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Current events of September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10) (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and incidents

5 Palestinians are wounded during 4 separate Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip. (BBC)
Details of 300 cases of sexual abuse, mainly on minors, allegedly perpetrated by Belgium's Roman Catholic clergy are released by Church investigator Peter Adriaenssens. 13 are found to have committed suicide. (BBC)
An alleged suicide bomber is detained after "suicide" blast at hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark. (BBC)
A Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations plane loaded with victims of the 2010 Vladikavkaz bombing lands at Moscow's Ramenskoye Airport as the death toll reaches 17. (RIA Novosti) (RIA Novosti)
A British Army soldier from the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment dies of injuries he received in the war in Afghanistan. (BBC)

Business and economy

Mining in 3 eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo provinces is banned by President Joseph Kabila. (BBC) (AFP)

Disasters

More than 50 people are injured in an oil pipeline blast in northeastern Iran. (Press TV)
Thousands of people are evacuated in Delhi over flooding fears. (BBC) (The Hindu) (The Times of India)
The death toll from the fire in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno in the U.S. state of California, reaches 4, with 50 other people injured. (ABC News America)

International relations

Yang Jiechi, the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, calls for Japan to immediately release a fishing boat captain captured in disputed waters in the East China Sea. (Reuters)
Iran delays the release of United States detainee Sarah Shourd because the legal processes have not been completed. (BBC) (Reuters via Fox News)
President of the United States Barack Obama urges Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to extend a partial construction freeze on the West Bank. (Los Angeles Times)

Law and crime

An American judge rules that the country's ban on gay people openly serving in their military - "don't ask, don't tell" - is unconstitutional. (BBC)
Mexico:
- At least 71 prisoners escape from jail in the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, across the U.S. border from McAllen, Texas. (BNO via Wire Update)
- The city of Ciudad Juárez had as many as 25 murders recorded in the past day mostly due to the Mexican Drug War. (Xinhua)

Politics

Mário Viegas Carrascalão resigns as the Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor leaving the Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão without a majority in the Parliament. (Canadian Press via Google News)

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