It starts instead on August 24th 1516, at the battle of Marj Dabiq in northern Syria.

ECONOMIST: The history of the Arabic-speaking peoples

The strike began on August 24th with a few barricades by protesters and only patchy support.

ECONOMIST: Pent-up frustration at the flaws of a successful democracy

He raised the stakes by promising to resign if he did not win the vote on August 24th.

ECONOMIST: An entrepreneur shakes up the political landscape

On August 24th the Assembly voted to censure Mr Lopez and to remove him from his leadership posts.

ECONOMIST: Sexual harassment claims in New York

On August 24th Tube officials published a heat map of the network.

ECONOMIST: London Underground

Details of the debt rescheduling will now be announced on August 24th.

ECONOMIST: A detour or a derailment?

The central bank is also trying to woo money by fiddling with regulations: on August 24th it allowed foreigners to invest freely in short-term government paper.

ECONOMIST: Latin America seeks shelter

August 24th has never felt so far away.

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From 22-24th August 2009, Wellington will host the 2009 NZ Diversity Forum.

UNESCO: NZ Diversity Forum 2009

The first forum will meet 24th August in the UK and will be chaired by the Gary Atkinson, who leads the Internet of Things initiative at ARM.

ENGADGET: ARM forms UK group to foster an Internet of Things, put 50 billion devices online by 2020

In the week beginning 24th August, over 700, 000 discussions or shares of the trial and its protagonists were distributed on the web, the vast majority of them on Twitter but with a significant number (58, 000) also in public Facebook posts.

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