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B. 09-03 'Scores die' in explosion Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan
C. 09-03 Pop legend Michael Jackson buried Los Angeles
D. 09-08 600,000 hit by flooding West Africa
E. 09-09 Obama urges action on healthcare U.S. Congress
5. 09-11 Chen, wife sentenced to life Taiwan
09-15 Hatoyama takes over as PM Japan
H. 09-16 US cut missile defence plan Washington
8. 09-16 Top terror suspect killed in raid Java, Indonesia
9. 09-19 Three Afghans held over US 'plot' Colorado

Summary.     Click for More >   US cut missile defence plan   The US will abandon its plan to develop a missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic because Iran's missile program was less advanced Top terror suspect killed in raid Three Afghans held over US 'plot' 'Peace' concert riles some exiles Zelaya returns to Honduras Summit focuses on climate change G-20 to supplant G-8 on world stage   Leaders of the G-20 summit will announce that the group will become the new permanent council for international economic cooperation   Iran 'hiding underground nuclear facility'  US President: Iran concealed a partially-built second uranium enrichment plant in defiance of calls for transparency over its nuclear plans Dozens dead in floods   Roman Polanski detained in Zurich Map of Zurich Switzerland
'Scores die' in explosion Pop legend Michael Jackson buried 600,000 hit by flooding   Obama urges action on healthcare   US President has made one of the most critical speeches of his presidency, as he faced Congress over his plans for healthcare reform Chen, wife sentenced to life Hatoyama takes over as PM
Sep.1  Afghanistan  'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop
Sep.2  Indonesia  Powerful earthquake kills 34
 Indonesia  Quake search stepped up
Sep.3   Northern Afghanistan
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 Arctic  1990s temps warmest in 2,000 years
Sep.4  Western China  Five killed as protesters, police clash
 Libya  Leader's son: Libya pressed for deal
Sep.5  London  Brown: No room for economic complacency
 London  G20 pledges tougher bank action
 Southern Philippines  Hundreds saved from doomed ferry
Sep.6  London  Brown backs bid for Libya pay-out
Sep.7  Jerusalem  Israel approved homes in W. Bank
 England  Three guilty of airline bomb plot
Sep.8   West Africa
 Kabul  Recount clouds Karzai poll lead
Sep.9  Mexico  Bolivian man acted alone in hijacking
  U.S. Congress
Sep.10  Kabul  Hundreds of Afghan votes declared invalid
Sep.11   Taiwan
 Washington  US marks 9/11 amid shooting scare
 Washington  U.S ready for direct talks with N. Korea
Sep.12  Zimbabwe  Mugabe says EU meeting 'very friendly'
 U.S. Congress  Tea party activists rally at U.S. Capitol
 Brazil  Severe weather displaces thousands
Sep.13  Venezuela  Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal
 New York  Unseeded Clijsters wins U.S. Open
Sep.14  London  Airliner bomb plotters get life sentences
 Washington  Obama issues warning to bankers
 Connecticut  Missing Yale student's body found
 Somalia  Al-Qaeda Somalia suspect 'killed'
 New York  First-time finalist Del Potro stuns Federer
Sep.15  UN  U.N.: Gaza acts amounted to war crimes
  Japan
  Parliament has formally confirmed Yukio Hatoyama as the prime minister. His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month.    PM Yukio Hatoyama has promised economic revival and strong US ties, vowed to deliver a 'people-oriented society' Hi...
Sep.16  Kabul  Karzai blasts EU over 'suspicious vote' claim
  Washington
  Indonesia
 Colorado  Apartment searched in terror probe
Sep.17  European Union  EU agrees on bonus claw-back call
Sep.18  Tehran  Protesters chant 'death to dictator'
 Iran  Anger at Iranian Holocaust denial
Sep.19  Washington  Obama to meet Middle East leaders
  Colorado
Sep.20   Cuba
 Ivory Coast  Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts
 Afghanistan  US in Afghanistan failure warning
Sep.21   Honduras
 France  Calais migrant eviction under way
Sep.22   New York
 New York  Obama calls for Mid-East urgency
Sep.23  New York  Russia eases over Iran sanctions
 Thailand  HIV/Aids trial offer vaccine hope
Sep.24  UN Security Council  Security Council aims for nuke-free world
 Pittsburgh  G-20 leaders meet to bolster economy
  Pittsburgh
Sep.25   USA
 UN  Iran defiant amid new nuclear row
Sep.26   Manila
 Istanbul  Turks mourn relative of Ottoman sultan
 Iran  Iran nuclear chief: U.N. can inspect plant
 Iran  Iran tests short-range missiles
Sep.27   Switzerland
  Film director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody and faces extradition to the US for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.    Polanski, 76, was detained as he travelled from France to collect a lifetime achieveme...
  Berlin Exit polls show Merkel retains office Sep.28  Iran  Iran test-fires long-range missiles  Peru  Fujimori pleads guilty in bribery case Sep.29  Guinea  Massacre toll put at 157   Samoa 85 deaths reported after quake   A tsunami warning for the South Pacific was called off hours after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake was recorded near American Samoa Sep.30   Sumatra Indonesia quake death kills thousands Map of Padang Indonesia
  Thousands more trapped by collapsed buildings and houses. The quake caused widespread power and phone outages.    Buildings, including at least two hospitals,...
 Beijing  China marks Communist anniversary  Sumatra  New quake hits stricken Sumatra  Samoa  Scores dead, villages flattened in tsunami


