Portal:Current events/2009 September 17
- A senior Roman Catholics can vote "Yes" in the country's second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon "in good conscience". (BBC)
- At least 87 refugees are killed after an army air raid on a camp for displaced people in 'Amran Governorate, northern Yemen. (BBC) (Saba) (Bernama) (Al Jazeera)
- The banker pay. (AP via Google News)
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- Two large explosions hit the main base of African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP via Chicago Star-Tribune)[permanent dead link] (Xinhua)
- A number of children are injured in an attack at the Carolinum secondary school in the Bavarian town of Ansbach. German police arrest a man. (BBC) (RTÉ)
- Colombia says it would consider quitting UNASUR if the bloc does not agree to debate issues related to drug trafficking, terrorism and arms purchases. (MercoPress)
- Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi denounces an International Crisis Group (ICG) report that warns his country could descend into ethnic violence ahead of its first national election since a 2005 poll triggered deadly street clashes. (IOL)
- A large ISAF soldiers. (BBC) (Adnkronos)
- Egypt's top Islamic authority, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, defends women's rights to wear trousers in public following the high-profile court case in neighbouring Sudan where women, including Lubna al-Hussein, were flogged for dressing in the garments. (IOL)
- Seven explosions hit the
- Noordin Mohammed Top, who was suspected of involvement in the 2009 Jakarta bombings and the Bali bombings in 2002. (Jakarta Post) (Al Jazeera) (CNN)
- China agree a $16 billion oil exploration deal allowing China to drill in the Orinoco basin. (Bloomberg) (MarketWatch) (Al Jazeera)
- The ruling Burmese junta defends its decision to bar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from attending her appeal hearing. (Straits Times) (Gulf News)[permanent dead link] (Philippine Star)[permanent dead link]
- Four more people are found guilty and jailed for carrying out
- The bill to reduce the number of ministries from 40 to 24. (BBC)