Portal:Current events/2008 September 27

September 27, 2008 (Saturday)

A bomb blast in Delhi, India kills 2 and injures 23. (TOI)
2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Kyle strengthens into Hurricane Kyle with predictions that it will make landfall in the New England region of the United States or Canada's Maritime Provinces on Sunday. (Reuters)
The United States Senate passes a large spending bill including $25 billion in taxpayer subsidised loans for automakers and the end of offshore drilling bans. (AP via Google News)
The People's Council of Turkmenistan, implementing changes approved in the Constitution, passes a vote to abolish itself and allow opposition parties. (BBC News)
During mission Shenzhou 7, Zhai Zhigang successfully performs the first spacewalk by a Chinese astronaut, as China becomes the third country to carry out extra-vehicular activity independently. (CNN)
In Australian football, the Hawthorn Football Club defeats the Geelong Football Club in the 2008 AFL Grand Final by 115 points to 89. (ABC News Australia)
2008 Damascus car bomb: A suspected car bomb targeting a military installation in Damascus, Syria kills at least 17 and injures 14 others. (BBC News)
A 12.9 million digit Mersenne prime is discovered. (AP via Los Angeles Times)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Government officials announce plans to nationalise British bank Bradford & Bingley in the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis. (BBC News)
United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1835 on Iran, calling for compliance with previous resolutions, with no further sanctions. (BBC News)