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USA
Obama urges action on healthcare
US marks 9/11 amid shooting scare
U.S ready for direct talks with N. Korea
Tea party activists rally at U.S. Capitol
Obama issues warning to bankers
Obama to meet Middle East leaders
Summit focuses on climate change
G-20 to supplant G-8 on world stage
Iran 'hiding underground nuclear facility'
Belgian arrested in alleged Iran arms deal
Missing Yale student's body found
Apartment searched in terror probe
Three Afghans held over US 'plot'
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Belgian arrested in alleged Iran arms deal
US cut missile defence plan
Pfizer agrees record fraud fine
Obama urges action on healthcare
Obama issues warning to bankers
G-20 to supplant G-8 on world stage
G-20 leaders meet to bolster economy
Afghanistan
Recount clouds Karzai poll lead
Hundreds of Afghan votes declared invalid
Karzai blasts EU over 'suspicious vote' claim
US in Afghanistan failure warning
'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop
Blast kills top Afghan official
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'Scores die' in explosion
US in Afghanistan failure warning
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European Union
G20 pledges tougher bank action
Brown: No room for economic complacency
Brown backs bid for Libya pay-out
Exit polls show Merkel retains office
Three guilty of airline bomb plot
Airliner bomb plotters get life sentences
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G20 pledges tougher bank action
Brown: No room for economic complacency
EU agrees on bonus claw-back call
Southeast Asia Your ad is here
Top terror suspect killed in raid
Powerful earthquake kills 34
Quake search stepped up
Hundreds saved from doomed ferry
Dozens dead in floods
Indonesia quake death kills thousands
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Washington
Obama urges action on healthcare
US marks 9/11 amid shooting scare
U.S ready for direct talks with N. Korea
Tea party activists rally at U.S. Capitol
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US cut missile defence plan
Obama urges action on healthcare
Obama issues warning to bankers
Iran
Iran has 'updated nuke package'
Protesters chant 'death to dictator'
Iran nuclear chief: U.N. can inspect plant
Anger at Iranian Holocaust denial
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Iran nuclear chief: U.N. can inspect plant
Iran tests short-range missiles
Iran test-fires long-range missiles
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New York
Summit focuses on climate change
Obama calls for Mid-East urgency
Russia eases over Iran sanctions
Belgian arrested in alleged Iran arms deal
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Top terror suspect killed in raid
Powerful earthquake kills 34
Quake search stepped up
Indonesia quake death kills thousands
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United Kingdom
G20 pledges tougher bank action
Brown: No room for economic complacency
Brown backs bid for Libya pay-out
Three guilty of airline bomb plot
Airliner bomb plotters get life sentences
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G20 pledges tougher bank action
Brown: No room for economic complacency

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Sep.1  Iran  Iran has 'updated nuke package'
  Afghanistan


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Sep.2   Indonesia  
 Afghanistan  Blast kills top Afghan official
 USA  Pfizer agrees record fraud fine
 Taiwan  Former first lady sentenced
  Indonesia
 New York  Belgian arrested in alleged Iran arms deal


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Sep.3  Kandahar  Afghan election fraud row mounts
 Honduras  US halts aid over Honduras coup
 North Korea  N Korea 'in final uranium phase'
  Northern Afghanistan  
  At least 90 people have been killed after NATO air strike blew up a fuel tanker hijacked by the Taliban
  Los Angeles     Pop legend Michael Jackson buried
  Friends and family of Jackson have paid their last respects to the singer known as the King of Pop at a funeral ceremony
  Arctic 1990s temps warmest in 2,000 years


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Sep.4   Western China Five killed as protesters, police clash
 France  Renault called to face fix charge  Northern Afghanistan  NATO pledges Afghan strike probe   Libya Leader's son: Libya pressed for deal  London  Bonus row opens up G20 divisions

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Sep.5   London Brown: No room for economic complacency
 Western China  Leaders axed after rioting  Macedonia  15 dead as tour boat sinks   London     G20 pledges tougher bank action   Finance ministers from the most powerful economies have agreed a series of measures to try to regulate the global banking system  Western China  M.D.s: Some reports mistaken   Southern Philippines Hundreds saved from doomed ferry

