Portal:Current events/2005 September 14
- The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, the first time such an encounter has been made in public. (BBC)
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees and World Food Programme appeal for more funds to provide food for two million refugees in Africa, in countries such as Tanzania, Central African Republic, Liberia and Kenya. (Reuters)
- Mandatory emergency evacuation is ordered for Outer Banks in North Carolina as Hurricane Ophelia approaches. (Washington Post), (Reuters)[permanent dead link], (Guardian)
- Two American air carriers, USDsince the start of 2001.
- The Massachusetts General Court rejects a proposed amendment to ban Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts by a vote of 157-39, meaning that Massachusetts will remain the only state in the United States to allow gay marriage.
- Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan. (BBC)
- Hamas blows a hole through the wall between Egypt and Gaza, allowing free passage for Palestinians to and from Egypt for the first time since 1967. (BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq:
- 114 people die when a
- 17 people die in the town of
- African American woman executed in Texas since 1858. (Reuters)[permanent dead link]
- UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
- Following serious Loyalist rioting during which dozens of shots were fired at riot police, the Northern Ireland Secretary Ulster Volunteer Forceceasefire.