2012-08-2 9fe8b576b6512cdfea14446389a5d5a6248d79e0 17 Egypt 1 /wiki/egypt Egypt Egypt /feed/2012/08/2/egypt-s-new-cabinet-members-are-sworn-in CNN 2 7bd4c3229471137a9824f748fce48277e224b77c 8 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/02/world/africa/egypt-cabinet/ 2012 Egypt's new cabinet members are sworn in. 2012-08-2 fc34055c4ffeab5ee226feaa3c58cd0147543955 15 Al Qaeda 1 /wiki/al%20qaeda Spain 13 /wiki/spain Al Qaeda Spain Al Qaeda /feed/2012/08/2/three-men-are-arrested-due-to-their-alleged-ties-with-al-qaeda-in-spain The New York Times 2 346763decc37d1abb9a8e56395c60f6084a0e52e 8 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/world/europe/3-arrested-in-spain-are-accused-of-having-links-to-al-qaeda.html 2012 Three men are arrested due to their alleged ties with al Qaeda in Spain. 2012-08-2 324c789fa567e138a25d495a8227ec51c46b4ee8 14 Peru 1 /wiki/peru South America 13 /wiki/south%20america Peru South America Peru /feed/2012/08/2/peru-seizes-23-million-in-counterfeit-us-50-dollar-bills-heading-to-other-south-american-countries Reuters 2 f72dbe0ac914268243ba4c23fd66e33df358261f 8 https://www.reuters.com/video/2012/08/01/police-seize-counterfeit-dollar-bills?videoId=236801752&videoChannel=1 2012 Peru seizes $2.3 million in counterfeit U.S. 50 dollar bills heading to other South American countries. 2012-08-2 f4b2d2afbf5f999a6962a55d8aef69a1805aea33 13 China 1 /wiki/china Xinjiang 13 /wiki/xinjiang China Xinjiang China /feed/2012/08/2/20-people-are-jailed-in-china-on-charges-of-terrorism-in-the-xinjiang-region The Hindu 2 630d48dd43d47e18677885b30fde6eacedc0f00b 8 http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3717017.ece 2012 20 people are jailed in China on charges of terrorism in the Xinjiang region. 2012-08-2 0e2e0219c85291947ad7eed9f0506f54d879c164 12 Atlantic Ocean 13 /wiki/atlantic%20ocean Barbadian 36 /wiki/barbados Dominica 115 /wiki/dominica Guadelope 316 /wiki/guadelope Martinique 238 /wiki/martinique St. Lucia 171 /wiki/st.%20lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70 /wiki/st.%20vincent%20and%20the%20grenadines Tropical Storm Leslie 1 /wiki/2012%20atlantic%20hurricane%20season Atlantic Ocean Barbadian Dominica Guadelope Martinique St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tropical Storm Leslie Tropical Storm Leslie /feed/2012/08/2/tropical-storm-ernesto-forms-in-the-atlantic-ocean-with-storm-warnings-issued-for-barbados-st-vincent-and-the-grenadin AP via the ''Washington Post 2 3f4e6d69dad8c914a7945e67bf2d4db3345df26a 8 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/tropical-storm-ernesto-forms-in-the-atlantic/2012/08/02/gJQAnexXSX_blog.html 2012 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. 2012-08-2 be7203bc77a8befdf544eb291c784afbcb533b98 11 Interstate 55 in Illinois 13 /wiki/interstate%2055%20in%20illinois Litchfield 36 /wiki/litchfield,%20illinois Megabus 1 /wiki/megabus%20(north%20america) Interstate 55 in Illinois Litchfield Megabus Megabus /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 NBC News 2 926bccca6147e3517a828ba57789a107cc5351d9 8 http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/02/13089488-woman-killed-as-double-decker-bus-crashes-into-illinois-bridge?lite 2012 St.Louis Post-Dispatch 2 c3eb2135e6e0dc59ffc2eb7ff1484c748b5e0d42 8 http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/dead-at-least-seriously-hurt-in-megabus-crash-near-litchfield/article_ca34bd4e-dcd5-11e1-82ea-001a4bcf6878.html 2012 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. 2012-08-2 e1210f4b5a54933cc163e5c3e3bb9d309126d792 10 Taiwan 1 /wiki/taiwan Typhoon Saola 13 /wiki/typhoon%20saola%20(2012) Taiwan Typhoon Saola Taiwan /feed/2012/08/2/taiwan-closes-schools-and-offices-ahead-of-typhoon-saola BusinessWeek 2 8130cf9205bd737c530a9ecca8f1aa7dd7f4263e 8 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-01/taiwan-shuts-schools-businesses-as-typhoon-saola-nears 2012 Taiwan closes schools and offices ahead of Typhoon Saola. 2012-08-2 286137686493f24d7c42cf63392ff0c4db5e0cd2 8 China 36 /wiki/china Inter Milan 13 /wiki/f.c.%20internazionale%20milano Italy 1 /wiki/italy China Inter Milan Italy Italy /feed/2012/08/2/italian-football-club-inter-milan-sells-a-15-stake-to-a-chinese-investor-group BBC 2 a08b794135f6fda2b60514dc71330712277d9db5 8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19090179 2012 Italian football club Inter Milan sells a 15% stake to a Chinese investor group. 