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Sep.6   London Brown backs bid for Libya pay-out
 Kabul  Karzai closer to Afghan poll win  Afghanistan  General: Civilians among airstrike victims  Berlin  Merkel urges Afghan raid inquiry  Mexico  Legislative candidate, family killed

September 7 ... more > Top ^

Sep.7   Jerusalem Israel approved homes in W. Bank
  England Three guilty of airline bomb plot  Sudan  'Tight pants' woman jailed  Southern Philippines  Passenger saved in sinking after 24 hours  Iran  Opposition leader’s offices raided  Mexico  Robbery cited for candidate's death

September 8 ... more > Top ^

Sep.8   West Africa     600,000 hit by flooding
  U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger.    So far, 159 pe...
  Kabul     Recount clouds Karzai poll lead  Latest results from presidential election show President Hamid Karzai with 54.1% of the vote after 92% of polling stations declared  Washington  Obama delivers school speech  Northern Afghanistan  UK reporter freed in raid

September 9 ... more > Top ^

Sep.9   Mexico Bolivian man acted alone in hijacking
 Guatemala  Food crisis at emergency level   U.S. Congress     Obama urges action on healthcare
  US President has made one of the most critical speeches of his presidency, as he faced Congress over his plans for healthcare reform
 He said that failure to introduce reform had led the country to breaking point and it was now time to act
 China  China set to provide first swine flu vaccine

September 10 ... more > Top ^

Sep.10   Kabul Hundreds of Afghan votes declared invalid
 NW Pakistan  Volunteer militias push back Taliban  Kabul  US urges caution on Afghan vote

September 11 ... more > Top ^

Sep.11   Taiwan   Chen, wife sentenced to life
  Former President Chen Shui-bian was convicted on corruption and money laundering charges, and was sentenced to life in prison
  Washington US marks 9/11 amid shooting scare   Washington U.S ready for direct talks with N. Korea  Venezuela  Venezuela to get Russian missiles

September 12 ... more > Top ^

Sep.12   Zimbabwe Mugabe says EU meeting 'very friendly'
 Guatemala  Army 'stole' children for adoption   U.S. Congress Tea party activists rally at U.S. Capitol   Brazil Severe weather displaces thousands  New York  Clijsters wins as Serena has outburst

September 13 ... more > Top ^

Sep.13  Jerusalem  Israeli PM heads to Egypt for talks  Berlin  Merkel to face rival in TV debate  Uganda  Hundreds arrested in deadly riots  New York  Federer beating Novak Djokovic   Venezuela   Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal  President Hugo Chavez: Russia has agreed to lend to buy weapons. The credit will be used to purchase 100 tanks and a anti-aircraft systems   New York Unseeded Clijsters wins U.S. Open


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Sep.14   London   Airliner bomb plotters get life sentences  Three men convicted of plotting to bomb planes flying to North America with liquid explosives hidden in soft drink bottles were given life s...   Washington Obama issues warning to bankers
  Connecticut Missing Yale student's body found  Osama bin Laden  'Bin Laden' tape: Obama can't stop war   Somalia   Al-Qaeda Somalia suspect 'killed'  US forces have 'likely killed' Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a top al-Qaeda suspect, during a US military raid   New York First-time finalist Del Potro stuns Federer  USA  Bank crisis lessons 'not learned'

September 15 ... more > Top ^

Sep.15   UN U.N.: Gaza acts amounted to war crimes
 Baghdad  Bush 'shoe thrower:' I was tortured'   Japan   Hatoyama takes over as PM
  Parliament has formally confirmed Yukio Hatoyama as the prime minister. His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month
 PM Yukio Hatoyama has promised economic revival and strong US ties, vowed to deliver a 'people-oriented society' His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory, ending 50 years of almost unbroken Liberal Democratic Party rule
 Washington  U.S.: Venezuela could spark arms race

September 16 ... more > Top ^

Sep.16   Kabul Karzai blasts EU over 'suspicious vote' claim  Washington  White House rejects racism claim   Washington     US cut missile defence plan
  The US will abandon its plan to develop a missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic because Iran's missile program was less advanced
 Obama said there would be a 'proven, cost-effective' system using land- and sea-based interceptors against Iran's short- and medium-range missile threat
  Indonesia   Top terror suspect killed in raid Map of Java Indonesia
  Indonesian police stormed a suspected terrorist hideout in central Java. 3 others were arrested. Police found eight sacks of explosives.    Indonesian forces have killed Noordin Mohamad Top, the country's most-wanted terror suspect, dealing a...
  Colorado Apartment searched in terror probe  Connecticut  Folk singer Mary Travers dead at 72

