## [2012-08-2](/feed/2012/08/2/index.md)

##### Egypt
### [Egypt's new cabinet members are sworn in. ](/feed/2012/08/2/egypt-s-new-cabinet-members-are-sworn-in.md)
##### Al Qaeda
### [Three men are arrested due to their alleged ties with al Qaeda in Spain. ](/feed/2012/08/2/three-men-are-arrested-due-to-their-alleged-ties-with-al-qaeda-in-spain.md)
##### Peru
### [Peru seizes $2.3 million in counterfeit U.S. 50 dollar bills heading to other South American countries. ](/feed/2012/08/2/peru-seizes-23-million-in-counterfeit-us-50-dollar-bills-heading-to-other-south-american-countries.md)
##### China
### [20 people are jailed in China on charges of terrorism in the Xinjiang region. ](/feed/2012/08/2/20-people-are-jailed-in-china-on-charges-of-terrorism-in-the-xinjiang-region.md)
##### Tropical Storm Leslie
### [Tropical Storm Ernesto forms in the Atlantic Ocean with storm warnings issued for Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique, and Guadelope. ](/feed/2012/08/2/tropical-storm-ernesto-forms-in-the-atlantic-ocean-with-storm-warnings-issued-for-barbados-st-vincent-and-the-grenadin.md)
##### Megabus
### [One person dies and at least ten other people are seriously injured when a fully loaded double-decker Megabus crashes into a bridge support on Interstate 55 in Illinois, ten miles north of Litchfield.](/feed/2012/08/2/one-person-dies-and-at-least-ten-other-people-are-seriously-injured-when-a-fully-loaded-double-decker-megabus-crashes-in.md)
##### Taiwan
### [Taiwan closes schools and offices ahead of Typhoon Saola. ](/feed/2012/08/2/taiwan-closes-schools-and-offices-ahead-of-typhoon-saola.md)
##### Italy
### [Italian football club Inter Milan sells a 15% stake to a Chinese investor group. ](/feed/2012/08/2/italian-football-club-inter-milan-sells-a-15-stake-to-a-chinese-investor-group.md)
##### France
### [French L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt sells D'Arros Island for $60 million. ](/feed/2012/08/2/french-l-oreal-heiress-liliane-bettencourt-sells-d-arros-island-for-60-million.md)
##### Pakistan
### [At least 23 people are injured as two blasts hit a fruit market in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore. ](/feed/2012/08/2/at-least-23-people-are-injured-as-two-blasts-hit-a-fruit-market-in-pakistan-s-eastern-city-of-lahore.md)
##### War in Afghanistan
### [Two dozen Taliban fighters are killed in operations across Afghanistan during the last 24 hours. ](/feed/2012/08/2/two-dozen-taliban-fighters-are-killed-in-operations-across-afghanistan-during-the-last-24-hours.md)
### [Afghan security forces kill five insurgents planning a suicide attack in Kabul. ](/feed/2012/08/2/afghan-security-forces-kill-five-insurgents-planning-a-suicide-attack-in-kabul.md)
##### Civil war
### [Kofi Annan resigns as the head of the U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria, according to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon. ](/feed/2012/08/2/kofi-annan-resigns-as-the-head-of-the-un-arab-league-peace-envoy-for-syria-according-to-secretary-general-of-the-unit.md)
### [71 people are killed through Syria by mid-day, including dozens in a massacre perpetrated by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburbs. ](/feed/2012/08/2/71-people-are-killed-through-syria-by-mid-day-including-dozens-in-a-massacre-perpetrated-by-the-syrian-army-in-the-dama.md)
### [A United States government source reveals that Barack Obama signed a secret order in early 2012 permitting the CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide the rebels in Syria with support in order to overthrow the al-Assad regime. ](/feed/2012/08/2/a-united-states-government-source-reveals-that-barack-obama-signed-a-secret-order-in-early-2012-permitting-the-cia-and-o.md)
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