Portal:Current events/2008 August 21
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August 21, 2008
(Thursday)
- Somali pirates captured a total of three vessels in two days. (Xinhuanet)
- US District Judge Jeremy Fogel of the Northern District of California denies a motion by Universal Studios to dismiss a lawsuit against it alleging that Universal sent a DMCA takedown notice in bad faith. (text of the order via EFF) (Ars Technica)
- The United States Food and Drug Administration approves irradiation of lettuce and spinach to kill E. coli and other dangerous germs. (AP via Google News)
- 2008 Wah bombing: Two suicide bombings occur in the cantonment city of Wah Cantonment in Pakistan killing at least 76 people and injuring 110. (Xinhua)
- One student is killed in a shooting at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
- At least 74 people die in northern India as a result of heavy monsoon rains. (AP via Google News)[permanent dead link ]