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A new constitution for Thailand, that is to usher in December general elections and end military rule, was approved by millions of voters in the country’s first ever nationwide referendum. This was the 18th constitution since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932.
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Elvira Arellano (32), an illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her American-born son, was deported from the US to Mexico, where she vowed to continue her campaign to change US immigration laws.
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Fierce storms from the upper Mississippi to Texas since last week left 22 people dead. Six people died in floodwaters across Oklahoma after heavy rains from the remains of Tropical Storm Erin drenched the state. As much as 9 inches of rain fell across a wide swath of Oklahoma, leaving roadways under 5 feet of water. 8 people were reported dead in Texas and 6 dead in Minnesota.
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In China at least 36 people were killed as Typhoon Sepat hit the mainland after more 1.3 million people were evacuated as a precaution. In eastern China At least 14 people died and 59 were injured when a container spilled molten aluminum with a temperature of 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit at a factory.
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In east Baghdad a mortar barrage slammed into a mainly Shiite neighborhood, killing 12 including women and children and wounding 31. French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner arrived in Baghdad on a groundbreaking visit after years of icy relations with the US over Iraq. In central Baghdad gunmen driving several cars waylaid a minibus headed for Sadr City, the capital's Shiite enclave, and abducted 15 passengers, A top US general said American forces are tracking about 50 members of an elite Iranian force who have crossed the border into southern Iraq to train Shiite militia fighters.
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In Sudan armed raiders killed a policeman and wounded four others in an attack on a refugee camp in Darfur.
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In southern Afghanistan, dozens of Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan army compound, and the ensuing gunbattle left 10 suspected militants dead and 4 others wounded. A Canadian soldier was killed when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb near Kandahar.
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- Current / Future Events
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1998 –
Ella Guevara, Filipino actress
1989 –
Romeo, American rapper
1988 –
Travis Tedford, American actor
1987 –
Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play)
1987 –
Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress
1987 –
Richard Stearman, English footballer
1986 –
Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
1985 –
Megan Rochell, American singer
1984 –
Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer
1984 –
Micah Alberti, American actor
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August, 19
- Births
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2008,
Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (b. 1948)
2008,
LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b. 1961)
2005,
Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)
2003,
Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2003,
Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
2001,
Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)
2001,
Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
2000,
Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)
2000,
Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo littérateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)
1995,
Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
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August, 19
- Deaths
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