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Current events of
September 26, 2011
(
2011-09-26
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2011 Libyan civil war
: Forces loyal to the
National Transitional Council
(NTC) enter
Muammar Gaddafi
's stronghold of
Sirte
, as the NTC's three-day assault on the city intensifies.
(BBC)
The
President of Indonesia
,
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
, orders the
National Police
's
Detachment 88
counter-terrorism
squad to investigate a recent
suicide bombing
in
Solo, Java
.
(
The Australian
)
Arts and culture
Some of the
Dead Sea Scrolls
are published online in a joint project between
Israel's national museum
and
Google
.
(AP)
Business and economy
Asian
and
European
stock markets
open lower in response to the ongoing
sovereign debt crisis in Europe
.
(BusinessWeek)
(Bloomberg)
(IBN)
(Sky News)
Disasters
More than 100,000 people in the
Philippines
are evacuated ahead of
Typhoon Nesat
, with
Albay
province lying directly in the storm's pathway.
(AP via NineMSN)
International relations
Tuvaluan
Prime Minister
Willy Telavi
signs an agreement to establish
diplomatic relations
with
Abkhazia
during an official visit to
Sukhumi
.
(RNZI)
Law and crime
Six people appear in court on
terrorism
charges, a week after being arrested in the
English
city of
Birmingham
.
(Reuters via ABC News Australia)
US actor
Charlie Sheen
settles his lawsuit with
Warner Brothers
and
Two and a Half Men
creator
Chuck Lorre
.
(
Hollywood Reporter
)
Politics
About 300 students at
Auckland University
occupy a university building to protest increases in student fees.
(
New Zealand Herald
)
Kenyan
Nobel Peace Prize
laureate
Wangari Maathai
dies while undergoing
cancer
treatment at the age of 71.
(BBC)
The
British Labour Party
votes to scrap the tradition of
Shadow Cabinet
elections
at their
annual conference
in
Liverpool
.
(BBC)
The
United States Senate
reaches a temporary deal to avoid a government shutdown.
(
The Globe and Mail
)
The
Prime Minister of Spain
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
dissolves the
Cortes Generales
and calls a
general election
for November 20.
(Fox News Latino)
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