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HistoryThis month is only weakly connected to earlier periods of history through classical and medieval history. It is also weakly connected to most of modern history through the 19th century. It is also weakly connected to most of the 20th century through the late 20th century. It is somwhat connected to the early 2000s, but is part of the late 2000s. It is somewhat connected to the future including the near future, middle future, and far future. |
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SociologyPeoples of the world can be examined using nations, beginning with Tajikistan, Israel, El Salvador, Hong Kong Paraguay, Laos, Sierra Leone, Jordan, Libya, Papua New Guinea, Togo, Nicaragua, Denmark, Slovakia, Kyrgystan, Finland, Turkmenistan, Eritrea, Norway, Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Central African Republic, Moldova, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Ireland, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Congo, Albania, Lithuania, Uruguay, Mauritania, Liberia, Oman, Panama, Mongolia, Armenia, Jamaica, Kuwait, Latvia, Lesotho, Kosovo, Namibia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Botswana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Estonia, and Mauritius. Western Civilization including Bulgaria can be considered. Anglic peoples including those of Australia can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - Former heavyweight world champion boxer Muhammad Ali visited the birthplace of his great-grandfather in Ennis, Ireland. 1 Sep 2009 - A ban on samurai swords came into effect in Ireland in an effort to reduce increasing crime rates. 3 Sept 2009 - Australia experienced its warmest August on record amid soaring winter temperatures. 5 Sept 2009 - Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin traveled to Khartoum for meetings with the Sudanese government over the kidnapping of aid worker Sharon Commins nine weeks ago. 5 Sept 2009 - Grenada released the last seven prisoners convicted in the murder of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop during the 1983 coup, including former deputy prime minister Bernard Coard. 6 Sept 2009 - Kilkenny beat Tipperary in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final to achieve a record-equalling fourth consecutive victory. 11 Sept 2009 - In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Libertas founder Declan Ganley said the second Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon is "profoundly undemocratic". 11 Sept 2009 - Sharon Commins, an aid worker kidnapped with a Ugandan colleague in Sudan, made contact with her family in Ireland for the first time in several weeks. 12 Sept 2009 - Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen denied Libertas founder Declan Ganley's claim that the second Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon were "profoundly undemocratic". 10 Sept 2009 - British consul John Terry was murdered in Jamaica. 13 Sept. 2009 - Cork beat Kilkenny in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009. 15 Sept 2009 - EirGrid, Ireland's national electricity grid operator, received permission from An Bord Pleanála to build a new electricity interconnector between Ireland and Wales. 16 Sept 2009 - 21 people were injured, three seriously, after a collision involving a Luas tram and a double-decker bus on O'Connell Street in Dublin, the worst ever accident involving the city's trams. 17 Sept 2009 - A senior Irish Catholic bishop said Roman Catholics could vote "Yes" in the country's second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon "in good conscience". 18 Sept 2009 - Solidarity co-founder and former President of Poland Lech Walesa (in favour) and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage (against) arrived in Ireland to campaign over the country's second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. 18 Sept 2009 - The first ever Global Irish Economic Forum, modelled on Switzerland's World Economic Forum, begans in Farmleigh in Dublin's Phoenix Park. 18 Sept 2009 - Nicola Roxon, the Australian Minister for Health, says that the Therapeutic Goods Administration had approved an Australian-made swine flu vaccine. 20 Sept 2009 - 61st Primetime Emmy Awards Toni Collette won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Tara Gregson on United States of Tara. Alec Baldwin won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for playing Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock. Glenn Close won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Patty Hewes on Damages. Bryan Cranston won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for playing Walter White on Breaking Bad. Mad Men won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. 30 Rock won the Emmy for Oustanding Comedy Series. 20 Sept 2009 - The Government of Ireland approved the introduction of a national postal code. 21 Sep 2009 - Sir Alex Ferguson, Gary Lineker and Fabio Capello were among 1,000 guests at a memorial service held for the recently deceased football manager Sir Bobby Robson. 21 Sep 2009 - In swimming, Lisa Cummins became the first Irish person and the 20th person ever to complete a two way crossing of the English Channel. 22 Sep 2009 - American Mesac Damas was extradited from Haiti to stand trial for the murders of his six family members in Florida, USA. 22 Sep 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama called for the resumption of the Middle East peace process in meetings with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas. 22 Sep 2009 - New figures revealed that for the first time since 1995 more people emigrated from Ireland than immigrated there, with a growth of more than 40% from January–April 2009. Most of the emigrants were Eastern European or Irish nationals. 22 Sep 2009 - Ireland's National Ploughing Championships, the largest ploughing championship in the world and the largest outdoor agricultural event in Europe, began in Athy, County Kildare. 22 Sep 2009 - Attorney General for England and Wales Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, was fined £5,000 after being found to have employed a housekeeper who was not legally allowed to work in the UK. 22 Sep 2009 - The New Zealand dollar soared to a 13-month high against both the U.S. dollar and euro. 22 Sep 2009 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of flavored cigarettes, except for menthol cigarettes. 23 Sept 2009 - The cities of Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane in Australia were covered by a dust storm, the worst in at least 70 years. Aviation in New South Wales was disrupted. 23 Sept 2009 - One of the busiest border crossings between Mexico and the United States at San Ysidro was closed for hours after a gun battle between US agents and suspected human traffickers. 23 Sept 2009 - A Scottish £1 banknote, dated 1836, sold for a world record £9,000 price at auction. 23 Sept 2009 - A report carried by The Sydney Morning Herald said Australia is poised to be the world's fastest growing industrialised nation over the next four decades, reaching a population of 35 million by 2050. 24 Sep 2009 - Libertas founder Declan Ganley and Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary clashed during high-profile radio and television debates on the Treaty of Lisbon as the referendum campaign intensifies. 24 Sep 2009 - Arthur's Day: The 250th anniversary of the signing of a lease by Arthur Guinness for a brewery at St James's Gate in Dublin. Events organised by Diageo got underway in Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, New York and Yaoundé. 24 Sep 2009 - Australia began clearing up after its worst dust storm in seven decades, which smothered Sydney and brought transport to a standstill. 24 Sep 2009 - The United Kingdom's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure, a collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces comparable to the Book of Kells, was discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire. 24 Sep 2009 - The News of the World and Daily Mail newspapers apologised to Fabio Capello, the manager of England's national football team, after printing pictures of him and his wife Laura resting in mud-baths on an Italian beach. 24 Sep 2009 - Bobby Cox, manager of the professional baseball team Atlanta Braves, announced he would retire at the end of the 2010 season. 24 Sep 2009 - Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts chose former Democratic National Committee chairman Paul G. Kirk, Jr. to replace former Senator Teddy Kennedy on a temporary basis, until elections can be held to choose a permanent replacement to fill the remainder of Kennedy's term. 24 Sep 2009 - 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit: Leaders of the world converge on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the opening of the G-20 Summit. 24 Sep 2009 - Police used a lachrymatory agent to disperse a riot at the 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit. 24 Sep 2009 - Tongan Loloahi Tapui, the housekeeper of Attorney General for England and Wales Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, was arrested alongside her husband over alleged immigration offences. 25 Sep 2009 - Hundreds of people queued in Birmingham, United Kingdom, to see part of the Staffordshire hoard. 25 Sep 2009 - Paul G. Kirk, Jr. is sworn in as the interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, succeeding the late Ted Kennedy. (Roll Call) 26 Sep 2009 - Three detainees held by the United States at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, were sent abroad to two countries. Ireland accepted two detainees of Uzbeki origin in a humanitarian gesture, with Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Dermot Ahern saying Ireland was one of the first countries in Europe to call for the closure of Guantánamo Bay and that the two men would now be given time to rebuild their lives. 26 Sep 2009 - A second dust storm hit Sydney, Australia. 26 Sep 2009 - Geelong defeated St Kilda in the 2009 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. 26 Sep 2009 - A bus carrying 6 people plunged off the Kancamangus Highway in central New Hampshire, USA. It fell 240 feet down the rocky embankment. All 6 are killed. 27 Sep 2009 - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown denied rumours concerning his health as the British Labour Party gathers for its conference in Brighton, expressing his amazement with Andrew Marr of the BBC for questioning him live on television. 