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Current events of
September 13, 2010
(
2010-09-13
)
(Monday)
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Armed conflicts and incidents
At least 18 people are dead after protests in
Jammu and Kashmir
following
reported burning
of a
Koran
in the
United States
.
(BBC)
(IBN Live)
(
Times of India
)
,
(Voice of America)
Peter Hain
reveals
Nelson Mandela
was "breathing fire" down a phone about
Tony Blair
's role in invading
Iraq
.
(BBC News)
A civilian is killed and six people injured in fighting in
Iraq
's
Diyala Governorate
.
(Xinhua)
Business and economy
Cuba
announces plans to cut up to half a million public sector jobs to revive the island's
economy
, in the biggest private sector shift since the
1959 revolution
.
(BBC)
,
(Al Jazeera)
,
(CNN)
The
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
based in
Basel
,
Switzerland
, increases capital requirements for
banks
around the world to be introduced on 1 January 2015.
(
The Australian
)
Harley-Davidson
workers in
Menomonee Falls
,
Wisconsin
approve a new contract freezing pay and cutting jobs following a threat to move production from the state cutting 1,350 jobs.
(AP via Google News)
A study of
Food and Drug Administration
and
U.S. Department of Agriculture
employees shows that the food industry has been successfully withholding information from inspectors and pressuring the government agencies to withdraw or alter policies which promote
food safety
.
(Reuters)
Disasters
At least 17 people die after a
Conviasa
ATR 42
crashes
near
Ciudad Guayana
in
Venezuela
's
Bolívar State
.
(Xinhua)
(Sina)
(Voice of America)
Monsoon
flooding on the
Yamuna River
threatens the
Taj Mahal
in
Agra
,
India
after more than 800,000 cu ft/s (23,000 m
3
/s) of water had to be released from a
barrage
in
Haryana
, while hundreds of nearby villages flooded and flooding continues in
Uttar Pradesh
and
Punjab
.
(MSN India)
(
The Weather Network
)
International relations
Russian diplomat
Yuri Fedotov
takes office as the head of the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
.
(AP)
Politics
The ruling
National Resistance Movement
in
Uganda
endorses incumbent
President
Yoweri Museveni
to run for a fourth term in presidential elections in early 2011.
(AFP)
(Xinhua)
A rare congress of the
Korean Workers' Party
in
North Korea
is postponed amid speculation about the health of
Kim Jong-il
.
(Radio Television Hong Kong)
(Voice of Russia)
(Arirang)
André-Joseph Léonard
, the
Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussels
and head of
Belgium
's
Roman Catholic
Church, announces how the church will deal with widespread cases of
sexual abuse
within its ranks.
(BBC)
,
(AFP via Yahoo! News)
US defense officials claim they are preparing to notify
Congress
of plans to sell $60 billion of military equipment to
Saudi Arabia
.
(CNN)
(Reuters)
Sport
Rafael Nadal
of
Spain
wins the
Men's Singles
at the
2010 US Open
defeating
Novak Djokovic
of
Serbia
6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 becoming the seventh man in history to win all four
Grand Slam
titles, and the youngest man to ever achieve the Career Golden Slam.
(BBC)
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