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Current events of
August 2, 2012
(
2012-08-02
)
(Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
:
A United States government source reveals that
Barack Obama
signed a secret order in early 2012 permitting the
CIA
and other U.S. agencies to provide the
rebels in Syria
with support in order to overthrow the
al-Assad
regime.
(
The Guardian
)
71 people are killed through Syria by mid-day, including dozens in a massacre perpetrated by the Syrian army in the
Damascus suburbs
.
(
Al Arabiya
)
(
The Guardian
)
Kofi Annan
resigns as the head of the
U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria
, according to
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Ban Ki-moon
.
(CNN)
War in Afghanistan
:
Afghan
security forces kill five insurgents planning a suicide attack in
Kabul
.
(AFP via Google News)
Two dozen
Taliban
fighters are killed in operations across Afghanistan during the last 24 hours.
(Xinhua)
At least 23 people are injured as two blasts hit a fruit market in
Pakistan
's eastern city of
Lahore
.
(Xinhua)
Business and economy
French
L'Oréal
heiress
Liliane Bettencourt
sells
D'Arros Island
for $60 million.
(BBC)
Italian
football club
Inter Milan
sells a 15% stake to a
Chinese
investor group.
(BBC)
Japanese
media reports that electronics company
Sharp Corporation
plans to cut 5,000 positions worldwide.
(AFP via France 24)
Disasters
Taiwan
closes schools and offices ahead of
Typhoon Saola
.
(
BusinessWeek
)
One person dies and at least ten other people are seriously injured when a fully loaded double-decker
Megabus
crashes into a bridge support on
Interstate 55 in Illinois
, ten miles north of
Litchfield
.
(
St.Louis Post-Dispatch
)
(NBC News)
Tropical Storm Ernesto
forms in the
Atlantic Ocean
with storm warnings issued for
Barbados
,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
,
Dominica
,
St. Lucia
,
Martinique
, and
Guadelope
.
(AP via the
Washington Post
)
Law and crime
20 people are jailed in
China
on charges of terrorism in the
Xinjiang
region.
(
The Hindu
)
Peru
seizes $2.3 million in counterfeit U.S. 50 dollar bills heading to other
South American
countries.
(Reuters)
Three men are arrested due to their alleged ties with
al Qaeda
in
Spain
.
(
The New York Times
)
Politics and elections
The
Constitutional Court of Romania
postpones a decision regarding the
impeachment referendum
of suspended
President
Traian Băsescu
until 31 August 2012, to allow time for the reevaluation of the permanent electoral lists.
(
Financial Magazine
)
Egypt
's new cabinet members are sworn in.
(CNN)
Quebec
premier
Jean Charest
calls a general election for September 2012 amidst
student protests
against tuition fee increases.
(
Hamilton Spectator
)
Sport
Russian
President
Vladimir Putin
makes an unofficial visit to the
London Olympics
to watch the
judo
competition.
(BBC)
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