Portal:Current events/2009 September 7

• South Korea asks North Korea to explain a sudden discharge of dam water which left six people dead or missing across the border. (Xinhua) (Yonhap) (RIA Novosti)
• Japan's Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatoyama proposes a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, up from 8% by the outgoing administration. (Japan Today) (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
• 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. (BBC) (Reuters) (Associated Press)
• Israel formally approves the construction of new settlements in the West Bank. (CNN) (Jerusalem Post)
• The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation is to investigate the helicopter crash which killed the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others. (Times of India)
• Scientists working in Papua New Guinea announce the discovery of over forty new species, including a giant rat weighing approximately 1.5kg. (BBC)
• Kraft Foods Inc. says it will pursue a takeover of Cadbury Plc after the British maker of Trident gum and Dairy Milk rejected a $16.7 billion bid. (Bloomberg)
• The premier and cabinet of Republic of China (Taiwan) resign due to criticism and public anger over the slow handling of the disaster during Typhoon Morakot. (Reuters)

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