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At the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, Homeland and Modern Family win the awards for Outstanding Drama and Comedy Series, respectively. In Gaelic football, Donegal defeat Mayo in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. After 40 suicides of victims trigger a parliamentary inquiry, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne confirms the sexual abuse of 618 children over 80 years. The extent of Arctic sea ice falls to a record minimum. Anticipating violent reactions to a series of cartoons depicting Muhammad in the magazine Charlie Hebdo, France announces plans to temporarily close its embassies in 20 Muslim countries. Silver Linings Playbook, directed by David O. Russell (pictured), wins the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Current events of September 26, 2012 (2012-09-26) (Wednesday) 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) A Press TV correspondent 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) Business and economy Trade unions in Greece call a general strike in protest against continuing austerity measures. (BBC) 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) Politics and elections Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is elected the leader of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party. (Japan Times) September 26, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: A Save the Children report details the plight of children in Syria. (CBS) An academic report from the United States finds that American drone attacks "terrorize" the civilian population of northern Pakistan, further stating that the benefits of drone attacks for the U.S. are "ambiguous at best". (BBC) A bombing in the eastern Turkish city of Tunceli kills at least seven people. (BBC) The People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, commences service. (BBC) Arts and culture American singer Andy Williams dies at the age of 84 at his home in Branson, Missouri. (BBC) Disasters A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits near the Baja California peninsula with no immediate reports of injuries or damage. (CNN) International relations Senkaku Islands dispute: Over 50 Taiwanese ships clash with ships from the Japan Coast Guard in waters off the Senkaku Islands. (The Japan Times) (Kyodo News via Mainichi Shimbun) (Yomiuri Shimbun) Chinese and Japanese diplomats meet in Beijing to lay out their respective countries' positions on the Senkaku Islands dispute. (Kyodo News via The Japan Times) (Jiji Press via Yomiuri Shimbun) South Korea expresses concern over China's plan to monitor the disputed Socotra Rock area with unmanned drones. (Yonhap) (Kyodo News via Mainichi Shimbun) Law and crime Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the former President of Japan's Olympus Corporation, pleads guilty to fraud for his role in the Olympus scandal. (AP via The Wall Street Journal) Politics and elections Activists from the Enough Project reveal through The Guardian newspaper that Omar al-Bashir's Sudan and Joseph Kabila's DR Congo together received 2.4 million pound sterling (around USD 4 million) in British military aid, in the last five years alone. (The Guardian) Protestors and police clash in Madrid over Spanish anti-austerity measures. (BBC) Anouchka van Miltenburg of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is elected as President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, giving the VVD the Big Three in Dutch politics: Prime Minister, President of the Senate and President of the House of Representatives. (NOS) Sport The organizing committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, adopts the slogan Hot. Cool. Yours. (Russia Today) September 25, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of September 24, 2012 (2012-09-24) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: At least 24 people are killed in violence across Syria. (DPA via The Hindu) Kenyan AMISOM troops, advancing towards the al-Shabaab stronghold of Kismayo, "deliberately" shoot dead seven Somali civilians, according to a Somali Army spokesman. The Hizbul Islam faction announces that it leaves the al-Shabaab. (BBC) Business and economy Multiple reports suggest that North Korea is to introduce reforms allowing farmers to keep more of their produce, rather than handing it to the state. (BBC) Jordan is to host the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in May 2013. (Jordan Times) Disasters and accidents A building collapse in the Indian city of Pune kills at least six people. (BBC) International relations Senkaku Islands dispute: Dozens of Taiwanese fishing boats set sail for the disputed Senkaku Islands which are also claimed by China and Japan. (Kyodo News via Mainichi Shimbun) (Bangkok Post) An estimated 1,000 people protest in Taipei over Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands. (Kyodo News via Mainichi Shimbun) China cancels events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations with Japan. (Mainichi Shimbun) (Jiji Press via Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo News, AFP, and Jiji Press via The Japan Times) Three Chinese surveillance ships enter Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands. (Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo News via Mainichi Shimbun) Bookstores in China suspend sales of books by Japanese authors or about Japan. (Jiji Press via Mainichi Shimbun) Japan sends its vice foreign minister, Chikao Kawai, to China in order to improve the status of relations between the two countries. (Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo News via The Japan Times) Jewish Democrats ask Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to stop bringing "daylight" into Israel–United States relations. (JTA) Law and crime Wang Lijun, the former police chief and vice-mayor of