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Canada severs diplomatic ties with Iran. NASA's Dawn probe (artist's concept pictured) leaves the orbit of asteroid Vesta, en route to the dwarf planet Ceres. The ENCODE project announces the creation of an "encyclopedia" of the human genome, publishing a coordinated series of 30 papers in Nature, Genome Biology, and Genome Research. A Bahraini court upholds sentences up to life in prison for 13 opposition leaders. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, dies at the age of 92.

Current events of September 8, 2012 (2012-09-08) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Bahraini uprising (2011–present): The Interior Ministry moves to sue the Al Wefaq main opposition party. On Friday, police have fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in the capital Manama. The protestors allegedly have defied a ban on demonstrations. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (The Jerusalem Post) Afghanistan commemorates Ahmad Shah Massoud, assasinated today eleven years ago according to the Afghan calendar, with a ceremony in Kabul on the national holiday of Haftai Shahid (Martyr Week). (Sina) (Bokhdi) (The Frontier Post) Afghan officials say a 14-year old detonates himself in a suicide bombing near the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The explosion kills at least six Afghan people, some of them street children. The Taliban claim responsibility, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of the Interior blames the Haqqani network. (BBC) (AP via Tulsa World) International relations A spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry calls Canada's Friday decision to sever all diplomatic ties "hasty" and "radical". A senior Islamic Consultative Assembly member describes the decision as "hostile". (CBC) (Communiqué) (Jerusalem Post) (Xinhua) It is announced that Pakistan and India are planning to mutually ease the visa requirements. (Reuters) Politics The Hong Kong government backs down on plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes in its schools after weeks of protests. (Radio Television Hong Kong) (BBC) September 8, 2012 Wikinews articles Human Rights Watch publishes documents that alleges the United States cooperated with Libya regarding torture Gliders defeat USA in 2012 Paralympic semifinals Current events of September 7, 2012 (2012-09-07) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: A bomb kills five policemen after Friday prayer outside Rukniyeh mosque in Rukn Eddeen, central Damascus. (AP via TIME) (AFP via NDTV) (VOA via YaLibnan) The United Kingdom and the Netherlands call for the European Union to include Hezbollah on its terror list over Hezbollah's stated support for President Assad. (Haaretz) Iranian sources citing Ash-Shabaab say a U.S. drone attack killed eight people in Kismayo, south Somalia. (Press TV) Humanitarian groups express concern over Chile's army head, involved in controversy over a directive instructing military recruiters not to admit homosexuals. (BBC) Business and economy News Limited makes a formal bid for James Packer's Consolidated Media valuing the company at 1.94 billion Australian dollars. (AAP via Sydney Morning Herald) The Reserve Bank of India permits Indian investments to and from Pakistan. India's minister of external affairs SM Krishna arrives in Pakistan for a meeting on Saturday in Islamabad with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar. (Hindustan Times) (Deccan Times) Cipla does not infringe a valid Roche patent on erlotinib (trade name Tarceva) for the production of its generic cancer drug Erlocip, says the Delhi High Court. (Reuters) (LiveMint) Disasters A series of earthquakes hits south-west China, leaving at least 64 people dead and 715 injured. (BBC) International relations U.S. Secretary of State Clinton notifies Congress of her intent to include the Haqqani network on the government's terror list. An attaché at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington dismisses the decision as an "internal matter" of the United States and reaffirms Pakistan's commitment to "combating extremism and terrorism." Haqqani senior commanders say the decision will not help in bringing peace to Afghanistan. (CNN) (Dawn) Canada–Iran relations: Canada closes its embassy in Iran and orders all Iranian diplomatic staff out of Canada, citing Iran's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iran's "among the worst" human rights record, its lack of respect for the Vienna conventions, its nuclear program and the security of Canadian diplomatic personnel. It sees Iran as the world's "most significant threat to global peace and security." Minister of foreign affairs Baird says the Canadian government files Iran as a "state sponsor of terrorism" under the Canadian Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act. (CBC) (Communiqué) Germany and France's foreign ministers say they are in favour of new sanctions to target Iranian finance, trade and oil in around ten days, if talks about Iran's nuclear program do not "make any substantial progress." (AP via Seattle Times) South Korea offers food aid to North Korea after recent floods which have killed over 500 North Koreans. (Sky News Australia) Pakistan orders foreign nationals working for the Save the Children NGO to leave the country within four weeks. The Pakistani government