September 17 ... more > Top ^

Sep.17  Ireland  World records revealed  Melbourne  Man fathered four with daughter  Kabul  Italian forces die in Kabul blast   European Union EU agrees on bonus claw-back call
 Moscow  Russia hails US missile overhaul  Kabul  Karzai warns West over vote fraud claims  Iran  Iran 'does not need' nuclear arms  West Pakistan  Deadly blast hits market

September 18 ... more > Top ^

Sep.18   Tehran   Protesters chant 'death to dictator'   Large crowds gathered in the capital to march in an annual pro-Palestinian rally, among them thousands of green-clad supporters of the oppos...   Iran Anger at Iranian Holocaust denial
 Moscow  Medvedev denies Putin has all power  Washington  Terror probe suspect admits ties

September 19 ... more > Top ^

Sep.19  Mexico  Camera footage shows subway shooting  South Africa  SA athletics chief issues Semenya apology   Washington Obama to meet Middle East leaders
 Yemen  Ceasefire 'not respected'   Colorado   Three Afghans held over US 'plot'
  FBI agents arrested Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Colorado resident and Afghan national questioned in an alleged terrorist plot.    Zazi and his father, Mohammed Zazi, were handcuffed without incide...


September 20 ... more > Top ^

Sep.20   Cuba   'Peace' concert riles some exiles
Map of Havana Cuba
  Colombian singer Juanes has brought 15 international artists to Havana
  Ivory Coast Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts  Washington  Obama rejects Russia missile link   Afghanistan   US in Afghanistan failure warning  The top US general there, Gen Stanley McChrystal: The US mission in Afghanistan will 'likely result in failure' unless troops are increased  Thailand  Thai king hospitalized

September 21 ... more > Top ^

Sep.21  France  Renault handed suspended F1 ban   Honduras     Zelaya returns to Honduras
  Ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya returned to the capital city, where he is planning to meet with his critics to arrange for his return to power
  France Calais migrant eviction under way
 Honduras  Curfew as Zelaya returns  Kabul  Karzai backs U.S. call for more troops

September 22 ... more > Top ^

Sep.22   New York   Summit focuses on climate change
  World leaders converge in New York to focus on climate change
 UN  China vows climate change action   New York Obama calls for Mid-East urgency  London  Brown move to cut UK nuclear subs  Spain  Chess legends Kasparov, Karpov face off

September 23 ... more > Top ^

Sep.23   New York Russia eases over Iran sanctions
  Thailand HIV/Aids trial offer vaccine hope  UN  Gadhafi: Security Council doesn't work

September 24 ... more > Top ^

Sep.24   UN Security Council   Security Council aims for nuke-free world   A meeting of the heads of state, led for the first time by a U.S. president, adopted a resolution focused on stopping the spread of nuclear ...   Pittsburgh G-20 leaders meet to bolster economy
 Pittsburgh  Protesters on march near G20 summit  East Africa  UN warns over East Africa hunger   Pittsburgh   G-20 to supplant G-8 on world stage Map of Pittsburgh
  Leaders of the G-20 summit will announce that the group will become the new permanent council for international economic cooperation
 G-20 — is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries, plus the European Union
 Honduras  Interim government holds 'informal' talks

September 25 ... more > Top ^

Sep.25   USA     Iran 'hiding underground nuclear facility'
  US President: Iran concealed a partially-built second uranium enrichment plant in defiance of calls for transparency over its nuclear plans
 The US, UK and France said the UN had to be given immediate access and urged tough new sanctions. Russia also said it was 'seriously concerned'. Ahmadinejad denied that the facility was in breach of IAEA rules.
  UN Iran defiant amid new nuclear row
 Pittsburgh  Obama hails 'tough regulations'  West Pakistan  Blasts rock north-west Pakistan

September 26 ... more > Top ^

Sep.26   Manila   Dozens dead in floods
  At least 40 people have been killed and thousands more evacuated as floods caused by heavy rain brought chaos
  Istanbul Turks mourn relative of Ottoman sultan   Iran Iran nuclear chief: U.N. can inspect plant  Washington  Hillary welcomes Iran inspection offer   Iran Iran tests short-range missiles  Manila  Philippines battles flood chaos

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Sep.27   Switzerland     Roman Polanski detained in Zurich
Map of Zurich Switzerland
  Film director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody and faces extradition to the US for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977
 Polanski, 76, was detained as he travelled from France to collect a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival under a 2005 international alert issued by the US
  Berlin   Exit polls show Merkel retains office
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel defeated her foreign minister to win another four-year term. Christian Democratic Union party received 33.7%.    Merkel told supporters they had achieved 'something magnificent', but ...
 Honduras  Honduras accuses Brazil over Zelaya  Paris  France condemns Polanski arrest  Berlin  Victorious Merkel vows recovery  Manila  Floods test rescuers

