Portal:Current events/2009 September 14

September 14, 2009 (Monday)

Norwegians go to the polls for the Norwegian parliamentary election. (AFP via Google News) (Norway Post)
France's political "trial of the century" into the Clearstream affair—former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin versus President Nicolas Sarkozy—opens at the Palais de Justice. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
U.S. special forces launch an attack on Islamist militants from Al-Shabab in Somalia. (BBC) (Mareeg) (The New York Times)
At least 18 women and children are killed in a stampede for free flour handed out by charity workers in Karachi, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) (The Nation) (Xinhua)
Legislators in Aceh province in Indonesia pass a new law on stoning to death and other severe sentences for adultery, homosexuality and premarital sex. (Jakarta Post) (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
Dozens of people in Uganda are charged over riots in the capital Kampala over the visit of the King of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. (BBC)
China lodges a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the United States' decision to impose import duties on Chinese-made tires. (China Daily) (Financial Times)
A large area of Toronto, Canada, is evacuated after a Pipe bomb was found in a truck, but the bomb is neutralized by the Toronto bomb squad. (CP24)
In tennis, Juan Martín del Potro defeats Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters defeats Caroline Wozniacki at the U.S. Open. (The New York Times)
American actor Patrick Swayze dies at age 57, after suffering from pancreatic cancer for more than 1 year. (BBC)

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