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American and Yemeni officials report that Anwar al-Awlaki (pictured), described as a senior al-Qaeda member, has been killed in an airstrike in Ma'rib, Yemen.
China launches Tiangong 1, the first space station module of the Tiangong program.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announces that Saudi women will be permitted to vote and stand for election.
Patrick Makau Musyoki of Kenya wins the Berlin Marathon, setting a new world record.

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2 October 2011 (Sunday)

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'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia

1 October 2011 (Saturday)

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2011 Libyan civil war: In the heavily besieged city of Sirte, heavy fighting continues as aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross deliver desperately needed medical supplies. Due to growing fears of a humanitarian disaster, National Transitional Council (NTC) forces have granted safe passage to European aid workers' vehicles. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the self-confessed assassin of Pakistani politician Salmaan Taseer, is sentenced to death by a Pakistani court. (Express Tribune)

October 1, 2011 Wikinews articles

30 September 2011 (Friday)

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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader and U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki is reported killed in Yemen. (CNN)

Disasters

The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Nesat reaches 43 with Typhoon Nalgae expected to cause further flood problems. (News Limited)

Law and crime

The Supreme Court of Canada rules in a 9-0 decision that Insite, a safe injection site in Vancouver, can remain open. (CBC)

September 30, 2011 Wikinews articles

29 September 2011 (Thursday)

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2011 Yemeni uprising: Heavy fighting is reported in the northern suburbs of Sanaa, Yemen's capital. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Maple Group, a consortium of Canadian concerns, says it is extending its bid to take over Canada's largest stock market operating company, TMX Group. (Reuters)

Disasters

2011 Pacific typhoon season
- The Hong Kong Stock Exchange closes as Typhoon Nesat nears China's Hainan Island with schools, transport services and government offices also closing.(Bloomberg) (Reuters) (AFP via The Australian)
- China upgrades its emergency response to deal with two typhoons, Nesat and Nalgae, expected to hit over the next few days. (People's Daily)
- The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Nesat rises to 35 with dozens missing. (AFP via Herald Sun)
Eighteen people are feared dead after a small plane crashes in the Bohorok region of Indonesia's North Sumatra province. (AP via San Jose Mercury News)

Law and crime

Australian criminal Matthew Johnson is found guilty of the murder of drug boss Carl Williams in Victoria's Barwon Prison. (ABC News Australia) (Melbourne Herald-Sun)
The United Kingdom's Department for Transport announces a consultation process on raising the motorway speed limit to 80mph (128km/h). (BBC) (Sky News)

Politics

The German Bundestag votes to approve the European Financial Stability Facility. (The Guardian)

Science

The People's Republic of China successfully launches the Tiangong 1 space laboratory, the country's first space station module, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. (China Daily)

Sport

Iran beats China 3-1 to win the 2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship held in Tehran. (Asianvolleyball)

September 29, 2011 Wikinews articles

Journalist forbidden to leave Belarus

28 September 2011 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflict and attacks

The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announces that a second New Zealand Special Air Service soldier has died in fighting in Afghanistan. (Xinhua)

Business and economy

Greek transport workers commence a two-day strike over the latest austerity measures passed by the Hellenic Parliament overnight. (ABC News Australia)
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrives in Tokyo, Japan, to commence service with All Nippon Airways. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)

Disasters

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention links an outbreak of listeriosis that has caused 13 deaths and 72 illnesses in 18 states to infected cantaloupes from Colorado. (CNN)
Residents and authorities in the Philippines clean up after Typhoon Nesat which has killed at least 20 people, most in and near the capital Manila. (AP via The Guardian) (AP via The Star-Tribune)
A stampede on a docked ferry in Indonesia's East Java province results in eight deaths and dozens more injured. (TV New Zealand)
The Chinese city of Shanghai shuts down line 10 of its metro system and slows down train speed following a collision that injured 271 people. (Bloomberg via Business Week)
The iconic sport and concert venue K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen from 1938 burns down. (Copenhagen Post)

International relations

Japan asks South Korea to block plans to build a monument to Korean World War II "comfort women" near the Japanese embassy in Seoul. (Yonhap)

Law and crime

Australian newspaper columnist Andrew Bolt loses an action in the Federal Court of Australia in relation to breaches of the Racial Discrimination Act in columns about nine prominent aborigines. (The Australian)
The trial of Dr Conrad Murray, accused of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson has entered a second day. (Sky News)
The FBI arrests Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old American citizen, for plotting to fly remotely-controlled planes filled with explosives into The Pentagon and the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. (BBC)

Politics

Henry Tang resigns as the Chief Secretary for Administration in Hong Kong with the expectation that he will run for Chief Executive of Hong Kong in next year's election. (Bloomberg via Business Week)

Sport

In baseball, the St Louis Cardinals and the Tampa Bay Rays qualify for wild card positions in the playoffs for the 2011 Major League Baseball season, while the Philadelphia Phillies complete their season with 102 wins, breaking their franchise record set in 1976 for most wins in a season. (AP via Wall Street Journal) (Atlanta Journal Constitution) (CSN Philly)

