September 2010 was the ninth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, ended on a Thursday after 30 days.
Portal:Current events
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from September 2010.
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September 2, 2010 (Thursday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 3, 2010 (Friday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 4, 2010 (Saturday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 5, 2010 (Sunday) Armed conflict and incidents
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September 7, 2010 (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 8, 2010 (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 9, 2010 (Thursday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 10, 2010 (Friday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 11, 2010 (Saturday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 12, 2010 (Sunday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 13, 2010 (Monday) Armed conflicts and incidents
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September 14, 2010 (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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September 18, 2010 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Three protesters die in anti-India protests in Jammu and Kashmir with the death toll from protests rising to one hundred. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Demonstrations occur against Japan in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Chongqing on the anniversary of the Mukden Incident. (BBC) (Reuters)
- A dozen people are reported dead during clashes between Mauritanian troops and al-Qaeda militants in Mali's Sahara. (BBC) (IOL)
Arts and culture
- British pop star George Michael is transferred from Pentonville Prison to Highpoint Prison in Suffolk, England, to serve out the remaining weeks of his sentence for driving under the influence of cannabis. (UKPA via Google News)
- Chileans celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chilean Independence Day as do the 33 miners trapped underground in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident. (CNN)
Business and economy
- China slightly increased its holdings of United States treasury debt to US$846.7 billion, this July. (China Daily)
Disasters
- A large storm in New Zealand leaves 100,000 people without power and takes the roof off Stadium Southland in Invercargill on the South Island. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Taiwan prepares for the impact of Typhoon Fanapi. (Xinhua)
- At least 30 people are dead and 80 injured in a passenger truck crash in Zagyuri in northern Ghana. (Xinhua)
- Two airplanes crash at a retro air show near the city of Warngau in southern Germany. (RIA Novosti)
International relations
- The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets with the President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers to discuss trade agreements. (AFP via Google)
Law and crime
- Iranian human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari is convicted of gathering and plotting to commit crimes against the Iranian state, propaganda against the establishment and waging war against God. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Afghan parliamentary election, 2010
- Voters in Afghanistan go to the polls braving threats from the Taliban with voter turnout calculated at 40 per cent. (AP via Business Week), (ABC News Online)
- Polls in the eastern province of Nuristan fail to open on time due to security concerns. (Al Jazeera)
- At least fourteen people die in violence after the polling places open. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald), (ABC News Online)
- A rocket attack is launched at NATO headquarters in Kabul. Two Britons were killed. (AFP via Google News) (BBC)
- Attacks by Taliban militants, including rocket firing, have wounded 16 people, including children, in Kunduz province in Afghanistan on election day. Nine civilians sustained injuries in Taliban-linked activities in east Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. (Xinhua) (Xinhua)
- Voters in Slovakia go to the polls to vote on a referendum to reduce the size of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and cut political perks amongst other things. (AFP via Google News)
- Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom
- Pope Benedict XVI apologizes to the victims of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church during his visit to Britain. (Voice of America)
- Thousands of people demonstrate in protest at the Pope's views on condom use, homosexuality, education, the ordination of women and the child abuse case. (BBC)
- A United Nations envoy arrives in Guinea to discuss the suspension of the presidential election. (AFP via Google News)
- Tens of thousands of Germans protest in Berlin against the plans of the German government to extend the life of the country's nuclear power plants by another ten years. (AFP via Google News)
- Bulgarian Romani protest outside the French embassy in Sofia about expulsions of Romani from France. (Xinhua)
Sports
- Frenchman Philippe Croizon becomes the first limbless man to swim the English Channel. (Press Association), (Radio Television Hong Kong), (AAP via Sydney Daily Telegraph)
September 19, 2010 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A new convoy of vehicles departs the UK with humanitarian aid for Gaza, more than three months after 9 people were killed in the Gaza flotilla raid. (Al Jazeera)
- The United States Army charges 5 US soldiers with murdering 3 Afghan civilians earlier this year. (Reuters)
- 2 car bombs explode in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 31 people and injuring 111. (AFP via Google News) (Xinhua) (CNN) (AP)
- 3 more people die in protests against the Government of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. (AP via Google News)
- At least 40 Tajik soldiers are killed in an attack in the Rasht Valley in eastern Tajikistan. (RIA Novosti) (CNN)
- Islamist al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia seize control of 2 independent radio stations in the capital Mogadishu. (Times Live South Africa) (Xinhua) (BBC) (Sify India)
- 2 Taiwanese tourists are shot while in a bus outside the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, India. (BBC) (Times of India)
- 5 people are killed in an armed fight in Otlubayır in eastern Ağrı. (Today's Zaman)
Arts and culture
- The King's Speech is premiered at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival. (The Guardian)
- Original handwritten Harry Potter manuscripts are to be displayed at Scotland's Wigtown festival. (BBC)
Disasters
- Rain-triggered floods killed four people and left two others missing Sunday in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's in Atush city. (Global Times via Xinhua)
- Heavy monsoon rains and landslides swept the hilly areas of northern India over the weekend, killing at least 47 people. 24 people died in Almorah district in Uttrakhand state, 23 people were either swept away in Pitthoragarh, Champawat and Uttarkashi regions. (CBS) (AP via KansasCity)
- Typhoon Fanapi (Inday) hits Taiwan with at least three people killed and dozens of people injured. The Peoples Republic of China steps up its emergency response in preparation for an impact on Monday. (Bloomberg), (UPI)
- Hurricane Igor weakens to a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Bermuda but cuts power to half the country. (AP via Google News), (Reuters)
International relations
- China suspends high level diplomatic exchanges with Japan after the latter extended the detention of a Chinese fishing captain. (BBC) (Nikkei) (The Guardian)
- A humanitarian aid convoy for the Viva Palestina charity starts in London, England, headed for the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- A British man of Somali origin, destined for Uganda, is arrested in Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on suspicion of being a terrorist. (BBC)
- Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted of the bombings of Air India Flight 182 and Narita International Airport in 1985, is found guilty of perjury. (CBC) (The Hindu) (AFP)
- At least four people are killed and a police officer seriously wounded in a shooting incident at a hospital in Lörrach, Germany. (Deutsche Welle) (BBC) (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- The Metropolitan Police release six men arrested on suspicion of being terrorists during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom without charge. (CNN)
- Eight Mexican police officers from the state of Guerrero are found dead. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe stone delegates meeting in the capital Harare to create a new constitution, injuring five people. (Times Live) (NewsDay.zw)
- Swedish general election
- Voters in Sweden go to the polls for a general election with the centre-right Alliance government led by Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt winning the most seats but falling short of a majority (EuroNews) (AP via Google News), (CNN)
- The far-right Sweden Democrats wins seats in the Swedish parliament for the first time. (BBC)
- The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, or Red Shirts, hold protests on the fourth anniversary of the downfall of Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra. (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link] (Bloomberg)
- Raul Castro, the President of Cuba, sacks Yadira García Vera as Minister for Basic Industry for "weak control over resources set aside for investment and production.". (AFP via Google News)
Religion
- Pope Benedict XVI beatifies Cardinal John Henry Newman in an outdoor mass in Birmingham, England, on the final day of his visit to the UK. (AFP via Yahoo! News), (BBC)
- Concerns are held about a cult-like group of Salvadoran migrants to the United States in Palmdale, California, who have gone missing after leaving a note that they were going to meet Jesus. They are later found alive in a park. (CNN) (AP via AdelaideNow)
- Approximately 2,000 Armenians worship at the 10th century Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island in Turkey for the first time since 1915. (Al Jazeera)
Sport
- In Gaelic football, Cork defeat Down in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park to win their seventh All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and their first since 1990. (RTÉ Sport) (BBC Sport) (The Irish Times)
September 20, 2010 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A U.S. missile strike kills six alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan in Shawa near Mir Ali in the North Waziristan tribal area. (AP)
- MPs meet Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Kashmir in a bid to resolve the crisis, the first visit there by an all-party Indian team in two decades. (BBC)
- France sends dozens of soldiers equipped with Breguet Atlantique and Mirage aircraft to Niamey, Niger, in its search for 7 kidnapped hostages. (BBC)
- GBC, the Somali radio station seized yesterday, is to now broadcast only Islamic messages. (BBC)
- Colombia claims it has killed a senior Farc rebel leader and 25 others. (BBC) (Colombia Reports)
Arts and culture
- The director of Glastonbury Abbey issues an apology after giving Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage access to the grave of King Arthur during a live TV broadcast. (The Guardian)
- More than 600 antiquities lost in mysterious circumstances due to "inappropriate handover procedures" after being repatriated by the United States in 2009 are found and returned to the National Museum of Iraq. (BBC)
- Jailed U.S. entertainer Lindsay Lohan has her probation revoked by Judge Elden Fox following a failed drug test. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 110 people are wounded as a stadium collapses during a car race in Paraná, Brazil. (BBC)
- At least 21 people are killed and dozens are injured after two trains collide in the Shivpuri district of India's Madhya Pradesh state. (The Hindu) (AFP via Yahoo! News) (Xinhua)
- Typhoon Fanapi arrives in China's Fujian province after causing widespread damage in Taiwan. (Hindustan Times)
- A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft crashes in the Russian Far East; both pilots are rescued alive. (RIA Novosti)
- Admiral Thad Allen of the United States Coast Guard, the man responsible for leading the cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, declares that BP's Macondo well is sealed. (Wall Street Journal via The Australian)
International relations
- The 54th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference opens in Vienna with attendance by 151 countries. (Xinhua)
- The United States and Australia issue travel warnings for India following the shooting of two Taiwanese tourists outside the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi. (Reuters)
- World leaders arrive in New York City for a United Nations summit to discuss progress in implementing Millennium Development Goals. (CNN)
- A Syrian ship transporting food and medical aid to the Gaza Strip docks in El-Arish. (Haaretz)
- The father of one of those killed in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing travels to Libya to meet Abdelbaset al-Megrahi; he considers Megrahi to be innocent and calls for an inquiry. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Results in the Swedish general election show the centre-right Alliance government led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt winning a plurality, with the Sweden Democrats holding the balance of power. (Reuters Canada)
- Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen comes under pressure to resign from former ministers and backbenchers in his own party after last week's controversial live radio interview with Cathal Mac Coille on Morning Ireland. (The Guardian) (BBC)
- Israel allows the delivery of twenty new cars to Gaza after a three-year wait. (AFP via Google News) (BBC) (JTA)
- The German government meets to discuss Google's Street View mapping service. (BBC)
- A date is set for a North Korea Workers Party conference. (BBC)
- The death of a Fijian detainee at the Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, sparks a rooftop protest by Tamil detainees. (The Herald-Sun)
Science
- Jupiter becomes the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963. (UPI)
Sport
- Kenny McKinley, a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos in the US National Football League, is found dead. (USA Today)
Television
- CBS Premiere of Hawaii Five-0
- CBS Season Premiere of How I Met Your Mother
September 21, 2010 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Eight people have been confirmed dead in the southern state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) (africannewslive)
- At least 15,000 people flee their homes in Yemen after a government offensive against rebels in the south in the country. (BBC)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Nine International Security Assistance Force soldiers are killed in a NATO helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. (AFP via National Post) (China Daily) (CNN)
- NATO fatalities rise to 529 making 2010 the most deadly year of the war since 2001. (New York Times)
- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for kidnapping five French workers in Niger. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Lawrence Summers announces that he will leave as head of the United States National Economic Council, responsible for advising President Barack Obama on economic policy. (New York Times)
- In the Mark Cuban insider trading case, an appeals court overturns a district court decision last fall that had dismissed the civil charges brought against Cuban by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (MarketWatch).