September 28 ... more > Top ^

Sep.28   Iran   Iran test-fires long-range missiles  Days before a key meeting with Western leaders, Iran tested two types of long-range missiles in part of what Iran called routine military e...  NATO  NATO chief calls for US Afgan support   Peru Fujimori pleads guilty in bribery case
 Philippines  Flood death toll rises

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Sep.29   Guinea   Massacre toll put at 157   Human rights groups have had reports of soldiers bayoneting people and women being stripped and raped in the streets during the protest   Samoa   85 deaths reported after quake
Map of Samoa
  A tsunami warning for the South Pacific was called off hours after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake was recorded near American Samoa
 A tsunami triggered by a strong quake has killed at least 65 people in Samoa and more than 20 in American Samoa; at least another 145 people have been injured
 Cambodia  Typhoon Ketsana blasts

September 30 ... more > Top ^

Sep.30   Sumatra   Indonesia quake death kills thousands
Map of Padang Indonesia
  Thousands more trapped by collapsed buildings and houses. The quake caused widespread power and phone outages
 Buildings, including at least two hospitals, were brought down by the 7.6 magnitude quake
 House of Representatives  U.S. to withdraw 4,000 troops from Iraq   Beijing China marks Communist anniversary   Sumatra New quake hits stricken Sumatra   Samoa Scores dead, villages flattened in tsunami


'Scores die' in explosion Map of Kunduz Afghanistan




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2009
Sep.2  New York  Belgian arrested in alleged Iran arms deal
Sep.3  North Korea  N Korea 'in final uranium phase'
Sep.3   Northern Afghanistan
  At least 90 people have been killed after NATO air strike blew up a fuel tanker hijacked by the Taliban
Sep.6  Afghanistan  General: Civilians among airstrike victims Sep.6  Berlin  Merkel urges Afghan raid inquiry Sep.10  NW Pakistan  Volunteer militias push back Taliban Sep.11  Venezuela  Venezuela to get Russian missiles Sep.12  Guatemala  Army 'stole' children for adoption Sep.13   Venezuela Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal  President Hugo Chavez: Russia has agreed to lend to buy weapons. The credit will be used to purchase 100 tanks and a anti-aircraft systems Sep.14  Osama bin Laden  'Bin Laden' tape: Obama can't stop war Sep.14   Somalia Al-Qaeda Somalia suspect 'killed'  US forces have 'likely killed' Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a top al-Qaeda suspect, during a US military raid Sep.15   UN U.N.: Gaza acts amounted to war crimes Sep.15  Washington  U.S.: Venezuela could spark arms race Sep.16   Washington   US cut missile defence plan
  The US will abandon its plan to develop a missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic because Iran's missile program was less advanced
 Obama said there would be a 'proven, cost-effective' system using land- and sea-based interceptors against Iran's short- and medium-range missile threat
Sep.17  Kabul  Italian forces die in Kabul blast Sep.17  Moscow  Russia hails US missile overhaul Sep.17  Iran  Iran 'does not need' nuclear arms Sep.19   Washington Obama to meet Middle East leaders
Sep.19  Yemen  Ceasefire 'not respected' Sep.20  Washington  Obama rejects Russia missile link Sep.20   Afghanistan US in Afghanistan failure warning  The top US general there, Gen Stanley McChrystal: The US mission in Afghanistan will 'likely result in failure' unless troops are increased Sep.21  Kabul  Karzai backs U.S. call for more troops Sep.22   New York Obama calls for Mid-East urgency Sep.22  London  Brown move to cut UK nuclear subs Sep.24   UN Security Council Security Council aims for nuke-free world   A meeting of the heads of state, led for the first time by a U.S. president, adopted a resolution focused on stopping the spread of nuclear ... Sep.26   Iran Iran nuclear chief: U.N. can inspect plant Sep.26   Iran Iran tests short-range missiles Sep.28   Iran Iran test-fires long-range missiles  Days before a key meeting with Western leaders, Iran tested two types of long-range missiles in part of what Iran called routine military e... Sep.28  NATO  NATO chief calls for US Afgan support Sep.30  House of Representatives  U.S. to withdraw 4,000 troops from Iraq



