Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations, drawing an estimated 200,000 people, are held against the meeting by members of the anti-globalization movement. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is killed by a policeman, and several others are injured. July 23 – Megawati Sukarnoputri is inaugurated as the first female president of Indonesia. July 24 Bandaranaike Airport attack: The Tamil Tigers bomb the Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, deposed as the last Tsar of Bulgaria when a child, is sworn in as the democratically elected 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria. July 26 – Moldova joins the World Trade Organization. July 28 – Alejandro Toledo becomes the President of Peru. August August – A ceasefire is negotiated to end the War of the Peters. August 2 – The ICTY convicts Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstić on the charge of genocide for his role in the Srebrenica massacre. August 3 – 2001 Kishtwar massacre: 17 Hindus in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, are killed by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants. August 6 – Erwadi fire incident: 28 mentally ill persons bound by chains are burnt to death at a faith-based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu, India. August 8 The Genesis probe is launched from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17. Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, North Macedonia, killing 10 soldiers. August 9 – A Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem is bombed by a Palestinian Hamas terrorist, killing 15 civilians and injuring 130 others. August 10 2001 Angola train attack: 252 people are killed by UNITA in an attack on a train during the Angolan Civil War. The United States and the United Kingdom bomb air force installations in Iraq in response to attacks on American and British planes. August 13 – Macedonian and Albanian representatives sign the Ohrid Agreement to reduce conflicts during the insurgency. August 21 – Operation Essential Harvest: NATO sends a military forces to the Republic of Macedonia in response to the ongoing insurgency. August 25 – 2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash: Eight People including singer and actress Aaliyah, and several members of her entourage are killed after their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff at Marsh Harbour Airport. August 28 – A targeted Israeli strike kills PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa. Palestinian militants respond by firing on Israeli civilians. Israeli forces occupy Beit Jala, Palestine to combat the