Portal:Current events/2006 August 30

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• Hurricane John lashes the Pacific coast of Mexico with the potential to cause flash floods and landslides. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060829180519/http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews (Reuters)]
• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
• The UN's humanitarian chief accuses Israel of "completely immoral" use of cluster bombs in Lebanon.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5299938.stm (BBC NEWS)]
• A Hezbollah cabinet minister rejects a call by Kofi Annan for the unconditional release of the two Israeli soldiers, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.[http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/756381.html (Haaretz)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Israel rejects a call by Kofi Annan to lift the blockade of Lebanon before United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 is implemented.[https://web.archive.org/web/20061213032320/http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews (Reuters)]
• Multiple bomb attacks across Baghdad, Iraq kill at least 40 people while 12 more die after bomb explodes near an army recruiting office in Hilla. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5297384.stm (BBC)]
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully completed aerobraking, and is preparing to enter a Sun synchronized science orbit at Mars. [http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060830_mro_brake.html Space.com]
• Israeli troops kill at least eight Palestinians in fighting in Gaza City, as part of a two-month offensive in the territory.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060903021008/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A061B466-595C-4180-B873-D61216AA59CC.htm (Al Jazeera)]
• Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador vows to form a parallel government following the Federal Electoral Tribunal's ruling that Felipe Calderón won the presidential election. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060902080908/http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/15395867.htm/ (AP)]
• Former United States Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage originally revealed the identity of Valerie Plame to columnist Robert Novak in 2003. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/30/leak.armitage/index.html?section=cnn_allpolitics (CNN)]
• The UK Government announces plans to make the possession of violent pornographic images illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison. [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1861301,00.html (The Guardian)]
• Wake Island is evacuated, in preparation for its predicted inundation by Typhoon Ioke, now classified as a super typhoon, which is expected to destroy almost all structures on the island. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/08/29/wake.island.evac.ap/index.html (CNN)]
• A United States federal judge overturns a jury's recent $50 million award against Merck on behalf of a Vioxx user, on the ground that the award was excessive. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070320180517/http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN (Reuters)]
• East Timor rebel leader Alfredo Reinhado and 56 other prisoners escape from a jail in the capital Dili, throwing the troubled nation back into turmoil. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20308910-2,00.html (News Ltd)]
• The European Patent Office completely revokes Sara Lee’s European patent on the Senseo coffee pads. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=SLE:US&sid=as5PWfruXg7c (Bloomberg)]

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