Portal:Current events/2012 September 23

September 23, 2012 (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

Disasters and accidents

Nine alpinists die and six are missing on the slopes of Mount Manaslu, Mansiri Himal Himalayas. (BBC)

Law and crime

Iran plans to block 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