27 Sep 2009 - American General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, formally requested more troops for the War in Afghanistan. 27 Sep 2009 - An award-winning essay written by Paul McCartney as a 10-year-old for the coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was found after lying undiscovered in Liverpool's Central Library for more than 50 years. 27 Sep 2009 - Discworld author Terry Pratchett, who has Alzheimer's disease, criticised new guidelines on assisted suicide. 28 Sept 2009 - Australia's 12 Apostles natural landmarks continued to crumble. 28 Sept 2009 - Little Cumbrae, Scotland was converted into an ashram. 28 Sept 2009 - A police officer who served at the G20 demonstrations in London in April 2009 was to face a charge of assaulting a woman with a baton after becoming involved in a confrontation at a vigil for Ian Tomlinson. 29 Sept 2009 - A 14-year-old schoolgirl in Coventry, England, who died after being given a cervical cancer vaccine as part of that country's national immunisation programme was found to have suffered from a tumor in her heart and lungs. 30 Sept 2009 - Diplomatic officials from the United States and Burma held their first high level meetings in New York City. 30 Sept 2009 - The United States was to withdraw 4,000 troops from Iraq by the end of October. 29 Sept 2009 - Former MEP Patricia McKenna promised legal action against any newspapers found carrying the Commission's guide, with legal advisers to Europe's Council of Ministers expressing "some concern" about its content. Events in the United Kingdom can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - Documents released by the British government showed that the United Kingdom gave in to Libyan demands that the Lockerbie bomber be eligible for transfer home to serve his sentence there. 2 Sept 2009 - British energy company BP says it had drilled one of the deepest wells ever in the oil and gas industry as it made a "giant" discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. 2 Sept 2009 - Two British boys planning to create a massacre in a high school in Manchester were on trial after wanting to emulate the Columbine High School massacre. 3 Sept 2009 - English Premier League football club Chelsea F.C. were barred from purchasing players on transfer until January 2011 by FIFA for inducing Gaël Kakuta to illegally break his contract with French Ligue 1 club RC Lens in 2007. 5 Sept 2009 - An oil deal and trade concerns with Libya were at one point considered as factors in the Lockerbie bomber's release, British Justice Secretary Jack Straw said in an interview. 5 Sept 2009 - Around 90 people were arrested in clashes between right wing anti-Islamic groups and anti-Fascist protesters in Birmingham, England. 8 Sept 2009 - Mobile network operators T-Mobile and Orange agree to merge their British businesses. 9 Sept 2009 - "Beatles Day" was celebrated worldwide as remastered versions of The Beatles' albums were released, as well as The Beatles: Rock Band. 10 Sept 2009 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised for the post-war treatment of celebrated WWII code-breaker Alan Turing, who was chemically castrated for having homosexual relations. 13 Sept. 2009 - Teeth and bones from a range of animals, including hyenas, deer and rhinos, are discovered by archaeologists inside a cave in Devon, England. 16 Sept 2009 - New documents disclosed that novelist J. R. R. Tolkien secretly trained as a spy for His Majesty's Government in the run up to World War II. 19 Sept 2009 - Singer Vera Lynn, aged 92, became the oldest artist to obtain a number one album in the United Kingdom. 19 Sept 2009 - Becky Simmons became the first Guernsey-born person to swim the English Channel. Events of the United States can be considered. 2 Sept 2009 - Charles Gibson announced he would step down as anchor of World News and retire from ABC in January 2010. Diane Sawyer would replace him at ABC World News. 2 Sept 2009 - Google's Gmail service was hit by an outage affecting the "majority" of its 150 million users. 2 Sept 2009 - The death certificate of American pop star and entertainer Michael Jackson was amended to reflect his cause of death as homicide via "injection by another". 3 Sept 2009 - American pop star and entertainer Michael Jackson was scheduled to be laid to rest at a private ceremony during a sunset service in a mausoleum at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, USA. 4 Sept 2009 - The United States eased more restrictions on Cuba, allowing unlimited family visits and telephone exchanges. 4 Sept 2009 - Former US soldier Steven Dale Green was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of release for the 2006 gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the slaughter of her family in their home in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad. 8 Sept 2009 - Police in Milwaukee, USA, arrested a man in suspicion of being the notorious North Side Strangler, believed to have killed at least seven women between 1986 and 2007. 9 Sept 2009 - US Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) interrupted President Barack Obama's health care speech to the Congress with an audible shout of "You lie!" 11 Sept 2009 - NASA's space shuttle Discovery landed at the Edwards Air Force Base in California, USA. 12 Sept 2009 - 10 Warhol paintings dating from the late 1970s were stolen from the private collection of Richard Weisman in Los Angeles, USA. 13 Sept. 2009 - Kim Clijsters of Belgium defeated Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark to win the 2009 US Open Women's Singles. 13 Sept. 2009 - 29 people fell ill after eating at a McDonalds in White River Junction, Vermont, USA. 20 were hospitalized. 14 Sept 2009 - In tennis, Juan Martín del Potro defeated Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters defeats Caroline Wozniacki at the U.S. Open. 14 Sept 2009 - American actor Patrick Swayze died at age 57, after suffering from pancreatic cancer for more than 1 year. 15 Sept 2009 - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s has likely ended, while warning that growth may not be strong enough to quickly reduce the unemployment rate. 19 Sept 2009 - Two men were arrested in Denver, Colorado, United States, as part of an FBI terror probe. Events of Canada can be connected. 14 Sept 2009 - A large area of Toronto, Canada, was evacuated after a Pipe bomb was found in a truck, but the bomb was neutralized by the Toronto bomb squad. Latin peoples including those of Honduras can be examined. 20 Sept 2009 - In Havana's Plaza de la Revolución, Juanes, Silvio Rodríguez and Miguel Bosé headlined Cuba's largest open-air concert since the 1959 Revolution. 20 Sept 2009 - Colombian President Álvaro Uribe eased the terms for the release of 24 police and soldiers being held by Marxist FARC rebels. 21 Sep 2009 - A trial against former Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin, over the Clearstream affair, began in Paris. 21 Sep 2009 - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya returned to his country, almost three months after the coup which overthrew him. He sought shelter in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Interim president Roberto Micheletti ordered a 26 hour curfew and shut down the airport as a result of the demonstrations sparked by Zelaya's return. 21 Sep 2009 - Italy held a state funeral for six soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week. 21 Sep 2009 - A judicial official said a 51-year-old man had confessed to sending threatening letters containing bullets to President of France Nicolas Sarkozy and other prominent figures. 22 Sep 2009 - Honduran soldiers broke up protests outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa in support of deposed President Manuel Zelaya, who was staying inside. 22 Sep 2009 - French riot police detained 278 migrants in Calais in an operation to dismantle the "jungle" camp. 23 Sept 2009 - A man was shot dead in a clash between police and supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, believed to be the first death since his return to the country. 23 Sept 2009 - Julio Alberto Poch, a Transavia commercial airline pilot, was arrested in Spain over his alleged role in Argentina's 1976–1983 "Dirty War". 23 Sept 2009 - Former President of Cuba Fidel Castro praised current President of the United States Barack Obama for his speech before the United Nations General Assembly for admitting it had been slow to act on climate change but urges that the American capitalist system is incompatible with a clean planet. 25 Sep 2009 - Photographs of Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his family were published in the United States and subsequently published on the front pages of newspapers in his home country. A controversy occurred as many Spaniards have never before seen the children of the intensely private Prime Minister. 25 Sep 2009 - Lawyers for the former Prime Minister of France, Dominique de Villepin, said they will sue President Nicolas Sarkozy for having called him "guilty" of the "Clearstream" affair and violating the principle of presumption of innocence. 25 Sep 2009 - At least two people were killed and fifteen injured in a blast at a fireworks shop in Santo André, Greater São Paulo, Brazil. 26 Sep 2009 - Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez said regional governments are to sign an agreement to create a Bank of the South with startup capital of 20 billion US dollars. 26 Sep 2009 - A regional bank for South America, the Bank of the South, with a $20-billion initial capital is then set up under an agreement signed by seven nations—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela—on the sidelines of the summit. 26 Sep 2009 - Two mass graves linked to Colombia's internal conflict were discovered. 26 Sep 2009 - The Spanish government formally unveiled plans to liberalise the country's abortion law. 27 Sep 2009 - The Socialist Party won the Portuguese legislative election to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic, with 36.6% of the vote. 27 Sep 2009 - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that ASA member countries had achieved concrete results since the 1st ASA Summit in Abuja in 2006. 27 Sep 2009 - The American television series Family Guy is outlawed by authorities in Venezuela due to an episode promoting the legalization and use of marijuana. 