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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Syrian Civil War: Violence between government forces and rebels continues in several Syrian provinces. [http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/09/201291691755879536.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • Mexican Drug War
  • Jaime Serrano Cedillo, a deputy of the State of Mexico, is assassinated; he is the second politician of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to be killed in just two days. Eduardo Castro Luque was killed by unknown assailants on Friday night. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/state-legislator-killed-in-mexico-state-2nd-pri-politician-slain-in-2-days/2012/09/16/c06c98f6-004b-11e2-bbf0-e33b4ee2f0e8_story.html (The Washington Post)]
  • The dismembered remains of 17 men are found at a farm near the border between Jalisco and Michoacán states. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/17-mutilated-bodies-found-on-farm-in-central-mexico/2012/09/16/665f8a26-002d-11e2-bbf0-e33b4ee2f0e8_story.html (The Washington Post)]
  • Militants attack an Egyptian security headquarters in the Sinai Peninsula, injuring several officers. Operation Sinai is extended "until its goals are achieved". [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/09/201291682915656385.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • 2012 diplomatic missions attacks fallout
  • President of Libya Mohamed el-Magariaf announces Libya has made at least 50 arrests in conjunction with the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi. [http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=285283 (Jerusalem Post)]
  • The United States has ordered all non-essential staff to evacuate its embassies in Sudan and Tunisia and urges its citizens to avoid travelling to those countries. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/16/us-withdraws-diplomats-tunisia-sudan (Associated Press via The Guardian)]
  • War in Afghanistan:
  • Eight female civilians are killed in a NATO airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman; NATO said the airstrike was attempting to target insurgents. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19616356 (BBC)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzDd4B8c-vEnsuVSlMiNgosuUYPw?docId=CNG.b0d1cb705164693dadc62479a8a2c79e.541 (AFP)]
  • An Afghan policeman kills four US troops in southern Afghanistan. [https://vancouversun.com/news/NATO+forces+Afghanistan+international+troops+killed+apparent+attack/7249702/story.html (Vancouver Sun)]
  • A roadside bombing carried out by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southern Turkish province of Bingöl kills at least eight police officers. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19615995 (BBC)]
  • A roadside bomb detonates near Jandol, Lower Dir District, Pakistan, killing 14 and seriously wounding 7. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19614801 (BBC)]

;Environment and health

  • Super Typhoon Sanba reaches the Ryukyu Islands on its way to Korea. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/15/super-typhoon-japan-2012-path-tracker-map_n_1885375.html (Huffington Post)] [https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/14/161142510/did-you-know-a-super-typhoon-is-heading-for-asia (NPR)] [http://www.timesonline.com/news/world/asia/typhoon-brings-blackouts-floods-to-southern-japan/article_5211eb7a-5920-5e2c-8a1e-684c2eb6f818.html (Times Online)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Four people are injured and 85,000 households lose power as Sanba moves across Okinawa and Kagoshima Prefectures. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120919013947/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120916p2a00m0na008000c.html (Kyodo News via Mainichi Shimbun)]

;International relations

  • Senkaku Islands dispute:
  • Anti-Japan protesters in China ransack Japanese businesses; set fire to a Panasonic plant in Qingdao. [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-16/panasonic-plant-in-china-on-fire-as-anti-japan-protests-escalate (Bloomberg)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/us-china-japan-idUSBRE88F00H20120916 (Reuters)] [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120916a1.html (Kyodo News via The Japan Times)] [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/09/anti-japan-protests-spread-to-dozens-of-more-chinese-cities-on-sunday-as-demonstrators-agitated-by-the-japanese-government.html (Los Angeles Times)]
  • Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda condemns the anti-Japan protests in China. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444108404577654632706100116.html (Wall Street Journal)]
  • Japan's ambassador designate to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, dies after suddenly collapsing outside his home in Tokyo on Thursday. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120916x1.html (Kyodo News via The Japan Times)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Japans-new-envoy-to-China-dead-Officials/articleshow/16418815.cms (Times of India)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/japan-china-envoy-idUSL3E8KG07F20120916 (Reuters)]
  • US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta urges China and its neighbours not to engage in "provocative behaviour" over maritime border disputes. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/09/in-tokyo-panetta-urges-restraint-in-islands-dispute.html (Los Angeles Times)]

;Politics and elections

  • The Egyptian Army now names Operation Eagle as Operation Sinai. [http://thedailynewsegypt.com/2012/09/08/egyptian-armed-forces-announce-results-of-operation-sinai/ (The Daily News Egypt)]
  • The Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel seeks a court order to resolve a week-long teachers strike. [https://news.yahoo.com/chicago-seek-order-end-teachers-strike-002133764.html (AP via Yahoo News)]

;Science and technology

;Sports

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