World, September 2009 Disasters Timeline ... See World Disasters timeline Top ^
2009 Sep.2   Indonesia Powerful earthquake kills 34   Rescue workers are trying to clear the road into this town after a major earthquake triggered a landslide, trapping residents inside their h... Sep.2   Indonesia Quake search stepped up
Sep.3   Arctic 1990s temps warmest in 2,000 years Sep.5  Macedonia  15 dead as tour boat sinks Sep.5   Southern Philippines Hundreds saved from doomed ferry Sep.7  Southern Philippines  Passenger saved in sinking after 24 hours Sep.8   West Africa   600,000 hit by flooding
  U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger.    So far, 159 pe...
Sep.9  Guatemala  Food crisis at emergency level Sep.9  China  China set to provide first swine flu vaccine Sep.12   Brazil Severe weather displaces thousands
Sep.20   Ivory Coast Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Sep.23   Thailand HIV/Aids trial offer vaccine hope Sep.24  East Africa  UN warns over East Africa hunger Sep.26   Manila Dozens dead in floods
  At least 40 people have been killed and thousands more evacuated as floods caused by heavy rain brought chaos
Sep.26  Manila  Philippines battles flood chaos Sep.27  Manila  Floods test rescuers Sep.28  Philippines  Flood death toll rises Sep.29   Samoa 85 deaths reported after quake
Map of Samoa
  A tsunami warning for the South Pacific was called off hours after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake was recorded near American Samoa
 A tsunami triggered by a strong quake has killed at least 65 people in Samoa and more than 20 in American Samoa; at least another 145 people have been injured
Sep.29  Cambodia  Typhoon Ketsana blasts Sep.30   Sumatra Indonesia quake death kills thousands Map of Padang Indonesia
  Thousands more trapped by collapsed buildings and houses. The quake caused widespread power and phone outages
 Buildings, including at least two hospitals, were brought down by the 7.6 magnitude quake
Sep.30   Sumatra New quake hits stricken Sumatra Sep.30   Samoa Scores dead, villages flattened in tsunami



World, September 2009 Sports Timeline ... See World Sports timeline Top ^
2009 Sep.4  France  Renault called to face fix charge Sep.12  New York  Clijsters wins as Serena has outburst Sep.13  New York  Federer beating Novak Djokovic Sep.13   New York Unseeded Clijsters wins U.S. Open
Sep.14   New York First-time finalist Del Potro stuns Federer Sep.17  Ireland  World records revealed Sep.19  South Africa  SA athletics chief issues Semenya apology Sep.21  France  Renault handed suspended F1 ban Sep.22  Spain  Chess legends Kasparov, Karpov face off



World, September 2009 Business Timeline ... See World Business timeline Top ^
2009 Sep.2  USA  Pfizer agrees record fraud fine Sep.3   Los Angeles   Pop legend Michael Jackson buried
  Friends and family of Jackson have paid their last respects to the singer known as the King of Pop at a funeral ceremony
Sep.4  London  Bonus row opens up G20 divisions Sep.5   London Brown: No room for economic complacency
Sep.5   London   G20 pledges tougher bank action   Finance ministers from the most powerful economies have agreed a series of measures to try to regulate the global banking system Sep.9   U.S. Congress   Obama urges action on healthcare
  US President has made one of the most critical speeches of his presidency, as he faced Congress over his plans for healthcare reform
 He said that failure to introduce reform had led the country to breaking point and it was now time to act
Sep.13   Venezuela Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal  President Hugo Chavez: Russia has agreed to lend to buy weapons. The credit will be used to purchase 100 tanks and a anti-aircraft systems Sep.14   Washington Obama issues warning to bankers
Sep.14  USA  Bank crisis lessons 'not learned' Sep.16  Connecticut  Folk singer Mary Travers dead at 72 Sep.17   European Union EU agrees on bonus claw-back call Sep.20   Cuba 'Peace' concert riles some exiles Map of Havana Cuba
  Colombian singer Juanes has brought 15 international artists to Havana
Sep.20   Ivory Coast Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Sep.23   Thailand HIV/Aids trial offer vaccine hope Sep.24   Pittsburgh G-20 leaders meet to bolster economy Sep.24   Pittsburgh G-20 to supplant G-8 on world stage Map of Pittsburgh
  Leaders of the G-20 summit will announce that the group will become the new permanent council for international economic cooperation
 G-20 — is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries, plus the European Union
Sep.25  Pittsburgh  Obama hails 'tough regulations' Sep.27   Switzerland   Roman Polanski detained in Zurich Map of Zurich Switzerland
  Film director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody and faces extradition to the US for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977
 Polanski, 76, was detained as he travelled from France to collect a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival under a 2005 international alert issued by the US
Sep.27  Berlin  Victorious Merkel vows recovery



