Portal:Current events/2011 August 28
Appearance
August 28, 2011
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- At least 29 people are killed in a 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:
- Effects of Hurricane Irene in New York
- The storm reaches New York City with 370,000 people having been evacuated from low-lying areas. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- 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 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)
- Numerous covered bridges in Vermont are destroyed or damaged by flooding caused by Irene including a covered bridge in Quechee and the Bartonsville Covered Bridge near Rockingham, which was swept away by flooding. (The New York Times) (KHQ-TV) Archived June 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Effects of Hurricane Irene in New York
- 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)