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Current events of
September 27, 2013
(
2013-09-27
)
(Friday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Syrian civil war
United Nations
inspectors are investigating three alleged instances of use of
chemical weapons
in the
Syrian civil war
since the
Ghouta chemical attack
on 21 August.
(BBC)
Bahraini uprising (2011–present)
:
Tens of thousands march in
Bahrain
in the largest anti-government protest in months.
(ABC News)
Sudanese protests (2011–present)
:
Police fire teargas to disperse thousands of demonstrators demanding the resignation of
President
Omar Hassan al-Bashir
with the death toll of this week's unrest believed to have reached 50.
(Reuters)
Bombs targeting two
Sunni
mosques in
Baghdad
,
Iraq
, kill seven people.
(AP via
Vancouver Sun
)
A bomb detonates on a crowded bus north of
Peshawar
,
Pakistan
, killing 19 government employees and injuring 45.
(The Telegraph)
Disasters and accidents
A ship capsizes off the island of
Java
carrying
refugees
from
Indonesia
to
Australia
. Thirty people are missing and 22 bodies have been recovered, with 31 survivors rescued.
(ABC News Australia)
The
Japan Coast Guard
is searching for six missing sailors after the Japanese cargo ship
Eifukumaru No.18
capsizes after a collision with a
Sierra Leone
-registered ship off the coast of
Izu Ōshima
island.
(AFP via France 24)
A building collapses in the
Indian
city of
Mumbai
, with at least three people killed and dozens trapped.
(Sky News)
(CNN)
Pakistan earthquake:
Officials in
Pakistan
make a plea to separatist militants in
Balochistan
province to cease operations so that search and rescue can occur for victims of
this week's earthquake
.
(BBC)
More than 100,000 people have been left homeless by the earthquake.
(Al-Jazeera)
International relations
The first part of the 5th Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
is released in
Stockholm
,
Sweden
.
(Radio National ABC Australia)
Iran-United States relations
:
Iranian
Foreign Minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif
meets with
U.S.
Secretary of State
John Kerry
during
P5+1
and Iran talks, the highest-level direct contact between the United States and Iran in six years.
(Yahoo! News)
President
Barack Obama
reveals he talked with Iranian
President
Hassan Rouhani
, marking the first time leaders from the U.S. and Iran have directly communicated since the
Iranian revolution
.
(NBC News)
(Fox News)
Law and crime
French police
arrest six people in
Paris
over their suspected involvement in an attempt to steal 1.6 million euros worth of
gold bars
from an
Air France
plane on September 19.
(Yahoo! News)
Sport
In golf,
Tiger Woods
is named as the
PGA Tour
's
Player of the Year
for a record 11th time.
(Reuters)
In swimming, retired
Paralympic swimmer
Natalie du Toit
is awarded an honorary
MBE
(Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)
(SAPA via News24)
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