## [2015-08-9](/feed/2015/08/9/index.md)

##### Haitian parliamentary election, 2015
### [Voters in Haiti go to the polls for the first election in four years with some polling places in the capital Port-au-Prince forced to close due to violence. ](/feed/2015/08/9/voters-in-haiti-go-to-the-polls-for-the-first-election-in-four-years-with-some-polling-places-in-the-capital-port-au-pri.md)
##### Prime minister-designate
### [The Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi calls for abolishing the positions of Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister and says he is opening graft investigations. The previous vice president Tariq al-Hashimi was sentenced in absentia to death over political murders. ](/feed/2015/08/9/the-prime-minister-of-iraq-haider-al-abadi-calls-for-abolishing-the-positions-of-vice-president-and-deputy-prime-ministe.md)
##### Ferguson unrest
### [Tyrone Harris, Jr is shot in Ferguson, Missouri after allegedly firing shots at police. He is in a critical condition.](/feed/2015/08/9/tyrone-harris-jr-is-shot-in-ferguson-missouri-after-allegedly-firing-shots-at-police-he-is-in-a-critical-condition.md)
##### Syria
### [An arrest warrant is issued for the cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Suleiman Hilal Al-Assad, who is accused of shooting and killing Colonel Hassan Al-Sheikh of the Syrian Armed Forces at what can be described as a traffic dispute. ](/feed/2015/08/9/an-arrest-warrant-is-issued-for-the-cousin-of-syrian-president-bashar-al-assad-suleiman-hilal-al-assad-who-is-accused.md)
##### 2015 Pacific typhoon season
### [The death toll in China from Typhoon Soudelor rises to at least 22 people with more missing and millions without power. ](/feed/2015/08/9/the-death-toll-in-china-from-typhoon-soudelor-rises-to-at-least-22-people-with-more-missing-and-millions-without-power.md)
##### Atomic bomb
### [Japan commemorates the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped over the Japanese city of Nagasaki during World War II. ](/feed/2015/08/9/japan-commemorates-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-atomic-bomb-dropped-over-the-japanese-city-of-nagasaki-during-world-war-i.md)
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