27 Sep 2009 - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi told a rally in Milan about his encounters with President of the United States Barack Obama, saying: "What's his name? Some tanned guy... Ah, Barack Obama!", also commenting on his wife Michelle: "You won't believe it, but two of them went to the beach because the wife is also tanned". 27 Sep 2009 - Honduras issued a 10-day deadline to Brazil asking it to decide the status of deposed President Manuel Zelaya, who was residing in its embassy in the capital Tegucigalpa. 28 Sept 2009 - Those in power in Honduras empowered police to quash "unauthorised" gatherings as President Manuel Zelaya calls on his supporters to march on the three-month anniversary of his fall, saying it will be "the final offensive". 28 Sept 2009 - The interim government in Honduras raided two media outlets critical of the government, and suspends other civil liberties for 45 days. 28 Sept 2009 - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori pleaded guilty to bribery and illegal phone-tapping of journalists, businessmen and opposition politicians. 29 Sept 2009 - Former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori plead guilty to charges of bribery and spying on his old rivals during his presidency. 30 Sept 2009 - Former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to six years in jail for corruption by a court in Lima. Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected. 2 Sept 2009 - The 66th Venice International Film Festival got underway. 12 Sept 2009 - Lebanon won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. French peoples including those of Haiti can be connected. Events of France can be considered. 14 Sept 2009 - France's political "trial of the century" into the Clearstream affair—former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin versus President Nicolas Sarkozy—opened at the Palais de Justice. 17 Sept 2009 - The President of France Nicolas Sarkozy said European Union leaders agree to impose a cap on banker pay. 19 Sept 2009 - France's government held emergency talks with farmers to avert protests over falling dairy prices. Hispanic peoples including those of Bolivia can be considered. 5 Sept 2009 - Thousands of people attend rival demonstrations for or against the policies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Spain, Honduras and in other Latin American capitals. Events of Spain can be connected. 2 Sept 2009 - A woman killed a man by jumping on top of him in Barcelona, Spain. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of the Dominican Republic can be connected. Events of Mexico can be considered. 9 Sept 2009 - Aeroméxico Flight 576, a Boeing 737 carrying 104 people, was hijacked shortly after take-off from Cancún, and forced to land at Mexico City International Airport. 16 Sept 2009 - Gunmen killed 10 people at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Mexico. 18 Sept 2009 - Two people were killed and eight were hurt when a man confronted by police for scrawling graffiti at a Mexico City Metro station opened fire on passers-by. Events of Guatemala can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - A Guatemalan court sentenced Felipe Cusanero, an ex-paramilitary officer, to 150 years in prison for the forced disappearance of civilians in the 36-year Guatemalan Civil War. 12 Sept 2009 - The Guatemalan Army was accused of abducting over 300 children during the 1960–1996 Civil War and selling them for adoption. Events of Cuba can be connected. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Ecuador can be examined. 1 Sep 2009 - Speaking in Lima's El Comercio in response to some ironic quotes by Peruvian President Alan García, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says his country will continue to export oil to the United States because it is "in interest". Events of Colombia can be considered. 17 Sept 2009 - Colombia said it would consider quitting UNASUR if the bloc does not agree to debate issues related to drug trafficking, terrorism and arms purchases. Events of Venezuela can be connected. 10 Sept 2009 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia during a visit to Russia. 11 Sept 2009 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced the discovery of a vast gas field off the coast of his country, one of the world's largest finds. 12 Sept 2009 - A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in Venezuela, injuring many people. 12 Sept 2009 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said a consignment of Russian-made missiles with a 300km range were due to arrive in his country. 16 Sept 2009 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced that China is to invest 16 billion US dollars to boost oil production in the country particularly along the Orinoco River as part of a strategy to reduce dependence on the US market. 17 Sept 2009 - Venezuela and China agree to a $16 billion oil exploration deal allowing China to drill in the Orinoco basin. Hispanic Peruvian American peoples including those of Chile can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - Chile's government sets aside 4 billion pesos for the purchase of more fuel-efficient trucks for citizens through its “Cambia tu Camión” (“Change your Truck”) program. 2 Sept 2009 - A Chilean judge issued arrest warrants for 129 people for allegedly helping to purge critics of the country's former ruler General Augusto Pinochet. Events of Peru can be connected. Hispanic Argentine American peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - President Tabaré Vázquez of Uruguay shuffled his cabinet, with Gonzalo Fernández, drafter of all major legislation, moving from Foreign Affairs to Defence. 16 Sept 2009 - Argentina formally accepted apologies from the Spanish government which admitted having committed a “protocol error” on allowing the presence of a delegation from the Falkland Islands in an international fisheries sustainability conference. 18 Sept 2009 - Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez called for an integrated Mercosur with a greater number of countries to make it more competitive overseas, but also demanded greater balance inside the group among members. Lusitanic peoples including those of Portugal can be connected. Events of Brazil can be connected. 4 Sept 2009 - The Brazilian Senate condemned Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for his restrictions on the press, further delaying its Mercosur bid. 8 Sept 2009 - A storm, with rain, hail and winds of over 60 mph killed at least 14 people in northern Argentina and southern Brazil. (BBC) 13 Sept. 2009 - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva heavily criticised the "rich countries", the G8 and other international bodies over the global economic crisis. 18 Sept 2009 - The Brazilian government announced a plan to ban sugarcane farming in the Amazon Rainforest and indigenous areas. Germanic peoples including those of Switzerland can be connected. 27 Sep 2009 - In Germany the Christian Democrats and the Liberals won the federal election and announced their intention to form a new government with Angela Merkel as Chancellor. The Social Democrats conceded defeat. 27 Sep 2009 - Film director Roman Polanski was arrested in Zurich on a 31-year old US arrest warrant. 28 Sept 2009 - Roman Polanski officially challenged his proposed extradition from Switzerland to the United States to face child sexual abuse charges stemming from a 1977 incident. Events of Germany can be considered. 13 Sept. 2009 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared with her main rival, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in a TV debate, two weeks ahead of an election. 17 Sept 2009 - A number of children were injured in an attack at the Carolinum secondary school in the Bavarian town of Ansbach. German police arrested a man. 19 Sept 2009 - The German government raised its terrorism alert level after al Qaeda posted a video on the Internet threatening attacks in Germany based on the outcome of this month's elections. 19 Sept 2009 - Two German ships became the first Western commercial vessels to navigate the Northern Sea Route. 22 Sep 2009 - Several people were killed after a bus came off a road and slid down an embankment into a river east of Düsseldorf, Germany. 22 Sep 2009 - Security was tightened across Germany after the emergence of al-Qaeda videos threatening attacks if troops are not withdrawn from Afghanistan. 23 Sept 2009 - The Bundespolizei investigated whether a string of letters from the far-right NPD party to politicians from immigrant backgrounds have incited racial hatred. 23 Sept 2009 - Germany's first nudist hiking trail opened. Events of the Netherlands can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - Saba threatened to secede from the Netherland Antilles in a letter to Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Events of Belgium can be connected. 24 Sep 2009 - A painting worth up to 3 million euros by surrealist artist René Magritte was stolen by thieves at a museum in Brussels. Events of Austria can be connected. Northeast European peoples including those of Belarus can be considered. 11 Sept 2009 - President Vladimir Voronin of Moldova resigned. 21 Sep 2009 - Russia's first President Boris Yeltsin spent his retirement in a "golden cage", his phone tapped and the Kremlin controlling visitors, a colleague revealed. 22 Sep 2009 - A gang of racist youths were sent to jail for a string of attacks on foreigners in Moscow, Russia, in 2008. 25 Sep 2009 - Poland approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for paedophiles. 26 Sep 2009 - Pope Benedict XVI arrived for a three day visit to the Czech Republic. 26 Sep 2009 - Pope Benedict XVI's robes were graced by a spider as he addressed politicians and diplomats in Prague. 30 Sept 2009 - The final report of an international fact-finding mission concludes that Georgia started the 2008 South Ossetia war. Events of Russia can be connected. 3 Sept 2009 - The Russian Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, ordering several probes into her death to be merged into one. 12 Sept 2009 - At least 7 died in several separate attacks and suicide bombings in Russia's North Caucasus. 15 Sept 2009 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States of "blocking" Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization. Events of Ukraine can be connected. Events of Poland can be connected. 