Portal:Current events/2010 September 23
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Somalia:
- At least 21 people are killed and 70 injured in street battles in the capital Mogadishu. (Al Jazeera)
- Colombian Armed Forces. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- 2010 strikes in France: French trade unions launch a new round of strikes over plans by the President Nicolas Sarkozy to lift the pension age to 62, with transport services and schools to be badly affected. (Al Jazeera) (AP via Google) (France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- At least six people die in a mine collapse in Kayanza Province, northern Burundi. (RTT News) (BBC)
- The death toll in Typhoon Fanapi reaches 54 with dozens more people missing. (AP via SignOn SanDiego) (China Daily)
- 2010 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Matthew forms in the western Caribbean Sea with predictions that it could hit Central America on Friday or Saturday. (Reuters)
- Approximately 16,000 people have died in the United States between 2001 and 2007 due to people using cell phones while driving, according to a new report. (Reuters)
- Speeding train kills 7 elephants in Eastern India. (CBS)
International relations
- French authorities seek to make contact with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb over the kidnapping of five French nationals and two others in Niger, now believed to have been taken to northern Mali. (BBC) (Voice of America)
- Iran withdraws its bid for a seat on the International Atomic Energy Agency board due to lack of support for its candidacy. (AFP)
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- The President of the United States Barack Obama meets with the Premier of China Wen Jiabao, with the value of the renminbi the top issue for discussion. (Reuters)
Law and crimes
- Chinese authorities investigate four Japanese employees of Fujita Corp., suspected of entering a military zone and illegally videotaping military targets in northern Hebei Province. (AP) (BBC)
- The U.S. state of Virginia executes its first woman since 1912; Teresa Lewis will also be the first woman in the U.S. to be executed since 2005. (Sky News)
- Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui is sentenced to 86 years in jail in a New York federal court for trying to kill United States soldiers in Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)
Politics
- Kim Jong-un. (AFP) (Korea Herald)
- The election commission in
- Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy is sentenced in absentia to 10 years' imprisonment for altering maps to show that Vietnam was encroaching on Cambodian territory. (The Phnom Penh Post) (BBC)
- The final count for the The Alliance finished two seats short of an absolute majority. (The Telegraph)
Sport
- 2010 Commonwealth Games:
- Countries including athletes' village. (AFP via Yahoo! News Australia)
- The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh convenes an emergency meeting of Ministers to discuss problems with the facilities. (Livemint)
- Countries including
Television
- CBS Season Premiere of The Big Bang Theory