Disasters
- 2010 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Lisa forms in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands. (AP via Canadian Business)[permanent dead link]
- Hurricane Igor heads for Newfoundland. (News 13)
International relations
- China rules out a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the United Nations to resolve an ongoing diplomatic row, saying the timing is "not proper". (Reuters) (AFP) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Law and crimes
- Italian authorities seize 23 million euro (approximately US$30 million) from a Vatican bank account in a money laundering probe. (AP)
- U.S. entertainers Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton are stopped by immigrations at a Japanese airport and forbidden to enter the country due to Paris's drug conviction the day prior. (Fox News)
Politics and elections
- A gay rights protest against the views of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov is broken up with eight people arrested. (BBC) (Sify India) (AP)
- President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo sacks heads of the country's army, navy and air force plus five more senior officers in a decision aimed at "institutionalizing the structure of the armed forces". (BBC)
- Asylum seekers at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, continue their protest with some inmates cutting themselves until a meeting occurs with officials from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. (ABC News), (AFP via Yahoo! News), (ABC News Online)
- The governing Workers Party of North Korea reschedules its first party conference for thirty years for September 28 in Pyongyang amongst speculation that Leader Kim Jong-il will name his youngest son Kim Jong-un as his successor. (The Guardian), (AP)
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke resigns as Prime Minister of Somalia following an impasse developing with President Sharif Ahmed over a new constitution. (AP via Google) (Al Jazeera)
Sport
- 2010 Commonwealth Games
- The Commonwealth Games Federation demands that India improve conditions at the athletes' village in Delhi. (BBC)
- At least 23 people are injured after a footbridge collapses near the main Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. (Reuters) (OneIndia), (Times of India)
- The Minnesota Twins win the American League Central in Major League Baseball and become the first team to qualify for postseason play in 2010. (SBNation)
Television
- CBS Season Premieres of NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles
September 22, 2010 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Three troops were killed when a roadside blast struck a military vehicle in Bara area of Khyber, one of the seven tribal agencies in Pakistan's restive northwest bordering Afghanistan. (Xinhua)
- At least one person is killed and 10 injured in a shootout in Quetta, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
- Three French crewman are kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria. (Reuters) (Xinhua) (The Himalayan Times)
- A Palestinian man is shot dead by an Israeli security guard in the East Jerusalem area of Silwan, during a clash between Israeli settlers and Palestinians. (BBC)
- At least a dozen Iranians are killed and 81 are wounded in a bomb attack on a military parade in the Kurdish town of Mahabad according to reports from Iranian Arabic language television Al-Alam. (DNA India) (Reuters) (RFERL) (cnbc)[permanent dead link], (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- A militant is killed in an ongoing operation by security forces in militancy-hit Sopore township of north Kashmir in the Baramulla district. (PTI)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 18 people are dead and 44 missing after heavy rains from Typhoon Fanapi flood parts of southern China. (CNN) (AP)
- Two workers are killed and another is injured after a mine in Balıkesir collapses. 22 workers have been killed there in the past six months. (Today's Zaman)
Entertainment
- American celebrity Paris Hilton is barred from entering Japan after pleading guilty to cocaine possession in Las Vegas, Nevada, earlier in the week. (Times of India)
- American singer Eddie Fisher dies in Berkeley, California. (AP via Yahoo! News)
International relations
- Russia bans arms sales to Iran, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929. (RIA Novosti) (Xinhua)
- China threatens Japan with "further action" if the latter does not release a Chinese fishing captain detained near the disputed Senkaku Islands. (Al Jazeera) (AFP)
- An international summit titled "The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue" begins in Moscow, Russia, on territorial claims and co-operation in the Arctic. (BBC) (Voice of Russia)
- Radio Free Asia reports that North Korea's National Defense Commission held an emergency meeting presided over by Kim Jong-un to compromise the upcoming G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea. (Korea Times) (Arirang News)
- A panel of human rights experts convened by the United Nations Human Rights Council says Israel's seizure of the MV Mavi Marmara in the Gaza flotilla raid was "clearly unlawful". (The Guardian), (BBC)
Law and crime
- 14 mutilated bodies are discovered in the Ruzizi River in Burundi, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC) (News24)
- Iranian human rights campaigner Emadeddin Baghi is sentenced to six years in jail after recording an interview for the BBC with reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri. (BBC)
Politics
- Another group of asylum seekers starts a new protest at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, while other detainees continue a hunger strike. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Simonetta Sommaruga and Johann Schneider-Ammann are elected as new members of the Swiss Federal Council by the Swiss parliament. Swiss parliament dossier (german)
Science
- The discovery of the ceratopsids species Kosmoceratops richardsoni and Utahceratops gettyi in Utah is announced. (National Geographic) (PLoS)
September 23, 2010 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Somalia:
- Víctor Julio Suárez Rojas, the leader of the FARC guerrilla whose nom de guerre was "Mono Jojoy", is killed in a military operation by Colombian Armed Forces. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- 2010 strikes in France: French trade unions launch a new round of strikes over plans by the President Nicolas Sarkozy to lift the pension age to 62, with transport services and schools to be badly affected. (Al Jazeera) (AP via Google) (France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- At least six people die in a mine collapse in Kayanza Province, northern Burundi. (RTT News) (BBC)
- The death toll in China from Typhoon Fanapi reaches 54 with dozens more people missing. (AP via SignOn SanDiego) (China Daily)
