Significant events from Saturday, August 18th 2012

Below are the events that we have kept in our archives. There may have been more events, but we only keep the ones that we deem significant.

  1. "You can have as many rules as you like, but what you need is incentives built into banking structure" - Tyrie http://t.co/UPbS9gji #Libor Last updated by BBC News (UK) @ 08:31 GMT 3 updates 
  2. Earthquake rocks central Indonesia province Last updated by Al Jazeera English @ 12:06 GMT 3 updates 
  3. Philippine minister missing after plane crash Last updated by Al Jazeera English @ 12:51 GMT 3 updates 
  4. Sport: India?s Laxman announces retirement Last updated by Al Jazeera English @ 13:12 GMT 3 updates 
  5. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan say that market competition will save the Medicare programme Last updated by The Economist @ 16:01 GMT 9 updates 
  6. Odessa, Texas mall shooting kills 1, injures 2; shooter on the loose - @NBCDFW Last updated by Breaking News @ 21:16 GMT 11 updates 
  7. What will motivate #UK to extract @JulianAssange_ from # Ecuador embassy w/out charges? Watch @AJInsideStoryAm | Last updated by Al Jazeera English @ 21:44 GMT 4 updates 
  8. Against a background of indiscriminate shelling & summary executions in #Syria, the #Houla massacre stands out | Last updated by Al Jazeera English @ 22:06 GMT 9 updates 
  9. Several injured in Dagestan mosque shooting Last updated by Al Jazeera English @ 00:29 GMT 3 updates 
  10. United flight to Germany returns to Newark after engine trouble Last updated by Reuters Top News @ 01:15 GMT 4 updates 

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