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Current events of
September 22, 2008
(
2008-09-22
)
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Herman Simm
, a former head of security at the
Estonian
Defense Ministry, and his wife
Heete Simm
, who works as a lawyer at
Estonia
's National Police Board, are arrested on suspicion of spying for
Russia
.
(
The International Herald Tribune
)
Four people die in
Puerto Rico
as a result of heavy rains.
(AP via Fox News)
South Africa
's ruling
African National Congress
party names deputy president
Kgalema Motlanthe
as the successor to President
Thabo Mbeki
.
(Bloomberg News)
More than 18,000 archived radio programs are indefinitely lost after the main
computer server
at
Sweden
's
National Radio
crashed last month.
(Resume)
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2008
:
Japan
's ruling
Liberal Democratic Party
chooses former
Foreign Minister of Japan
Taro Aso
as the next
Prime Minister of Japan
replacing
Yasuo Fukuda
.
(AFP)
Edward Natapei
is elected the new
Prime Minister
of
Vanuatu
following the
2008 general elections
replacing
Ham Lini
.
(
The International Herald Tribune
)
15 people, including 11 foreign nationals, are kidnapped near
Aswan
in southern
Egypt
.
(BBC News)
Radiocarbon dating
estimates that
Stonehenge
was constructed around 2300 BC.
(BBC News)
The
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
is debated on by the
110th United States Congress
.
(
The New York Times
)
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
falls by 370 points due to uncertainty over the plan.
(
The New York Times
)
A car is driven into a group of people in
Jerusalem
in what
Israeli
authorities are describing as a "terror attack".
(BBC News)
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