1 /wiki/south%20africa South Africa South Africa /feed/2012/08/16/south-african-police-open-fire-on-striking-workers-at-a-mine-after-violent-clashes-leaving-at-least-12-dead Al Jazeera 16 8c0b44ff137d32da3865a2f2399ced658fcff9ca 8 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/08/2012816141649568598.html 2012 SABC 16 7bd2b3d1c42788dea6a2a89324dea7572795f5bf 8 https://web.archive.org/web/20120820024342/http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/26d426804c5ed456b5dab5e0eede81ca/More-people-feared-dead-at-Lonmin-Mine-20121608 2012 South African police open fire on striking workers at a mine after violent clashes, leaving at least 12 dead. 2012-08-16 f98cc5bccde55b8c9c3bd05a5164d57e97afda9a 11 Gabon 1 /wiki/gabon Gabon Gabon /feed/2012/08/16/ten-people-are-injured-following-clashes-between-anti-government-protesters-and-police-in-gabon IOL 16 33ab1390307aea3ae9064292f1fdf893d2a10309 8 http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/ten-injured-during-clashes-in-gabon-1.1363300#.UCyQ6qNST_k 2012 Ten people are injured following clashes between anti-government protesters and police in Gabon. 2012-08-16 25559785ceec859bd6ad4add103fecf21f478910 10 Al-Qaeda 71 /wiki/al-qaeda Baghdad 37 /wiki/baghdad War on terror 1 /wiki/war%20on%20terror eight car bombings 2 /wiki/iraqi%20insurgency%20(post%20u.s.%20withdrawal) series of attacks 14 /wiki/16%20august%202012%20iraq%20attacks Al-Qaeda Baghdad War on terror eight car bombings series of attacks War on terror /feed/2012/08/16/iraq-at-least-113-people-are-killed-and-almost-200-wounded-in-a-series-of-attacks-across-baghdad-and-five-other-provinc CNN 16 c9a468ef32d652f1d7d7125fce24d60ee609e1bc 8 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/16/world/meast/iraq-bloodshed/index.html 2012 New York Times 16 b5663bbaedfb201cb62bda85768f5f9d9e3d2f89 8 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/middleeast/at-least-39-killed-in-wave-of-attacks-in-iraq.html 2012 Iraq: At least 113 people are killed and almost 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Baghdad and five other provinces. The authorities believe al-Qaeda to be responsible. The deadliest explosion strikes an amusement park in the east of the capital, claiming 34 lives and injuring 54, most of them women and children. 2012-08-16 6fae813854962da285f5c5134222f50bdd2ff530 9 Minhas 37 /wiki/paf%20base%20minhas Pakistani jets 14 /wiki/pakistan%20air%20force Punjab 71 /wiki/punjab%20(pakistan) War in North-West Pakistan 2 /wiki/war%20in%20north-west%20pakistan War on terror 1 /wiki/war%20on%20terror Minhas Pakistani jets Punjab War in North-West Pakistan War on terror War on terror /feed/2012/08/16/pakistan-gunmen-attack-the-pakistan-air-force-minhas-base-in-punjab-with-five-soldiers-and-nine-attackers-reported-dead Reuters 16 db14967bb2c07b69f713622e279c50f5aab5366e 8 https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/16/us-pakistan-airforcebase-idUSBRE87E1C620120816?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews 2012 Pakistan: Gunmen attack the Pakistan Air Force Minhas base in Punjab with five soldiers and nine attackers reported dead. 2012-08-16 4ea5e0f322062a4ca20cbdf361d7fcdd00bc4c08 8 Afghan military 71 /wiki/afghan%20national%20army ISAF 14 /wiki/isaf Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk 37 /wiki/sikorsky%20uh-60%20black%20hawk Taliban insurgency 116 /wiki/taliban%20insurgency War in Afghanistan 2 /wiki/war%20in%20afghanistan%20(2001-present) War on terror 1 /wiki/war%20on%20terror Afghan military ISAF Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Taliban insurgency War in Afghanistan War on terror War on terror /feed/2012/08/16/afghanistan-isaf-announces-11-people-have-been-killed-in-a-black-hawk-helicopter-crash-in-southern-afghanistan-includi Reuters 16 6f7d5a1d7e5d93b02de28be806de7fea8b8b8884 8 https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/16/us-afghanistan-helicopter-idUSBRE87F0IG20120816 2012 Afghanistan: ISAF announces 11 people have been killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, including seven U.S. soldiers and four members of the Afghan National Army. Taliban insurgents claim they downed it. 2012-08-16 c1bc272126c416c4700d6d1d8c93bc18ac6c3c38 7 Ecuador 13 /wiki/ecuador