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Current events of
September 26, 2012
(
2012-09-26
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
:
Twin explosions near the headquarters of the
Syrian Armed Forces
in central
Damascus
kill at least four military guards.
(Al Jazeera)
Press TV
correspondent
Maya Nasser
is killed by sniper fire while reporting from the scene of twin bomb blasts in Damascus.
(
The Guardian
)
Qatar
calls for Arab intervention in Syria.
(Al Jazeera)
Local activists report a massacre of over 40 civilians by the Syrian army in the
Damascus
suburb of Thiabieh.
(
TIME
)
Business and economy
Trade unions
in
Greece
call a
general strike
in protest against continuing austerity measures.
(BBC)
International relations
Russia
and
Japan
schedule a sub-cabinet level meeting for October in
Tokyo
to discuss the
Kuril Islands dispute
.
(Jiji Press via
Yomiuri Shimbun
)
Senkaku Islands dispute
:
Prime Minister
Yoshihiko Noda
addresses the
UNGA
by stating that
Japan
is committed to a "peaceful solution" to its territorial disputes, but that it intends to "fulfill its responsibility" to protecting its sovereignty.
(
Yomiuri Shimbun
)
(NHK World)
(AP)
China responds to Noda's speech by calling it "self-deceiving" and as a "challenge" to the
post-war international order
.
(Xinhua)
Anti-Japan protests are staged outside the
UN
.
(NHK World)
ANA
and
JAL
report that over 52,000 seats for flights between China and Japan have been canceled.
(Kyodo News via
Mainichi Shimbun
)
Japanese businesses are asked to withdraw their exhibits from the forthcoming Western China International Fair in
Chengdu
.
(Kyodo News via
Mainichi Shimbun
)
Japanese automakers suspend operations in China until after
National Day
and announce plans to cut output in the country.
(Kyodo News)
Law and crime
Russian
billionaire
Alexander Lebedev
is charged with
hooliganism
and battery over a televised punch-up, with a possible five-year jail sentence in what he says is revenge for criticising President
Vladimir Putin
.
(Reuters)
Expelled
ANC Youth League
president
Julius Malema
is charged with
money laundering
at a court in
South Africa
.
(IOL)
A court ruling allows
Turkey
to ban access to the film
Innocence of Muslims
.
(
Hurriyet Daily News
)
Politics and elections
Ireland
's
Minister of State for Primary Care
Róisín Shortall
resigns due to a dispute with
Minister for Health
James Reilly
. She also resigns from the
Labour Party
.
(RTE)
(
The Irish Times
)
Former Japanese prime minister
Shinzo Abe
is elected the leader of the opposition
Liberal Democratic Party
.
(
The Japan Times
)
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