Portal:Current events/2011 September 6

Current events of September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06) (Tuesday)

Arts and culture English musician PJ Harvey wins her second Mercury Prize for best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland for her album Let England Shake. (New York Times) Disasters A Russian Air Force Mikoyan MiG-31 crashes in Perm Krai in the Ural Mountains. (RIA Novosti) A wildfire destroys at least 118,500 acres and destroys over 700 homes in Central Texas since Saturday with two deaths. (CNN) (Houston Chronicle) A tropical storm watch is in place for Bermuda as Hurricane Katia gets closer. (National Hurricane Centre) Economics The Swiss National Bank introduces a minimum exchange rate of 1.20 CHF/EUR to prevent the overvaluation of the Swiss franc. (BBC) Law and crime News International phone hacking scandal: Four former News International executives are recalled by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to face further examination over phone hacking within the organisation. (BBC) Margaret Moran, the former British Labour Party MP for Luton South is charged on 21 counts relating falsely claiming Parliamentary expenses. (BBC) A mass shooting at an International House of Pancakes restaurant in Carson City, Nevada (U.S.A.) leaves four dead, including the shooter, and six wounded. (AP)