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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Today everyone’s talking about Syria, Chelsea Manning and the Loch Ness Monster’s cousin.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of today’s news.

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(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL

#SYRIA Al Assad’s regime bomb area of alleged chemical attack that killed 100.
#EGYPT Ousted leader Hosni Mubarak released from prison and put under house arrest.
#US Former Army private, formerly known as Bradley Manning, is to begin life as Chelsea.
#CHINA Disgraced politician Bo Xilai denies bribery and murder cover-up.
#GEORGIA This woman saved countless children by talking down a school shooter.
#WASHINGTON New President Nixon tapes reveal chats with Reagan, Bush and Pele.

INNOVATION

  • Facebook and other tech giants want to give the whole world internet. [AFP]
  • Could the new iPhone be gold, scratch resistant and have a fingerprint scanner?

PARTING SHOT

WTF is this horned ‘sea monster’ that washed up on a beach in Spain? He could be the Loch Ness Monster’s cousin. [Huff Post]

Read: And here is what happened yesterday…

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    Aug 22nd 2013, 9:49 PM

    There are hostile incidents happening all over the Middle East. The west are really in a no win. Gy out and they are wrong, go in an use force and they are wrong.

    I wouldn’t confess to know what’s going on or who is right because I don’t know. That’s the challenge facing world leaders. Some people on this forum seem to have all the answers…..if only the rest of us could be so knowledgable

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    Aug 22nd 2013, 9:32 PM

    Anything happen in Lebanon or Israel ? No rockets or anything ???

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    Aug 23rd 2013, 12:01 AM

    Nope…nothing happening in Syria, bar a chap with an emotive sign blaming us nasty Irish folk.

    (He’s not blaming us, he’s blaming the West in general-whatever about that-and he may be quite right regarding Obama/Americas meddling, the implication given by the choice of image isn’t lost on me.)

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