Portal:Current events/2011 September 28
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September 28, 2011 (Wednesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announces that a second New Zealand Special Air Service soldier has died in fighting in Afghanistan. (Xinhua)
Business and economy
- Greek transport workers commence a two-day strike over the latest austerity measures passed by the Hellenic Parliament overnight. (ABC News Australia)
- The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrives in Tokyo, Japan, to commence service with All Nippon Airways. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
Disasters
- The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention links an outbreak of listeriosis that has caused 13 deaths and 72 illnesses in 18 states to infected cantaloupes from Colorado. (CNN)
- Residents and authorities in the Philippines clean up after Typhoon Nesat which killed at least 20 people, most in and near the capital Manila. (AP via The Guardian) (AP via The Star-Tribune)
- A stampede on a docked ferry in Indonesia's East Java province results in eight deaths and dozens more injured. (TV New Zealand)
- The Chinese city of Shanghai shuts down line 10 of its metro system and slows down train speed following a collision that injured 271 people. (Bloomberg via Business Week)
- The iconic sport and concert venue K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen from 1938 burns down. (Copenhagen Post)
International relations
- Japan asks South Korea to block plans to build a monument to Korean World War II "comfort women" near the Japanese embassy in Seoul. (Yonhap)
Law and crime
- Australian newspaper columnist Andrew Bolt loses an action in the Federal Court of Australia in relation to breaches of the Racial Discrimination Act in columns about nine prominent aborigines. (The Australian)
- The FBI arrests Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old American citizen, for plotting to fly remotely-controlled planes filled with explosives into The Pentagon and the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. (BBC)
Politics
- Henry Tang resigns as the Chief Secretary for Administration in Hong Kong with the expectation that he will run for Chief Executive of Hong Kong in next year's election. (Bloomberg via Business Week)
Sport
- In baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Tampa Bay Rays qualify for wild card positions in the playoffs for the 2011 Major League Baseball season, while the Philadelphia Phillies complete their season with 102 wins, breaking their franchise record set in 1976 for most wins in a season. (AP via Wall Street Journal) (Atlanta Journal Constitution) (CSN Philly)