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

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Egyptian authorities identify three men responsible for the 2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks. None of them was from Gaza. (French translation from Arabic) Nevertheless, Israeli pounding of Gaza continued with at least 15 people killed. One death has been caused in Israel by retaliation from Gaza. (BBC)

2011 Battle of Tripoli
- Muammar Gaddafi vows to fight until "death or victory" despite the capture of his Bab al-Azizia compound in southern Tripoli. (The Telegraph)
- A former United Nations weapons inspector Olli Heinonen 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)
Air strikes kill 30 Al-Qaeda linked militants near Zinjibar in Yemen's Abyan Governorate with eight army soldiers killed in fighting. (AP via Huffington Post)

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 3 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 U.S. state of North Carolina are told to evacuate ahead of the arrival of the hurricane later in the week. (AP via The Chronicle-Herald)

International relations

North Korea indicates it is ready to bring about a self-imposed moratorium on its nuclear weapons program. (AP via USA Today)

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!)

Science

A Progress resupply vehicle destined for the International Space Station experienced a catostrophic engine failure and failed to reach orbit impacting in the Altai Republic.

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