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Thor's hero shrew, the first known sister species to the armored shrew, is discovered.
A train crash (damage pictured) in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, kills 80 people.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a son, Prince George of Cambridge, third in line to succeed Queen Elizabeth II.
A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, Gansu, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.
Clashes between the Colombian government and FARC rebels kill 19 soldiers and 6 FARC combatants.
Following the abdication of his father Albert II, Philippe becomes King of the Belgians.
American golfer Phil Mickelson wins the Open Championship at Muirfield.

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July 26, 2013 (Friday)

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Politics and elections

Egypt braces for mass rallies by supporters and opponents of former President Mohamed Morsi. (Reuters)

July 25, 2013 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

The United Nations states that the death toll of the ongoing Syrian civil war has exceeded 100,000. (CNN)

Arts and culture

The Oxford Dictionary confirms that it will change the definition of the word "marriage" to include the LGBT community.(Daily Mail)

Business and economy

China begins a major effort to boost its economic growth with business tax breaks and export liberalization, amid an increasing industrial slowdown. (BBC)

Disasters

Santiago de Compostela derailment:
- Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain, declares three days of mourning for the victims of the derailment, Spain's worst train accident since 1944. (RTE)
- The driver of the Alvia high speed train involved in the accident is arrested as investigations show that the train was travelling too fast. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Mohamed Brahmi, the general secretary of the Tunisian Patriotic Democratic Party, is fatally shot outside his house in Tunis, sparking reported clashes between the police and of protesters. (BBC)
Disgraced Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai is charged with corruption and abuse of office, in the culmination of one of China's most significant political scandals in recent years. (Financial Times)
A New Jersey attorney announces the largest alleged commercial hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States. (AP via Fox News)

Politics and elections

Voters in Togo go to the polls for a parliamentary election. (BBC)

Science

British scientists discover the mechanism which causes human allergy to cats, and state that a general cure for the condition could become available within five years. (Daily Mail)

July 24, 2013 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Mexican Drug War:
- Clashes between the Knights Templar Cartel and the Mexican federal police leave 22 dead in the state of Michoacán. According to government press reports, two of the dead were law enforcement officials, while the rest were alleged cartel gunmen. (BBC)
A bomb explodes at a police station in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, the capital of the Dakahlia Governorate, killing at least one person and injuring 17. (Reuters via Hindustan Times)
Four people are killed and at least 40 wounded in a bomb and gun attack on an Inter-Services Intelligence compound in Sukkur, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Wells Fargo of the United States becomes the world's largest bank by market capitalisation, replacing the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China amid an economic slowdown in China. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

An Australia-bound boat carrying Iranian asylum seekers sinks off the coast of Indonesia, leaving at least three people dead, 157 rescued and an uncertain number missing. (The Australian) (BBC)
A high-speed train carrying 225 passengers derails near Santiago de Compostela, Spain, leaving 80 dead and over 140 injured. It is Spain's deadliest rail incident since the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the country's worst accidental train disaster since the Torre del Bierzo rail disaster in 1944. (Bloomberg) (El Mundo) (Reuters) (BBC)

Law and crime

A British judge rules that Shrien Dewani will be extradited to South Africa to stand trial for the murder of Anni Dewani. (Sky News)
At least three prisoners die in a prison riot in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (BBC)

International relations

Despite earlier reports to the contrary, fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden remains stranded at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia. (CNN)

Science

Experiments with the Large Hadron Collider yield an extremely rare particle decay event, casting doubt on the scientific theory of supersymmetry. (BBC)
Scientists warn that a massive release of methane from melting Arctic ice could cause significant global disruption, potentially costing the world economy US$60 trillion (£40 trillion). (The Independent)

July 23, 2013 (Tuesday)

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Nine people are killed in Cairo, Egypt, as fighting between supporters and opponents of former President Mohamed Morsi continues. (BBC)
A bomb kills eight people in Afghanistan's Wardak Province, including three United States Army soldiers, four Afghan National Army soldiers and an interpreter. (New York Times)

Arts and culture

Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics greet Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during his first foreign trip as pontiff. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

A collision between a tour bus and a truck kills at least 19 and injures 22 in Saraburi, Thailand. (Bangkok Post) (BBC)
The Cyclospora parasite sickens more than 250 people in the Midwestern United States, with the CDC reporting that eight have been hospitalized with cyclosporiasis, as the result of contamination of fresh produce shipped across state lines. (NBC)
Japan begins a renewed effort to halt the leak of radioactive material from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (BBC)
Hercules 264, a Gulf of Mexico natural gas drilling rig, partially collapses off the coast of Louisiana after catching fire. (NBC)(Wall Street Journal)

