Portal:Current events/2011 September 9

Current events of September 9, 2011 (2011-09-09) (Friday)

Politics Arab Spring: 2011 Yemeni uprising: Over a million people protest against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in one of the Yemeni opposition's largest protests. (CNN) 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrians engage in mass Friday protests against the Syrian government, calling on the international community for assistance against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. (Al Jazeera) About 3,000 Egyptian protesters storm the Israeli embassy in Cairo.(CNN) Disasters A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Vancouver Island in Canada's British Columbia province. (Victoria Times Colonist) Science Australopithecus sediba skeletons found at the Cradle of Humankind site in South Africa are dated at 2 million years old, suggesting that the hominid species could be a transitional fossil between apes and humans. (The Australian) Sport In rugby union, the 2011 Rugby World Cup begins in New Zealand, with New Zealand's All Blacks playing Tonga's Sea Eagles in Auckland. (The Telegraph)