World Championships in Athletics: AmericanathleteTyson Gay wins his third medal of the championship as part of the 100 metres relay team after earlier winning gold medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres. (Reuters)
Southeast Aceh try to stop the swearing in of the regent and deputy regent with riot police using tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowd resulting in 26 people being injured. (Reuters Alertnet)
Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PEJAK) positions. (AP via Google)
Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo refuses to resign over allegations that a group that he chaired received state subsidies illegally. (AFP via Google News)
Christopher R. Hill, the United States negotiator in talks with North Korea, states that they have agreed to declare and disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year. (BBC)
Mittal Steel completes the first part of its takeover of Arcelor with ArcelorMittal being listed on European stock exchanges with the combined company becoming the world's largest steel producer. (CNN)
According to reports in Japanese media, Takehiko Endo resigns as the Japanese Agriculture Minister due to involvements in illegal dealings in 1999. (BBC)
Hurricane Felix
Hurricane Felix reaches
Category 5 strength as it heads towards Central America. (Wikinews)
Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, priests chanted prayers in honor of the Russian Defense Ministry's 12th Main Directorate, which is responsible for the storage and maintenance of Russia's nuclear arsenal. (The Moscow Times)
German authorities arrest three people for planning attacks on Frankfurt and a United States military base in Ramstein. (Reuters)
Consumer Product Safety Commission in the United States announces that it is recalling 700,000 Chinese-made toys on the grounds of excessive lead paint making it the third recall in the past month. (AP)[permanent dead link
Lighting Africa initiative, aiming to provide modern lighting by renewable or mechanical means to 250 million people in sub-Saharan Africa who lack access to electricity. (AFP via Google)
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, in violation of rules concerning the handling of nuclear weapons. In addition, the bombs were not reported as missing from the Minot weapons inventory. The squadron commander was relieved of his position, but RepresentativeIke Skelton says that his committee would investigate the incident. (New York Times), (MSNBC)
Hurricane Felix: The death toll from Hurricane Felix in Honduras and Nicaragua rises to at least 98, with a high casualty level amongst Miskito Indians who failed to evacuate. Thousands of houses have also been destroyed. (CNN)(Sky News)
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September 11, 2001 attacks on U.S. cities. (Reuters)
early parliamentary elections in October 2007. (BBC)
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Stock Markets fall sharply amid recession fears after the release of a report that shows a surprise decline of the USworkforce in August, for the first time in four years. (BBC)
The United States is investigating a video which it has obtained, to see if the claims that the man on it is Osama bin Laden are genuine. If they are found to be, it will have been the first time he has been seen since October 2004. (BBC)
Assistant Secretary of State says that North Korea has invited experts from the US, China and Russia to inspect nuclear sites to be disabled. (Bloomberg)
parliamentary elections, according to provisional results released by the government (Reuters)
At least 18 people are injured in a car bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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At least 16 people are killed and 30 injured in a car bomb attack on an Algerian naval barracks in the town of Dellys, 100km (62km) east of Algiers. (AFP via Google)
The Supreme Court of Indonesia orders TIME magazine to pay US$106 million in damages to former President of IndonesiaSuharto. The magazine had reported in 1999 that the former President and his family had accumulated $73 billion dollars fraudulently during his time in office. The case had previously been rejected by two lower courts. (BBC)
OPEC meets to discuss proposals for a minor increase in oil output proposed by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. The meeting decided to increase output by 500,000 barrels a day.(Reuters)[permanent dead link], (CNN)
Police in the Philippines arrest seven militants suspected of plotting to bomb tourist and shopping locations in the southern Philippines. (AP via IHT)
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imperial measurements for the foreseeable future. (BBC)
world's tallest free-standing structure on land, which it had been since 1976. The building is due for completion 2008 with a final projected height of 818 metres. (Bloomberg)(Yahoo)(CNews)(PressTV)
People's Republic of China in the cities of Baotou, Wuhan, and Baoji, breaking into cars, destroying classrooms, and setting fires. The riot is the largest protest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest. (TIME)
Miami police shot dead in an exchange of fire a man suspected of the murder of one police officer and the shooting of another three officers hours earlier. (CNN)
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns that a million people in Africa require assistance after floods have killed more than 200 people in recent weeks. (AFP)
The
Pakistan Peoples Party unanimously decides that Benazir Bhutto
Another earthquake of 6.9 magnitude occurs off the coast of Sumatra. (BBC)
The
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully launches SELENE, the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program, on a mission to explore the moon. (BBC)
cruise ferry Color Magic was christened in Kiel.The ship is the largest cruise ferry in the world.She was christened by the German actress Veronica Ferres
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2007 general election with results published so far showing Opposition candidate for president Ernest Bai Koroma in the lead. [(BBC)
Moqtada al-Sadr announces that it will abandon the party led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (LA Times)
Chinese authorities recall tainted leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems. (FOX)
Greek legislative election, 2007. The ruling New Democracy Party wins the election, with 98% of the votes counted, gaining 41.9% of the vote and 152 seats over 38.1% and 102 seats for the socialist PASOK party. The Communist Party wins 8.1% and 22 seats, over 5% and 14 seats for Radical Left Coalition and 3.7% and 10 seats for Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), a Far-Right party. (ERT)[permanent dead link](AFP)
Subprime Mortgage Financial Crisis, after £2 billion of deposits are removed from the Northern Rock bank in the three days after it applied for emergency funding from the Bank. (BBC)
73,000 United Auto Workers union workers go on strike against General Motors, the first general strike against the company in 37 years. Talks between the parties continued. (CNN)
United States District Court judge Ann Aiken rules that two sections of the Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause. (AP via CNN)
According to sources close to the military, Senior General Than Shwe is now directly commanding soldiers after several commanders refused to use force to crack down on protesters. (Mizzima News)
There are unconfirmed reports that Than Shwe's family is fleeing to a foreign country. A chartered Air Bagan flight carrying eight special passengers landed in Vientiane, Laos, at 6pm (local time). (Mizzima News)
China, one of Myanmar's few allies, calls for restraint for the first time. (Reuters)
Nine people are killed and 11 injured when junta security forces open fire on an anti-government demonstration in Yangon. Among the dead is a Japanese journalist. (Reuters)(Times of India)(CNN)
There are reports that Burmese troops from middle Myanmar have started to march towards Yangon. The reported troops are from the Central Command based in Taungoo and the South East Command. (Mizzima News)
China to intervene in the ongoing protests in Myanmar, or he would "join a campaign to boycott the Beijing Olympics" next year. (Dagens Nyheter)
Public Burmese Internet access is cut, silencing what had become an international source of information and images about the events. (CNN)(Fox News)
Shortly after his scheduled arrival at Yangon, it was reported that Ibrahim Gambari, the UN Secretary-General's special adviser on Burma, had arrived in Naypyidaw to talk with the junta leaders. (Mizzina News)
There are reports that Htoo trading company, owned by junta loyalist business tycoon Tay Za, has shut-down its operations after giving two months salaries to its staff. (Mizzima News)
CIA, "terrorist organisations", countering claims by America about their own armed forces. (BreakingNews.ie)
A central member of the military junta in Myanmar is reportedly interested in seeking political asylum in Norway. The colonel is said to have defected recently, and he is now hiding in the jungle among the Karen people. (The Norway Post)
AP Poll results are released, with nine of the ten ranked teams that lost this past weekend either dropping further down the list or out of the poll completely. LSU rose to #1 for the first time since 1959, Kentucky and Boston College rise into the Top Ten for the first time since 1977 and 1992, respectively, and South Florida ascends into the Top Ten for the first time ever. (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