Law and crime

Burma frees dozens of political prisoners as part of the country's ongoing effort at political reform. (Deutsche Welle)
Eighteen Britons are arrested on the Greek island of Crete, following the murder of a male tourist and a violent confrontation between tourists and local police. (BBC)
China announces a five-year ban on the construction of new government buildings, as part of a major effort to curtail state corruption and overspending. (The Guardian)
The Simon Wiesenthal Center begins a public campaign in Germany to bring to justice the last surviving Nazi war criminals from the Second World War. (BBC)
A New York nuclear power plant supervisor is charged with falsifying test results involving emergency generators to prevent the plant from being shut down. (NBC)

Politics and elections

Protesters besiege the Parliament of Bulgaria in Sofia amid major anti-government rallies. (Chicago Tribune)
The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, sacks his entire government, including the Vice President, Riek Machar. (Voice of America)

July 22, 2013 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Six people – including army officers and policemen – are killed and another eleven wounded in a series of militant attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. (Reuters)
At least 37 people are killed in Iraq amid a two-day spate of suicide bombings and armed prison escapes. (AP via Fox News)

Arts and culture

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a healthy boy, George Alexander Louis. The child, formally known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, is third in line to the British throne. (BBC) (The Guardian) (New Zealand Stuff) (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

Two earthquakes strike Gansu province, China, killing at least 89 people and injuring over 500. (CNN) (Reuters) (NBC News) (BBC)
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 crash-lands at New York's LaGuardia Airport, injuring ten passengers. (Sky News) (BBC)

International relations

Pope Francis begins a week-long official visit to Brazil, his first foreign trip since assuming the pontificate. (BBC)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees states that there are approximately 625,000 refugees from the Syrian civil war living in Lebanon. (IANS via Vancouver Post)
The European Union announces the addition of the military wing of Hezbollah to its official list of terrorist organizations. (CNN)
The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela meet to resolve a high-level diplomatic dispute. (Reuters)

Law and crime

British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline admits that some of its senior executives in China appear to have broken the law as part of a bribery scandal. (Reuters)
British Prime Minister David Cameron announces plans for every household in the UK to automatically have pornography blocked by their internet service provider, unless they choose otherwise. (BBC)
At least five people are killed and seven injured after criminals open fire on community safety volunteers in the western Mexican state of Michoacan. (AP via Silicon Valley Mercury)
A 76-year-old man is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2012 murder of a 13-year-old boy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (AP) (Huffington Post)

Science

The United Kingdom experiences its hottest day since July 2006, with a temperature of 33.5C (92.3F) recorded at Heathrow and Northolt in London. (BBC)
American scientists report that dolphins have unique names for one another, which they respond to just as humans do. (National Geographic)

Sports

Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers is suspended without pay for the rest of the season for violating Major League Baseball's drug policies. (USA Today)

July 21, 2013 (Sunday)

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Armed conflict and attacks

Hundreds of al-Qaeda prisoners escape during armed raids on two Iraqi prisons, including the Baghdad Central Prison (formerly known as Abu Ghraib). (The Telegraph)

Disasters and accidents

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes under Cook Strait in New Zealand, causing moderate damage in the capital city Wellington. (Fairfax NZ)
Fifteen Egyptian Army soldiers are killed and another injured after their bus crashes into a truck on a highway on the Mediterranean coast. (AP via Montreal Gazette)

Law and crime

At least 12 people have been killed or wounded in a clash between two Muslim families in the province of Lanao del Sur in the southern Phillipines. (Mindanao Examiner)

Politics and elections

Voters in Japan go to the polls for a House of Councillors (Japan's upper house) election with the governing coalition led by Shinzo Abe winning control of the upper house. (USA Today), (Bloomberg via Business Week)
King Albert II of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Prince Philippe. (AP)

Sport

In cycling, the 2013 Tour de France finishes today in Paris with Kenyan-born British rider Chris Froome winning his first Tour de France. (ABC News Australia)
In golf, American golfer Phil Mickelson wins the 2013 Open Championship at Muirfield in Scotland for the first time. (Al-Jazeera), (AP via The Washington Post)
In motorcycling, the World Superbike Championship race at the Moscow Raceway is cancelled after the Italian rider Andrea Antonelli dies after a crash on the opening lap. (Guardian)