Chongqing, China, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption-related charges and defection. (Global Times) (AP via Google News) Manufacturer Foxconn closes a factory in Taiyuan in China's Shanxi province after a fight breaks out between thousands of workers. (The Sydney Morning Herald) Three bloggers in Vietnam are sentenced to four, ten and twelve years' imprisonment for "anti-state propaganda". (Al Jazeera) Former Israeli minister of industry, trade and labor Ehud Olmert, who is also a former prime minister, is given a fine and a suspended 1-year jail sentence for cronyism while in office. A bribery case related to a housing project in Jerusalem is still being investigated. (Reuters) The US military announces that two US Marines are charged with urinating on Taliban corpses in Afghanistan and failing to stop other misconduct by subordinates. (BBC) Politics and elections South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, daughter of former president Park Chung-hee, apologises for abuses committed under her father's regime. (Al Jazeera) More than 100 people protest around a desert prison in Saudi Arabia against the detention of their relatives. (Reuters) Karim Masimov resigns as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan after serving for five years. (AP via The Washington Post) The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe says recent parliamentary elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair. VRT calls them "a farce". (Reuters) (VRT) Jun Azumi, the Minister of Finance of Japan, says he is to step down and take on a senior function as the acting secretary-general of the Democratic Party of Japan. His announcement comes ahead of an expected cabinet reshuffle. (The Wall Street Journal) September 24, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of September 23, 2012 (2012-09-23) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks A suicide bombing at a church in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bauchi kills at least two people and wounds up to 48 others. (BBC) More than 200 Islamist insurgents surrender to African Union troops in Jowhar, Somalia. Al-Shabaab kills a member of the Somali Parliament and threatens to kill more. (Pana via Afrique en Ligne) (Reuters) Deaths Edwin P. Wilson, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative and arms trafficker, has died on September 10th. (AP via Yahoo News) Former WBO heavyweight world champion Corrie Sanders, 46, dies after an armed robbery in South Africa. He upset Wladimir Klitschko with a second-round KO in 2003. (Eurosport) Disasters and accidents Nine alpinists die and six are missing on the slopes of Mount Manaslu, Mansiri Himal Himalayas. (BBC) Law and crime Iran blocks use of the Google search engine, as it prepares to switch its citizens to a domestic internet network. (Reuters) Citing nuclear sanctions, the United States of America deny visas to 20 out of 160 Iranian officials, of which two are ministers, impeaching diplomats' attendance at next week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. (RIA Novosti) Libya dissolves all armed groups and militia not under the authority of the state. (Al Jazeera) Police in Italy arrest a man at Turin Caselle Airport on charges of impersonating a pilot. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections Parliamentary elections are held in Belarus. The opposition sees the vote as undemocratic and boycotts it. (UKPA via Google News) A conference to "rescue Syria" is held in Damascus by the National Coordination Body and around 20 other parties. Twenty eight parties, which are also opposed to the militarization of the conflict, have not participated. The conference calls for a ceasefire and a peaceful political transition to succeed the Assad regime. The armed opposition considers the position as "too lenient on the dictator". (Xinhua) (AP via Washington Post) Science Researchers find that there are four genetically distinct types of breast cancer. (The New York Times) Sports In Gaelic football, Donegal defeat Mayo in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park. (RTÉ Sport) (The Irish Times) John Higgins wins the Shanghai Masters snooker tournament, beating Judd Trump by a close 10-9 score. (Eurosport via Yahoo! Sport) Philippe Gilbert wins the UCI Road World Championships race in Valkenburg, Netherlands, with a decisive jump on the Cauberg. (Eurosport) In sumo, Harumafuji Kōhei wins his second consecutive top division championship with a perfect 15–0 record to assure his promotion to 70th yokozuna. (Kyodo News) September 23, 2012 Wikinews articles Scottish police arrest man over child sexual assault in Clydebank supermarket U.S. President creates Chimney Rock National Monument Current events of September 22, 2012 (2012-09-22) (Saturday) Armed attacks 2012 diplomatic missions attacks: Demanding the disbandment of armed groups, hundreds of demonstrators attack Ansar al-Sharia and Islamist militia compounds in Benghazi, Libya. Eleven people die in the clashes. Libyan authorities re-take control of deserted strongholds. (AP via ABC News) (AFP via Libération) (The Jerusalem Post) The Libyan government asks the population to discriminate among "legitimate and non-legitimate" militias; Raf Allah al-Sahati, Feb. 17 and Libya Shield are supposedly "legitimate" militias. (AP via ABC News) Syrian civil war: An online video appears to claim that the Free Syrian Army moved its headquarters from Turkey to "liberated areas" inside Syria; Reuters says in Idlib or Aleppo. (BBC) (Reuters) The National Coordination Body, an internal civilian opposition umbrella group in Syria, is to hold a conference in Damascus on Sunday. According to Xinhua, the 28-party conference is cancelled due to internal divisions. (Reuters) (Xinhua) The Lebanese Armed Forces say the Free Syrian Army attacked a Lebanese army border post on Friday. (Daily Star) Activists say dozens of