September 2010

September 2010 was the ninth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, ended on a Thursday after 30 days.

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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from September 2010.

September 1, 2010 (Wednesday)
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September 2, 2010 (Thursday)
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September 3, 2010 (Friday)
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September 4, 2010 (Saturday)
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September 5, 2010 (Sunday)
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  • A Palestinian Authority spokesman says that Iran has no standing to criticize them for relaunching direct talks with Israel while Iran "represses their people," after the Iranian foreign minister says those negotiating with Israel are "betraying their nations." (Jerusalem Post)
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September 6, 2010 (Monday)
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September 7, 2010 (Tuesday)
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  • Israel begins military preparations in order to intercept a 20-ship flotilla due to set sail towards the Gaza Strip and break the Israeli blockade. A wide range of plans are being considered, including the possibility of stopping the flotilla far out at sea due to its sheer size. (Hurriyet)
  • A car bomb attack on a Pakistan police headquarters in the city of Kohat kills at least 20 people and injures 50. (AFP via Google News)
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  • Mozambique announces it will reverse a rise in the price of bread that led to riots last week. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
  • Current Barclays Capital chief Robert Diamond, one of the world's highest paid bankers, is to become chief executive of Barclays Bank plc succeeding the present incumbent John Varley next year. (BBC)
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September 8, 2010 (Wednesday)
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September 9, 2010 (Thursday)
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September 10, 2010 (Friday)
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September 11, 2010 (Saturday)
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September 12, 2010 (Sunday)
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September 13, 2010 (Monday)
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September 14, 2010 (Tuesday)
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September 15, 2010 (Wednesday)
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September 16, 2010 (Thursday)
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September 17, 2010 (Friday)
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September 18, 2010 (Saturday)
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  • China slightly increased its holdings of United States treasury debt to US$846.7 billion, this July. (China Daily)
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September 19, 2010 (Sunday)
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  • 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)
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September 20, 2010 (Monday)
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  • Jupiter becomes the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963. (UPI)
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September 21, 2010 (Tuesday)
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  • 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)
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September 22, 2010 (Wednesday)
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  • 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)
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September 23, 2010 (Thursday)
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  • War in Somalia:
    • Somali journalists walk out of the GBC radio station seized by Islamist rebels after refusing to take orders. (BBC) (AP)
    • At least 21 people are killed and 70 injured in street battles in the capital Mogadishu. (Al Jazeera)
  • 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)
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September 24, 2010 (Friday)
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September 25, 2010 (Saturday)
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September 26, 2010 (Sunday)
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September 27, 2010 (Monday)
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  • 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)
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September 28, 2010 (Tuesday)
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September 29, 2010 (Wednesday)
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September 30, 2010 (Thursday)
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