Protesters in
Southeast Aceh try to stop the swearing in of the regent and deputy regent with riot police using
tear gas and
water cannon to disperse the crowd resulting in 26 people being injured.
(Reuters Alertnet)
Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister
Takehiko Endo refuses to resign over allegations that a group that he chaired received state subsidies illegally.
(AFP via Google News)
Christopher R. Hill, the United States negotiator in talks with
North Korea, states that they have agreed to declare and disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year.
(BBC)
U.S. President
George W. Bush makes a surprise visit to
Iraq and addresses military leaders and the troops, saying that with success, a U.S.
Iraq troop cut is possible.
(Yahoo! News)
According to reports in Japanese media,
Takehiko Endo resigns as the Japanese Agriculture Minister due to involvements in illegal dealings in 1999.
(BBC)
In a ceremony at
Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, priests chanted prayers in honor of the Russian Defense Ministry's 12th Main Directorate, which is responsible for the storage and maintenance of Russia's nuclear arsenal.
(The Moscow Times)
German authorities arrest three people for planning attacks on
Frankfurt and a United States military base in
Ramstein.
(Reuters)
Hurricane Felix: The death toll from Hurricane Felix in
Honduras and
Nicaragua rises to at least 98, with a high casualty level amongst
Miskito Indians who failed to evacuate. Thousands of houses have also been destroyed.
(CNN)(Sky News)
Global
Stock Markets fall sharply amid
recession fears after the release of a report that shows a surprise decline of the
USworkforce in August, for the first time in four years.
(BBC)
The
United States is investigating a
video which it has obtained, to see if the claims that the man on it is
Osama bin Laden are genuine. If they are found to be, it will have been the first time he has been seen since October 2004.
(BBC)
At least 16 people are killed and 30 injured in a car bomb attack on an
Algerian naval barracks in the town of
Dellys, 100km (62km) east of
Algiers.
(AFP via Google)
A lorry carrying
dynamite crashes and explodes near
Sacramento in the
Mexican state of
Coahuila; scores of people are injured and 37 are killed, including three local reporters covering the story.
(BBC)
The
Supreme Court of Indonesia orders TIME magazine to pay
US$106 million in damages to former
President of IndonesiaSuharto. The magazine had reported in 1999 that the former President and his family had accumulated $73 billion dollars fraudulently during his time in office. The case had previously been rejected by two lower courts.
(BBC)
Sharif is put on a special plane and deported to
Jeddah. He is brought back to the airport via helicopter, while heading towards the
MianwaliJail in
Punjab province.
(Channel 4 News)
OPEC meets to discuss proposals for a minor increase in oil output proposed by
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. The meeting decided to increase output by 500,000 barrels a day.
(Reuters)[permanent dead link],
(CNN)
Police in the
Philippines arrest seven militants suspected of plotting to bomb tourist and shopping locations in the southern Philippines.
(AP via IHT)
Thousands of ex-soldiers are rioting in the
People's Republic of China in the cities of Baotou, Wuhan, and Baoji, breaking into cars, destroying classrooms, and setting fires. The riot is the largest protest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest.
(TIME)
Shinzo Abe, the current
Prime Minister of Japan, announces his resignation after failing to win popular support in the aftermath of ruling Liberal Democratic Party's defeat in Upper House elections in July. The resignation comes into effect
with the election of his successor in an LDP party conference on 19 September 2007.
(Forbes)
Miami police shot dead in an exchange of fire a man suspected of the murder of one police officer and the shooting of another three officers hours earlier.
(CNN)
Zhao Yan, a
Chinese journalist working for the New York Times, is released from
jail in China after serving a three year sentence for "leaking state secrets".
(BBC)
Chinese authorities recall tainted
leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems.
(FOX)
Greek voters go to the polls for the
Greek legislative election, 2007. The ruling New Democracy Party wins the election, with 98% of the votes counted, gaining 41.9% of the vote and 152 seats over 38.1% and 102 seats for the socialist PASOK party. The Communist Party wins 8.1% and 22 seats, over 5% and 14 seats for Radical Left Coalition and 3.7% and 10 seats for Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), a Far-Right party.
(ERT)[permanent dead link](AFP)
Iraq and the
United States have pledged a "fair and transparent" investigation into a gunfight involving private security firm
Blackwater Security that left eight people dead in
Baghdad.
(BBC)
More than 1,000
Buddhistmonks march peacefully in
Myanmar as part of a wave of anti-government protests. The marches are dispersed using
teargas.
(CNN),
(Xinhua)
The
Bank of England injects £4.4 billion of liquidity into the U.K. Financial System as a response to the
Subprime Mortgage Financial Crisis, after £2 billion of deposits are removed from the
Northern Rock bank in the three days after it applied for emergency funding from the Bank.
