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Current events of
August 28, 2011
(
2011-08-28
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 29 people are killed in an
suicide bombing
in
Baghdad
's largest
Sunni
mosque
including
Khalid al-Fahdawi
, a member of the
Council of Representatives of Iraq
.
(AP via Google News)
Arts and culture
The
Notting Hill Carnival
, the world's second largest
street festival
, gets underway peacefully in
London
with a heavy police presence due to
recent riots
.
(
The Guardian
)
The
2011 MTV Video Music Awards
conclude in
Los Angeles
with
Katy Perry
winning
Video of the Year
for
Firework
.
(
Entertainment Weekly
)
Disasters
Hurricane Irene
:
A confirmed tornado in
Delaware
destroys a home and damages others.
(ABC News)
At least five people died in
Maryland
as a result of Hurricane Irene.
(
International Business Times
)
The storm reaches
New York City
with 370,000 people having been evacuated from low lying areas.
(AFP via
Sydney Morning Herald
)
The state of
Vermont
is badly affected by the storm with the towns of
Wilmington
,
Brattleboro
and
Dover
all
badly flooded
and at least one death.
(CNN)
Typhoon Nanmadol
kills eight people in the
Philippines
and is headed for
Taiwan
.
(Taiwan News)
Five people are killed and at least 27 injured when a
tram
derails in the
Santa Teresa
neighborhood of
Rio de Janeiro
.
(BBC)
Law and crime
The
Government of the United Kingdom
pledges to raise the issue of the murder of
WPC
Yvonne Fletcher
, allegedly by a
Libyan
official outside the embassy in
London
in 1984, with the new government in
Tripoli
.
(Press Association via Google)
Politics
Indian
social activist
Anna Hazare
breaks a
hunger strike
after
Parliament
passes strong anti-corruption laws.
(
Times of India
)
Tony Tan Keng Yam
becomes the
President-elect
of
Singapore
after winning the
presidential election
.
(Press Trust of India via
Hindustan Times
)
Nepal
elects
Baburam Bhattarai
as its new
Prime Minister
.
(CNN)
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