Julian Assange 70 /wiki/julian%20assange WikiLeaks 36 /wiki/wikileaks police 1 /wiki/law%20enforcement%20in%20the%20united%20kingdom Ecuador Julian Assange WikiLeaks police Police /feed/2012/08/16/british-police-mass-near-the-ecuadorean-embassy-where-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-resides-after-britain-threatens AAP via ''The Sydney Morning Herald 16 bf74f6294975d58410747066fa9f225fbbef8087 8 http://www.smh.com.au/world/arrests-outside-ecuadors-london-embassy-20120816-24bg7.html 2012 AFP/AP/PA via ''The Sydney Morning Herald 16 d6aba658d8c93234759a5d378958d5af5e6a1460 8 http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/uk-police-raid-assanges-embassy-refuge-20120816-249pe.html 2012 Al Jazeera 16 0164b23ea8c4c04d97bfa11f0fd0a4f0bf346af9 8 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/08/2012815234651368597.html 2012 BBC 16 fd72f474f670421f3ca8cb02df5c62a2a34ec660 8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19278302# 2012 Reuters 16 4219b68d63a8b93b500a5f00f1e73363a0f99b76 8 https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/15/us-wikileaks-assange-ecuador-idUSBRE87E16N20120815 2012 The Guardian 16 d329c52b4e518fb4c8c279ad8e67adbc835a8215 8 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/16/julian-assange-political-asylum-ecuador 2012 The New York Times 16 2910b93aee774dc6ae3f6eeb582e92a0c48dbab6 8 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/americas/ecuador-to-let-assange-stay-in-its-embassy.html?hp 2012 British police mass near the Ecuadorean embassy where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resides, after Britain threatens to use force to extract him. 2012-08-16 8c9c9e8b9cbd5553393fd6d265844c7e9f584f58 4 civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war humanitarian aid 2 /wiki/humanitarian%20aid civil war humanitarian aid Civil war /feed/2012/08/16/an-un-official-estimates-that-1-million-people-are-uprooted-by-the-conflict-25-million-people-need-urgent-humanitarian Evening Standard 16 a9f4fe32276730bd707bed1cbf62138c02635286 8 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/25-million-people-need-urgent-aid-in-syria-says-un-chief-amos-8053058.html 2012 An UN official estimates that 1 million people are uprooted by the conflict. 2.5 million people need urgent humanitarian aid, up from 1 million in March. 2012-08-16 30fecf292407a576bbb3d40eecf2ec86f73d800c 3 Damascus bombing on 18 July 2012 14 /wiki/18%20july%202012%20damascus%20bombing Maher 2 /wiki/maher%20al-assad civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war Damascus bombing on 18 July 2012 Maher civil war Civil war /feed/2012/08/16/a-diplomat-claims-that-maher-assad-lost-a-leg-in-the-damascus-bombing-on-18-july-2012 Reuters via ''The Telegraph 16 096a0a7d2ab67fe40702040c5778bd52f3f85f35 8 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9480363/Syria-Bashar-al-Assads-brother-Maher-loses-leg.html 2012 A diplomat claims that Maher Assad lost a leg in the Damascus bombing on 18 July 2012. 2012-08-16 6699fd0bc84cb60842301a4ef5482932ef4bc7ba 2 United Nations Security Council 2 /wiki/united%20nations%20security%20council civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war observers 14 /wiki/united%20nations%20supervision%20mission%20in%20syria United Nations Security Council civil war observers Civil war /feed/2012/08/16/the-united-nations-security-council-ends-its-observer-mission-in-syria Al Jazeera 16 de244938bb894d9548e11a305039abbf1470591e 8 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/2012816162810268283.html 2012 The United Nations Security Council ends its observer mission in Syria. 2012-08-16 cefdc4b88205db2701de1be7e82e032d19cedb85 1 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 2 /wiki/organisation%20of%20islamic%20cooperation Syria 14 /wiki/syria civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Syria civil war Civil war /feed/2012/08/16/the-organisation-of-islamic-cooperation-suspends-syria-s-membership-in-the-group The Jakarta Post 16 923eb1bf32a4bb3d3ffc2c9c735f2ff4ee071367 8 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/08/16/oic-decides-suspend-syria-s-membership-says-marty.html 2012 The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspends Syria's membership in the group.