Current events of September 1, 2013 (2013-09-01) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Armed militants stage an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the Suez canal in an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through the waterway. (Al Jazeera)
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- Disasters and accidents
- A 5.9-magnitude earthquake kills at least four people in southwestern China. (CNN)
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
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Current events of September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Sports
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Current events of September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- France claims to possess documentation of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war. (Huffington Post)
- Anticipating a retaliatory strike from Syria, Israel carries out a joint missile test with the United States in the Mediterranean. (BBC) (Sky News)
- U.S. government officials say that they are willing to rewrite a proposed resolution to clarify that any operation would be limited in scope and duration and would not include the use of ground troops. (Washington Post)
- A former US army chief claims that Barack Obama is eyeing intervention in Syria that would go beyond a mere deterrent against chemical weapons to damage the military capacity of the Assad regime. (The Telegraph)
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon questions the legality of US plans to strike Syria without UN backing, saying that the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defence or with Security Council authorization. (Reuters)
- Sinai insurgency:
- Business and economy
- Law and crime
- Ariel Castro, the Cleveland, Ohio kidnapper, hangs himself in his prison cell. (CNN)
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Current events of September 4, 2013 (2013-09-04) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Reuters reports that the former defense minister of Syria, Ali Habib Mahmud, has defected to Turkey. (Reuters)
- The Russian government releases a report that claims to show a makeshift weapon used in a chemical attack near the Syrian city of Aleppo in March was similar to ones made by rebels. (Reuters)
- The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves a resolution authorizing a limited US military intervention in Syria, setting the stage for a debate in the full Senate next week on the use of military force. (Reuters)
- Law and crime
- Sport
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Current events of September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- According to Turkey, almost all G20 summit leaders support operations against Syria. (Reuters)
- Russian opposition to military intervention in Syria gains increasing international support. (The Daily Telegraph)
- Political violence in Egypt (July 2013–present):
- Business and economy
- Smartphone wars: Microsoft wins a much-watched lawsuit, with a federal judge finding that Motorola had breached agreements about the licensing of its patents. (BBC)
- Disasters and accidents
- Deaths
- Politics and elections
- Sport
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Current events of September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- Suspected Islamist militants armed with guns and machetes kill at least 20 people in villages in northeast Nigeria. (Reuters)
- Environment
- The elusive Australian Central Rock Rat, not seen since 1960, is rediscovered in Central Australia. (9 News National)
- Health
- Law and crime
- Politics
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Current events of September 7, 2013 (2013-09-07) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Law and crime
- A man is arrested on suspicion of burglary, trespass and criminal damage after scaling a fence to get into Buckingham Palace. (BBC)
- Politics and elections
- Sport
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Current events of September 8, 2013 (2013-09-08) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters
- Politics and elections
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Current events of September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aftermath of the Central African Republic conflict (2012–13):
- Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- Islamic insurgency in the Philippines:
- Political violence in Egypt, 2013:
- Mahmoud Badr, the founder of the Tamarod grassroots movement that helped spark the July 2013 Egyptian protests, reportedly survives an assassination attempt. (Al-Arabiya)
- A senior Russian diplomat is gunned down in Sukhumi, the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. (RFE/RL)
- A man calls the police that he has an AK-47 in both Santa Fe Middle School in Monrovia, California and the "Citrus Medical Center" in West Covina, California. (KTLA5)
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- Politics
- Sports
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Current events of September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Miley Cyrus breaks the record for the greatest number of views in 24 hours with her latest video Wrecking Ball. The video, uploaded on Monday, has 19.3 million views after a single day, and many people complain about this video. This has been her second record, and the third Vevo record video to become a frequent target for negative comments, the others being Stupid Hoe by Nicki Minaj and We Can't Stop by Miley Cyrus, the latter record set earlier this year.(E online)
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- Politics
- Science and technology
- Apple unveils the iPhone 5c and 5s (CNN)
- Sports
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Current events of September 11, 2013 (2013-09-11) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Law & crime
- Politics
- Sports
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Current events of September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Religion
- Science and technology
- NASA announces the Voyager 1 space probe has left the solar system becoming the first man-made object to reach interstellar space. (BBC)
- The announcement, while confirmed by external research, is still met in some quarters by skepticism. NBC News
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Current events of September 13, 2013 (2013-09-13) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
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- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
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Current events of September 14, 2013 (2013-09-14) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- Science and technology
- Sports
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Current events of September 15, 2013 (2013-09-15) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
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- Politics
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Current events of September 16, 2013 (2013-09-16) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflict and attack
- Aerospace
- Bombardier's CS100 successfully completes its first test flight out of Montréal-Mirabel International Airport. (CBC)
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sport
- Health and medicine
- Naegleria fowleri is found in tap water near New Orleans, marking the first time the pathogenic amoeba has been detected in U.S. public water supply. (NBC)
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Current events of September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17) (Tuesday) |
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- Entertainment
- Armed conflict and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- The head of a United Nations war crimes tribunal states that it is investigating 14 alleged instances of chemical weapons attacks. (Al-Jazeera)
- Islamic insurgency in the Philippines:
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
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Current events of September 18, 2013 (2013-09-18) (Wednesday) |
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- Business and economy
- The United States Federal Reserve announces that it will continue its stimulus program due to concerns about weakening growth. (The Age)
- Disasters and accidents
- Hurricane Manuel:
- More than 2,000 tourists have been airlifted by the Mexican Army after floods caused by Hurricane Manuel isolate the resort city of Acapulco with many tourists and residents stranded. (BBC)