has accused the organization of being linked to the fake vaccination program used in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The charity and the U.S. government deny any links. (AFP via The Nation) (The Guardian) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Economic leaders assemble on Russky Island, off the coast of Vladivostok, Russia, for the forum's 24th summit on September 8th and 9th. (The Globe and Mail) (Cri.cn) (Building program) (apec2012.ru) Law and crime Some details emerge, but no suspect nor a motive, about Wednesday's murder of four people in the foothills of the French Alps. (CBS News) (CNN) A former Premier League football youth star is jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend, who sustained at least 60 stab wounds to the head and body. (BBC) September 7, 2012 Wikinews articles Sandra Fluke featured speaker at Democratic National Convention Wikinews interviews Duncan Campbell, co-founder of wheelchair rugby Wikinews interviews Greg Smith, Australian Paralympic flag bearer Current events of September 6, 2012 (2012-09-06) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: Vladimir Putin urges the Western and Arab world to review their position. He asks to end the violence first, then sit around the table and only then move on to "these practical steps about the internal organisation of the country itself". (Star Africa) The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, an arid-zone agriculture research institute in northern Syria, is forced to relocate, mainly to Jordan and Lebanon. (Trust.org) Colombian armed conflict (1964–present): The FARC want an armistice at the start of the peace talks starting October 8th in Oslo, Norway. The government doesn't want a truce. (EPE, RFR via Reformatorisch Dagblad) The government of Colombia names its negotiating team. The FARC announce two of their team and mention the name of a man currently in a U.S. prison. (Cubasi) (Montreal Gazette) Disasters 61 people, illegal immigrants traveling below deck, die after a fishing boat capsizes fifty meters off the Izmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands. (BBC) Law and crime A toddler is found alive, hours after a shooting leaves four dead and another child heavily injured in a wood in Chevaline, Haute-Savoie near Lake Annecy, France. A car with a British licence plate is involved. British tourists, the male Iraqi-passport-holding driver and two women in the car, and a local inhabitant on a cycle, who was on paternity leave, are among the deaths. (CNN) Human Rights Watch says it has evidence of more cases of waterboarding involving United States operatives. (Reuters) International relations After Sri Lanka, Liang Guanglie leaves India for Laos. It has been the first visit to India of a Chinese Minister of Defence in eight years. (Xinhua) Admiral James Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is in Israel. The Pentagon recently has scaled down a joint military exercise, planned for October. The drill should help blend both countries' missile defense capabilities. (Ma'an News) (Ynet News) (TIME) The United States removes the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) from their terror list, citing "a credible commitment to pursuing peace and reconciliation". In June, a group around party vice-president Mohan Baidya announced a split in the party. (AFP via Google News) (State Department) (Xinhua) (Telegraph Nepal) (Times of India) Politics and elections President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination as candidate for the 2012 presidential election at the Democratic National Convention. (ABC News) (CNN) Religion and spirituality A Christian lobbyist's kin defend him after he claims homosexuality reduces life expectancy more than smoking and should therefore be discouraged. He himself states he "was not comparing homosexuality with smoking at all." (Sydney Morning Herald) (SBS) September 6, 2012 Wikinews articles On the campaign trail, August 2012 Prince Harry meets Maddison Elliott, youngest Australian Paralympic gold medallist ever Al Jazeera website restored after Al-Rashedon hack IPC drops Pistorius, South African-requested prosthetic cheating investigation Wikinews interviews Amber Merritt Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Wheelchair rugby gets underway at London Paralympics Current events of September 5, 2012 (2012-09-05) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks A drone strike conducted by the United States kills at least five suspected militants in the eastern Yemeni province of Hadhramaut. (Reuters) A Palestinian Authority colonel is killed by gunfire from unknown assailants in Jenin, West Bank. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Business and economy In a letter ordering terms for the next installment of the second bailout, the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund (the troika) want Greece to raise the maximum amount of weekly work days to six. Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte rules out a third bailout loan. Diederik Samson of the Labour Party, excludes Greece from leaving the eurozone; he mentions tutelage. (The Guardian) (Xinhua) (De Telegraaf) The UNCTAD releases a report detailing the further deterioration of the occupied Palestinian territories's economic environment. (AFP via MSN Philippines) (Reuters) (ReliefWeb) Disasters A 7.6-magnitude earthquake 87 miles west of the Costa Rican capital of San José triggers a tsunami alert for the coastlines of Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua. (CNN) (USGS) A firecracker factory explodes near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, killing 54 and injuring 50. (Times of India) An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds another 4. (BBC) International relations Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does not meet Vice President Xi Jinping. (TIME) Law and crime Mauritania extradites former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, who was arrested in the capital Nouakchott in March after fleeing Libya during the civil war in 2011. The United States insist on a fair trial for the suspect, a "milestone in (Lybia's) democratic transition". (BBC) (Xinhua) A masked gunman kills one person and wounds another at a Quebec rally for the new premier Pauline Marois. (AP via Yahoo! News) Wang Lijun, the former vice mayor and police chief of Chongqing, faces charges of abuse of power, bribe-taking, defection, and bending the law for personal gain. The Chengdu city prosecutor says Wang has tried to cover up Gu Kailai's murder of businessman Neil Heywood. (Xinhua) Politics and elections Benjamin Netanyahu interrupts an Israeli cabinet meeting on defense and security, citing inside leaks. (Yedioth Ahronoth) (Reuters via Yahoo! News) 2012 Democratic National Convention: The United States Democratic Party holds its national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Los Angeles Times) The concepts of "God-given potential" and an "indivisible Jerusalem, capital of Israel" re-enter the platform in an eleventh-hour move at the behest of the President. (The Ticket via Yahoo! News) (Tick 2) Former President Bill Clinton nominates current President Barack Obama as the party's candidate in the presidential election. (Washington Post) Science and technology The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements is published. For the first time, a browsable, analysable overview of the four million regulatory regions, or functional elements of the human genome found up to now, is made available to the general public. At least 80% of the human genome is biologically active, rather than mainly junk DNA as once believed. (ENCODE) (Nature) Sports 30-year old Andy Roddick formally begins his tennis retirement, losing in the fourth round of the US Open. (Entertainment Online) September 5, 2012 Wikinews articles Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Costa Rican coast, tsunami warnings issued Gliders move into the medal round with victory over Mexico Release and pardon of killer jeopardises Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire Greece defeats Portugal in boccia match at 2012 London Paralympics Hungarian Richard Osvath defeats Damien Tokatlian of France for wheelchair fencing bronze Effect of sanctions 'like war' says Iran's Ahmadinejad Poland's Makowska takes category B wheelchair fencing bronze at the London Paralympics Frenchman takes bronze in wheelchair fencing individual foil category B at London Paralympics Hungarian Zsuzsanna Krajnyak defeats compatriot Veronika Juhasz, taking 2012 wheelchair fencing bronze Wikinews interviews Katie Hill, Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball medallist Internet hackers attack Al-Jazeera website, condemn news service's Syrian civil war coverage Brazil defeats China in 5-a-side football in group play at London Paralympics Current events of September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Mexican Drug War: The Mexican authorities arrest Mario Cárdenas Guillén, the second-in-command in the Gulf Cartel, leaving Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez as the last standing man in the criminal organization. (El Universal) Colombian armed conflict (1964–present): The peace talks between FARC and the Colombian government will take place in October in Norway and then in Cuba. (AFP) The Kenyan navy shells the Somali port town of Kismayo, the last stronghold of Al-Shabaab militants, in preparation for an African Union-led attack by ground forces. (Al Jazeera) War in Afghanistan: A suicide bombing at a funeral in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar kills at least 25 people. (BBC) The Afghan Ministry of the Interior states that it has killed 27 Taliban insurgents during the previous 24 hours. (Xinhua) Syrian civil war: The United Nations Refugee Agency says 100,000 Syrians fled to another country during the month of August, the highest monthly number yet in the 18-month conflict. (Voice of America) Red Cross chief Peter Maurer meets with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to discuss sending humanitarian aid to civilians across the country. (AP via Yahoo! News) Business and economy Airbus expects a worldwide total demand for 28,200 civil aircraft by the year 2031, more than doubling today's fleet in operation. (MSN Malaysia) Cabin crew for the German airline Lufthansa go on strike causing disruption to hundreds of flights. (Reuters) McDonald's plans to open two fully vegetarian fast food restaurants at the pilgrimage sites of Vaishno Devi and Amritsar, north India. (Financial Times) (Financial Times) Disasters A passenger bus traveling between Marrakesh and Ouarzazate crashes in a ravine in southern Morocco, killing at least 42 people