Unix Timestamp: 1219017600
Monday, August 18. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who was facing impeachment, announces his resignation as President. Indirect presidential elections will be held within 30 days. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7567451.stm (BBC News)

Taliban insurgents kill 10 and injure 21 French soldiers in an ambush in Afghanistan.

Pervez Musharraf resigns as President of Pakistan, under impeachment pressure from the coalition government.

A suicide bomber rams a car into an Algerian military academy, killing 43 and injuring 45.