(BBC)
Turkish Foreign Minister
Ali Babacan condemns US support of the
PKK terrorist group, which is behind attacks on Turkish forces.
(PressTV)(TurkishWeekly)
73,000
United Auto Workers union workers go on
strike against
General Motors, the first general strike against the company in 37 years. Talks between the parties continued.
(CNN)
According to sources close to the military, Senior General
Than Shwe is now directly commanding soldiers after several commanders refused to use force to crack down on protesters.
(Mizzima News)
There are unconfirmed reports that
Than Shwe's family is fleeing to a foreign country. A chartered
Air Bagan flight carrying eight special passengers landed in
Vientiane,
Laos, at 6pm (local time).
(Mizzima News)
China, one of
Myanmar's few allies, calls for restraint for the first time.
(Reuters)
Nine people are killed and 11 injured when
junta security forces open fire on an anti-government demonstration in
Yangon. Among the dead is a Japanese journalist.
(Reuters)(Times of India)(CNN)
There are reports that Burmese troops from middle Myanmar have started to march towards Yangon. The reported troops are from the Central Command based in
Taungoo and the South East Command.
(Mizzima News)
Shortly after his scheduled arrival at
Yangon, it was reported that
Ibrahim Gambari, the UN Secretary-General's special adviser on Burma, had arrived in
Naypyidaw to talk with the junta leaders.
(Mizzina News)
There are reports that
Htoo trading company, owned by junta loyalist business tycoon
Tay Za, has shut-down its operations after giving two months salaries to its staff.
(Mizzima News)
Iran declares the
US Army and
CIA, "terrorist organisations", countering claims by America about their own armed forces.
(BreakingNews.ie)
A central member of the
military junta in
Myanmar is reportedly interested in seeking political asylum in
Norway. The colonel is said to have defected recently, and he is now hiding in the jungle among the
Karen people.
(The Norway Post)
U.S.college football: The new
AP Poll results are released, with nine of the ten ranked teams that lost this past weekend either dropping further down the list or out of the poll completely.
LSU rose to #1 for the first time since
1959,
Kentucky and
Boston College rise into the Top Ten for the first time since
1977 and
1992, respectively, and
South Florida ascends into the Top Ten for the first time ever.
(AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Protesters in
Southeast Aceh try to stop the swearing in of the regent and deputy regent with riot police using
tear gas and
water cannon to disperse the crowd resulting in 26 people being injured.
(Reuters Alertnet)
Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister
Takehiko Endo refuses to resign over allegations that a group that he chaired received state subsidies illegally.
(AFP via Google News)
Christopher R. Hill, the United States negotiator in talks with
North Korea, states that they have agreed to declare and disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year.
(BBC)
U.S. President
George W. Bush makes a surprise visit to
Iraq and addresses military leaders and the troops, saying that with success, a U.S.
Iraq troop cut is possible.
(Yahoo! News)
According to reports in Japanese media,
Takehiko Endo resigns as the Japanese Agriculture Minister due to involvements in illegal dealings in 1999.
(BBC)
In a ceremony at
Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, priests chanted prayers in honor of the Russian Defense Ministry's 12th Main Directorate, which is responsible for the storage and maintenance of Russia's nuclear arsenal.
(The Moscow Times)
German authorities arrest three people for planning attacks on
Frankfurt and a United States military base in
Ramstein.
(Reuters)
Hurricane Felix: The death toll from Hurricane Felix in
Honduras and
Nicaragua rises to at least 98, with a high casualty level amongst
Miskito Indians who failed to evacuate. Thousands of houses have also been destroyed.
(CNN)(Sky News)
Global
Stock Markets fall sharply amid
recession fears after the release of a report that shows a surprise decline of the
USworkforce in August, for the first time in four years.
(BBC)
The
United States is investigating a
video which it has obtained, to see if the claims that the man on it is
Osama bin Laden are genuine. If they are found to be, it will have been the first time he has been seen since October 2004.
(BBC)
At least 16 people are killed and 30 injured in a car bomb attack on an
Algerian naval barracks in the town of
Dellys, 100km (62km) east of
Algiers.
(AFP via Google)
A lorry carrying
dynamite crashes and explodes near
Sacramento in the
Mexican state of
Coahuila; scores of people are injured and 37 are killed, including three local reporters covering the story.
(BBC)
The
Supreme Court of Indonesia orders TIME magazine to pay
US$106 million in damages to former
President of IndonesiaSuharto. The magazine had reported in 1999 that the former President and his family had accumulated $73 billion dollars fraudulently during his time in office. The case had previously been rejected by two lower courts.