18 Sept 2009 - A mine blast in Ruda Slaska, Poland, killed at least 13 miners and hospitalised at least 30 more. The country's worst mining disaster since 2006, two days of national mourning were declared the following day. 23 Sept 2009 - A Polish court awarded €7,400 damages to Alicja Tysiac, likened to a child killer and Nazi war criminal by Catholic magazine Gosc Niedzielny for wanting an abortion. Events of the Czech Republic can be connected. 17 Sept 2009 - The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Fischer, says that President Barack Obama told him that the United States was abandoning plans for a missile shield based in Poland and the Czech Republic. Balkan peoples including those of Hungary can be connected. 5 Sept 2009 - At least 15 people, mostly Bulgarians, drowned in Lake Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, as a tourist boat sank. 11 Sept 2009 - Prime minister Jadranka Kosor of Croatia and PM Borut Pahor of Slovenia agreed on an immediate end to Slovenia's blockade of Croatia's EU accession and further negotiation of the Gulf of Piran border dispute between two countries. 25 Sep 2009 - Four people were charged in Greece over recent bombing attacks, in the first arrests brought against suspected terrorists in several years. Events of Romania can be considered. 21 Sep 2009 - A passenger train was intentionally derailed near Craiova, Romania, injuring many people. Events of Greece can be connected. 2 Sept 2009 - Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced that he would ask the president to dissolve parliament and call a general election for October. 2 Sept 2009 - Two car bombs exploded in Athens and Salonika, damaging the Athens Stock Exchange and lightly wounding one woman. 3 Sept 2009 - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis launched a difficult election campaign after calling an early parliamentary vote for October 4 to seek a new mandate and deal with a sharp economic crisis. 10 Sept 2009 - Greek militant group Revolutionary Struggle threatened to attack the "golden boys" it blames for the economic crisis as it claimed responsibility for the Athens stock market bombing. Events of Serbia can be connected. 19 Sept 2009 - A gay pride march in Belgrade, Serbia, was called off after police and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic told organisers they could not guarantee its safety. Scandinavian peoples including those of Sweden can be connected. 14 Sept 2009 - Norwegians went to the polls for the Norwegian parliamentary election. 15 Sept 2009 - The Red-Green Coalition of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was elected for another term in the Norwegian parliamentary election. 4 Sept 2009 - 2421 passengers left the Norweigan Spirit, including Raymond Wang, upset about the fact that the family computer was already off the ship. He cried for 71 minutes of the day, causing him to get an "a-" for the day. 23 Sept 2009 - Swedish police hunted for robbers who used a stolen helicopter to raid a cash depot in Stockholm. Asiatic peoples such as those of Azerbaijan can be connected. 24 Sep 2009 - Sixteen members of al-Qaeda, five of whom have been sentenced to death, were at large after escaping from prison north of Baghdad. 24 Sep 2009 - India's Chandrayaan-1 probe discovered large amounts of water on the Moon. 24 Sep 2009 - Thailand and the U.S. Army announced a breakthrough of a HIV/AIDS vaccine, after trials find it can reduce infection by 31%. 24 Sep 2009 - The last surviving Ottoman, Ertugrul Osman, died in Istanbul at the age of 97. 24 Sep 2009 - Nine North Koreans entered Denmark's embassy in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi to seek political asylum. 24 Sep 2009 - Detained Burmese National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed a new United States policy shift which would engage with the Burmese military government. 24 Sep 2009 - A court in Taiwan rejected former President Chen Shui-bian's appeal to be released on bail. 24 Sep 2009 - Five deaths occurred in Turkey as a result of flash floods. 25 Sep 2009 - The trial of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges began in Jerusalem. He was the first ever Israeli Prime Minister to be brought to trial. 25 Sep 2009 - Iran revealed to the United Nations nuclear watchdog the existence of a second uranium enrichment plant, facing accusations of secret building projects from Gordon Brown, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy. 25 Sep 2009 - Palau is to create the world's first "shark sanctuary", banning all commercial shark fishing in its waters. 26 Sep 2009 - Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi called for the creation of a military alliance among nations in the South Atlantic region by 2011, calling it "NATO of the South". 26 Sep 2009 - At least 10 people were dead in Metro Manila after Tropical Storm Ketsana hit the northern Philippines. 26 Sep 2009 - Two car bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in northwestern Pakistan. 26 Sep 2009 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's accusation about Iran's nuclear program. 26 Sep 2009 - Families separated for over 50 years since the Korean War met at the Kumgangsan resort, North Korea. 26 Sep 2009 - More than 100 ministers and heads of state attended a United Nations meeting on the global hunger crisis. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tabled a five-pronged set of recommendations to raise a hunger-free world. 27 Sep 2009 - Turkey announced it was to establish formal diplomatic relations with Armenia on October 10. 26 Sep 2009 - Second South America-Africa Summit (ASA) on Isla Margarita: The second South America-Africa Summit (ASA) began on Isla Margarita. 30 African and South American leaders arrived to attend, with 60 countries being represented. South African President Jacob Zuma said during the opening of the summit that the South-South union between South American and African regions will contribute to the development of both. 27 Sep 2009 - Second South America-Africa Summit (ASA) on Isla Margarita: The leaders of Libya and Venezuela, Muammar al-Gaddafi and Hugo Chávez, called on the continents of Africa and South America to unite to secure prosperity for future generations. 27 Sep 2009 - Afghan Energy Minister Ismail Khan survived a roadside blast which killed four people and wounded seventeen outside a school in Herat. 27 Sep 2009 - The death toll from Tropical Storm Ketsana rose to 73, with more than 300,000 people displaced. 27 Sep 2009 - Iran's Revolutionary Guards test fired several short-range missiles – the Fateh-110 and Tondar-69. 28 Sept 2009 - Iranian students at the University of Tehran demonstrated against the government on the first day of the new academic year. 28 Sept 2009 - Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez signed eight accords in Caracas following the weekend's second ASA summit. 28 Sept 2009 - The death toll in the worst flooding in the Philippines for forty years reached 140 as the capital Manila was "overwhelmed". 28 Sept 2009 - Japan's Liberal Democratic Party elected Sadakazu Tanigaki to replace Taro Aso. 28 Sept 2009 - Chinese Civilisation Revisited by Xiao Jiansheng, a book about Chinese history which was outlawed in China, goes on sale in Hong Kong. 28 Sept 2009 - North Korea revised its constitution, removing all references to communism, while mentioning human rights for the first time, as well as stating Kim Jong-il as its "Supreme Leader". 29 Sept 2009 - At least 40 people were killed as Typhoon Ketsana made landfall on Vietnam. 29 Sept 2009 - A court in Malaysia upheld a whipping punishment for Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno who was convicted of drinking beer. 29 Sept 2009 - An 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Samoa Islands, triggering a tsunami that killed at least 20 in the nation of Samoa and another 14 in American Samoa. 30 Sept 2009 - The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in the Samoan Islands region in the South Pacific rose to at least 113. 30 Sept 2009 - A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck western Indonesia, killing at least 75 and trapping thousands of people under rubble. 30 Sept 2009 - 24 people were killed and 62 injured after a church collapses in Nepal. 30 Sept 2009 - The death toll from Typhoon Ketsana across Southeast Asia rose to 300. Middle Eastern peoples including those of Tunisia can be connected. 18 Sept 2009 - International Quds Day: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called The Holocaust a "myth" and said that "the very existence of this regime is an insult to the dignity of the people" in referring to Israel at a Quds Day rally in Tehran. Pro and anti-government protestors clash in Tehran during the annual International Quds Day rally. Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemns Ahmadinejad's remarks, calling him a disgrace to his country. 18 Sept 2009 - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed that serving PSNI officers provided training to the Libyan police force in the past twelve months. 19 Sept 2009 - Attacks by rebels in Yemen were reported despite a ceasefire. 20 Sept 2009 - More than 140 Shiite Houthi rebels were killed in northern Yemen after they attempt to take over the government palace in the city of Sa'dah. 20 Sept 2009 - The bust of a Sumerian king was among eight stolen antiques recovered in an undercover operation by Iraqi police. 19 Sept 2009 - DNA tests confirm that Islamist bomber Noordin Mohamed Top was dead. 22 Sep 2009 - A mid-air collision destroyed Iran's only AWACS equipped aircraft, an Ilyushin Il-76MD. 21 Sep 2009 - Rescuers scoured the sea off the Morocco coast for dozens of African migrants who were missing and feared dead after their boat capsized in an accident that killed eight others. 22 Sep 2009 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad headed for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. 22 Sep 2009 - An Iranian military airplane crashed during a military parade in Tehran. 23 Sept 2009 - The Libyan government pitched a tent in suburban New York on land rented from Donald Trump that leader Muammar al-Gaddafi may use for entertaining, but local officials ordered workers to stop the construction, saying it "violated several codes and laws of the town of Bedford". 23 Sept 2009 - In his first United Nations appearance, Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi called for reform of the Security Council and chastised the Council for failing to intervene or prevent some 65 wars since the U.N. was founded in 1945. 