2012-08-2 5f433debb0042ae2c2036198ae441b85954242fb 7 D'Arros Island 70 /wiki/d'arros%20island France 1 /wiki/france L'Oréal 13 /wiki/l'oreal Liliane Bettencourt 36 /wiki/liliane%20bettencourt D'Arros Island France L'Oréal Liliane Bettencourt France /feed/2012/08/2/french-l-oreal-heiress-liliane-bettencourt-sells-d-arros-island-for-60-million BBC 2 c7b4feab6ee0c406e6e10eeceea104640b2f531f 8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19084125 2012 French L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt sells D'Arros Island for $60 million. 2012-08-2 b7c860f70588278365477ba2e4291d4a6f1883db 6 Lahore 13 /wiki/lahore Pakistan 1 /wiki/pakistan Lahore Pakistan Pakistan /feed/2012/08/2/at-least-23-people-are-injured-as-two-blasts-hit-a-fruit-market-in-pakistan-s-eastern-city-of-lahore Xinhua 2 e67f51bc82622e5d59246a9e0d1e4bfd586556c0 8 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-08/02/c_131754539.htm 2012 At least 23 people are injured as two blasts hit a fruit market in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore. 2012-08-2 a54c5cdd094725cbb6d3250957cf867d2f5f405d 5 Taliban 2 /wiki/taliban War in Afghanistan 1 /wiki/war%20in%20afghanistan Taliban War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan /feed/2012/08/2/two-dozen-taliban-fighters-are-killed-in-operations-across-afghanistan-during-the-last-24-hours Xinhua 2 f2748a4b9aded4ecd92c95475f9daf3d2bdfb3d2 8 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-08/02/c_131756440.htm 2012 Two dozen Taliban fighters are killed in operations across Afghanistan during the last 24 hours. 2012-08-2 639c5c3756f8d47ca65cf23f37b4f41214d84221 4 Afghanistan 2 /wiki/afghanistan Kabul 14 /wiki/kabul War in Afghanistan 1 /wiki/war%20in%20afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan /feed/2012/08/2/afghan-security-forces-kill-five-insurgents-planning-a-suicide-attack-in-kabul AFP via Google News 2 c6ca705ab5f1d9f65b93284c59ffa6596ca58b2e 8 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hbPzDwAPnG9HeQB1H_ZeL3a-T2Xw?docId=CNG.b409f9338dffb929e7cd08a5c97a7ca3.1a1 2012 Afghan security forces kill five insurgents planning a suicide attack in Kabul. 2012-08-2 35dd8090d7609e478d06f7330a4ff396a09f055d 3 Ban Ki-moon 71 /wiki/ban%20ki-moon Kofi Annan 2 /wiki/kofi%20annan Secretary-General 37 /wiki/secretary-general%20of%20the%20united%20nations U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria 14 /wiki/kofi%20annan%20peace%20plan%20for%20syria civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war Ban Ki-moon Kofi Annan Secretary-General U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria civil war Civil war /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 CNN 2 ce0b8efc0e8f0ecefb426a44a3d54533da93efd0 8 http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 2012 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. 2012-08-2 946a5318cab8743fe1aaee17728ded331c70939f 2 Damascus 2 /wiki/damascus civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war Damascus civil war Civil war /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 Al Arabiya 2 adcb9aa65a7b562949f6decfd408c2295c309114 8 https://web.archive.org/web/20120802144544/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/02/230002.html 2012 The Guardian 2 af1effb4649e474eb5913917bed392bc770fba08 8 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/aug/02/syria-crisis-damascus-massacres-live?newsfeed=true 2012 71 people are killed through Syria by mid-day, including dozens in a massacre perpetrated by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburbs. 2012-08-2 bbfbf3b3c2b5a27dc5ec529828fe54fd478dcc72 1 Barack Obama 2 /wiki/barack%20obama Bashar al-Assad 71 /wiki/bashar%20al-assad CIA 14 /wiki/cia Syrian opposition 37 /wiki/syrian%20opposition civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war Barack Obama Bashar al-Assad CIA Syrian opposition civil war Civil war /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 The Guardian 2 475c845899bdaa46759635d0605c6c32ca3b82bd 8 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/02/obama-order-supporting-syria-rebels?newsfeed=true 2012 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.