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• 20 August 2008: Plane crashes whilst attempting to take-off at Madrid airport
• 19 August 2008: Egypt's Shura Council parliament building on fire
• 19 August 2008: New York City residents lift bus off pregnant woman
• 17 August 2008: Five killed in mid-air collision over Warwickshire, England
• 15 August 2008: Fire destroys fourth floor of hotel in Darlington, England
• 12 August 2008: Swiss mountain claims two lives
• 11 August 2008: Flight lands safely with help from mobile phone text messages
• 11 August 2008: Wikinews Shorts: August 11, 2008
• 11 August 2008: Chloroform spill forces evacuation of building at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York
• 11 August 2008: Two small planes collide in Wyoming, USA, killing three

Africa Egypt's Shura Council parliament building on fire Wikinews Shorts: August 11, 2008 Five of six accused over Egyptian ferry fire that killed over 1,000 are acquitted Egyptian train crash at level crossing leaves dozens dead 23 killed, 36 injured by stampede at Sudanese stadium Asia Magnitude 6.0 earthquake in China kills three, injures dozens Death toll rises to eleven in K2 mountain avalanche Stampede in India kills at least 140 At least seven mountaineers die while climbing K2 Qantas ordered to check oxygen cylinders Central America Helicopter crash in Panama kills Chilean police chief and ten others TACA Airlines Flight 390 crashes in Honduras Guatemalan bus crash kills 57, wounds 40 Hurricane Felix makes landfall in Nicaragua Hurricane Felix now Category 5 Europe Plane crashes whilst attempting to take-off at Madrid airport Fire destroys fourth floor of hotel in Darlington, England Swiss mountain claims two lives Flight lands safely with help from mobile phone text messages Train hits collapsed bridge in Czech Republic, killing ten

Middle East Egypt's Shura Council parliament building on fire Six year old girl and five others killed, Hamas arrests 200 Palestinians Second Arab-Israeli bulldozer attack in July 2008 Iran building collapse kills 19 Wikinews:Archived articles protection list/May 2007 North America New York City residents lift bus off pregnant woman American presumed dead for 30 years found healthy American actor Morgan Freeman in serious condition after car accident Southern Minnesota plane crash kills eight Report says modernizing and repairing US bridges to cost $140 billion Oceania Unprecedented review to be held on Qantas after third emergency in two weeks Door opens mid-Qantas flight; plane makes an emergency landing EU maintains ban on Indonesian airlines amid accusations of political motivation Qantas ordered to check oxygen cylinders Bus crash in Victoria, Australia injures twenty, some critical South America Tropical Storm Dolly kills seventeen in Guatemala Large earthquake hits Southern Peru, one killed Bolivia road crash leaves at least 47 dead Boeing 747 cargo aircraft crashes in Colombia, three dead Guatemalan minister killed in helicopter crash

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