Main News of August 11

Roundup of what has happened over the past 24 hours

RUSSIA

* An air show in the city of Zhukovsky near Moscow will continue as Russia’s Air Force celebrates its 100th anniversar

WORLD

* At least 250 people were killed and over 1,800 injured in twin quakes that rocked northwestern Iran on Saturday, the Fars news agency reported, citing local officials.

*Egypt’s president named the deputy head of the Cassation Court, Mahmoud Mekki, as the country’s vice president.

* Syrian authorities have killed one of the ringleaders of al-Nusra Front terrorist group that has been active since the beginning of the national uprising in the country, SANA news agency said

* Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov signed a decree granting amnesty to more than 1, 300 inmates in honor of the Night of Destiny Muslim religious holiday

SPORTS

* The London Olympics have been proclaimed as the best Games ever by IOC president Jacques Rogge

* Russia emphatically captured the rhythmic gymnastics gold at the London Olympics, finishing well clear of Belarus, who claimed silver

* Lithuania’s Laura Asadauskaite won the last gold medal of the London Olympics with victory in the women’s modern pentathlon

* Russia’s Yegor Mekhontsev won his country’s first boxing gold medal of the Olympics, beating Kazakhstan’s Adilbek Niyazymbetov on a tie-break in the final

* Russia shocked Brazil by coming back from two sets down to win gold in the men’s volleyball