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Current events of August 4, 2011 (2011-08-04) (Thursday)

A senior intelligence officer in Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security is killed in a bombing in Kunduz Province. (CNN)

Kraft Foods announces that it will split into two operations consisting of its North American grocery business and its global snack foods business. (Reuters via Yahoo!)

Tropical Storm Emily is expected to make landfall on Haiti where it is expected to cause heavy flooding. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
The Japanese government led by Prime Minister Naoto Kan announces that it is firing three senior bureaucrats responsible for nuclear energy policy as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster earlier this year. (AP via Washington Post)
Fourteen states in the Southern United States are on a heat alert with several dozen deaths since July as part of a heat wave. (MSNBC)

Sky News reports new evidence that North Korean officials have been involved in the illegal drugs trade. (SKy News)