Portal:Current events/2009 September 5

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The G-20 finance ministers outline plans for banking reform, including tougher regulation of financial institutions. [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/g20-outlines-tougher-bank-regulations-2009-09-05 (MarketWatch)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL566412820090905 (Reuters)]
At least 15 people, mostly Bulgarians, drown in Lake Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, as a tourist boat sinks. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120152/http://www.mia.com.mk/default.aspx?vId=67285723&lId=2 (MIA)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8239659.stm (BBC)] [http://www.makfax.com.mk/en-Us/Details.aspx?itemID=8647 (Makfax)]
The Communist Party Chief in Ürümqi, China, is removed from his post following recent protests over a series of stabbings with hypodermic needles. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/09/20099510166606363.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8239591.stm (BBC)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/05/content_12001223.htm (Xinhua)]
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin travels to Khartoum for meetings with the Sudanese government over the kidnapping of aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki nine weeks ago. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0905/comminss.html (RTÉ)]
An oil deal and trade concerns with Libya were at one point considered as factors in the Lockerbie bomber's release, British Justice Secretary Jack Straw says in an interview. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/05/libya.megrahi.britain/index.html (CNN)]
Thousands of people attend rival demonstrations for or against the policies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Spain, Honduras and in other Latin American capitals. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8240188.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8240228.stm (BBC video)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hqPLqxS_foiK3XKaov6bmLnjidKgD9AHF39O0 (Associated Press)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090909215218/http://english.eluniversal.com/2009/09/04/en_pol_esp_venezuelans-join-no_04A2701893.shtml (El Universal)]
Around 90 people are arrested in clashes between right wing anti-Islamic groups and anti-Fascist protesters in Birmingham, England. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8239818.stm (BBC)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jXrkd5wTHAGG9dSErLnEhqOq8EIwD9AHPKVG0 (Associated Press)] [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rightwing-demo-ends-in-violence-1782532.html (The Independent)]
Grenada releases the last seven prisoners convicted in the murder of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop during the 1983 coup, including former deputy prime minister Bernard Coard. [http://www.france24.com/en/20090906-last-1983-grenada-coup-prisoners-released (France 24)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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