Portal:Current events/2012 September 29

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War: Al-Shabaab militants withdraw from the Somali port city of Kismayo after Somali and African Union forces launched a coordinated assault on Kismayo on Friday. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19769058 (BBC)]
• Syrian Civil War: Fire rages through the Souq of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/09/2012929134847878682.html (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/world/middleeast/fire-sweeps-through-ancient-souk-of-aleppo-citys-soul.html (New York Times)]

;Disasters and accidents

• Three people drown in unseasonal flooding in Morocco. [http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/morocco-flooding-kills-3-1.1392660#.UGcRdlGBVLo (IOL)]
• At least ten people die after heavy rains trigger flash floods in Malaga, Almeria and Murcia, southern Spain. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19767627 (BBC)]

;Law and crime

• One of the Guantanamo detainees, Omar Khadr, is transferred to Canada to serve the remainder of his sentence. [http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/29/world/americas/canada-guantanamo-release/ (CNN)]
• Iran accuses the United States of "double standards" over the U.S.' delisting of the Mujahideen-e Khalq as a terrorist entity. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-condemns-us-taking-group-off-terror-list-17354881 (ABC News)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

;Sport

• In Australian rules football, the Sydney Swans win the 2012 Australian Football League premiership by defeating Hawthorn by 10 points in the Grand Final. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-29/2012-afl-grand-final-live-blog/4286522 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]

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