- 2010 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Matthew forms in the western Caribbean Sea with predictions that it could hit Central America on Friday or Saturday. (Reuters)
- Approximately 16,000 people have died in the United States between 2001 and 2007 due to people using cell phones while driving, according to a new report. (Reuters)
- Speeding train kills 7 elephants in Eastern India. (CBS)
International relations
- French authorities seek to make contact with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb over the kidnapping of five French nationals and two others in Niger, now believed to have been taken to northern Mali. (BBC) (Voice of America)
- Iran withdraws its bid for a seat on the International Atomic Energy Agency board due to lack of support for its candidacy. (AFP)
- The United States and other western nations including Britain, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, Uruguay and Spain walk out of the United Nations General Assembly following claims by the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the "majority of the American people as well as most nations and politicians around the world" say that the 9/11 attacks were the work of the Government of the United States trying to protect Israel. (Voice of America), (CNN)
- The President of the United States Barack Obama meets with the Premier of China Wen Jiabao, with the value of the renminbi the top issue for discussion. (Reuters)
Law and crimes
- Chinese authorities investigate four Japanese employees of Fujita Corp., suspected of entering a military zone and illegally videotaping military targets in northern Hebei Province. (AP) (BBC)
- The U.S. state of Virginia executes its first woman since 1912; Teresa Lewis will also be the first woman in the U.S. to be executed since 2005. (Sky News)
- Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui is sentenced to 86 years in jail in a New York federal court for trying to kill United States soldiers in Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)
Politics
- North Korea reshuffles senior officials days ahead of a meeting of the Korean Workers' Party expected to lead to a transition of power from Kim Jong-il to his son Kim Jong-un. (AFP) (Korea Herald)
- The election commission in Guinea proposes 10 October as a revised date for the presidential run-off election. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy is sentenced in absentia to 10 years' imprisonment for altering maps to show that Vietnam was encroaching on Cambodian territory. (The Phnom Penh Post) (BBC)
- The final count for the Swedish general election shows that The Alliance finished two seats short of an absolute majority. (The Telegraph)
Sport
- 2010 Commonwealth Games:
- Countries including New Zealand, Canada and Scotland delay their departure for the host city of Delhi, India, due to concerns about unsafe and unhygienic accommodation in the athletes' village. (AFP via Yahoo! News Australia)
- The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh convenes an emergency meeting of Ministers to discuss problems with the facilities. (Livemint)
Television
- CBS Season Premiere of The Big Bang Theory
September 24, 2010 (Friday)
Arts and culture
- Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA object to the use of the song "Mamma Mia" at rallies held by a right-wing Danish political party and threaten to sue. (BBC)
- The Beano is to feature a President of the United States for the first time in its history. (BBC)
- American satirist Stephen Colbert attracts media attention in his country by appearing before a United States Congress committee. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Gold prices reach a record US$1,300/oz in a prolonged rally. (MarketWatch)
- Striking pilots from the state-owned Air Zimbabwe end their two week strike that grounded flights and left passengers stranded after a pay deal with the government in Zimbabwe. (Times Live) (Reuters)
- In the world's largest share offer, Brazilian semi-public energy company Petrobras raises US$67 billion. (Wall Street Journal)
- The Thanet Wind Farm, the world's largest offshore wind farm, opens off the southeast coast of Thanet district in Kent, England. (AP via yahoo) (3news) (Sky) (Seattle Times) (CBS) (AP)
- China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group invests RMB 30 billion offshore in a wind farm project in Liaoning province of northern China. (Business China)
- Facebook launches a new feature for iPhone in Canada, allowing users to automatically update their location. (CBC) (Tehran Times)
- Chile freezes the assets of San Esteban Mining to fund the cost of the rescue effort from the 2010 Copiapó mining accident. (AFP via Adelaide Advertiser)
Disasters
- The government of Nigeria opens two swollen dams in Jigawa State, displacing two million people. (AP via MSNBC) (BBC)
- Hurricane Lisa becomes the seventh hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. (UPI)
- At least five people die in a freak storm in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Sky News Australia)
- One person is killed and 57 are injured in a train collision in Tunis. (Xinhua)
International relations
- The African Union appeals for funds to increase its force in Somalia from 8,000 to 20,000. (BBC) (AP)
- Japanese prosecutors release the Chinese fishing boat captain recently captured in disputed waters in the East China Sea after pressure from the Chinese government. (Reuters via Yahoo! News UK) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas to discuss an extension of the Middle East peace process. (AFP via Google News)
Law and crime
- A senior Nicaraguan diplomat is found dead in an apartment in New York City. (Latin American Herald Tribune) (CNN)
- Judge Ronald B. Leighton of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington rules on remand that the discharge of flight nurse Maj. Margaret Witt under the Don't ask, don't tell policy violated her constitutional rights. (AP via MSNBC)
Politics
- Gennady Yanayev, who briefly declared himself to be the President of the Soviet Union in the August Coup of 1991 that deposed Mikhail Gorbachev, dies in Russia. (AP via Google News) (BBC) (Reuters via Gulf News)
September 25, 2010 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gun battle between security forces and Taliban fighters leave four militants including their commander dead in Wardak province 40 km west of Afghanistan capital Kabul. (Xinhua)
- Two Russian police and seven militants are killed in firefights in the southern republic of Dagestan while thirty people are injured in a suicide bombing. (RIA Novosti via RT)
- The Israeli Navy kills a Palestinian fisherman off Gaza. (Sky News)
- One of three Palestinians wounded by Israeli tank fire on 14 September dies in the Gaza Strip. (AFP via Google News)
