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Current events of August 17, 2015 (2015-08-17) (Monday)

2015 Ratchaprasong bombing
- A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. No one has claimed responsibility. Thai Society president Songvut Manoonpong said parties opposing the Thai military government were likely responsible. (Sky News) (Reuters) (Bangkok Post) (NZ Herald) (Al Jazeera English Online)

2015 Tianjin explosions
- Protesters in Tianjin demand answers and compensation from the government. (Radio New Zealand Online) (Al Jazeera English Online) (BBC)
A heat wave affecting the Middle East causes almost 100 deaths in Egypt. (Al Jazeera English Online)
Trigana Air Service Flight 257
- Indonesian authorities reveal that the crashed plane was transporting $US470 000 in cash for the poor. (The Telegraph)

South Korea and the United States commence a joint military exercise despite threats from North Korea. (AFP via Yahoo News)
The United Arab Emirates approves plans for the construction of the first Hindu temple in that country, after a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Al Jazeera English Online)
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a statement backing intensive talks on key issues aimed at restoring peace. (AP via SFGate)

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which announced an extensive computer data breach in May 2015, has revealed that the breach is much deeper and more serious than previously thought, exposing an additional 220,000 individuals. The thieves had infiltrated a now-deactivated online system called "Get Transcript." (AP, via MSN) (USA Today)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi approves a controversial anti-terrorism law. Proponents say it will help fight terrorism, and opponents say the legislation will jeopardize civil rights including freedom of the press. (Al Jazeera English Online) (BBC)
American actor Emile Hirsch is jailed for 15 days for an assault on a Paramount Pictures at the Sundance Resort in Utah. (Deadline)

Experiments at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - specifically, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser's crystallography equipment, with the assistance of Stanford University's Stanford School of Medicine, in Palo Alto, in the Bay Area of California, led by Axel Brunger, have made major progress in mapping, at the atomic level of resolution, brain cells and structures, in this case, the SNARE complex (neuronal SNAREs and synaptotagmin-1), which influences the control and release of neurotransmitters.(Science Daily)