23 Sept 2009 - The multi-billion dollar King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, boasting one of the world's fastest supercomputers, opened near Jeddah in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to enable the country to compete in science and technology internationally. Levantine peoples including those of Syria can be connected. 2 Sept 2009 - A 3,700-year-old wall was discovered in east Jerusalem. 4 Sept 2009 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to approve new settlements in the West Bank before a building freeze. 7 Sept 2009 - Israel formally approved the construction of new settlements in the West Bank. 10 Sept 2009 - Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped aside in Lebanon. 12 Sept 2009 - Israeli President and Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres was hospitalised after a collapse in Tel Aviv. 15 Sept 2009 - A United Nations report into the Gaza War alleged both Israeli and Palestinian forces committed war crimes. Events in Egypt can be connected. 16 Sept 2009 - Egyptian border guards shot dead two sub-Saharan migrants, bringing to at least 14 the number killed this year as they tried to cross illegally into Israel. 17 Sept 2009 - Egypt's top Islamic authority, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, defended women's rights to wear trousers in public following the high-profile court case in neighbouring Sudan where women, including Lubna al-Hussein, were flogged for dressing in the garments. Events of Turkey can be connected. 8 Sept 2009 - A colossal statue of Apollo was discovered at a UNESCO World Heritage Site at Hierapolis, Turkey. 9 Sept 2009 - Floods in Istanbul, the worst in 80 years, killed around 20 people and injured a further 20. Persian peoples including those of Afghanistan can be connected. 2 Sept 2009 - A Taliban blast killed Afghan deputy chief of intelligence Abdullah Laghmani. The blast shook the city of Mihtarlam, 60 miles (100 kilometers) east of Kabul in Laghman Province; it killed several government officials and wounds several civilians. 4 Sept 2009 - More than 90 people, among them at least 40 civilians, were killed when an American jetfighter called in by German troops attacked two fuel tankers hijacked by Taliban-insurgents in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan. 9 Sept 2009 - Stephen Farrell, a journalist with The New York Times, was rescued in northern Afghanistan after four days as a captive of the Taliban, but his Afghan colleague Mohammad Sultan Munadi was shot dead during the raid. 10 Sept 2009 - Afghan journalists expressed anger over the killing of local reporter Sultan Munadi during a rescue operation that saved his colleague Stephen Farrell. 16 Sept 2009 - The European Union cast doubt on last month's election results showing Afghan President Hamid Karzai winning the presidential election outright in the first round. 17 Sept 2009 - A large car bomb attack in the centre of Kabul, Afghanistan killed six Italian ISAF soldiers. Events of Iran can be considered 3 Sept 2009 - Iranian ministerial appointments: The Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran approved at least 18 ministers for the 21 available posts. Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi became the first woman minister since the 1979 Revolution. Legislators voted overwhelmingly to ratify Ahmad Vahidi, wanted by Interpol in connection with the 1994 Jewish centre bombing in Buenos Aires, as defence minister. 9 Sept 2009 - Iranian authorities closed the offices of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, confiscating material. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected. 2 Sept 2009 - An Iraqi court sentenced four security force personnel to death by hanging for their parts in a bank robbery which left eight security guards dead. North African peoples including those of Algeria can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - Muammar al-Gaddafi: Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi celebrated the 40th anniversary of the coup d'état which brought him to power. Tripoli's streets were decked with thousands of multicolored lights, and hundreds of Gaddafi portraits and placards paying tribute to the leader, with celebrations attended by African, Arab and Latin American leaders but largely ignored by the West. Gaddafi was hailed as a knight of revolution as celebrations get underway in the country. Gaddafi dedicated the first mass performance of a week of celebration to his adopted daughter Hannah, who was killed in an U.S. air raid on Tripoli in 1986. 10 Sept 2009 - Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi said he would demand a permanent place in the United Nations Security Council for Africa and compensation worth 777 trillion dollars for years of colonialism in New York later this month. 12 Sept 2009 - Eight people were swept away by flash floods and a ninth is killed by lightning as more thunderstorms lashed southwestern Algeria. Five people were killed in storms in Morocco. Events of Morocco can be connected. Arabian peoples including those of Yemen can be connected. 10 Sept 2009 - Dubai's Metro System, the first mass transit system of the Arabian Peninsula, officially opened to the public as its first metro line is partially operational. 17 Sept 2009 - At least 87 refugees were killed after an army air raid on a camp for displaced people in 'Amran Governorate, northern Yemen. 17 Sept 2009 - Sa'dah insurgency: More than 80 people were killed in an air raid on a camp for displaced people in northern Yemen. Events of Saudi Arabia can be connected. 13 Sept. 2009 - Saudi Arabia's veteran foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal underwent successful spine surgery in the United States. South Asian peoples including those of Sri Lanka can be considered. 1 Sep 2009 - A Sri Lankan journalist was jailed for 20 years on charges of "inciting racial hatred" and "supporting terrorism" for writing articles critical of the government's military operations. 6 Sept 2009 - Sri Lanka ordered a United Nations official from UNICEF to leave after he made "adverse remarks" to the foreign media regarding the LTTE. 12 Sept 2009 - United Nations official Peter Mackay was revealed to have been expelled from Sri Lanka for challenging government assertions at the end of the civil war. 17 Sept 2009 - United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe began visiting camps holding displaced Tamil refugees in northern Sri Lanka. 18 Sept 2009 - Sri Lanka announced it would rehouse displaced Tamil refugees within the next four months. 18 Sept 2009 - At least 33 people died as a result of a suicide bomb attack in Kohat in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. 19 Sept 2009 - Pakistani police raided a local security firm that provided security for the United States embassy for illegal weapons possession. 21 Sep 2009 - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in eastern Bhutan and was felt in northeast India, Tibet and Bangladesh, leaving at least 10 dead. 22 Sep 2009 - Casualties and 25 deaths were feared in a gun battle between Maoist rebels and supporters of the ruling Communist party in the Indian state of West Bengal. 22 Sep 2009 - Rescue teams scoured eastern Bhutan after at least 11 people were killed by an earthquake which struck the region. 23 Sept 2009 - A chimney collapse in Korba in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh left at least 15 workers dead and at least 50 feared trapped. Events of India can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - An outbreak of diarrhea in Orissa, India, killed at least 26 people and hospitalised 237. 2 Sept 2009 - A helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy disappeared during a flight in southern India. 3 Sept 2009 - Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was confirmed dead when the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed with him on-board in southern India on Wednesday is located. 4 Sept 2009 - Thousands of mourners from across southern India paid their respects to the dead chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. 4 Sept 2009 - Air India Flight 829 suffered an engine fire during pushback at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai. All 228 people on board successfully evacuated via emergency slides. 7 Sept 2009 - The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation was to investigate the helicopter crash which killed the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others. 10 Sept 2009 - At least five girls were killed and 30 other students injured in a stampede at a state-run school in the Indian capital, New Delhi. 23 Sept 2009 - Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigme Thinley described an earthquake which hit the Himalayan kingdom on Monday as "one of the biggest disasters in recent times". 23 Sept 2009 - Indian villagers accused the actress Julia Roberts of interrupting Navratri. 23 Sept 2009 - India successfully launched seven satellites in a single mission one month after its inaugural Moon mission was aborted. Included were six smaller satellites from Germany, Switzerland and Turkey. 23 Sept 2009 - Human Rights Watch urged world leaders to call on Sri Lanka to free hundreds of thousands of displaced people detained in camps since the island's civil war ended. Events of Pakistan can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - The Pakistani Army claimed to have killed at least 20 suspected militants in clashes across north-west Pakistan. 14 Sept 2009 - At least 18 women and children were killed in a stampede for free flour handed out by charity workers in Karachi, Pakistan. Events of Bangladesh can be connected. 4 Sept 2009 - Two Bangladeshi newspapers, the Daily Manab Zamin and the New Nation, apologised after publishing an article taken from satirical US website The Onion, which claimed the Moon landings were faked. Events of Nepal can be connected. Central Asian peoples including those of Kazakhstan can be connected. 8 Sept 2009 - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck northern Georgia. 13 Sept. 2009 - 38 people were killed in a fire at a drug abuse clinic in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan. Inner Asian peoples can be connected. Events of Uzbekistan can be connected. Oriental peoples including those of Taiwan can be examined. 