A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, August 13, 2009. Contents 1 Paris suffers second night of violence 2 No concrete progress but North American leaders express solidarity 3 Mexican federal police foil plot to assassinate President Calderón 4 Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to another three years of house arrest 5 Four Rio Tinto…
United States begins testing equipment for demolition of a major VX nerve gas stockpile
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A Third Saturn Return, A Rarity And A Beautiful One: Leo Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Winner
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US Federal Reserve Chairman gives first news conference
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Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas
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Foot-and-mouth source confirmed as research laboratory
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National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
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Linkin Park’s lead singer Chester Bennington dies at 41
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