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

Armed conflict and attacks

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

Disasters

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)

International relations

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

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