Portal:Current events/2007 September 14

September 14, 2007 (Friday)

Finland scrambles a jet fighter to intercept a Russian aircraft. (Wikinews)
Chrysler recalls 300,000 sport utility vehicles to investigate braking problems while Honda recalls 180,000 Honda Civics from the 2006–07 season due to problems with a wheel-bearing seal. (AP via Topix)
There is a run on the Northern Rock bank in the United Kingdom following revelations that it sought a rescue injection of funds from the Bank of England. (The Times)
Iraq War:
- U.S. General Peter Pace, outgoing chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledges that mistakes were made during the war. (CNN)
- Sunni Arab Iraqis and United States forces vow to keep fighting Al Qaeda in Anbar Province following the assassination of Sheikh Sittar. (Reuters)
A new case of foot and mouth disease is confirmed at a farm in Egham, Surrey, England. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
An official for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns that a million people in Africa require assistance after floods have killed more than 200 people in recent weeks. (AFP)
The Pakistan Peoples Party unanimously decides that Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan on October 18, 2007.
Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum takes effect; the traditional Latin Mass is thus officially restored in the Roman Catholic Church. (AFP) (Arkansas Catholic) (Catholic World News)
The Russian State Duma confirms Viktor Zubkov as new Prime Minister of Russia. (Interfax)
Oscar Temaru is elected as the President of French Polynesia by the Parliament for the third time in three years. (AP via IHT)
September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes
- At least 13 people are confirmed dead and hundreds of homes damaged as a result of the earthquakes. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
- Another earthquake of 6.9 magnitude occurs off the coast of Sumatra. (BBC)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully launches SELENE, the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program, on a mission to explore the moon. (BBC)
Michael Sulick is named the new Director of the United States' National Clandestine Service. [1]