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Portal:Current events/2010 September 7

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;Armed conflicts and incidents

  • Israel begins military preparations in order to intercept a 20-ship flotilla due to set sail towards the Gaza Strip and break the Israeli blockade. A wide range of plans are being considered, including the possibility of stopping the flotilla far out at sea due to its sheer size. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100908233359/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=israel-bracing-for-8216mother-of-all-flotillas8217-2010-09-07 (Hurriyet)]
  • A car bomb attack on a Pakistan police headquarters in the city of Kohat kills at least 20 people and injures 50. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gAq0KnCLioDxDvDNDpm17BVYIvGQ (AFP via Google News)]

;Arts and culture

;Business and economy

  • Mozambique announces it will reverse a rise in the price of bread that led to riots last week. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11216009 (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/09/201097131921161458.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • Current Barclays Capital chief Robert Diamond, one of the world's highest paid bankers, is to become chief executive of Barclays Bank plc succeeding the present incumbent John Varley next year. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11209416 (BBC)]

;Disasters

  • Some 3,500 people are evacuated in Boulder County, Colorado due to wildfires concerns. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hsaJqY8fXaOjAtYz8a68BYJBqW1A (AFP via Google News)]
  • Japan experiences its record-hottest summer. [http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_15971316?nclick_check=1 (Mercury News)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090200859.html (Washington Post)]
  • Around 85 fires break out in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan, with at least 20 homes destroyed. Winds of 40 to 50 mph cause 113,000 customers to lose electricity. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/fires-engulf-detroit-neighborhoods/story?id=11579438 (ABC News America)] [http://www.wisn.com/r/24918109/detail.html (WISN)]

;Law and crime

  • Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer, is denied parole by the New York State Division of Parole in the U.S.. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/07/new.york.chapman.parole.hearing/index.html#fbid=YIYm6U-LlVS&wom=false (CNN)]
  • A curfew is imposed in parts of Srinagar following clashes. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100908234829/http://english.samaylive.com/nation/676473014.html (samaylive)]

;Politics and elections

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