Portal:Current events/2009 September 15
September 15, 2009 (Tuesday)
- The Red-Green Coalition of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is elected for another term in the Norwegian parliamentary election. (Norway Post) (Financial Times)[permanent dead link]
- At least 38 people are killed in flash floods in North Sumatra, Indonesia. (RTÉ)
- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke says the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s has likely ended, while warning that growth may not be strong enough to quickly reduce the unemployment rate. (Bloomberg)
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accuses the United States of "blocking" Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization. (CNN)
- A United Nations report into the Gaza War alleges both Israeli and Palestinian forces committed war crimes. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- EirGrid, Ireland's national electricity grid operator, receives permission from An Bord Pleanála to build a new electricity interconnector between Ireland and Wales. (RTÉ)
- Gabonese firefighters battle a blaze at the heart of Libreville as fire consumes the nation's largest market. (IOL)
- Republic of the Congo's re-elected President Denis Sassou Nguesso names his new government, abolishing the controversial post of Prime Minister and replacing the nation's oil minister. (IOL)
- In a televised debate, Madagascar's Prime Minister Monja Roindefo accuses the international community of betraying President Andry Rajoelina and warns the island risks being "torn into fiefdoms ruled by warlords". (IOL)