User:Donnie Love/Current Events

Economic

2011 09 20 - Qantas flights throughout Australia are disrupted by a four-hour strike by airport ground staff and baggage handlers. [http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/live-blog-qantas-strike-grounds-delays-flights-across-the-country-20110920-1kieo.html (Sydney Morning Herald)]

2011 09 20 - The International Monetary Fund warns of a double-dip recession in the coming years. [http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16073633 (Sky News)]

2011 09 20 - The world's 8th largest search engine, Yandex, expands into Turkey, marking its first venture outside the CIS. [http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=467820 (Total Telecom)]

2011 09 20 - Wadah Khanfar steps down as the head of the Al Jazeera network and is replaced by Sheikh Ahmad bin Jassim bin Mohammad Al Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family. [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6c8b6b30-e3b0-11e0-bd3d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1YXVoPk4q (Financial Times)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0921/1224304480519.html (Irish Times)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/09/201192012481969884.html (Al Jazeera)]

2011 09 20 - Floods and landslides caused by a week of heavy rain in the People's Republic of China have killed at least 57 people and forced a million people from their homes. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14981928 (BBC)]

RusAir Flight 9605
2011 09 20 - Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee finds that the cause is alcohol related pilot error, inadequate weather forecast and ground equipment. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903374004576580770885457288.html (Wall Street Journal)]

2011 09 20 - The road to the Indian town of Mangan reopens after the 2011 Sikkim earthquake with the death toll expected to rise as rescuers reach the worst affected areas. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Quake-toll-may-mount-as-recue-teams-start-reaching-interior-areas/articleshow/10058855.cms (Times of India)]

2011 09 20 - The European Court of Human Rights rules that Russia did not abuse legal processes to destroy Yukos, once its largest oil company. [http://news.scotsman.com/world/Court-clears-Russia-over-Yukos.6839748.jp (The Scotsman)]

2011 09 20 - 2011 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Ophelia forms in the central Atlantic Ocean with no warnings currently in place. [http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2011/09/tropical_storm_ophelia_forms_i.html (National Hurricane Centre via NOLA.com)]

Don't ask, don't tell
2011 09 20 - The United States military officially ends its policy of Don't ask, don't tell, allowing gay and lesbian personnel to publicly declare their sexual orientation. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/us/after-toiling-in-shadows-to-end-dont-ask-dont-tell-1st-lt-josh-seefried-greets-a-new-era.html (New York Times)]

2011 09 20 - Burhanuddin Rabbani, Former President of Afghanistan was killed in a suicide bombing at his home in Kabul while meeting with a Taliban delegation. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/2011920124955977877.html (Al-Jazeera)]

Zambian general election, 2011
2011 09 20 - Voters in Zambia go to the polls for a general election with a close Presidential race expected between incumbent Rupiah Banda and opposition leader Michael Sata. [http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09/20/voting-underway-in-zambian-presidential-election-rematch/ (Voice of America)]

2011 09 20 - The African Union officially recognises the National Transitional Council as Libya's legitimate leadership. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h2NflCTWlrw96Cs-Ts7A7Xcem2dA?docId=CNG.a8a1185f4a08d2928999ea8643dc5bd9.501 (AFP via Google)]

2011 09 20 - A group of Italian scientists go on trial for allegedly downplaying the risk of a major earthquake before the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake which killed 308 people. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/scientists-go-on-trial-for-failing-to-warn-public-about-laquila-quake-2358188.html (The Independent)]
2011 09 20 - Mexican gunmen dump 35 bodies in the city of Boca del Rio with at least some of the victims having links to organised crime. [http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/130242818.html (AP via Bakersfield Now)]

2011 Yemeni uprising:
2011 09 20 - Rockets hit a protest camp in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killing at least two people. [http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE78H0Z220110920 (Reuters)]

2011 Norway attacks
2011 09 20 - A Norwegian judge orders Anders Behring Breivik to be kept in solitary confinement for four more weeks. [http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/19/world/europe/norway-attacks/index.html?hpt=wo_c2 (CNN)]

2011 09 20 - Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former President of Afghanistan, is killed in a suicide bombing at his home in Kabul while meeting with a Taliban delegation to discuss a possible peace deal. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/2011920124955977877.html (Al-Jazeera)], [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/a-taliban-suicide-bomber-has-killed-top-afghan-diplomat-burhanuddin-rabbani/story-fn7ycml4-1226142293705 (AFP via The Australian)]

2011 09 20 - Gunmen in the Pakistan province of Baluchistan open fire on a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Iran killing at least 25 people. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/world/asia/dozens-killed-in-attack-on-pilgrim-bus-in-pakistan.html (New York Times)]

2011 09 20 - A bombing attack in in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara kills at least 3 and injures 34. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/world/europe/21turkey.html (New York Times)]

2011 09 20 - Gears of War 3, the final game in the Gears of War videogames franchise, goes on sale with 20,000 stores around the world opening at midnight. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/20/gears-of-war-3-launch (The Guardian)]