Portal:Current events/2013 August 23
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August 23, 2013 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- The United Nations reports that there are a million child refugees. (AP via Fox News)
- The Syrian government prevents UN inspectors from visiting the site of the reported chemical massacre. (Reuters)
- Explosions occur outside mosques in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. Over 50 are reported killed. (Al-Jazeera)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- 26 people are killed and 55 wounded by a suicide bomber in a park in northern Baghdad (FOX News)
- UN troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo launch an offensive, shelling positions held by rebels near the eastern city of Goma. (BBC)
- Israeli warplanes strike Na'ameh, Lebanon in response to rocket attacks. (CBS News)
Arts and culture
- Real estate developers are reported to have severely damaged the UNESCO world heritage site of Cyrene, Libya. (France 24)
Business and economy
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces that he will retire within the next 12 months. (Wall Street Journal)
Law and crime
- Former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan is convicted of multiple murder and attempted murder counts in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. (CNN)
- Former U.S. Army Sergeant Robert Bales is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the killing of 16 Afghan civilians in March 2012. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- Bob Filner, mayor of San Diego, California, due to resign on August 30 over sexual harassment allegations. (Los Angeles Times)