- At least 58 people are missing after a mudslide caused by Hurricane Manuel buries approximately 70 people in the Mexican town of Atoyac de Alvarez. (CNN)
- At least 6 people are dead in Ottawa after a collision betweeen a Via Rail train and a double-decker OC Transpo bus. (CTV)
- Teen Graciela Martinez is found dead after school from possible heat stroke in a locked BMW in which the doors would not open. (Los Angeles Times)
- International relations
- Law and crime
- The French parliament moves to ban children's beauty contests in an attempt to halt what one former minister called the hyper-sexualization of young girls. (The Guardian)
- In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Antonio Feliu fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and her adult daughter, and killed another woman in a head-on crash during a police chase. He shot himself as police approached his stopped car. (Epoch Times)
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
- Sport
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Current events of September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Political violence in Egypt, 2013:
- Egyptian security forces clash with militants in the town of Kerdasah on the outskirts of Cairo with one member of the security forces dead. (BBC)
- Syrian civil war:
- International relations
- Gaming
- Law and crime
- Sport
Current events of September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani calls for "constructive dialogue" and an end to "unhealthy rivalries". (CNN)
- The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, which was protesting against Gazprom drilling in the Arctic area 60km north of the Russian coast, is boarded by the Russian military. The activists claim that oil exploitation would risk three nature reserves protected by Russian law. (The Guardian)
- Sport
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Current events of September 21, 2013 (2013-09-21) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Business and economy
- Exxon Mobil, BP and BG decline to take part in the upcoming international bidding for rights to explore Brazil's deep-water Libra oil field, one of the largest pre-salt fields yet to be explored in that country. (GloboNews)
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
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Current events of September 22, 2013 (2013-09-22) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Two suicide bombers attack a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 78 people. (BBC)
- Westgate centre shooting:
- The death toll from the Westgate centre shooting in Nairobi, Kenya, reaches 59 with 175 injured. (BBC)
- Kenyan troops launch an assault on cornered Somali militants holding hostages inside the shopping mall to end the deadly siege. (AFP via News24)
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and impacts
- Law and crime
- A Chinese court finds former senior politician Bo Xilai guilty of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power and sentences him to life imprisonment. (BBC)
- Politics and elections
- Sport
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Current events of September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Westgate shopping mall shooting:
- Explosions and gunfire are reported from the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi where Al-Shabaab gunmen are still holed up. (BBC)
- The Kenyan Interior Minister says that three gunmen were killed and that his troops are in control of all five floors of the building. (Euronews)
- Syrian civil war:
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- An Egyptian court bans all Muslim Brotherhood activities nationwide and its assets will be confiscated according to the court ruling. (Reuters)
- Sports
- Australian footballer Gary Ablett Jr. wins his second Brownlow Medal in the Australian Football League 5 days before the Grand Final between Hawthorn and Fremantle on Saturday, 28th September.
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Current events of September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24) (Tuesday) |
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- Business and economy
- Hundreds of garment factories in Bangladesh shut down due to strikes by workers seeking higher pay. (Bloomberg)
- Disasters and accidents
- Politics and elections
- Sport
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Current events of September 25, 2013 (2013-09-25) (Wednesday) |
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- Disasters and accidents
- Sports
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Current events of September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- International relations
- Law and crime
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Current events of September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Sport
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Current events of September 28, 2013 (2013-09-28) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese protests (2011–present):
- Sudanese security forces fire live ammunition on a march that followed the funeral of a demonstrator killed the day before. (The Washington Post)
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Gunmen from the Islamist group Boko Haram kill 27 villagers in two attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast. (Reuters)
- Syrian civil war:
- Syrian rebels claim taking control of a military post on the edge of the city of Deraa on Syria's southern border with Jordan after four days of heavy fighting with the Syrian Armed Forces. (Reuters)
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- Nikolaos Michaloliakos, the leader of the Greek far-right party Golden Dawn, is arrested on charges of forming a criminal organization. (BBC)
- U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Tim Giardina is suspended from his duties as #2 of the U.S. Strategic Command due to an investigation into gambling-related issues. (NBC)
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Activists fighting Syrian government forces say that at least 16 people, most of them students, were killed in an air strike from Syrian government warplanes that hit a secondary school in the rebel-held Syrian city of Raqqa. (Reuters)
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- Politics and elections
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Current events of September 30, 2013 (2013-09-30) (Monday) |
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Ongoing conflicts |
- Libya
- Libyan factional fighting
- Islamic insurgency in the Philippines
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Elections |
Recent: September
- 7: Australia, Federal
- 7: Maldives, President
- 9: Norway, Parliament
- 15: Macau, Legislative
- 16–18: Rwanda, Parliament
- 20: Swaziland, General
- 22: Germany, Federal
- 22: Switzerland, Referenda
- 27: Aruba, General
- 28: Guinea, Legislative
- 29: Austria, Legislative
- 30: Cameroon, Parliament
Upcoming: October
- 6: Belize and Guatemala, International Court of Justice referral referendum
- 8: Ethiopia, President (indirect)
- 9: Azerbaijan, President
- 15: Yemen, Constitutional referendum
- 20: Luxembourg, General
- 20: San Marino, Referenda
- 25: Madagascar, President (1st round)
- 25–26: Czech Republic, Legislative
- 27: Argentina, Legislative
- 27: Georgia, President
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Trials |
Recently concluded
- Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
- China: Bo Xilai
- Croatia: Ivo Sanader
- Germany: Breno Borges
- Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir
- Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
- Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY)
- Norway: Anders Behring Breivik
- Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell
- United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan
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Upcoming
- France: Éric Raoult
- Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
- Jordan: Abu Qatada
- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
- United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Ian Watkins, Neville Neville, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Adebowale, Nicholas Jacobs
- United States: Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Crystal Mangum, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz
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