- Those sexually abused as children by Catholic priests in Italy gather in public for the first time in Verona to campaign for the act to be made a crime against humanity and to organise an international demonstration outside the Vatican next month. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (AP via The Age) (The Irish Times) (The Jakarta Post)
Arts and culture
- 1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature Wole Soyinka, the first African to receive the award, launches a political party ahead of Nigeria's upcoming presidential election. (BBC) (Daily Nation)
Disasters
- The United Nations estimates on a preliminary basis that at least 2,000 tents were damaged or destroyed in the storm that struck Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince. (Al Jazeera)
- At least two people are killed and seventeen injured in a domestic gas explosion in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels, Belgium. (RIA Novosti)
International relations
- Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly, where he states that Palestinians desire "a comprehensive and just" peace agreement and requests that Israel cease its policy of building settlements in the West Bank. (Xinhua) (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- The People's Republic of China demands an apology from Japan after a recently detained fishing boat captain returns. Japan's Foreign Ministry rejects the call. (Reuters) (AP via SignOnSanDiego)
Law and crime
- A U.S. federal court judge denies convicted murderer and rapist Albert Green's request for a stay of execution, clearing the way for California's first execution in five years. (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 782 departing from Toronto, Canada, for Karachi, Pakistan, carrying 273 passengers lands at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, due to a bomb threat. A man is taken into custody by the Swedish National Task Force and then released. (AP via Yahoo! News) (CNN)(Sky News) (Big Pond News)
Politics
- The U.S. government urges a judge to dismiss a lawsuit which challenges an American targeted killing program which is currently hunting an American citizen who has no charges brought against him. (Reuters)
- Campaigning begins in Myanmar ahead of November elections. (AP via The Jakarta Post)
- In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party elects Ed Miliband over his older brother David in the tightest leadership election in history, with Ed coming out on top in only the 4th round of voting. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
Science
- The Soyuz TMA-18 capsule carrying three members of the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan. (Xinhua)
- The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) states that the population of some animals in the country's national parks and game reserves has doubled since 1999. (BBC) (AFP via France24)[permanent dead link] (News24)
Sport
- The Australian Football League Grand Final between Collingwood and St Kilda ends in a draw, resulting in a rematch to be played next weekend. (ABC Online) (Herald-Sun)
- Michael Fennell, the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, says that the Games will go ahead but that there "was extensive work to be done" for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, ahead of its opening on 3 October. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- The Texas Rangers clinch the American League West division in Major League Baseball. (Silicon Valley Mercury News)
September 26, 2010 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2010 Philippine Bar exam bombing
- At least 24 people are injured after a grenade is thrown at the De La Salle University in Manila, where bar examinations were being held. (ABS-CBN News)
- A clash between ethnic Bugis and Tidung (Tarakan indigenous people) claimed one life in Juwata sub-district, Tarakan, East Kalimantan. (Jakarta Post)
- 6 civilians are wounded in an explosion apparently targeting the Shiite politician Mowaffak al-Rubaie near a fuel station in Sa'doun Street, Baghdad. (Xinhua)
- Intelligence services report 7 as the death toll resulting from 2 U.S. drone aircraft missile strikes in North Waziristan. (BBC)
- The Stuxnet computer worm fails to harm the operating system of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr after infecting the personal computers of staff. (BBC) (AFP via France24)[permanent dead link]
- The American bishop Eddie Long, who has opposed same-sex marriage, vows to tackle allegations of luring young men into sexual intercourse. (BBC)
- The Spanish government is reported to have rejected an ETA statement calling for a permanent ceasefire between the two sides. (BBC) (AFP via The Sydney Morning Herald) (Al Jazeera)
- The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution cross the border into Iraq and kill 30 Kurds. (BBC)
- 2 NATO service members are killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan. (AP)
- Yemen issues a list of eight alleged Al Qaeda operatives wanted for possible involvement in an attack on a Yemen police bus on Saturday in Sana'a. (Xinhua via Global Times)
Arts and culture
- America's Department of Defense (The Pentagon) admits purchasing nearly 10,000 copies of a memoir by U.S. Army Reserve officer Anthony Shaffer, destroying all of them in an effort to suppress secret information and ordering heavy redactions of the book's second printing. (The Daily Telegraph) (Toronto Sun) (CNN)
- Georgia replaces the Russian language with the English language as its second language. (Al Jazeera)
- The Peter Mullan film Neds wins two major honours at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Australian climate change activists close down the world's largest coal port in Newcastle, New South Wales. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Disasters
- Brandenburg bus crash:
- A tourist bus from Poland hits a bridge pillar on a highway at Schoenefelder Kreuz in Brandenburg, killing at least 12 people and injuring 40. (The Daily Telegraph) (Xinhua)
- Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk visits the crash site and meets survivors. (Deutsche Welle)
- The People's Republic of China reports an outbreak of the plague in Tibet, with 5 people infected and 1 fatality. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- A specially built cage is delivered to the scene of the 2010 Copiapó mining accident. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (AP via The Guardian)
- Towns in the U.S. state of Wisconsin evacuate residents due to flooding of the Wisconsin River. (CNN)
International relations
- Irene:
- The boat Irene, carrying a group of Jewish activists from Germany, Israel, the U.S. and UK, sets sail from northern Cyprus aiming to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. (Al-Bawaba) (BBC) (CNN) (euronews)
- Israel calls the ship a "provocation". (Deutsche Welle)
