Portal:Current events/2009 September 24
- Treaty of Lisbon:
- Czech President Václav Klaus says he is "adamant" Irish voters will reject the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon when they vote on it again in the country's 2 October referendum, meaning his unwillingness to sign the treaty will be justified. (Aktualne)
- Michael O'Leary clash during high-profile radio and television debates on the Treaty of Lisbon as the referendum campaign intensifies. (BBC) (Irish Independent)
- The 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summitcommences with two dozen world leaders in attendance.
- Sixteen members of al-Qaeda, five of whom have been sentenced to death, are at large after escaping from prison north of Baghdad. (BBC)
- India's Chandrayaan-1 probe discovers large amounts of water on the Moon. (Press Trust of India) (Financial Times) (Xinhua) (The Australian) (The Guardian)
- The United Nations Security Council, headed by world leaders, unanimously approve Resolution 1887 to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. (BBC) (China Daily) (New York Times) (Associated Press) (Hindustan Times)
- AIDS vaccine, after trials find it can reduce infection by 31%. (Thai News Agency) (Bernama) (Xinhua) (BBC) (CNN)
- Arthur's Day: The 250th anniversary of the signing of a lease by Arthur Guinness for a brewery at St James's Gate in Dublin. Events organised by Diageo get underway in Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, New York and Yaoundé. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times) (Philadelphia Inquirer) (Sky News)
- The last surviving Ottoman, Ertuğrul Osman, dies in Istanbul at the age of 97. (BBC) (Today's Zaman)
- Nine North Koreans enter Denmark's embassy in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi to seek political asylum. (BBC) (Taiwan News) (New York Times)
- An online petition is launched after President of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh threatens to kill human rights workers that "destabilise" the country. (BBC) (Newstime Africa)
- Australia begins clearing up after its worst dust storm in seven decades, which smothered Sydney and brought transport to a standstill. (BBC)
- The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure, a collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces comparable to the Book of Kells, is discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire. (BBC) (The Guardian) (The Times) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Independent) (RTÉ) (Malaysian Sun) (The Australian)[permanent dead link] (Sky News)
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- South Korea agrees to develop 1,000 km2 (386 sq miles) of farmland in Tanzania. (IOL) (BBC) (The Korea Herald)
- A painting worth up to 3 million euros by surrealist artist René Magritte is stolen by thieves at a museum in Brussels. (The Times) (AFP)
- Detained Burmese National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes a new United States policy shift which would engage with the Burmese military government. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (The Guardian) (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link]
- A court in President Chen Shui-bian's appeal to be released on bail. (Associated Press) (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link]
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- Bobby Cox, manager of the professional baseball team Atlanta Braves, announces he will retire at the end of the 2010 season. (AP/FOX Sports)
- Teddy Kennedy on a temporary basis, until elections can be held to choose a permanent replacement to fill the remainder of Kennedy's term. (Houston Chronicle)
- 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit:
- Leaders of the world converge on G-20 Summit. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit. (AP via Fox News)
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- Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, is arrested alongside her husband over alleged immigration offences. (BBC)
- Five deaths occur in Turkey as a result of flash floods. (Xinhua) (Reuters) (BBC)
- Nigerian politician Waje Yayok, third in command in Kaduna State, is kidnapped. (BBC)
- Melting ice is pouring off Greenland and Antarctica into the sea far faster than was previously realised because of global warming, new research shows. (Irish Independent)