Portal:Current events/2011 September 25
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September 25, 2011 (Sunday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- A suicide bombing near a church in Central Java, Indonesia, kills at least two people and injures several others. (BBC)
- Four consecutive bombings kill at least 10 people and injure 70 others in the Iraqi city of Karbala. (CNN)
- The United Nations Security Council urges all sides in the 2011 Yemeni uprising to "show maximum restraint". (Al Jazeera)
- Gunfire is reported at a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) compound in the Afghan capital Kabul. (BBC)
Disasters
- A Buddha Air flight taking tourists to see Mount Everest crashes in Nepal, killing 19 people. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- An out-of-control forest fire near the Canadian town of Fort McMurray in Alberta causes the closure of Highway 63. (Vancouver Sun)
Law and crime
- At least five people are shot dead in two locations in the US state of Indiana. (AP via ABC News America)
Politics
- Senate elections in France result in a left-wing majority, headed by the Socialist Party, for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic. (Le Monde)
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announces reforms giving women the right to vote and run in municipal elections. (BBC)
- The Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding announces plans to step down as soon as the Jamaica Labour Party announces its new leader in December. (Go Jamaica)
Sport
- In athletics, Patrick Makau Musyoki of Kenya breaks the world record for the marathon at the Berlin Marathon, pending official ratification by the International Association of Athletics Federations. (AP via the Wall Street Journal)
Television
- CBS Season Premieres of CBS News Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race and The Good Wife