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August 24, 2012 (Friday)

Typhoon Tembin makes landfall on Taiwan. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tropical Storm Isaac hits the island of Hispaniola containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A hurricane watch threat level is set for Haiti. (BBC) (NHC)
Heavy monsoon rain and floods kill 26 people in Pakistan. (Daily Times)
The newly-built Yangmingtan Bridge in Harbin City in China collapses, killing three and injuring five people. (BBC)

Two U.S. government employees were ambushed and wounded by gunshots in Mexico City by unknown assailants. (Houston Chronicle)
A court in Oslo, Norway, deems Anders Behring Breivik sane and sentences Breivik to 21 years' imprisonment for intentionally killing 77 people in two terror attacks in July 2011. (BBC)
A South Korean court rules that Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics infringed each other's patents on mobile computing technology. (The Wall Street Journal)
The High Court of Australia quashes the conviction of former Bundaberg, Queensland surgeon Jayant Patel on manslaughter charges due to a miscarriage of justice with a fresh trial to be held. (The Australian)
A gunman kills a former co-worker before exchanging gunfire with the police in front of the Empire State Building in New York City, wounding eight people; the perpetrator is shot dead by police. (CNN)
A U.S. court maintains that Joel Tenenbaum, who shared 30 MP3 files through the defunct Kazaa network, has to pay a fine of 675,000 US$. (Decrypted Tech)

Mir-Hossein Mousavi, leader of the Iranian opposition and former Prime Minister, returns home from hospital after a heart attack. (Tabnak)

The United States Anti-Doping Agency says it will ban former professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong for life and recommend he be stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles. (The Washington Post)

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 *The [[High Court of Australia]] quashes the conviction of former [[Bundaberg, Queensland]] surgeon [[Jayant Patel]] on [[manslaughter]] charges due to a miscarriage of justice with a fresh trial to be held. [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/patel/story-e6frg6n6-1226457333848 (''The Australian'')]
 *A gunman [[2012 Empire State Building shooting|kills]] a former co-worker before [[2012 Empire State Building shooting|exchanging gunfire]] [[New York Police Department|with the police]] in front of the [[Empire State Building]] in [[New York City]], wounding eight people; the perpetrator is shot dead by police. [http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/24/justice/new-york-empire-state/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 (CNN)]
-*A U.S. court maintains that [[Joel Tenenbaum]], who downloaded 30 MP3 files for personal use through the defunct [[Kazaa]] network, has to pay a fine of 675,000 US$. [http://www.decryptedtech.com/news/joel-tenenbaum-675000-dollar-fine-upheld-in-latest-round-with-the-riaa (Decrypted Tech)]
+*A U.S. court maintains that [[Joel Tenenbaum]], who shared 30 MP3 files through the defunct [[Kazaa]] network, has to pay a fine of 675,000 US$. [http://www.decryptedtech.com/news/joel-tenenbaum-675000-dollar-fine-upheld-in-latest-round-with-the-riaa (Decrypted Tech)]
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