- UNHRC report into the Gaza flotilla raid:
- The 57-member United Nations Human Rights Council is to investigate the facts found by a report into the Gaza flotilla raid carried out by Israel earlier this year. (The Jordan Times)
- Israeli officials and groups such as the American Jewish Committee "slam" the United Nations Human Rights Council report. (JTA)
- Philip Alston, the international law scholar who recently stepped down as the United Nations's senior official on extrajudicial killings, calls for the UN to investigate war crimes in Afghanistan and to convict those responsible. (The Observer)
- The Israeli settlement freeze ends at 22.00 (GMT), should Israel restart construction of buildings on the West Bank the peace talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas are expected to end. (BBC) (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Video footage emerges casting doubt on the integrity of the recent Afghan parliamentary election and showing fake votes being filled in as fraud police watch on. (Al Jazeera)
- Pakistan's minister for defence production Abdul Qayum Jatoi resigns after criticising the military for allegedly carrying out political assassinations. (BBC)
- Voters in Venezuela go to the polls for a parliamentary election. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- Ed Miliband declares the death of Tony Blair's centrist New Labour in his first interview since being elected leader of the British Labour Party yesterday. (The Daily Telegraph)
Sport
- 2010 Commonwealth Games:
- Thousands of slum dwellers are handed eviction notices in the Indian capital Delhi, a week before the 2010 Commonwealth Games is due to open. (TV New Zealand)
- Akhil Kumar escapes injury after his bed collapses beneath him. (The Indian Express) (The Deccan Chronicle)
- Fernando Alonso wins the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix. (The Guardian)
- The corpse of 31-year-old former Great Britain rugby league hooker Terry Newton is located hanging dead at a house in England. (The Guardian) (BBC News) (The Independent) (The Daily Telegraph)
September 27, 2010 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan in Khushali, a village near Mir Ali, killing four people. (Jakarta Post)
- Rwanda withdraws a threat to remove its peacekeepers from Darfur after a United Nations report accused the Rwandan army of genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AFP) (BBC) (The East African)
- Around 70 insurgents are killed when two NATO helicopters strike inside Pakistan in its northwest Khost tribal area bordering Afghanistan. Pakistan strongly condemned the attack, calling it a violation of its airspace. (Yahoo! News) (Xinhua) (Reuters) (BBC)
- President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos describes the killing of Mono Jojoy as the "beginning of the end" for the Farc organization. (BBC) (AFP via The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Afghanistan:
- Three former Australian soldiers are charged with offences including manslaughter following an action in the Afghanistan War in which six civilians died. (Courier Mail)
- The Taliban claim that they are holding a British foreign aid worker and offer to exchange her for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistan scientist recently jailed in the United States. (The Telegraph)
- Three Palestinians said to be members of the Islamic Jihad group are killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern part of the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Gloria Stuart, the oldest-ever nominee for an Academy award, specifically the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the elder Rose in the 1997 film Titanic, dies in Los Angeles, aged 100. (Variety)
Business and Economy
- Unilever plc, an Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant, has entered into an agreement to buy Alberto-Culver, a manufacturer of hair and skin care products, for $3.7 billion. (TheStreet)
Disasters and accidents
- At least thirteen people die in the Gulf of Aden after a small boat capsizes with a rescue effort by the USS Winston S. Churchill saving another 61 passengers. (News Limited)
- A 6.1 magnitude earthquake southwest of the Iranian city of Shiraz kills at least one person and injures three. (Reuters)
- A landslide in the town of Giraldo in Colombia's Antioquia Department buries 30 people with authorities believing there is little chance of them being rescued. (AFP via Google News)
International relations
- The US state department expresses disappointment at Israel's decision not to extend its ban on settlement building in the West Bank. (BBC)
- Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku calls for the People's Republic of China to compensate for Japanese patrol boats damaged in a confrontation with a Chinese fishing boat in the East China Sea. (AP via Houston Chronicle) (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- 95 people, including two former mayors and planning chief of Marbella, appear in court in Malaga in one of Spain's biggest corruption trials. (The Telegraph) (BBC)
- Chinese police investigate claims that a security firm colluded with officials to detain protesters in secret prisons. (BBC) (China Economic Observer) (AP)
- The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić resumes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. (CNN)
- Brandon Joseph Rhode is executed at a prison in Jackson, Georgia in the southern United States. (AJC)
Politics and elections
- North Korea
- Delegates arrive in the North Korean capital Pyongyang ahead of the largest Korean Workers' Party conference in decades. (Al Jazeera)
- Kim Jong-un, the youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is named as a General, the clearest sign that he will be named the successor to his father. (The Guardian)
- Delegates arrive in the North Korean capital Pyongyang ahead of the largest Korean Workers' Party conference in decades. (Al Jazeera)
- The President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela wins a majority of seats in the parliamentary election held yesterday but lost a two-thirds majority needed to pass major legislation unaided. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- President of the United States Barack Obama signs a small business lending bill into law. (Reuters)
Sports
Weather
- Los Angeles experiences all-time record high temperature day at 45°C or 113F. (Los Angeles Times)(USA Today)
September 28, 2010 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and incidents
- A recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, one of al Qaeda's top commanders. (CNN)
- Three al-Quds Brigades militants are killed by an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli army claims they were preparing to fire into Israel. (Ynetnews)
