Portal:Current events/2008 July 19
July 19, 2008 (Saturday)
- In Jammu and Kashmir 10 Indian army soldiers are killed in land mine attack claimed by Hizbul Mujahideen (Times of India)
- Iran advises a high-level meeting between it, the United States and European Union in Geneva over its nuclear program saying that it will not suspend production of enriched uranium. (Radio Netherlands)[permanent dead link]
- 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off: Some 500 Thai and 1,000 Cambodian troops have massed near Prasat Preah Vihear temple on the border between the two countries, increasing their presence on the fifth day of the tense stand-off. (France 24)
- Fourteen people are killed, 29 injured and several are missing after a bus crash in Khare Khola, Nepal 100 miles west of Kathmandu. (AP via Google News)[permanent dead link]
- Pope Benedict XVI apologizes to victims of abuse by Roman Catholic Church clergy in Australia during a mass in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney for World Youth Day 2008. (BBC News)