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Current events of
September 19, 2011
(
2011-09-19
)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Terrorism in Pakistan
:
A bomb explodes outside the home of a senior
police
officer in
Karachi
,
Pakistan
, killing at least eight people.
(AP via NineMSN)
(AFP via
Dawn
)
At least five people are killed and 21 injured after a bomb explodes in
Peshawar
.
(
Daily Times
)
Syrian
activists and residents
claim that the Syrian military have shot dead eight people, including six civilians, north of the city of
Homs
.
(Reuters)
Arts and culture
The
Montreal
band
Arcade Fire
wins the 2011
Polaris Music Prize
for best
Canadian
album for
The Suburbs
.
(Canadian Press via
Winnipeg Free Press
)
Business and economy
Standard & Poor’s
lowers
Italy
's
credit rating
from A+ to A, due to concerns about its high level of debt and the stability of its government.
(Bloomberg)
(Reuters via
Sydney Morning Herald
)
The U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
files a lawsuit alleging that unnamed persons engaged in illegal
insider trading
in the two days before French company
Technip
announced its plan to buy U.S. company
Global Industries
.
(Reuters)
Disasters
The
United Nations
launches an appeal for US$357 million (€307 million) of international aid for victims of the
2011 Sindh floods
in
Pakistan
.
(Radio Free Europe)
At least 27 people are dead and dozens missing after heavy rains in the
People's Republic of China
.
(AFP via Google News)
Rescue efforts continue for the victims of the
2011 Sikkim earthquake
, which has claimed at least 67 lives in
India
,
Nepal
and
Tibet
.
(ABC News)
An earthquake of approximately 5.8 magnitude, two lesser related quakes, and an accompanying series of landslides kill at least three people in a municipality 32 miles south of
Guatemala City, Guatemala
.
(Huffington Post)
A fire at a prison in
Baghdad
,
Iraq
kills 8 and injures a further 31.
(
Washington Post
)
Law and crime
Authorities in
Iran
arrest 19 people allegedly involved in a $2.6 billion
bank fraud
.
(AP via
The Republic
)
The former Managing Director of the
International Monetary Fund
,
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
, gives his first public interview about
allegations of sexual assault
made against him in May 2011, to French TV channel
TF1
.
(CNN)
Seven people are arrested in the
United Kingdom
city of
Birmingham
in relation to alleged involvement in an
Islamic terrorist
group.
(
The Independent
)
Politics and elections
George Cadle Price
, the first
Prime Minister of Belize
, dies at 92 following emergency surgery.
(
Go Jamaica
)
Sinn Féin
nominate
John O'Dowd
to replace
Martin McGuinness
on a temporary basis as
deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
.
(BBC)
The
President of the United States
,
Barack Obama
, outlines a plan to cut US deficits by $3 trillion over 10 years, with half of the reductions coming from tax increases.
(
The Guardian
)
Sport
In
baseball
,
Mariano Rivera
of the
New York Yankees
sets a record in
Major League Baseball
for career
saves
.
(AP via
Taiwan News
)
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