- A U.S. service member is in custody in connection with the shooting deaths of two other service members and the injury of a third in Iraq. They were assigned to 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. (CNN)
Arts and culture
- US movie director Arthur Penn best known as the director of Bonnie and Clyde dies of congestive heart failure in New York City. (Los Angeles Times)
Business and Economy
- The business-software giant Oracle files a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco alleging that Micron Technology, a manufacturer of memory chips, colluded with other manufacturers to fix prices. (Reuters)
Disasters
- A 4.5 earthquake shakes offshore of Oléron, France, with no reported casualties. (Le Télégramme) (Sud Ouest)
- 300 homes are buried by a landslide in Santa María Tlahuitoltepec in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca which is feared to have killed hundreds while they slept. The landslide was caused by Tropical Storm Matthew. (BBC), (ABC Online)
International relations
- The Israeli Navy intercepts the ship Irene carrying Israeli and Jewish activists bringing foreign aid to the Gaza Strip. (Jerusalem Post) (BBC) (Haaretz.com)
Law and crime
- A Sikh man is given a life sentence in Vienna, Austria, for murdering Rama Nand, a leader of the Dera Sach Khand sect in 2009; five other Indian-born defendants are given sentences of various lengths. (Times of India)
- Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, the founder of one of the first Farsi-language blogs, is sentenced to 19 years imprisonment in an Iranian court for "anti-state activity". (AP) (BBC)
- The Eiffel Tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park are evacuated due to a bomb threat but nothing is found. (ABC Online)
- A gunman opens fire with an AK47 in the library at the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, United States, before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life. No other injuries are reported. (The Austin American Statesman)
- Hisham Talaat Moustafa, an Egyptian millionaire who had been sentenced to death in 2009 for inciting the murder of pop star Suzanne Tamim, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in a retrial. (AP)
- The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit permanently lifts an injunction thereby allowing the United States Government to fund embryonic stem cell research. (CNN)
- Four people are killed, including a toddler, and one seriously injured in a shooting spree in the Mattapan neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts. (Xinhua), (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 43rd Australian Parliament:
- The 43rd Parliament of Australia meets at Parliament House, Canberra, for the first time since the recent election. (ABC Australia)
- Harry Jenkins of the Australian Labor Party is reelected unopposed as Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. (ABC News Online)
- The Workers' Party of Korea conference begins in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Time) (BBC)
- The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev fires the Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov with first Deputy Mayor Vladimir Resin appointed as acting Mayor. (Reuters via Straits Times) (RIA Novosti) (DW) (Xinhua) (Daily Mail) (RT) (Euronews)
- Ed Miliband, the new leader of the UK's Labour Party, makes his first major speech at the party's Annual Conference in Manchester telling delegates that his "new generation" will return the party to power. (BBC)
- Iceland's parliament, the Althing, refers charges of misconduct in office related to the 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis against former Prime Minister of Iceland Geir Haarde to the Landsdómur, a special court for such cases. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sport
- The Cincinnati Reds win the National League Central in Major League Baseball. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
Television
- CBS Season Premiere of The Good Wife
September 29, 2010 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and incidents
- 14 Islamist militants are killed in an operation by Russian forces in Dagestan. (Voice of Russia) (BBC) (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Comedian Greg Giraldo dies at the age of 44 in a New Brunswick, New Jersey, hospital after an accidental drug overdose four days ago. (E Online)
Business and economy
- Protests and strikes across Europe:
- Tens of thousands of workers across Europe protest against austerity measures being taken by their governments. (BBC) (Al Jazeera), (The Guardian)
- Rallies take place in Portugal, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Ireland and France. (CNN)
- A concrete mixer is crashed into the gates of Ireland's national parliament by a man protesting against the cost of bailing out Anglo Irish Bank. (The Irish Times) (AFP)[permanent dead link] (The Guardian)
- Spanish workers stage the country's first general strike since 2002. Transport operates at below normal levels, TV and newspapers are reduced and picketers deliver pamphlets to offices in Madrid explaining their position. (The News Tribune)[permanent dead link]
- Thousands of people converge outside government headquarters in Warsaw under the slogan "No to cuts, yes to development". (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- An estimated 100,000 people march on Brussels as part of a Europe-wide strike call given by the European Trade Union Confederation. (The Hindu) (Xinhua)
- A strike by air traffic controllers in Brussels and the general strike in Spain impacts flights by airlines such as Etihad Airways, easyJet and Ryanair. (Gulf News)
- The United States House of Representatives approves legislation that would lead to trade sanctions against China, which is accused of undervaluing the yuan. (BBC) (CNN)
Disasters
- The 2010 Oaxaca landslide in the Mexican state of Oaxaca is less deadly than initially feared, with eleven people missing. (The Guardian)
- Another landslide in the Mexican state of Chipas kills 16 people and leaves four missing. (Agence Presse-France)
- A magnitude 5,9 aftershock of March 11, 2010 Pichilemu, Chile earthquake hits the Lolol, O'Higgins Region area. Power outages were reported in Lolol. (BBC)
International relations
- Germany makes the final payment of its World War I reparations. (ABC News)
- South Korea says that it has reached an agreement with North Korea to hold working-level military talks for the first time in two years. (CBS)[permanent dead link]
- The European Commission issues a statement saying it will take legal action against France unless it complies with European Union rules on freedom of movement in relation to recent expulsion of Romani within the next two weeks. (National Post)
- Turkey's ambassador refuses visas to Australian and New Zealand archaeologists to conduct a survey of Gallipoli Campaign battlesites over concerns about a statue built by Sydney's Assyrian community commemorating the Assyrian Genocide in World War I. (ABC Online)
