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**Tens of thousands of workers across [[Europe]] protest against [[austerity]] measures being taken by their governments. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11432579 (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/09/2010929114043842969.html (Al Jazeera)], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/29/europe-austerity-protests (''The Guardian'')] |
**Tens of thousands of workers across [[Europe]] protest against [[austerity]] measures being taken by their governments. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11432579 (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/09/2010929114043842969.html (Al Jazeera)], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/29/europe-austerity-protests (''The Guardian'')] |
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**Rallies take place in Portugal, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Ireland and France. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/29/europe.strikes/?hpt=Sbin (CNN)] |
**Rallies take place in Portugal, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Ireland and France. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/29/europe.strikes/?hpt=Sbin (CNN)] |
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**A [[concrete]] mixer is crashed into the gates of Ireland's [[Leinster House|national parliament]] by a man protesting against the cost of [[Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy|bailing out]] [[Anglo Irish Bank]]. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0929/breaking10.html?via=rel (''The Irish Times'')] [http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4366433 (AFP)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/29/anglo-irish-bank-bailout-cost (''The Guardian'')] |
**A [[concrete]] mixer is crashed into the gates of Ireland's [[Leinster House|national parliament]] by a man protesting against the cost of [[Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy|bailing out]] [[Anglo Irish Bank]]. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0929/breaking10.html?via=rel (''The Irish Times'')] [http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4366433 (AFP)]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/29/anglo-irish-bank-bailout-cost (''The Guardian'')] |
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**Spanish workers stage the country's first general strike since 2002. Transport operates at below normal levels, TV and newspapers are reduced and picketers deliver pamphlets to offices in [[Madrid]] explaining their position. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/29/1360855/general-strike-starts-in-spain.html (''The News Tribune'')]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
**Spanish workers stage the country's first general strike since 2002. Transport operates at below normal levels, TV and newspapers are reduced and picketers deliver pamphlets to offices in [[Madrid]] explaining their position. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/29/1360855/general-strike-starts-in-spain.html (''The News Tribune'')]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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**Thousands of people converge outside government headquarters in [[Warsaw]] under the slogan "No to cuts, yes to development". [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/workers-swarm-europes-streets-in-anticuts-protests-20100930-15xnn.html (''The Sydney Morning Herald'')] |
**Thousands of people converge outside government headquarters in [[Warsaw]] under the slogan "No to cuts, yes to development". [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/workers-swarm-europes-streets-in-anticuts-protests-20100930-15xnn.html (''The Sydney Morning Herald'')] |
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*[[Astronomer]]s discover the first [[Earth analog]] [[extrasolar planet]] that may be capable of supporting life, [[Gliese 581 g]], located within the [[habitable zone]] and orbiting [[Gliese 581]], a [[red dwarf]] star twenty [[light years]] from the [[ |
*[[Astronomer]]s [[Discoveries of exoplanets|discover]] the first [[Earth analog]] [[extrasolar planet]] that may be capable of supporting life, [[Gliese 581 g]], located within the [[habitable zone]] and orbiting [[Gliese 581]], a [[red dwarf]] star twenty [[light years]] from the [[Solar System]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/29/AR2010092907492.html (''Washington Post'')] |
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 27 April 2022
September 29, 2010 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and incidents
- 14 Islamist militants are killed in an operation by Russian forces in Dagestan. (Voice of Russia) (BBC) (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Comedian Greg Giraldo dies at the age of 44 in a New Brunswick, New Jersey, hospital after an accidental drug overdose four days ago. (E Online)
Business and economy
- Protests and strikes across Europe:
- Tens of thousands of workers across Europe protest against austerity measures being taken by their governments. (BBC) (Al Jazeera), (The Guardian)
- Rallies take place in Portugal, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Ireland and France. (CNN)
- A concrete mixer is crashed into the gates of Ireland's national parliament by a man protesting against the cost of bailing out Anglo Irish Bank. (The Irish Times) (AFP)[permanent dead link] (The Guardian)
- Spanish workers stage the country's first general strike since 2002. Transport operates at below normal levels, TV and newspapers are reduced and picketers deliver pamphlets to offices in Madrid explaining their position. (The News Tribune)[permanent dead link]
- Thousands of people converge outside government headquarters in Warsaw under the slogan "No to cuts, yes to development". (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- An estimated 100,000 people march on Brussels as part of a Europe-wide strike call given by the European Trade Union Confederation. (The Hindu) (Xinhua)
- A strike by air traffic controllers in Brussels and the general strike in Spain impacts flights by airlines such as Etihad Airways, easyJet and Ryanair. (Gulf News)
- The United States House of Representatives approves legislation that would lead to trade sanctions against China, which is accused of undervaluing the yuan. (BBC) (CNN)
Disasters
- The 2010 Oaxaca landslide in the Mexican state of Oaxaca is less deadly than initially feared, with eleven people missing. (The Guardian)
- Another landslide in the Mexican state of Chipas kills 16 people and leaves four missing. (Agence Presse-France)
- A magnitude 5,9 aftershock of March 11, 2010 Pichilemu, Chile earthquake hits the Lolol, O'Higgins Region area. Power outages were reported in Lolol. (BBC)
International relations
- Germany makes the final payment of its World War I reparations. (ABC News)
- South Korea says that it has reached an agreement with North Korea to hold working-level military talks for the first time in two years. (CBS)[permanent dead link]
- The European Commission issues a statement saying it will take legal action against France unless it complies with European Union rules on freedom of movement in relation to recent expulsion of Romani within the next two weeks. (National Post)
- Turkey's ambassador refuses visas to Australian and New Zealand archaeologists to conduct a survey of Gallipoli Campaign battlesites over concerns about a statue built by Sydney's Assyrian community commemorating the Assyrian Genocide in World War I. (ABC Online)
Law and crime
- Ten prisoners die in a fight between rival gangs at a prison in Aragua, Venezuela. (BBC)
- Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan is sentenced to 19 and a half years in prison on charges of "collaboration" and "propaganda". (Al Jazeera)
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California judge Jeremy D. Fogel stays the execution of sex killer Albert Greenwood Brown who was due to be executed on Thursday. (AFP via Google)
Politics and elections
- India launches a national identity scheme aimed at reducing fraud and improving access to state benefits. (Times of India) (BBC)
- Kim Jong-un, the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, is appointed to two party posts in a move seen as a gradual transfer of power. (BBC) (Chosun Ilbo)
- Maatia Toafa is elected Prime Minister of Tuvalu following the 2010 general election. He succeeds former Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia. (Australia Network)
- Cabinet formation in the Netherlands: The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Party for Freedom (PVV) complete the coalition formation after 111 days. (NOS)
Science
- Astronomers discover the first Earth analog extrasolar planet that may be capable of supporting life, Gliese 581 g, located within the habitable zone and orbiting Gliese 581, a red dwarf star twenty light years from the Solar System. (Washington Post)