Portal:Current events/2006 August 30
August 30, 2006 (Wednesday)
- Hurricane John lashes the Pacific coast of Mexico with the potential to cause flash floods and landslides. (Reuters)
- 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
- The UN's humanitarian chief accuses Israel of "completely immoral" use of cluster bombs in Lebanon.(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.(Haaretz)
- Israel rejects a call by Kofi Annan to lift the blockade of Lebanon before United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 is implemented.(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. (BBC)
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully completed aerobraking, and is preparing to enter a Sun synchronized science orbit at Mars. Space.com
- Israeli troops kill at least eight Palestinians in fighting in Gaza City, as part of a two-month offensive in the territory.(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. (AP)
- Former United States Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage originally revealed the identity of Valerie Plame to columnist Robert Novak in 2003. (CNN)
- The UK Government announces plans to make the possession of violent pornographic images illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison. (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. (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. (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. (News Ltd)
- The European Patent Office completely revokes Sara Lee’s European patent on the Senseo coffee pads. (Bloomberg)