Portal:Current events/2009 September 14
September 14, 2009 (Monday)
- Norwegians go to the polls for the Norwegian parliamentary election. (AFP via Google News) (Norway Post)
- France's political "trial of the century" into the Clearstream affair—former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin versus President Nicolas Sarkozy—opens at the Palais de Justice. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- U.S. special forces launch an attack on Islamist militants from Al-Shabab in Somalia. (BBC) (Mareeg) (The New York Times)
- At least 18 women and children are killed in a stampede for free flour handed out by charity workers in Karachi, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) (The Nation) (Xinhua)
- Legislators in Aceh province in Indonesia pass a new law on stoning to death and other severe sentences for adultery, homosexuality and premarital sex. (Jakarta Post) (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Dozens of people in Uganda are charged over riots in the capital Kampala over the visit of the King of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. (BBC)
- China lodges a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the United States' decision to impose import duties on Chinese-made tires. (China Daily) (Financial Times)
- A large area of Toronto, Canada, is evacuated after a Pipe bomb was found in a truck, but the bomb is neutralized by the Toronto bomb squad. (CP24)
- In tennis, Juan Martín del Potro defeats Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters defeats Caroline Wozniacki at the U.S. Open. (The New York Times)
- American actor Patrick Swayze dies at age 57, after suffering from pancreatic cancer for more than 1 year. (BBC)