Unix Timestamp: 1219363200
Friday, August 22. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 crashes upon takeoff near Manas International Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, killing 68.

The United States-led coalition kills 30 Taliban militants in fighting in western Afghanistan. //ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jkKFU8CvHoLV5ont_58iLTVBWLVQD92N63202 (AP via Google News)

Pirates hijack German, Iranian, and Japanese cargo ships off the coast of Somalia, in seven such attacks since June 20.

An aircraft crashes in Guatemala, killing 10, including four Americans on a humanitarian mission.