Portal:Current events/2009 September 10
September 10, 2009 (Thursday)
- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologises for the post-war treatment of celebrated WWII code-breaker Alan Turing, who was chemically castrated for having homosexual relations. (Downing St) (CBC) (Reuters India) (The New York Times) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi says he will demand a permanent place in the United Nations Security Council for Africa and compensation worth 777 trillion dollars for years of colonialism in New York later this month. (IOL)
- A Hong Kong court convicts Du Jun, a former senior banker at Morgan Stanley, in the country's largest insider trading case. (BBC)
- Gabon bars opposition leaders from leaving the country following recent riots over claims of fraud in the 2009 presidential election. (BBC)
- Dubai's Metro System, the first mass transit system of the Arabian Peninsula, officially opens to the public as its first metro line is partially operational. (Al Bawaba)
- Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri steps aside in Lebanon. (BBC) (Xinhua)
- At least five girls are killed and 30 other students injured in a stampede at a state-run school in the Indian capital, New Delhi. (ABC) (RTÉ)
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez recognizes Abkhazia and South Ossetia during a visit to Russia. (El Universal)[permanent dead link] (Reuters)
- Afghan journalists express anger over the killing of local reporter Sultan Munadi during a rescue operation that saved his colleague Stephen Farrell. (RTÉ)
- British consul John Terry is murdered in Jamaica. (Jamaica Gleaner) (Times Online)
- Greek militant group Revolutionary Struggle threatens to attack the "golden boys" it blames for the economic crisis as it claims responsibility for the Athens stock market bombing. (RTÉ)
- In football, Germany beat England 6–2 in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 final, claiming their seventh European title. (BBC)
- A boat with over 250 people on board capsizes in a storm off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing at least 8. (New York Times) (Awareness Times) (Al Jazeera)
- Supporters of the traditional Kabaka of Buganda, Muwenda Mutebi II, riot in the Ugandan capital Kampala after a move by the government to prevent him from visiting a local area, resulting in several deaths. (BBC) (IOL) (Press TV)