Portal:Current events/2013 September 8

Current events of September 8, 2013 (2013-09-08) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: The Islamist al-Nusra Front captures the historic Christian town of Ma'loula from the Syrian Army; Russia calls for protection of the town. (CNN) (Interfax) War in Afghanistan (2001–present): The Taliban kills four Afghan National Army troops in an attack on an intelligence office near Kabul. (AP via Fox News) A group of men in a car opens fire in a town on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala, with 11 killed and 18 others injured. (AP via San Francisco Chronicle) Disasters Eleven people were killed after a collision between a minibus and a train near Iași, Romania. (Xinhua) Six people were killed and nine injured after a collision between car and minibus in Jakarta, Indonesia. (The Jakarta Globe) Politics and elections Russian elections: Results indicate that Sergei Sobyanin will be elected as Mayor of Moscow with over 50 per cent of the vote. (Reuters) (BBC) Voters in Russia go to the polls for regional and local government elections. (RIA Novosti) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is reelected for a third term as Mayor of Tehran. (Tabnak) The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari has a farewell ceremony after the completion of his five year term. He will be replaced by Mamnoon Hussain. (AP) Sport In hurling, Clare (0-25) and Cork (3-16) draw in the Championship Final, marking the second straight time that the Final has been drawn. (RTÉ) The International Olympic Committee votes to reinstate wrestling as an Olympic sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (ESPN) In Formula One, Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 Italian Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing. American tennis player Serena Williams wins her fifth Women's Singles at the US Open over Victoria Azarenka. (ESPN)