World, September 2009 Crime Timeline ... See World Crime timeline Top ^
2009 Sep.1   Afghanistan 'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop
Sep.2  Afghanistan  Blast kills top Afghan official Sep.2  Taiwan  Former first lady sentenced Sep.2  New York  Belgian arrested in alleged Iran arms deal Sep.4   Western China Five killed as protesters, police clash Sep.5  Western China  M.D.s: Some reports mistaken Sep.6  Mexico  Legislative candidate, family killed Sep.7   England Three guilty of airline bomb plot Sep.7  Sudan  'Tight pants' woman jailed Sep.7  Mexico  Robbery cited for candidate's death Sep.8  Northern Afghanistan  UK reporter freed in raid Sep.9   Mexico Bolivian man acted alone in hijacking Sep.11   Taiwan Chen, wife sentenced to life
  Former President Chen Shui-bian was convicted on corruption and money laundering charges, and was sentenced to life in prison
Sep.11   Washington US marks 9/11 amid shooting scare
Sep.12  Guatemala  Army 'stole' children for adoption Sep.13  Uganda  Hundreds arrested in deadly riots Sep.14   London Airliner bomb plotters get life sentences  Three men convicted of plotting to bomb planes flying to North America with liquid explosives hidden in soft drink bottles were given life s... Sep.14   Connecticut Missing Yale student's body found Sep.14  Osama bin Laden  'Bin Laden' tape: Obama can't stop war Sep.14   Somalia Al-Qaeda Somalia suspect 'killed'  US forces have 'likely killed' Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a top al-Qaeda suspect, during a US military raid Sep.15  Baghdad  Bush 'shoe thrower:' I was tortured' Sep.16   Indonesia Top terror suspect killed in raid Map of Java Indonesia
  Indonesian police stormed a suspected terrorist hideout in central Java. 3 others were arrested. Police found eight sacks of explosives.    Indonesian forces have killed Noordin Mohamad Top, the country's most-wanted terror suspect, dealing a...
Sep.16   Colorado Apartment searched in terror probe Sep.17  Melbourne  Man fathered four with daughter Sep.17  Kabul  Italian forces die in Kabul blast Sep.17  West Pakistan  Deadly blast hits market Sep.18   Iran Anger at Iranian Holocaust denial Sep.18  Washington  Terror probe suspect admits ties Sep.19  Mexico  Camera footage shows subway shooting Sep.19   Colorado Three Afghans held over US 'plot'
  FBI agents arrested Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Colorado resident and Afghan national questioned in an alleged terrorist plot.    Zazi and his father, Mohammed Zazi, were handcuffed without incide...
Sep.25  West Pakistan  Blasts rock north-west Pakistan Sep.27   Switzerland   Roman Polanski detained in Zurich
Map of Zurich Switzerland
  Film director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody and faces extradition to the US for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977
 Polanski, 76, was detained as he travelled from France to collect a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival under a 2005 international alert issued by the US
Sep.28   Peru Fujimori pleads guilty in bribery case Sep.29   Guinea Massacre toll put at 157   Human rights groups have had reports of soldiers bayoneting people and women being stripped and raped in the streets during the protest



