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Current events of August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27) (Saturday)

Dozens of dead bodies are found at the Abu Salim Hospital in Tripoli which had been abandoned by medical staff earlier in the week when it came under heavy gunfire. (NPR)

Hurricane Irene:
- At least 65 million people on the East Coast of the United States will be in the direct path of Hurricane Irene over the next few days. (News Limited)
- Hurricane Irene makes landfall in the U.S. state of North Carolina near Cape Lookout. (Washington Post) (ABC News)
- At least 4 people died in North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Irene. (CBS News) (CNN)

The Parliament of India debates the Jan Lokpal anti-corruption legislation, prompted in part by an ongoing hunger strike by social activist Anna Hazare. (Hindustan Times')
Voters in Singapore go to the polls for the presidential election. (Link TV), (AFP via Google News)
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians attended the events across Canada in honour of Jack Layton; an unprecedented state funeral was held for the leader of the opposition Jack Layton (of the New Democratic Party of Canada).CBC News