civilians are killed throughout Syria by the Syrian government's artillery shelling of cities. (Bloomberg via Businessweek) Eight people die in clashes between Zaydi rebels and Salafis. The Zaidis oppose the nomination by Al-Islah of new provincial leaders in northern Yemen. (Belga via HLN) (Middle East Online) Arts and culture The Musée du Louvre in Paris opens a new wing dedicated to Islamic art. It holds 3,000 artifacts from the seventh to the 19th century. An Egyptian Mamluk portal, disassembled in France since 1889, is shown for the first time. (AFP via France 24) Disasters and accidents The drunken driver of a car, speeding at nearly 200 kilometre (124 miles) per hour, hits a bus stop on Minskaya Street in Moscow. Seven pedestrians who were waiting for the bus were killed. (Ria Novosti) (Xinhua) Law and crime The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne confirms the sexual abuse of more than 600 children by its priests since the 1930s. Bishop Denis Hart deplores the "figures" as "horrific and shameful". Activists say the true number, in Victoria alone, is closer to 10,000. (BBC) Politics and elections Belgian MEP and former PM Guy Verhofstadt warns that the Flemish N-VA party and the far right are "the same". N-VA dismisses the criticism as "gratuitous". (VRT) (Le Soir) (Belga via RTL) The minister of railways in Pakistan, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, offers a bounty of USD 100,000 to the person who kills the maker of Innocence of Muslims. The government of Pakistan condemns his act. (Al Jazeera) September 22, 2012 Wikinews articles Pennsylvania courts to decide on controversial voter ID law Current events of September 21, 2012 (2012-09-21) (Friday) International relations Australia temporarily closes its High Commission in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. It says it fears violent protests aimed at Western countries as a result of recent controversies. (AAP via The Australian) Politics and elections Authorities in South Africa issue a warrant for the arrest of Julius Malema on charges of corruption. (BBC) The Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot held by the Democratic Party of Japan. (BBC) Witnesses see Ansar al-Sharia Islamists in Benghazi evacuate their headquarters after demonstrations by thousands of Libyan people. (Jerusalem Post) Science Harvard Theological Review does not yet publish a study that claims a papyrus bears testimony that Jesus of Nazareth used the word(s) "my wife". (AP via Google News) A researcher at the University of Cambridge predicts that in about four years, the Arctic polar ice cap will melt completely during the summer months. (Planetsave) September 21, 2012 Wikinews articles Hailemariam Desalegn sworn in as Ethiopia's prime minister Current events of September 20, 2012 (2012-09-20) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: The Local Coordination Committees of Syria report that the Syrian army has bombed a gas station in the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more. (The Washington Post) (USA Today) Syrian opposition forces say that over 180 people were killed Thursday, including casualties from aerial bombings of residential neighborhoods in Aleppo and villages near Damascus. (CNN) A suicide bomber kills 14 people by detonating explosives at a cafe frequented by politicians and journalists in Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Independent) (The Montreal Gazette) Arts and culture Following an investigation in the wake of the News International phone hacking scandal, British media regulator Ofcom concludes that BSkyB is a "fit and proper" company to hold a broadcasting licence. (BBC) Business and economy Trade unions in India hold a strike over plans to open up supermarkets to international competition. (BBC) AU Optronics was fined $500 million for a global LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Environment and health The US National Snow and Ice Data Center says the Arctic ice cap size on September 16 is at season's low, with a record low size ever since August 26. (NSIDC) Data from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign shows the Antarctic ice sheet reached its seventh-largest extent on September 12, at 16.14 million km2. (Forbes) International relations The US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns meets with government officials in Libya about last week's deadly attack at the US consulate in Benghazi. (VOA) Russia's Foreign Ministry bans the United States Agency for International Development from operating in the country, saying that it had meddled in recent elections. (The Los Angeles Times) Law and crime Daniel "El Loco" Barrera, a Colombian crime boss accused of alliances with guerrilla groups and drug trafficking crimes, is captured in San Cristobal, Venezuela. (CNN) Politics and elections The government of Bahrain pledges to adopt most of the recommendations in a United Nations report on the country's human rights situation. (Al Jazeera) Two candidates compete in the final elections to elect the Governor of Jakarta for the next five-year term. (New York Times) (The Jakarta Post) Several high ranking Georgian government officials resign after protests caused by revelations of inmate torture and rape. (Euronews) (BBC) President Karzai dismisses Mohammad Gulab Mangal and others in a reshuffle of the government in Afghanistan. (AFP via Google News) Tim Pawlenty resigns as the co-chairman of Mitt Romney's electoral campaign. He is to head the Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C.. (Newsday) Science A specialist in communication from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln says that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in journalism will soon become widespread. (DPA via De Standaard) September 20, 2012 Wikinews articles More September 2012 events...

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