World, September 2009 Politics Timeline ... See World Politics timeline Top ^
2009 Sep.1  Iran  Iran has 'updated nuke package' Sep.2  Taiwan  Former first lady sentenced Sep.3  Kandahar  Afghan election fraud row mounts Sep.3  Honduras  US halts aid over Honduras coup Sep.4   Western China Five killed as protesters, police clash
Sep.4  Northern Afghanistan  NATO pledges Afghan strike probe Sep.4   Libya Leader's son: Libya pressed for deal Sep.5   London Brown: No room for economic complacency Sep.5  Western China  Leaders axed after rioting Sep.5   London   G20 pledges tougher bank action   Finance ministers from the most powerful economies have agreed a series of measures to try to regulate the global banking system Sep.6   London Brown backs bid for Libya pay-out Sep.6  Kabul  Karzai closer to Afghan poll win Sep.6  Berlin  Merkel urges Afghan raid inquiry Sep.7   Jerusalem Israel approved homes in W. Bank Sep.7  Sudan  'Tight pants' woman jailed Sep.7  Iran  Opposition leader’s offices raided Sep.7  Mexico  Robbery cited for candidate's death Sep.8   Kabul   Recount clouds Karzai poll lead  Latest results from presidential election show President Hamid Karzai with 54.1% of the vote after 92% of polling stations declared Sep.8  Washington  Obama delivers school speech Sep.8  Northern Afghanistan  UK reporter freed in raid Sep.9   U.S. Congress   Obama urges action on healthcare
  US President has made one of the most critical speeches of his presidency, as he faced Congress over his plans for healthcare reform
 He said that failure to introduce reform had led the country to breaking point and it was now time to act
Sep.10   Kabul Hundreds of Afghan votes declared invalid
Sep.10  Kabul  US urges caution on Afghan vote Sep.11   Taiwan Chen, wife sentenced to life
  Former President Chen Shui-bian was convicted on corruption and money laundering charges, and was sentenced to life in prison
Sep.11   Washington US marks 9/11 amid shooting scare
Sep.11   Washington U.S ready for direct talks with N. Korea Sep.11  Venezuela  Venezuela to get Russian missiles Sep.12   Zimbabwe Mugabe says EU meeting 'very friendly' Sep.12   U.S. Congress Tea party activists rally at U.S. Capitol Sep.13  Jerusalem  Israeli PM heads to Egypt for talks Sep.13  Berlin  Merkel to face rival in TV debate Sep.13   Venezuela Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal  President Hugo Chavez: Russia has agreed to lend to buy weapons. The credit will be used to purchase 100 tanks and a anti-aircraft systems Sep.14   Washington Obama issues warning to bankers Sep.15   UN U.N.: Gaza acts amounted to war crimes Sep.15  Baghdad  Bush 'shoe thrower:' I was tortured' Sep.15   Japan Hatoyama takes over as PM
  Parliament has formally confirmed Yukio Hatoyama as the prime minister. His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month
 PM Yukio Hatoyama has promised economic revival and strong US ties, vowed to deliver a 'people-oriented society' His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory, ending 50 years of almost unbroken Liberal Democratic Party rule
Sep.15  Washington  U.S.: Venezuela could spark arms race Sep.16   Kabul Karzai blasts EU over 'suspicious vote' claim
Sep.16  Washington  White House rejects racism claim Sep.17   European Union EU agrees on bonus claw-back call Sep.17  Moscow  Russia hails US missile overhaul Sep.17  Kabul  Karzai warns West over vote fraud claims Sep.17  Iran  Iran 'does not need' nuclear arms Sep.18   Tehran Protesters chant 'death to dictator'   Large crowds gathered in the capital to march in an annual pro-Palestinian rally, among them thousands of green-clad supporters of the oppos... Sep.18  Moscow  Medvedev denies Putin has all power Sep.19   Washington Obama to meet Middle East leaders Sep.20  Washington  Obama rejects Russia missile link Sep.20   Afghanistan US in Afghanistan failure warning  The top US general there, Gen Stanley McChrystal: The US mission in Afghanistan will 'likely result in failure' unless troops are increased Sep.20  Thailand  Thai king hospitalized Sep.21   Honduras   Zelaya returns to Honduras
  Ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya returned to the capital city, where he is planning to meet with his critics to arrange for his return to power
Sep.21   France Calais migrant eviction under way Sep.21  Honduras  Curfew as Zelaya returns Sep.21  Kabul  Karzai backs U.S. call for more troops Sep.22   New York Summit focuses on climate change
  World leaders converge in New York to focus on climate change
Sep.22  UN  China vows climate change action Sep.22   New York Obama calls for Mid-East urgency Sep.22  London  Brown move to cut UK nuclear subs Sep.23   New York Russia eases over Iran sanctions Sep.23  UN  Gadhafi: Security Council doesn't work Sep.24   UN Security Council Security Council aims for nuke-free world   A meeting of the heads of state, led for the first time by a U.S. president, adopted a resolution focused on stopping the spread of nuclear ... Sep.24   Pittsburgh G-20 leaders meet to bolster economy Sep.24  Pittsburgh  Protesters on march near G20 summit Sep.24   Pittsburgh G-20 to supplant G-8 on world stage Map of Pittsburgh
  Leaders of the G-20 summit will announce that the group will become the new permanent council for international economic cooperation
 G-20 — is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries, plus the European Union
Sep.24  Honduras  Interim government holds 'informal' talks Sep.25   USA   Iran 'hiding underground nuclear facility'
  US President: Iran concealed a partially-built second uranium enrichment plant in defiance of calls for transparency over its nuclear plans
 The US, UK and France said the UN had to be given immediate access and urged tough new sanctions. Russia also said it was 'seriously concerned'. Ahmadinejad denied that the facility was in breach of IAEA rules.
Sep.25   UN Iran defiant amid new nuclear row
Sep.26   Istanbul Turks mourn relative of Ottoman sultan Sep.26   Iran Iran nuclear chief: U.N. can inspect plant Sep.26  Washington  Hillary welcomes Iran inspection offer Sep.27   Berlin Exit polls show Merkel retains office
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel defeated her foreign minister to win another four-year term. Christian Democratic Union party received 33.7%.    Merkel told supporters they had achieved 'something magnificent', but ...
Sep.27  Honduras  Honduras accuses Brazil over Zelaya Sep.27  Paris  France condemns Polanski arrest Sep.28   Peru Fujimori pleads guilty in bribery case Sep.29   Guinea Massacre toll put at 157   Human rights groups have had reports of soldiers bayoneting people and women being stripped and raped in the streets during the protest Sep.30   Beijing China marks Communist anniversary