Portal:Current events/2011 September 25

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;Armed conflict and attacks

A suicide bombing near a church in Central Java, Indonesia, kills at least two people and injures several others. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15051334 (BBC)]
Four consecutive bombings kill at least 10 people and injure 70 others in the Iraqi city of Karbala. [http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/25/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html?hpt=wo_c2 (CNN)]
The United Nations Security Council urges all sides in the 2011 Yemeni uprising to "show maximum restraint". [http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Yemen (Al Jazeera)]
Gunfire is reported at a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) compound in the Afghan capital Kabul. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15055705 (BBC)]

;Disasters

A Buddha Air flight taking tourists to see Mount Everest crashes in Nepal, killing 19 people. [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/tourist-plane-crashes-in-nepal-killing-18-20110925-1krbb.html (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)]
An out-of-control forest fire near the Canadian town of Fort McMurray in Alberta causes the closure of Highway 63. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120104093122/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/control+forest+fire+moving+close+Fort+McMurray/5456495/story.html (Vancouver Sun)]

;Law and crime

At least five people are shot dead in two locations in the US state of Indiana. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927095318/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-dead-se-indiana-locations-14604526 (AP via ABC News America)]

;Politics

Senate elections in France result in a left-wing majority, headed by the Socialist Party, for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic. [http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2011/09/25/pour-la-premiere-fois-de-son-histoire-le-senat-bascule-a-gauche_1577644_823448.html#ens_id=1571650 (Le Monde)]
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announces reforms giving women the right to vote and run in municipal elections. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15052030 (BBC)]
The Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding announces plans to step down as soon as the Jamaica Labour Party announces its new leader in December. [http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=32148 (Go Jamaica)]

;Sport

In athletics, Patrick Makau Musyoki of Kenya breaks the world record for the marathon at the Berlin Marathon, pending official ratification by the International Association of Athletics Federations. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204831304576592810006663834.html (AP via the Wall Street Journal)]

;Television

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