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- A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand, causing widespread damage in Christchurch.
- Typhoon Kompasu (pictured) makes landfall in South Korea, becoming the strongest typhoon to affect Seoul in fifteen years.
- Thirty thousand people in North Carolina, United States, are evacuated ahead of Hurricane Earl, which has impacted the Leeward Islands.
- Three bombings kill at least 30 people and injure more than 200 others in Lahore, Pakistan.
- In the Iraq War, Operation Iraqi Freedom concludes and Operation New Dawn begins, marking the end of foreign combat operations in Iraq.
- The discovery of Balaur, a new genus of dinosaurs closely related to Velociraptor, is announced.
- Argentine footballer Francisco Varallo, the last surviving player from the inaugural FIFA World Cup, dies at the age of 100.
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| Current events of 30 August 2010 (2010-08-30) (Monday) |
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- Four Israelis, including a pregnant woman, are shot dead in a shooting outside Kiryat Arba, when a gunman opens fire on their car. Hamas claims responsibility for the murder. (Haaretz)
- A gunman opens fire in Devínska Nová Ves, a borough of the Slovak capital Bratislava, killing 8 people and injuring 14 others. (BBC) (Deutsche Welle) (The Guardian) (AP via The Hindu) (Xinhua) (Aljazeera)
- Marco Antonio Leal García, the Mayor of Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico, is shot dead while operating his car; his 4-year-old daughter is wounded. (BBC)
- The presidential palace in Somalia is shelled. (Aljazeera)
- 6 civilians are killed and 19 others are injured in a shelling incident in Mogadishu. (The Guardian)
- 4 African Union peacekeepers from Uganda are killed during a mortar strike in Mogadishu, Somalia. (BBC) (AFP via France24)
- 4 people are killed and 3 others are injured due to a rocket launcher explosion in Pursat Province, northwestern Cambodia. (Xinhua)
- Two Russian pilots are abducted in Sudan's western Darfur region. (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
- Gunmen kidnap a politician in southern Nigeria, days after a supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan was also kidnapped. (News24) (Xinhua)
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