Law and crime
- Ten prisoners die in a fight between rival gangs at a prison in Aragua, Venezuela. (BBC)
- Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan is sentenced to 19 and a half years in prison on charges of "collaboration" and "propaganda". (Al Jazeera)
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California judge Jeremy D. Fogel stays the execution of sex killer Albert Greenwood Brown who was due to be executed on Thursday. (AFP via Google)
Politics and elections
- India launches a national identity scheme aimed at reducing fraud and improving access to state benefits. (Times of India) (BBC)
- Kim Jong-un, the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, is appointed to two party posts in a move seen as a gradual transfer of power. (BBC) (Chosun Ilbo)
- Maatia Toafa is elected Prime Minister of Tuvalu following the 2010 general election. He succeeds former Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia. (Australia Network)
- Cabinet formation in the Netherlands: The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Party for Freedom (PVV) complete the coalition formation after 111 days. (NOS)
Science
- Astronomers discover the first Earth analog extrasolar planet that may be capable of supporting life, Gliese 581 g, located within the habitable zone and orbiting Gliese 581, a red dwarf star twenty light years from the Solar System. (Washington Post)
September 30, 2010 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and incidents
- Three paramilitary soldiers of the Pakistani Armed Forces are killed and three wounded when NATO helicopters strike a border checkpoint in the Kurram Agency tribal area. Pakistan responds by closing an important supply route that runs through its territory. Interior Minister Rehman Malik announces a high-level meeting to discuss NATO violations of Pakistani sovereignty. (Bernama via Malaysian Digest)
- An explosion rocks Taliban birthplace Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, wounding eight people. (Xinhua)
- Two policemen and a civilian are killed and four others wounded in a failed bank robbery in southern Baghdad. (Xinhua)
- 2010 Ecuador crisis
- A state of emergency is declared in Ecuador after troops storm the international airport and police storm the Congress, in which the government declared was an attempted coup d'état. (The Telegraph)
- President Rafael Correa is injured and Peru and Colombia close their border with the country. (AFP) (BBC) (The Telegraph)(Euronews)
- The Ecuadorian Army rescues President Correa from hospital where he was being held by rebel troops. (CNN)
- A convoy of at least 27 fuel tankers headed for NATO forces in Afghanistan is attacked in Pakistan's Sindh province. (AP via Silicon Valley Mercury News)[permanent dead link]
Arts and culture
- US actor Tony Curtis, who appeared in more than 100 films including Some Like It Hot and The Defiant Ones, dies in Henderson, Nevada. (People)
Business and economy
- The International Monetary Fund calls for tighter regulation of credit rating agencies. (BBC)
Disasters
- Two earthquakes occur off the coast of West Papua in Indonesia of 6.2 and 7.2 in magnitude. (AFP via Google)
- Three Japanese mountain climbers and a guide go missing in Nepal after attempting to climb the Himalayan mountain Dhaulagiri. (AFP via Google News)
- Heavy rain from former Tropical Storm Nicole causes flooding the US states of North Carolina and Virginia and delays in airline flights on the east coast. (CNN)
International relations
- The United States imposes sanctions on a Swiss-based Iranian oil company, the Naftiran Inter-trade Company. (VOA)
- The first inter-Korean military talks between North and South Korea in two years end without progress. (Yonhap) (Hürriyet) (Xinhua)
- China and the United States officially resume military ties after a 10-month break following US arms sales to Taiwan, with the two countries emphasizing the importance of a close military dialogue. The two countries will also confer on maritime issues next month.(Business Week) (BBC)
- Three Japanese employees of Fujita Corporation detained by China for allegedly intruding in a restricted area in Hebei Province are released while a fourth remains in custody. (Reuters)
- Argentina grants asylum to the Chilean former leftist guerrilla Galvarino Apablaza, who has been charged in Chile with assassinating a senator, despite the Chilean government's request to extradite him. (AP) (Buenos Aires Herald)
Law and crime
- 58 people, including 34 former government officials, are given sentences in China over a deadly landslide at an illegal iron ore mine that killed 277 people in 2008. (China Radio International) (Sify India)
- Somali pirates seize a Panamanian-flagged ship with 15 Indian crewmen on board, off the coast of Tanzania. (The Citizen) (Emirates 24/7)
- Hundreds of soldiers are deployed to Aba in southern Nigeria after the kidnapping of 15 school children by an armed gang. (Reuters) (AFP) (NEXT Nigeria)
- Allahabad High Court in India gives its verdict on the Ayodhya title suits, amid fears that the ruling could spark unrest. They decide to split the site into three portions between Hindus and Muslims. (CNN) (BBC) (The Times of India)
- The Argentine Senate passes a controversial law protecting glaciers in the Andes Mountains and prohibiting drilling for oil and other resources, hindering Barrick Gold from drilling for gold in the Pascua Lama mine. (Reuters Africa)
Politics
- Filipino social activist Carlos Celdran is arrested after staging a protest action which disrupted a mass in Manila Cathedral attended by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and Papal Nuncio Edward Joseph Adams, in order to demonstrate against the Catholic Church’s opposition to the Reproductive Health Bill (Philippines). Philippine Daily Inquirer GMA News Philippine Star[permanent dead link]
- North Korea releases the first official image of Kim Jong-il's son, Kim Jong-un. (BBC) (Yonhap) (AFP)
- The new right wing coalition in the Netherlands have agreed to ban full Islamic veils, such as the Burqa and Niqab (BBC)
Science and technology
- China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reports that the computer worm Stuxnet has affected 6 million computers and almost 1,000 enterprises in the country. (Wall Street Journal) (Economic Times)
Sport
- The International Cycling Union provisionally suspends Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador, the current Tour de France champion, after he was found to have tested positive for a small amount of clenbuterol, a banned substance, on July 21. He blames food contamination for the positive sample.(Sydney Morning Herald) (AAP via The Australian) (New York Times), (Reuters)
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