and injuring up to 25 others. (AFP via Hindustan Times) International relations U.S. Secretary of State Clinton meets China's Foreign Minister Yang in Beijing. (Reuters) India and China plan bilateral military exercises in 2013, the first since 2008. (Voice of America) Law and crime A South Korean court orders the government to compensate a fisherman with 2.5 billion won (€ 1.75 million); he was falsely accused of spying for North Korea. (Yonhap) Egypt's former culture minister Farouk Hosny is to face corruption charges. (AFP via Google News) Osvaldo Rivera is the suspect jailed in Camden County, New Jersey for the stabbing to death of a 6-year-old boy and the attempted murder of the boy's 12-year-old sister. Authorities say he was high on PCP-laced marijuana. (AP via Yahoo! News) Police in Cambodia say The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm, who was arrested on Sunday, "is to be deported", saying it's up to Sweden to decide where and not specifying when. There is no extradition agreement between the two countries. (BBC) The AntiSec hacker operation publishes 1 million edited Apple iOS unique device identifiers of the 12 million it claims to have "obtained" from a FBI laptop. (Silicon Republic) (Al Jazeera English) (The Guardian) A court in Bahrain upholds the sentences of Arab Spring opposition figures condemned for plotting to overthrow the Western-allied government. Eight of the twenty opponents are confirmed imprisoned for life. (AP via Google News) The United States Department of Justice files papers in court documenting BP's "gross negligence and willful misconduct" over the April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Reuters) Politics and elections Quebec general election, 2012: The Parti Quebecois is elected to a minority government, defeating the Liberal Party of Quebec, with Pauline Marois becoming the first female premier of Quebec. (CBC), (CTV News) Incumbent premier Jean Charest loses his own seat. During Marois' victory speech, a gunman opens fire, killing one person and wounding another. (BBC) David Cameron reshuffles the United Kingdom government for the first time since 2010. (BBC) Reuters calls Xi Jinping China's "next leader". Hu Chunhua reportedly misses a promotion to the Politburo Standing Committee in an expected power transition at or around the 18th Congress of the Communist Party of China. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) President-elect Peña Nieto of Mexico names his "transition team", ahead of his cabinet and December 1st inauguration . (NewsDaily) Science and technology Scientists develop a "magic carpet" with optical fibers to help prevent elderly people from falling by a warning when it detects unusual footsteps. (Daily Mail) Beijing and Shanghai place orders for the world's longest bus, the 101 foot (31 m), five-axle, four-steering-axle, three-tiered AutoTram. It carries 256 passengers and costs about $10 million a piece. Due to advanced electronics, it is said to be as maneuverable and precise as a conventional bus. (Daily Mail) The opening date of the new airport serving the Berlin area is delayed again, until late October 2013. (The Local) September 4, 2012 Wikinews articles Wikinews interviews Tyan Taylor, Australian goalball player Australia women's national goalball team loses 0-3 to United States in pool play in London Argentina loses to Iran at 7-a-side football in pool play at the London Paralympics Current events of September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: The head of the international Red Cross, Peter Maurer, arrives in Damascus for a three-day review with the Syrian government of the humanitarian situation. (Xinhua) War in Afghanistan: New Zealand announces that it plans to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan's Bamiyan province by the end of April 2013. (TVNZ) A car bomb explodes near the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least three people and wounding up to 19 others. (BBC) Lonmin shares are slightly up on hopes of talks. Solidarity, a major trade union, does not share the optimism yet. A new shooting today at a gold mine in Johannesburg wounds at least four. South Africa conditionally releases 162 of the 270 miners who were detained for killing their fellow miners at Marikana last month. (AP via Yahoo! News)(Reuters) (AFP via Google News) Arts and culture American actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies in Los Angeles at the age of 54. (BNO News) Jefferson Starship guitarist Mark Abrahamian, aged 46, dies of a heart attack after a concert. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (AP via Billboard) Business and economy The Moody's agency changes its outlook on the European Union's Aaa credit rating from stable to negative. (Bloomberg via New York Times) Disasters The North Korean state news agency says Typhoon-15 (Bolaven) left 48 people dead and caused major damage. (KCNA)) Health and environment Lebanon bans smoking in closed public places like restaurants and cafés. (The Daily Star) International relations South Korea and Japan temporarily halt some military cooperation programs in a long-running dispute over control of the Liancourt Rocks. South Korea's first fleet plans a "biannual" drill around the area from September 7 to 11. (The Mainichi) (Yonhap) (CNTV via Xinhua) The Democratic Republic of the Congo wants United Nations sanctions