Current events of 3 August 2008 (2008-08-03) (Sunday) edit history watch

162 people die in a stampede at a Hindu temple in Naina Devi in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. (AFP via Google News) North Korea says that it will expel "unnecessary" South Korean staff from the Kumgangsan resort and threatens military action in an escalation of tension over the shooting of a South Korean tourist. (Reuters) The third launch of privately developed SpaceX launcher Falcon 1 fails to reach orbit. (Spaceflightnow.com) Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority launches an investigation into safety at Qantas after three emergencies in two weeks, beginning with the explosion aboard Qantas Flight 30. (ABC News) At least 21 street cleaners are killed by a roadside bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. (CNN) 12 people are killed when a minibus explodes in Baghdad, Iraq. (CNN) 11 climbers are feared to have died in an avalanche at K2 mountain in Pakistan. (CNN)