## [2012-08-9](/feed/2012/08/9/index.md)

##### Belarus
### [Two journalists are arrested for posing for photographs holding teddy bears in a pro-democracy stunt in Belarus. ](/feed/2012/08/9/two-journalists-are-arrested-for-posing-for-photographs-holding-teddy-bears-in-a-pro-democracy-stunt-in-belarus.md)
##### Sandra Ávila Beltrán
### [The female Mexican drug lord Sandra Ávila Beltrán is extradited to the United States from Mexico. ](/feed/2012/08/9/the-female-mexican-drug-lord-sandra-avila-beltran-is-extradited-to-the-united-states-from-mexico.md)
##### Gu Kailai
### [The trial of Gu Kailai, wife of former Communist powerbroker Bo Xilai, for the alleged murder of British businessman Neil Haywood begins in the Chinese city of Hefei. ](/feed/2012/08/9/the-trial-of-gu-kailai-wife-of-former-communist-powerbroker-bo-xilai-for-the-alleged-murder-of-british-businessman-nei.md)
##### Hurricane Ernesto
### [Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz causing at least three deaths. ](/feed/2012/08/9/hurricane-ernesto-makes-landfall-in-the-mexican-state-of-veracruz-causing-at-least-three-deaths.md)
##### Philippines
### [The death toll from floods in the Philippines over the past ten days rises to 70. ](/feed/2012/08/9/the-death-toll-from-floods-in-the-philippines-over-the-past-ten-days-rises-to-70.md)
##### Barclays
### [Barclays appoints Sir David Walker as its new chairman following the Libor scandal. ](/feed/2012/08/9/barclays-appoints-sir-david-walker-as-its-new-chairman-following-the-libor-scandal.md)
##### Afghan military
### [A gunman in Afghan military uniform kills three U.S. soldiers in the southwestern Afghan province of Helmand. ](/feed/2012/08/9/a-gunman-in-afghan-military-uniform-kills-three-us-soldiers-in-the-southwestern-afghan-province-of-helmand.md)
##### Botlikhsky District
### [At least 5 police officers and 3 militants are killed in clash in the Botlikhsky District in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan. ](/feed/2012/08/9/at-least-5-police-officers-and-3-militants-are-killed-in-clash-in-the-botlikhsky-district-in-russia-s-north-caucasus-rep.md)
##### Civil war
### [Retired Major-General Vladimir Kuzheyev, a Russian military adviser to the Syrian government, rejects the rebel claims of his death in clashes outside Damascus. ](/feed/2012/08/9/retired-major-general-vladimir-kuzheyev-a-russian-military-adviser-to-the-syrian-government-rejects-the-rebel-claims-o.md)
### [A White House government official says the United States may consider a no-fly zone over the rebel-held territory in Syria. ](/feed/2012/08/9/a-white-house-government-official-says-the-united-states-may-consider-a-no-fly-zone-over-the-rebel-held-territory-in-syr.md)
### [The Syrian Army claims success in its major ground offensive against the opposition-held neighborhoods of Aleppo. ](/feed/2012/08/9/the-syrian-army-claims-success-in-its-major-ground-offensive-against-the-opposition-held-neighborhoods-of-aleppo.md)
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