Portal:Current events/2010 September 21

September 21, 2010 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Eight people have been confirmed dead in the southern state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) (africannewslive)
At least 15,000 people flee their homes in Yemen after a government offensive against rebels in the south in the country. (BBC)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Nine International Security Assistance Force soldiers are killed in a NATO helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. (AFP via National Post) (China Daily) (CNN)
- NATO fatalities rise to 529 making 2010 the most deadly year of the war since 2001. (New York Times)
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for kidnapping five French workers in Niger. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Lawrence Summers announces that he will leave as head of the United States National Economic Council, responsible for advising President Barack Obama on economic policy. (New York Times)
In the Mark Cuban insider trading case, an appeals court overturns a district court decision last fall that had dismissed the civil charges brought against Cuban by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (MarketWatch).

Disasters

International relations

China rules out a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the United Nations to resolve an ongoing diplomatic row, saying the timing is "not proper". (Reuters) (AFP) (Radio Television Hong Kong)

Law and crimes

Italian authorities seize 23 million euro (approximately US$30 million) from a Vatican bank account in a money laundering probe. (AP)
U.S. entertainers Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton are stopped by immigrations at a Japanese airport and forbidden to enter the country due to Paris's drug conviction the day prior. (Fox News)

Politics and elections

A gay rights protest against the views of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov is broken up with eight people arrested. (BBC) (Sify India) (AP)
President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo sacks heads of the country's army, navy and air force plus five more senior officers in a decision aimed at "institutionalizing the structure of the armed forces". (BBC)
Asylum seekers at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, continue their protest with some inmates cutting themselves until a meeting occurs with officials from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. (ABC News), (AFP via Yahoo! News), (ABC News Online)
The governing Workers Party of North Korea reschedules its first party conference for thirty years for September 28 in Pyongyang amongst speculation that Leader Kim Jong-il will name his youngest son Kim Jong-un as his successor. (The Guardian), (AP)
Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke resigns as Prime Minister of Somalia following an impasse developing with President Sharif Ahmed over a new constitution. (AP via Google) (Al Jazeera)

Sport

2010 Commonwealth Games
- The Commonwealth Games Federation demands that India improve conditions at the athletes' village in Delhi. (BBC)
- At least 23 people are injured after a footbridge collapses near the main Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. (Reuters) (OneIndia), (Times of India)
The Minnesota Twins win the American League Central in Major League Baseball and become the first team to qualify for postseason play in 2010. (SBNation)

Television