Portal:Current events/2011 September 27
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
Jump to:
navigation
,
search
Current events of
September 27, 2011
(
2011-09-27
)
(Tuesday)
edit
history
watch
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
Philippine Airlines
staff stage a walkout.
(
Philippines 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 is killed 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
approves 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)
Categories
:
2011 by day
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Portal
Talk
Variants
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
Languages
Add links