6 Sept 2009 - Ten people were injured in an acid attack in Hong Kong. 7 Sept 2009 - The premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Liu Chao-shiuan, and his cabinet resigned due to criticism and public anger over the slow handling of the disaster during Typhoon Morakot. 10 Sept 2009 - A Hong Kong court convicted Du Jun, a former senior banker at Morgan Stanley, in the country's largest insider trading case. 11 Sept 2009 - Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and his wife, Wu Shu-chen, were both sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of corruption. 13 Sept. 2009 - Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong over alleged beatings of its journalists in mainland China covering unrest in Xinjiang. 13 Sept. 2009 - At least 6 people died in a fall down an elevator shaft of a skyscraper under construction in Hong Kong. 18 Sept 2009 - Hong Kong sentenced former Morgan Stanley managing director Du Jun to seven years in prison for his insider trading conviction in its most high-profile case. 18 Sept 2009 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told a visiting envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao he was willing to engage in talks on his country's nuclear programme. 18 Sept 2009 - Two people were killed and a further 12 injured in a stabbing attack in Beijing. 18 Sept 2009 - The Raptorex kriegsteini, a smaller version of the Tyrannosaurus rex, was discovered in northeastern China. 19 Sept 2009 - Four people were seriously injured in a bear attack in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. 21 Sep 2009 - Legislative elections in Macau attracted a higher turnout than usual and strengthen the democratic minority. 21 Sep 2009 - New figures released by the Japanese government indicate one in four women are aged 65 or over for the first time. 22 Sep 2009 - China banned foreigners from entering Tibet, ahead of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the People's Republic. 22 Sep 2009 - Taiwan showed a documentary on Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer, as the website of the Kaoshiung Film Festival was hacked. 22 Sep 2009 - Chinese President Hu Jintao told a U.N. summit on climate change that China would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase reliance on clean energy sources in coming years. 23 Sept 2009 - China relaxed travel curbs for Guangdong residents visiting Macau. Events of China can be connected. 3 Sept 2009 - China's State Food and Drug Administration granted approval to a homegrown swine flu vaccine, which producer Sinovac Biotech claims is effective after only one dose. 3 Sept 2009 - Fresh protests were reported in the province of Xinjiang in western China, after a series of stabbings with hypodermic needles. 4 Sept 2009 - Xinjiang Another day of protests by Han Chinese occured over a series of hypodermic needle stabbings in Ürümqi, northwestern China. Chinese officials said five people had been killed and 14 injured in the unrest. 5 Sept 2009 - The Communist Party Chief in Ürümqi, China, was removed from his post following recent protests over a series of stabbings with hypodermic needles. 8 Sept 2009 - 35 people were killed and 44 remained missing after an explosion in a coal mine in Pingdingshan, China. 9 Sept 2009 - A new series of hypodermic needle stabbings occured in Ürümqi, northwestern China. 14 Sept 2009 - China lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the United States' decision to impose import duties on Chinese-made tires. 16 Sept 2009 - China said it had foiled a possible terrorist attack in Xinjiang, detaining six people. 17 Sept 2009 - Four more people were found guilty and jailed for carrying out attacks with syringes in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang. Events of Japan can be considered. 2 Sept 2009 - Miyuki Hatoyama, Japan's new first lady, spokes of riding a UFO to Venus, calling it "a very beautiful place" and "really green". 7 Sept 2009 - Japan's Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatoyama proposed a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, up from 8% by the outgoing administration. 9 Sept 2009 - The Democratic Party of Japan agreed to form a coalition with two other parties, the Social Democratic Party and People's New Party. 9 Sept 2009 - Cirno Day was celebrated due to her trademark '?' (regarded for the symbol of 'baka', meaning 'stupid' in Japanese) across the internet by Touhou fans. 16 Sept 2009 - Yukio Hatoyama was sworn in as the 60th Prime Minister of Japan. Events of South Korea can be connected. 7 Sept 2009 - South Korea asked North Korea to explain a sudden discharge of dam water which left six people dead or missing across the border. 9 Sept 2009 - South Korea accused North Korea of deliberately releasing water from a dam across the Korean Demilitarized Zone, in which six people died. Events of North Korea can be considered. 2 Sept 2009 - Two American journalists held by North Korea for illegal entry admitted to crossing the border but claimed North Korean guards arrested them on the Chinese side of the border and dragged them back into the country. 4 Sept 2009 - North Korea announced it was in the final stage of uranium enrichment, as Russia, South Korea, Japan and the United States expressed concern. 9 Sept 2009 - North Korea held celebrations to mark the 61st anniversary of its founding. Southeast Asian peoples such as those of Cambodia can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations, only the second full suspension in the organization's history. 2 Sept 2009 - Iolu Abil was elected the President of Vanuatu during the third round of the Vanuatuan presidential election. 7 Sept 2009 - Drivers in Samoa prepare to switch from driving on the right hand side of the road to the left as a new law comes into effect, the first nation to change sides in 40 years. 18 Sept 2009 - Burma: Burma begans releasing 7,114 prisoners in an amnesty announced by the government. A Burmese court announced it was to reveal its verdict on an appeal by Aung San Suu Kyi in October. 18 Sept 2009 - Singapore's best-known watercolour artist, Cultural Medallion recipient Ong Kim Seng, donated eight works to the country's new national art gallery. 19 Sept 2009 - Pro and anti government protestors demonstrated in the Thai capital Bangkok and near the Preah Vihear Temple along the border with Cambodia. 19 Sept 2009 - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Bali in Indonesia. 22 Sep 2009 - The 2009 Pacific Mini Games opened in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. 22 Sep 2009 - Sixteen people went on trial in Vietnam accused of committing fraud over the foreign adoption of more than 250 babies. Events in Mainland Southeast Asia including Malaysia can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - Alain Robert scaled Tower Two of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, using no safety equipment. 2 Sept 2009 - Malaysia reversed a ruling which had banned Muslims from attending a Black Eyed Peas concert in Kuala Lumpur. Events of Vietnam can be connected. Events of Thailand can be connected. 3 Sept 2009 - 11 people were shot dead and a bomb at a restaurant injured 27 amid unrest in Thailand's Muslim south. Events of Burma can be considered. 3 Sept 2009 - Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi lodged an appeal against her conviction for breaching the terms of her house arrest. 4 Sept 2009 - A court in Burma agreed to hear an appeal by detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 17 Sept 2009 - Seven explosions hit the Burmese city of Yangon with no casualties. 17 Sept 2009 - The ruling Burmese junta defended its decision to bar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from attending her appeal hearing. Events among peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including the Philippines can be connected. 6 Sept 2009 - Hundreds of people were rescued and a further 88 are missing after a ferry sank off the coast of the southern Philippines. 9 Sept 2009 - The son of former Filipino President Corazon Aquino, Benigno Aquino III, announced his intention to run for the presidency. Events of Indonesia can be examined. 2 Sept 2009 - A 7.3 magnitude earthquake occured on at 14:55 local time on the Indonesian island of Java, killing at least 32 people. 3 Sept 2009 - The death toll from the 2009 Java earthquake rose to at least 57. 4 Sept 2009 - The death toll in the 2009 Java earthquake rose to 63. 7 Sept 2009 - Scientists working in Papua New Guinea announced the discovery of over forty new species, including a giant rat weighing approximately 1.5kg. 14 Sept 2009 - Legislators in Aceh province in Indonesia pass a new law on stoning to death and other severe sentences for adultery, homosexuality and premarital sex. 15 Sept 2009 - At least 38 people were killed in flash floods in North Sumatra, Indonesia. 17 Sept 2009 - Indonesian police confirmed the death of their most wanted man, Noordin Mohammed Top, who was suspected of involvement in the 2009 Jakarta bombings and the Bali bombings in 2002. Events among the aborigines of Australia can be connected. African peoples including those of Benin can be connected. 17 Sept 2009 - Two large explosions hit the main base of African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia. 17 Sept 2009 - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi denounced an International Crisis Group (ICG) report that warns his country could descend into ethnic violence ahead of its first national election since a 2005 poll triggered deadly street clashes. 17 Sept 2009 - The National Assembly of Kenya passed a bill to reduce the number of ministries from 40 to 24. 18 Sept 2009 - 30,000 Ivory Coast residents seriously affected by the dumping of toxic waste by Trafigura, which, according to the United Nations, has killed at least 15 people, said an undisclosed compensation deal offered by a London-based oil firm is not enough. 18 Sept 2009 - The African Union said a twin bombing that killed 17 peacekeepers on its base in Mogadishu, Somalia, was conducted in UN marked cars. 18 Sept 2009 - Michel Bagaragaza, former head of Rwanda's tea industry, plead guilty to complicity in the 1994 genocide, altering his original not guilty plea. 19 Sept 2009 - A six-nation east African regional bloc consisting of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda urged global sanctions on Eritrea for backing Islamist rebels in neighbouring war-torn Somalia. 19 Sept 2009 - Nigeria's government asked cinemas to stop showing the science fiction film, District 9, saying it denigrated the country's image by portraying Nigerians as cannibals, criminals and prostitutes. 