on Rwandese top military officials named in a June U.N. report as supporting the M23 rebels in the current east Congo conflict. (Business Week) (Daily Monitor) (Defence Web) Three hundred Hizb ut-Tahrir supporters protest in Jakarta ahead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Indonesia. (Reuters) Law and Crime Vorayuth Yoovidhya, the grandson of a creator of Red Bull, is arrested in Bangkok after an early morning hit-and-run that killed a police officer. (AP via Yahoo! News) Former Colombian crime boss Griselda Blanco is killed by hitmen in Medellin. (Miami Herald) Politics and elections Swaziland virgins perform an annual reed dance, paying homage to the king, pleasing tourists and compatriots. (Reuters) Science and technology Cracks in 3 of the 21 wooden beams of a European Parliament hemicycle roof lead to the temporary closure, among others, of the plenary debate room; parliamentary operations are reportedly unaffected. (European Voice) (Public Service Europe) September 3, 2012 Wikinews articles Slovakia's Alena Kanova defeats Sara Head, taking bronze in class 3 table tennis Philippine economic growth slows slightly in 2nd quarter of 2012 Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn Gliders suffer first loss in London Paralympics against Canada Slovenia goes down to China in their final sitting volleyball game in pool play at London Paralympics Fifteen medals awarded on London Paralympics fourth night of track and field Medals awarded at final day of rowing at London Paralympics 'I wanna tell you a story': English entertainer Max Bygraves dies at age 89 Current events of September 2, 2012 (2012-09-02) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: A car bomb attack by unknown people near a Palestinian refugee camp in the Damascene suburb of Sbeineh (Sabina) kills at least 15 people. AFP says rebels claim the capture of the village of Harem near Idlib on the Turkish border, after a 3-day siege; the government still keeps air supremacy. U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says it is both conflict parties' duty to try to reach peace. (Bloomberg via Business Week) (The Daily Star) Twin explosions rock the Abu Rummaneh neighbourhood of Damascus, near a security forces compound, wounding at least six. (Xinhua) (Al Jazeera) War in Afghanistan: The Washington Post reports that U.S. special operations personnel temporarily halt the training of all Afghan army and police recruits while a full background check of 27,000 people is ongoing. 45 NATO troops have been killed this year in so-called green-on-blue attacks. (The Washington Post) A pro-government militia in Kanum village near Kunduz kills at least eight villagers, apparently thinking the villagers killed one of them. (AFP via Asia One) Clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels in the southeastern province of Şırnak kill ten Turkish troops and twenty fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party. (BBC) The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa reports the execution of a kidnapped Algerian diplomat in northern Mali. (Xinhua) A car bomb explodes in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing at least one person. (Al Jazeera) Local security sources say a drone attack kills ten suspected Al-Qaeda militants and three companion women in central Yemen. Other sources say, relating to the same incident, that a government air raid misses its target and kills ten civilians, of which two female, in a car. (Nahrnet) (Reuters) Arts and culture State television in Egypt lifts a decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters. (Al Jazeera) Unification Church founder and self-proclaimed messiah Sun Myung Moon dies at the age of 92. (CNN) Disasters A plane crashes in the Quad City Air Show in Davenport, Iowa, killing the pilot. (AP via Fox News) International relations South Sudan appoints Francis Deng as its first ambassador to the United Nations. (IOL) Law and crime Burma's new information minister Aung Kyi says that private newspapers will be allowed to publish daily from 2013. (Bangkok Post) Police in Cambodia announce that Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, one of the founders of The Pirate Bay, was arrested on August 30 in Phnom Penh, enforcing a suspected Interpol warrant by his homeland Sweden. Warg has been sentenced in April 2012 by a court in Stockholm for copyright violations to 12 months in jail and his quarter share (about € 900,000) in a solidary fine of 30 million SKr. (BBC) (TorrentFreak) (The Local) (Khmer440.com) After public anger, a prosecutor in South Africa provisionally withdraws charges against 270 miners accused of killing 34 striking colleagues shot by police. The strike enters its fourth week. (Reuters) Politics and elections State funeral of Ethiopia's long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is attended by thousands of people in Addis Ababa. (BBC) Sports Jenson Button "enjoys" winning the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. (USA Today) September 2, 2012 Wikinews articles IPC inducts new members into its Hall of Fame Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team gets its first win of London Paralympics Australian Jayme Paris wins bronze in the London Paralympics Women's Individual C1-2-3 500m Time Trial More September 2012 events...

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