Main news of July 17 Posted byRussian_Village July 18, 2011 Leave a comment on Main news of July 17 WORLD * A senior aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Jan Mohammad Khan, and deputy of the lower chamber of the Afghan parliament Hasham Atanwal have been killed in the Kapisa province * More than seven Palestinians, including children, were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, local health officials said * A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Aleutian Island region of Alaska late on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said RUSSIA * Operations to lift sunken Bulgaria cruise ship will be postponed as one of the lift ropes broke * Rescuers brought to the surface the first miner trapped underground as a result of a landslide that occurred at a coal mine in Russia’s republic of Komi SPORTS * Russia’s Natalya Ishchenko won the gold medal in the Technical Solo synchronized swimming event at the 2011 Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China