(BBC)
Sharif is put on a special plane and deported to
Jeddah. He is brought back to the airport via helicopter, while heading towards the
MianwaliJail in
Punjab province.
(Channel 4 News)
OPEC meets to discuss proposals for a minor increase in oil output proposed by
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. The meeting decided to increase output by 500,000 barrels a day.
(Reuters)[permanent dead link],
(CNN)
Police in the
Philippines arrest seven militants suspected of plotting to bomb tourist and shopping locations in the southern Philippines.
(AP via IHT)
Thousands of ex-soldiers are rioting in the
People's Republic of China in the cities of Baotou, Wuhan, and Baoji, breaking into cars, destroying classrooms, and setting fires. The riot is the largest protest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest.
(TIME)
Shinzo Abe, the current
Prime Minister of Japan, announces his resignation after failing to win popular support in the aftermath of ruling Liberal Democratic Party's defeat in Upper House elections in July. The resignation comes into effect
with the election of his successor in an LDP party conference on 19 September 2007.
(Forbes)
Miami police shot dead in an exchange of fire a man suspected of the murder of one police officer and the shooting of another three officers hours earlier.
(CNN)
Zhao Yan, a
Chinese journalist working for the New York Times, is released from
jail in China after serving a three year sentence for "leaking state secrets".
(BBC)
Chinese authorities recall tainted
leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems.
(FOX)
Greek voters go to the polls for the
Greek legislative election, 2007. The ruling New Democracy Party wins the election, with 98% of the votes counted, gaining 41.9% of the vote and 152 seats over 38.1% and 102 seats for the socialist PASOK party. The Communist Party wins 8.1% and 22 seats, over 5% and 14 seats for Radical Left Coalition and 3.7% and 10 seats for Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), a Far-Right party.
(ERT)[permanent dead link](AFP)
Iraq and the
United States have pledged a "fair and transparent" investigation into a gunfight involving private security firm
Blackwater Security that left eight people dead in
Baghdad.
(BBC)
More than 1,000
Buddhistmonks march peacefully in
Myanmar as part of a wave of anti-government protests. The marches are dispersed using
teargas.
(CNN),
(Xinhua)
The
Bank of England injects £4.4 billion of liquidity into the U.K. Financial System as a response to the
Subprime Mortgage Financial Crisis, after £2 billion of deposits are removed from the
Northern Rock bank in the three days after it applied for emergency funding from the Bank.
(BBC)
Turkish Foreign Minister
Ali Babacan condemns US support of the
PKK terrorist group, which is behind attacks on Turkish forces.
(PressTV)(TurkishWeekly)
73,000
United Auto Workers union workers go on
strike against
General Motors, the first general strike against the company in 37 years. Talks between the parties continued.
(CNN)
According to sources close to the military, Senior General
Than Shwe is now directly commanding soldiers after several commanders refused to use force to crack down on protesters.
(Mizzima News)
There are unconfirmed reports that
Than Shwe's family is fleeing to a foreign country. A chartered
Air Bagan flight carrying eight special passengers landed in
Vientiane,
Laos, at 6pm (local time).
(Mizzima News)
China, one of
Myanmar's few allies, calls for restraint for the first time.
(Reuters)
Nine people are killed and 11 injured when
junta security forces open fire on an anti-government demonstration in
Yangon. Among the dead is a Japanese journalist.
(Reuters)(Times of India)(CNN)
There are reports that Burmese troops from middle Myanmar have started to march towards Yangon. The reported troops are from the Central Command based in
Taungoo and the South East Command.
(Mizzima News)
Shortly after his scheduled arrival at
Yangon, it was reported that
Ibrahim Gambari, the UN Secretary-General's special adviser on Burma, had arrived in
Naypyidaw to talk with the junta leaders.
(Mizzina News)
There are reports that
Htoo trading company, owned by junta loyalist business tycoon
Tay Za, has shut-down its operations after giving two months salaries to its staff.
(Mizzima News)
Iran declares the
US Army and
CIA, "terrorist organisations", countering claims by America about their own armed forces.
(BreakingNews.ie)
A central member of the
military junta in
Myanmar is reportedly interested in seeking political asylum in
Norway. The colonel is said to have defected recently, and he is now hiding in the jungle among the
Karen people.
(The Norway Post)
U.S.college football: The new
AP Poll results are released, with nine of the ten ranked teams that lost this past weekend either dropping further down the list or out of the poll completely.
LSU rose to #1 for the first time since
1959,
Kentucky and
Boston College rise into the Top Ten for the first time since
1977 and
1992, respectively, and
South Florida ascends into the Top Ten for the first time ever.
(AP via Yahoo! Sports)