September 28, 2011 Wikinews articles

Study: Birds learn nest building

27 September 2011 (Tuesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

North Caucasus insurgency:
- One policeman and seven civilians die as a result of car bombing in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. (Reuters)
An explosion destroys the Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula supplying natural gas to Jordan and Israel. (Reuters)
Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith announces that women will be serving in frontline-combat roles in the Australian military within five years. (ABC News Online)
2011 Syrian uprising:
- The Syrian Army launches an attack on the town of Rastan near the city of Homs. (Reuters via Alertnet)
Abu Sayyaf gunmen attack pro-government militia in the township of Sumisip on Basilan Island in the Philippines, with six people reported killed and five wounded. (AP)
A suicide bomber kills at least two people in the city of Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. (AP via Forbes)

Business and economy

Visitors to Australia face delays as Australian Customs and Border Protection Service staff go on strike over a pay dispute. (Daily Telegraph)
South Korea's Financial Services Commission announces plans to pump more money into suspended local savings banks. (Yonhap News)
Thousands of airline passengers are stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila after Phillippine Airlines staff stage a walkout. (Phillippines Star)
Defence company BAE Systems confirms almost 3,000 jobs will be lost among its UK workforce. (Sky News)
The board of LCH.Clearnet, an independent European clearing house, reportedly approves of a takeover proposal by the London Stock Exchange. (Reuters).

Disasters

Typhoon Nesat hits the island of Luzon in the Philippines with at least sixteen deaths, 100,000 people evacuated and the capital Manila brought to a standstill. (AFP via Inquirer) (Reuters) (AP via Fox News), (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
More than 80 people have died and more than two million affected by floods in India with the states of Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar worst affected. (BBC)
At least 37 people are killed, including 30 schoolchildren, and another seventy critically injured following a school bus accident at Kallar Kahar in the Punjab province of Pakistan. (Express Tribune)
One miner has died and another injured following an underground roof collapse at Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire, one of the United Kingdom's deepest remaining mines. (BBC)

International relations

Israel has approved the construction of 1,100 homes in the Jewish settlement of Gilo on the outskirts of Jerusalem. (BBC)

Law and Crime

CEOs of Iranian Melli Bank and Saderat Bank resign from their positions as a result of $2.6 billion bank fraud. (TABNAK)
Fugitive hijacker George Wright is caught in Portugal, thirty-nine years after he and members of the Black Liberation Army took control of Delta Air Lines Flight 841 and flew it to Algeria.(CNN)
The trial of Dr Conrad Murray for manslaughter in connection to the death of American singer Michael Jackson begins in California. (ABC News America)

September 27, 2011 Wikinews articles

Delhi earns UN carbon credits

26 September 2011 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Libyan civil war: Forces loyal to the National Transitional Council (NTC) enter Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Sirte, as the NTC's three-day assault on the city intensifies. (BBC)
The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, orders the National Police's Detachment 88 counter-terrorism squad to investigate a recent suicide bombing in Solo, Java. (The Australian)

Arts and culture

Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls are published online in a joint project between Israel's national museum and Google. (AP)

Business and economy

Asian and European stock markets open lower in response to the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe. (BusinessWeek) (Bloomberg) (IBN) (Sky News)

Disasters

More than 100,000 people in the Philippines are evacuated ahead of Typhoon Nesat, with Albay province lying directly in the storm's pathway. (AP via NineMSN)

International relations

Tuvaluan Prime Minister Willy Telavi signs an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Abkhazia during an official visit to Sukhumi. (RNZI)

Law and crime

Six people appear in court on terrorism charges, a week after being arrested in the English city of Birmingham. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
US actor Charlie Sheen settles his lawsuit with Warner Brothers and Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre. (Hollywood Reporter)

Politics

About 300 students at Auckland University occupy a university building to protest increases in student fees. (New Zealand Herald)
Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai dies while undergoing cancer treatment at the age of 71. (BBC)
The British Labour Party votes to scrap the tradition of Shadow Cabinet elections at their annual conference in Liverpool. (BBC)
The United States Senate reaches a temporary deal to avoid a government shutdown. (The Globe and Mail)
The Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero dissolves the Cortes Generales and calls a general election for November 20. (Fox News Latino)

September 26, 2011 Wikinews articles

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Recent deaths
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Elections
Recent: September 11: Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament 15: Denmark, Parliament 17: Latvia, Parliament 18: Liechtenstein, Abortion referendum 20: Zambia, General 24: United Arab Emirates, Parliament 25: France, Senate Upcoming: September 29: Isle of Man, General 29 September–1 October: Seychelles, Parliament Upcoming: October 9: Poland, Parliament 9: Cameroon, President 9: Paraguay, Expatriate voting referendum 11: Liberia, General edit sidebar

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