20 Sept 2009 - Trafigura oil trading firm agreed to pay more than $46 million compensation to more than 30,000 people in Côte d'Ivoire who say they were made ill by dumped waste in 2006. 20 Sept 2009 - Democratic Republic of Congo transferred Grégoire Ndahimana to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to stand trial for the massacre of at least 2,000 Rwandan Tutsis during the 1994 genocide. 20 Sept 2009 - Tribesmen attacked a village in south Sudan, overwhelming soldiers guarding the settlement and killing an unknown number. 20 Sept 2009 - Somalia's al-Shabaab insurgents warned schools not to use textbooks provided by United Nations agencies and other donors they accuse of being un-Islamic. 21 Sep 2009 - New clashes broke out in the Darfur region of Sudan. 21 Sep 2009 - South African President Jacob Zuma admitted disagreements do exist between the ANC and the trade union federation (COSATU)—one of its main political partners. 21 Sep 2009 - Lou Nuer militiamen killed more than 100 civilians and security force members in an attack in Sudan's Duk Padiet in Jonglei, the latest in a series of ethnic clashes. 22 Sep 2009 - A Spanish doctor, identified as AM, was sentenced to a year in prison for his role in the death of the former First Lady of Nigeria, Stella Obasanjo. 22 Sep 2009 - For the first time in at least ten years, all United States embassies and consulates in South Africa were closed following an unspecified "security threat". 22 Sep 2009 - Bayo Ohu, the assistant news editor of the Nigerian daily The Guardian, was shot dead at his home in Lagos. 22 Sep 2009 - Official government figures indicated the murder rate in South Africa had fallen, though robberies and sexual offences were on the increase. 23 Sept 2009 - Gay activists in South Africa welcomed a life sentence for a man involved in the gang rape and murder of lesbian football star Eudy Simelane, one of the first women to openly live as a lesbian in her community of KwaThema. 23 Sept 2009 - A court in Tanzania sentenced three men to death by hanging for killing a 14-year-old albino boy, Matatizo Dunia, to steal parts of his anatomy. It was the country's first conviction for this offence. 24 Sep 2009 - An online petition was launched after President of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh threatens to kill human rights workers that "destabilise" the country. 24 Sep 2009 - The Tanzania Albino Society (Tas) called for the men found guilty of killing an albino boy in Tanzania to be hanged publicly as a warning to others. 24 Sep 2009 - Nigerian politician Waje Yayok, third in command in Kaduna State, was kidnapped. 24 Sep 2009 - Melting ice is pouring off Greenland and Antarctica into the sea far faster than was previously realised because of global warming, new research shows. 25 Sep 2009 - Nigerian MPs asked the government to investigate the status of Chinese citizens living in the country, after allegations that Nigerians in China have been mistreated. 26 Sep 2009 - Second South America-Africa Summit (ASA) on Isla Margarita: The second South America-Africa Summit (ASA) began on Isla Margarita. 30 African and South American leaders arrived to attend, with 60 countries being represented. South African President Jacob Zuma said during the opening of the summit that the South-South union between South American and African regions will contribute to the development of both. 26 Sep 2009 - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki wrote to President of the United States Barack Obama to express his concern and disappointment over threats it has received from that country concerning a travel ban on Kenyan officials it blames for hindering reforms. 24 Sep 2009 - South Korea agreed to develop 1,000 sq km (386 sq miles) of farmland in Tanzania. 26 Sep 2009 - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua returns to Abuja after a visit to Saudi Arabia. 27 Sep 2009 - Second South America-Africa Summit (ASA) on Isla Margarita: The leaders of Libya and Venezuela, Muammar al-Gaddafi and Hugo Chávez, called on the continents of Africa and South America to unite to secure prosperity for future generations. 27 Sep 2009 - The Swiss multinational Nestlé was buying milk from a farm seized from its white owners and now owned by the wife of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, according to England's The Sunday Telegraph. 27 Sep 2009 - Four people injured in a South African plane crash in Durban on Thursday were still recovering in hospital. 28 Sept 2009 - An Eldoret operation commenced to close down Kenya's largest camp for people forced to flee their homes during the 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis ethnic violence. 28 Sept 2009 - President of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir said Sudan is at a "historic crossroads" which will lead to a split from the north. 28 Sept 2009 - Charges of plotting to topple Robert Mugabe against Jestina Mukoko, a prominent Zimbabwean rights activist, were thrown out after the Supreme Court rules she had been tortured while in custody. 28 Sept 2009 - Grégoire Ndahimana, a former mayor accused of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, pleaded not guilty at a United Nations tribunal. 28 Sept 2009 - At least 58 people were killed at a large opposition rally in Guinea against Moussa Dadis Camara who seized power in a coup last year. 28 Sept 2009 - Oxfam launched an emergency appeal for £9.5 million for Ethiopia and other East African countries to fight the worst drought in a decade. 29 Sept 2009 - At least 87 people died in a crackdown by the Military of Guinea on an opposition rally against the country's leader Moussa Dadis Camara. 29 Sept 2009 - Gabon's constitutional court recounted votes from last month's disputed presidential election won by the son of longtime leader Omar Bongo. 30 Sept 2009 - Guinea's military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara banned all "subversive" gatherings and demonstrations in the aftermath of opposition protests. 30 Sept 2009 - Several Sudanese political parties boycotted a conference on the future of South Sudan. Eastern African peoples including those of Burundi can be connected. 16 Sept 2009 - The TEAMS cable system, providing high speed broadband to East Africa for the first time, was poised to go live. Northern East African peoples including those of Somalia can be considered. 2 Sept 2009 - Sixteen Somalis drowned after being forced overboard into the Gulf of Aden. 12 Sept 2009 - At least three people died and several others were injured in Somaliland when angry demonstrators clashed with riot police. 14 Sept 2009 - U.S. special forces launched an attack on Islamist militants from Al-Shabab in Somalia. 16 Sept 2009 - The Somalian Islamist group Al-Shabaab call for reinforcements after a U.S. raid killed its leader Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan. Events of Ethiopia can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - A diarrhea epidemic killed 34 people in Ethiopia and infected more than 5,000, with 500 hospitalised in Addis Ababa in one day alone. Interior East African peoples including those of Chad can be connected. Events of Sudan can be connected. 7 Sept 2009 - Sudanese activist Lubna al-Hussein was found guilty of breaching Sudanese criminal law by wearing trousers, but was fined instead of being sentenced to flogging due to international concern over the trial. She had stated she would not pay and instead faced a month in jail. 8 Sept 2009 - Sudanese journalist Lubna al-Hussein was freed from one day in jail after being prosecuted for wearing trousers – the fine was paid by the Journalist Union. Peoples of Central Eastern Africa including Rwanda can be connected. Events of Tanzania can be connected. Events of Kenya can be connected. 8 Sept 2009 - Kenya replaced almost all of its senior police officers after they were blamed for deaths during post-election violence in 2007 and 2008. 11 Sept 2009 - A Kenyan magistrate sentenced Jon Cardon Wagner, an American who founded the popular chain of coffee shops, Nairobi Java House, to 15 years of imprisonment for the statutory rape of three teenage Kenyan girls. 16 Sept 2009 - Kenya's parliament nullified President Mwai Kibaki's reappointment of Kenya's anti-corruption chief, Justice Aaron Ringera, who critics say has shown little interest in fighting graft. 16 Sept 2009 - Kenya began moving the first residents out of slums in the capital Nairobi, as part of a plan to clear all shanty towns over the next two to five years. Events of Uganda can be connected. 10 Sept 2009 - Supporters of the traditional Kabaka of Buganda, Muwenda Mutebi II, rioted in the Ugandan capital Kampala after a move by the government to prevent him from visiting a local area, resulting in several deaths. 12 Sept 2009 - At least 11 people died following two days of riots in Kampala, Uganda. 13 Sept. 2009 - Police arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rose to 14. 14 Sept 2009 - Dozens of people in Uganda were charged over riots in the capital Kampala over the visit of the King of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. Western African peoples including those of Guinea can be considered. Southern Coastal West African peoples including those of Ghana can be connected. Events of Nigeria can be connected. 13 Sept. 2009 - 4 people died and 3 were injured when a mud house collapsed in floods at Lazaret, a poor district of the Nigerien capital Niamey. Western Coastal West African peoples including those of Senegal can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - Ali Ben Bongo, Pierre Mamboundou and Andre Mba Obame each declared victory in the Gabonese presidential election. 2 Sept 2009 - Ennama Asfari, the co-president of a Committee for the Respect of Freedoms in Western Sahara, was jailed for four months for insulting a policeman. 3 Sept 2009 - Gabonese presidential election The results of Gabon's presidential election were delayed as backers of the main candidates waited outside the offices of the Electoral Commission. Ali Bongo, son of recently decased leader Omar Bongo, was declared the winner with 41.73% of the vote. Opposition supporters attacked a prison and the French consulate in Port-Gentil, amid several disturbances in the city. 4 Sept 2009 - Six Gambian journalists jailed for criticising President Yahya Jammeh were freed. 4 Sept 2009 - Looting occured in Port Gentil, Gabon, after riots broke out over a disputed presidential election. 