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Current events of August 24, 2011 (2011-08-24) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Battle of Tripoli
- Muammar Gaddafi vows to fight until "death or victory" despite the capture of his Bab Al-Aziziya compound in southern Tripoli. (The Telegraph)
- A former United Nations weapons inspector warns that a research centre near Tripoli has materials that could be used to make a nuclear dirty bomb. (Reuters via the New York Times)

Business and economy

Moody's credit rating agency downgrades Japan to Aa3 due to weak economic growth prospects and high levels of public debt. (Bloomberg)

Disasters

Hurricane Irene
- Hurricane Irene strengthens to Category 2 status as it heads towards The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos and then the East Coast of the United States. (News Limited via The Herald Sun). (CNN)
- Thousands of people on Ocracoke Island off the US state of North Carolina are told to evacuate ahead of the arrival of the hurricane later in the week. (AP via The Chronicle-Herald)

Law and crime

Russian police arrest a former senior police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov suspected of organising the murder of former Kremlin reporter Anna Politkovskaya in 2006. (AFP via Google News)

Sport

In athletics, Lamine Diack of Senegal is elected unopposed to another term as President of the International Association of Athletics Federations. (AP via Yahoo!)

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