July 20, 2013 (Saturday)

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Arts and culture

American veteran journalist Helen Thomas, who covered the White House for nearly five decades, dies at 92. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Two US marine harrier jets forced to drop several unarmed bombs on the world-heritage listed Great Barrier Reef due to an emergency during a training exercise. (news.com.au)
Bihar school meal poisoning incident:
- Police say that a forensic report confirmed the cooking oil contained "very toxic" levels of monocrotophos, an agricultural pesticide. (The Guardian),(BBC)

International relations

Venezuela ends its rapprochement with the United States due to a statement by Samantha Power, nominated to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. (AFP via News24)
Israel announces that it will release Palestinian prisoners if peace talks are resumed. (Reuters)
17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca. BBC

Law and crime

Five Costa Crociere employees plead guilty to manslaughter and negligence charges in relation to the Costa Concordia disaster that cost 32 crew and passengers their lives off the coast of Italy. Captain Francesco Schettino is being tried separately. (AP)
A man sets off homemade black powder explosive in Beijing Capital International Airport, injuring himself. No one else was hurt in the explosion. (CNN)
Three female bodies are found in plastic sheets in East Cleveland, Ohio; a 35-year-old sex offender was arrested on suspicion of all three cases, but has not been charged. Police say he may have been influenced by convicted Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell. (Peoria Journal Star)

More July 2013 events...

Ongoing events
Economic Great Recession European sovereign-debt crisis Greek economic crisis Cypriot financial crisis Environmental 2012–13 North American drought 2013 extreme weather events 2013 Pacific hurricane season 2013 Atlantic hurricane season 2013 Southwest China floods Typhoon Soulik (2013) 2013 Dingxi earthquakes Political 2013 mass surveillance scandal List of ongoing protests More details on ongoing conflicts below edit sidebar

Recent deaths
July 25: Bernadette Lafont 25: Arun Nehru 25: Kongar-ol Ondar 24: Virginia E. Johnson 24: Chiwoniso Maraire 23: Emile Griffith 22: Dennis Farina 21: Andrea Antonelli 20: Helen Thomas 19: Alan Hunt 19: Mel Smith 19: Bert Trautmann 19: Phil Woosnam 17: Briony McRoberts 16: Talia Castellano 16: Alex Colville 16: T-Model Ford 16: Marv Rotblatt 14: Herbert M. Allison 14: Dennis Burkley 13: Leonard Garment 13: Cory Monteith 13: Ottavio Quattrocchi 13: Marc Simont 12: Amar Bose 12: Pran 12: Alan Whicker 11: Eugene P. Wilkinson 10: Philip Caldwell 9: Barbara Robinson 8: Edmund Morgan 8: Nadezhda Popova 7: Joe Conley 6: Lo Hsing Han 6: Leland Mitchell 5: David Cargo 4: Bernie Nolan 3: Radu Vasile 2: Douglas Engelbart 2: Fawzia Fuad of Egypt 1: Sidney Bryan Berry 1: William H. Gray edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Global War on Terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on Drugs Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF - Horn of Africa OEF - Trans Sahara DR Congo: M23 rebellion Egypt Egyptian protests Libya: Libyan factional fighting Nigeria: Nigerian Sharia conflict Niger Delta conflict Somalia: Civil War Sudan and South Sudan: Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War: Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: North-West War Sectarian violence India: Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Islamic insurgency in the Philippines: Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Korea: Korean maritime border conflict Southeast Asia: Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Dissident Irish Republican campaign Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan: Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian civil war Yemen: al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: July 13: Bhutan, National Assembly (2nd Round) 21: Japan, House of Councillors (one half) Upcoming: July 25: Togo, Parliament 27: Kuwait, Parliament 28: Cambodia, Parliament 28: Mali, President and Parliament 31: Zimbabwe, President and Parliament Upcoming: August 6: Pakistan, President (indirect) edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Canada: Michael Rafferty Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Germany: Breno Borges Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY) Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Beate Zschape Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Russia: Platon Lebedev South Africa: Oscar Pistorius Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Koo Stark, Liam Adams, Eddy Shah, United States: Jodi Arias, Bradley Manning, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Whitey Bulger Upcoming Czech Republic: Václav Klaus France: Éric Raoult Jordan: Abu Qatada Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo South Africa: Oscar Pistorius United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Ian Watkins, Neville Neville, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Adebowale United States: Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Crystal Mangum, Dylan Quick, Richie Farmer, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Ariel Castro, Aaron Hernandez edit sidebar

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