Portal:Current events/2011 September 26

Current events of September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• The President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono orders the National Police's Detachment 88 anti-terrorism squad to investigate a suicide bombing in central Java. (The Australian)

Business and economy

• Asian stock markets open lower in response to the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe. (BusinessWeek) (Bloomberg) , (IBN)

Disasters

• More than 100,000 people in the Philippines are evacuated ahead of Typhoon Nesat with Albay province direcytly in the pathway. (AP via NineMSN)

Law and crime

• Six people will face terrorism charges a week after being arrested in the English city of Birmingham. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)

Politics

• About 300 students at Auckland University occupy a university building to protest increases in student fees. (New Zealand Herald)
• Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai dies while undergoing cancer treatment at the age of 71. (BBC)