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Portal:Current events/2014 September 27

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;Disasters and accidents

  • Japan's Mount Ontake volcano erupts causing 250 people to be stranded, injuring at least eight people and forcing aircraft to divert their routes. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/09/27/japan-volcano-idINKCN0HM04M20140927 (Reuters)]

;Business and economy

  • After 139 years of ferry crossings between the Danish town of Esbjerg and Harwich in England, {{MS|Sirena Seaways}} carries passengers on the route for the last time as DFDS closes the route due to "dwindling demand and high costs"; a freight service will still be available on the route from Esbjerg to Immingham. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-29353171 (BBC)] [http://www.dfdsconnects.com/big-interest-englandbaets-last-crossing/ (DFDS Connects)]

;Health

  • Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa:
  • The official death toll from the Ebola virus outbreak reaches 3,000 with the World Health Organisation warning that the official figures "vastly underestimate the true scale of the epidemic". [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-death-toll-passes-3000-as-who-warns-numbers-are-vastly-underestimated-9759314.html (The Independent)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • Vaughan Foods beheading incident. A recent convert to Islam goes on a rampage in a grocery warehouse in Oklahoma, beheading a woman with a knife and stabbing another female colleague. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150101122413/http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/09/26/women-beheaded-oklahoma-muslim-convert (Fox News)]

;Politics and elections

  • David Cunliffe resigns as leader of the New Zealand Labour Party following a crushing defeat in last week's election, but will nominate himself as leader in the subsequent leadership contest. [http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2014/09/27/nz-labour-leader-resigns-after-election.html (Sky News Australia)]
  • Artur Mas i Gavarró, the President of the Spanish region of Catalonia, authorises a referendum on independence on November 9 despite the opposition of the Government of Spain. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SPAIN_CATALONIA_INDEPENDENCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (AP)]
  • Dozens of people are arrested as Hong Kong pro-democracy rallies continue. [http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/27/world/asia/china-hong-kong-students/index.html?eref=edition (CNN)]

;Sport

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