Portal:Current events/2008 August 24
August 24, 2008 (Sunday)
- A suicide bomber attacks a feast in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district resulting in at least 21 deaths. (BBC News)
- A small plane crashes east of Guatemala City, killing ten and injuring four. (Canadian Press via Google News)[permanent dead link]
- Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, a Boeing 737, crashes in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan shortly after takeoff, killing 71 people. (AFP via Google News)
- 2008 South Ossetia War:
- A train carrying oil products hits a landmine and catches fire. A Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman blamed Russia for the blast. (CNN)
- The United States Navy's destroyer, the USS McFaul, arrives at the Black Sea port of Batumi to deliver aid for Georgia. (Bloomberg)
- United States warns that Russia is establishing permanent facilities in Georgia. (Xinhua)
- 2008 Summer Olympics:
- Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya wins the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics setting a new Olympic record of 2:06:32. (AP via Yahoo! News)
- The United States wins the gold medal in men's basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. (ESPN)
- The Summer Olympics concludes after 16 days with the closing ceremony. (Xinhua)
- Protesters in the Indian state of West Bengal "lay siege" to the factory producing the Tata Nano, in a dispute over land expropriation. (BBC News)