6 Sept 2009 - A third day of clashes took place in Gabon's second largest city, Port-Gentil, over the disputed presidential election. (Reuters) 8 Sept 2009 - A shipwreck in Sierra Leone left "scores" dead. 10 Sept 2009 - Gabon barred opposition leaders from leaving the country following recent riots over claims of fraud in the 2009 presidential election. 10 Sept 2009 - A boat with over 250 people on board capsized in a storm off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing at least 8. 11 Sept 2009 - The search and rescue effort following the 2009 Sierra Leone shipwreck came to an end, with 90 confirmed dead and at least 100 others declared missing. 12 Sept 2009 - 2009 Sierra Leone shipwreck: 120 of the dead were buried. 30 more bodies were found. 15 Sept 2009 - Gabonese firefighters battled a blaze at the heart of Libreville as fire consumed the nation's largest market. Events of Cote d'Ivoire can be connected. Interior West African peoples including those of Mali can be connected. Events of Burkina Faso can be connected. 2 Sept 2009 - Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Tertius Zongo confirmed least three people were swept away by floods and thousands were left homeless in Ouagadougou and its suburbs. Events of Niger can be connected. Southern African peoples including those of Zambia can be connected. Events of South Africa can be connected. Events of Mozambiquecan be connected. Events of Madagascar can be connected. 4 Sept 2009 - The armed forces in Madagascar rejected calls by opposition groups to take over the country's institutions for an interim period. 12 Sept 2009 - Police in the Madagascar capital Antananarivo dispersed small groups of opposition supporters opposed to the administration of Andry Rajoelina. 15 Sept 2009 - In a televised debate, Madagascar's Prime Minister Monja Roindefo accused the international community of betraying President Andry Rajoelina and warned the island risked being "torn into fiefdoms ruled by warlords". Events of Malawi can be connected. Events of Zimbabwe can be connected. 4 Sept 2009 - The International Monetary Fund granted Zimbabwe a US$ 500 million loan, its first to the country in 10 years. 11 Sept 2009 - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe condemned "bloody whites" for meddling in his country's affairs, specifically perceived British and American interference. 12 Sept 2009 - President Robert Mugabe said Zimbabwe's first high-level talks with top EU officials in seven years went well. Peoples of Central Africa including those of Angola can be connected. 15 Sept 2009 - Republic of the Congo's re-elected President Denis Sassou Nguesso named his new government, abolishing the controversial post of Prime Minister and replacing the nation's oil minister. Events of Congo (DR) can be connected. 1 Sep 2009 - A plane carrying South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe back from an African Union summit in Tripoli, Libya made an emergency landing on an unlit runway in northern Congo after missing a fuel stop. 8 Sept 2009 - Two Norwegians, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, on trial for alleged murder and espionage, were found guilty on both counts and sentenced to death by a Congolese military tribunal. 13 Sept. 2009 - At least 19 people died and 80 were missing after a ferry sank in the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Events of Cameroon can be connected. 16 Sept 2009 - A lightning bolt killed five children at their school in Bamali, Cameroon, as they were preparing to begin their school day. American Indian peoples including those found in Haiti Honduras can be considered. Middle American peoples including those of Dominican Republic can be connected. Meso-American Indian peoples including those of Mexico and Guatemala can be connected. Caribbean peoples including those of Cuba can be connected. Southwest American Indian peoples including those of Mexico and the southwesternUnited States can be connected. South American Indian peoples such as those of Bolivia can be considered. Andean peoples including those of Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, and Ecuador can be connected. Amazonian peoples including those of Brazil and Argentina can be connected. 18 Sept 2009 - The Brazilian government announced a plan to ban sugarcane farming in the Amazon Rainforest and indigenous areas. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples including those of Argentina and Chilecan be connected. North American Indians such as those found in the United States and Canada can be considered. Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, Delhi, Bombay, New York City, Sao Paulo, and Manila can be connected. Social structure and change can be considered. Connections to institutions, culture, anthropology, personal studies, and science will be developed as the site expands. 4 Sept 2009 - Ryan Tubridy took over as host of The Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show. 5 Sept 2009 - The G-20 finance ministers outlined plans for banking reform, including tougher regulation of financial institutions. 7 Sept 2009 - Kraft Foods Inc. said it would pursue a takeover of Cadbury Plc after the British maker of Trident gum and Dairy Milk rejected a $16.7 billion bid. 10 Sept 2009 - In football, Germany beat England 6–2 in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 final, claiming their seventh European title. 12 Sept 2009 - In rugby union, South Africa defeat New Zealand 32-29 to win the 2009 Tri Nations Series. 11 Sept 2009 - The oldest person in the world, Gertrude Baines, died in Los Angeles aged 115. 3 Sept 2009 - Research indicated the Andromeda Galaxy appears to have expanded by digesting stars from other galaxies. 4 Sept 2009 - Temperatures in the Arctic were at their highest for 2000 years, according to a new study. 16 Sept 2009 - The World Meteorological Organisation said the hole in the Ozone layer was smaller than in 2008. 19 Sept 2009 - Pope Benedict XVI announced he was to hold a special meeting of Roman Catholic bishops to discuss the concerns and challenges of the Church in the Middle East in October 2010. 20 Sept 2009 - Precious won the People's Choice Award at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. 21 Sep 2009 - Most of the world's major river deltas are sinking, including Colorado, Nile, Pearl, Rhone and Yangtze, increasing the flood risk faced by ½ a billion people, scientists reported. 21 Sep 2009 - Adidas and Puma ended their 60-year-old feud. 21 Sep 2009 - Singer Jade Ewen was confirmed as the new member of internationally successful girlband Sugababes, replacing the only original member Keisha Buchanan. 21 Sep 2009 - Massimo Busacca, a high-profile Swiss football referee who officiated the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final and was expected to take part at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, was suspended "immediately" for waving his middle finger at fans during a match. 22 Sep 2009 - Former world number 1 tennis player Justine Henin announced that she was ending her year-long retirement from the sport. 22 Sep 2009 - Cities around the world celebrate World Car Free Day. 23 Sept 2009 - ABBA, Genesis, Kiss, LL Cool J, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Stooges were amongst several acts nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 24 Sep 2009 - The United Nations Security Council, headed by world leaders, unanimously approved Resolution 1887 to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. 28 Sept 2009 - Art historian Henry Adams claimed abstract impressionist Jackson Pollock camouflaged his signature as a "hidden message" inside his famous 1943 Mural. 1 Sep 2009 - European leaders remembered the victims of World War II at ceremonies marking the start of the conflict 70 years ago. 1 Sep 2009 - The unemployment rate across the Eurozone reached a ten-year high of 9.5%. 1 Sep 2009 - The European Union banned the manufacture or import of 100 watt incandescent light bulbs, beginning a phase-out in favour of energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps. 1 Sep 2009 - 91 countries agree to the first ever global treaty focused specifically on the problem of IUU fishing. 13 Sept. 2009 - Two of the so-called Bermuda Triangle's most mysterious disappearances in the late 1940s may have been solved. 16 Sept 2009 - José Manuel Barroso was re-elected as President of the European Commission, by Members of the European Parliament. 19 Sept 2009 - Treaty of Lisbon: President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso arrived in Ireland on the campaign trail for the country's second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned the Czech Republic it would to face the “consequences” if President Václav Klaus refused to sign the Lisbon Treaty allowing it to enter into force. 19 Sept 2009 - Hundreds of parachutists from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands commemorated the 65th anniversary of Operation Market Garden near Arnhem, the Netherlands. 24 Sep 2009 - Treaty of Lisbon: Czech President Václav Klaus says he is "adamant" Irish voters will reject the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon when they vote on it again in the country's October 2 referendum, meaning his unwillingness to sign the treaty will be justified. 24 Sep 2009 - The 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit commenced with two dozen world leaders in attendance. 26 Sep 2009 - Twenty-two large banks in Europe may have accumulated credit losses of close to €400 billion for this year and next, according to officials who have seen a draft of conclusions of “stress tests” conducted by European regulators. 28 Sept 2009 - Opponents of the Treaty of Lisbon question the European Commission on deliberate interference in the Irish referendum campaign in order to secure its desired "Yes" vote, suggesting that the Commission has broken the law. 28 Sept 2009 - Spain's Pablo Pineda won the best actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the first actor with Down's syndrome to win an international film award. 29 Sept 2009 - The European Commission denied accusations that it broke Ireland's laws against using taxpayers' money on referendum spending after an EU office in Dublin paid €150,000 to insert a guide to the Treaty of Lisbon into all Sunday newspapers as the country's second referendum approaches. |
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