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Current events of
August 31, 2011
(
2011-08-31
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Tripoli
doctor Gassem Baruni tells the
Associated Press
that Colonel
Muammar Gaddafi
's daughter
Hana Moammar Gadafi
- thought to have been killed in
1986 US airstrikes
- worked for him as a surgeon before she disappeared on August 25.
(CBS News)
Syrian Army
troops reportedly raid neighbourhoods in the town of
Hama
looking for anti-government activists.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
Arts and culture
The
68th Venice International Film Festival
gets underway in
Venice
,
Italy
.
(
The Guardian
)
Business and economy
ExxonMobil
and
OAO Rosneft
reach a deal which may reach $500 billion in projects in the
Arctic
,
Gulf of Mexico
, and the
Black Sea
.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
(Bloomberg)
(
Washington Post
)
(
Forbes
)
(Reuters)
(
New York Times
)
The
United States Justice Department
files an
antitrust
lawsuit to prevent
AT&T
from taking over
T-Mobile USA
.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
Disasters
Wildfires
severely damage homes and infrastructure in the US states of
Texas
and
Oklahoma
.
(AP via
Detroit News
)
Hurricane Katia
becomes the second
hurricane
of the
2011 Atlantic hurricane season
.
(National Hurricane Center)
Law and crime
The
High Court of Australia
rules against plans by the
government of Australia
to send 800
asylum seekers
to
Malaysia
.
(
The Courier-Mail
)
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