Portal:Current events/2010 September 3

Current events of September 3, 2010 (2010-09-03) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and incidents Rebels in Darfur say armed men have attacked villages in the region leaving dozens dead in the last two days. (IOL) (AFP) A suicide bomber injures at least 25 Tajikistan police officers with several missing following an attack on a regional headquarters at Khujand. (AFP) (RIA Novosti) A Taliban bomb attack on a Shiite solidarity rally with the Palestinian people kills at least 53 people in Quetta, Pakistan. (MSNBC) (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada) (Xinhua) (The Times of India) Business and economy Unemployment in the United States rises to 9.6% for August. (Market Watch) Disasters UPS Airlines Flight 6 crashes in Dubai near the International Airport killing both crew members. (Emirates 24/7) (Gulf News) (BBC), (Al Jazeera) Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts again. (AP via MSNBC) (Bernama) States in the New England region of the United States prepare for a possible impact from Hurricane Earl which has weakened to a tropical storm. (The Boston Globe), (AP via Yahoo! News) Forest fires flare up in the southern Russian regions of Volgograd and Saratov, killing two people and burning down 500 buildings. (AFP via The Courier Mail) (The Moscow News) (BBC) Landslides in the village of Wama near Baoshan in China kill at least 12 people with 36 missing. (Sky News Australia) A magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs near Christchurch, New Zealand, causing widespread damage and power cuts but no deaths. (The New Zealand Herald) (Herald Sun) International relations South Africa criticises a life sentence passed against former Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana, as it would "not help" the country's political situation. (BBC) (Business Day) (AllAfrica.com) Japan approves additional sanctions against Iran due to concerns over Iran's nuclear program. (AP via ABC News America) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization calls a special meeting for 24 September to discuss rising food prices. (BBC) Law and crime Miami International Airport in the US state of Florida is evacuated after a suspicious package is found. A passenger is taken into custody. (CNN) (CNN) The President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, takes responsibility for the handling of the Manila hostage crisis in August. (Hindustan Times) Seven defendants are found guilty of abusing children in the Casa Pia child sex abuse trial in Lisbon, Portugal. (BBC) Politics Pro-government crowds in Iran attack the home of opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi ahead of Al-Quds day protests. (Jakarta Post) (Al Jazeera) Militant Australian Islamic preacher Feiz Mohammad calls for Dutch politician Geert Wilders to be "beheaded" for denigrating Islam. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald) Science The Royal Mail in the United Kingdom launches the first intelligent postage stamp, the first to work with image recognition technology. (BBC) A study published in the journal Cell reports the discovery that the cerebral cortex of mammals shares a common evolutionary origin with mushroom bodies, brain structures involved in learning and memory in insects and other invertebrates. (Science Daily) Sport The International Cricket Council charges three Pakistan cricketers who are then formally interviewed by police into a betting scam alleged by the News of the World. (The Guardian) UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying: Qualification starts for UEFA Euro 2012 in European football, with wins for Germany and 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists Spain and the Netherlands. (Toronto Sun) (The Guardian) France is booed by their fans after an embarrassing 1-0 home defeat against Belarus. (The Guardian) Two hundred and eighty German and Belgian fans are arrested in Brussels for football hooliganism. (New Kerala)