Portal:Current events/2011 September 12

Current events of September 12, 2011 (2011-09-12) (Monday)

Arts and culture The EU Council votes to extend the copyright on sound recordings from 50 to 70 years. (BBC) British comedian David Walliams completes a 140-mile charity swim along the River Thames, raising £1 million in aid of the BBC's Sport Relief. (BBC) Leila Lopes of Angola is named Miss Universe 2011. (LA Late) Business and economy Stocks on Asian markets fall sharply due to renewed concerns over the Eurozone debt crisis. (Market Watch) The UK's Independent Commission on Banking recommends that British banks should separate their retail banking divisions from investment banking arms to safeguard against riskier banking activities. (BBC) Disasters At least 75 people are killed by a petrol pipeline explosion in Nairobi, Kenya. (BBC) At least 19 people die in a bus crash on the Indonesian island of Java. (Jakarta Post) At least 240 bodies have been recovered off the coast of Zanzibar following Saturday's ferry sinking. (Xinhua) An explosion occurs at the Marcoule nuclear power plant in southern France, killing one person and injuring four. (BBC) Law and crime Police in Kenya are searching for a gang who killed a British tourist and kidnapped his wife at a beachside resort. (BBC) Former British Conservative peers Lord Taylor of Warwick and Lord Hanningfield are released early from prison sentences for fiddling parliamentary expenses. (BBC) Politics Bernard Hogan-Howe is named as the new Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police. (BBC) Sport In tennis, Novak Djokovic of Serbia wins the Men's Singles at the 2011 US Open defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1. (New York Times)