Portal:Current events/2008 September 22
September 22, 2008 (Monday)
- Herman Simm, a former head of security at the Estonian Defense Ministry, and his wife Heete Simm, who works as a lawyer at Estonia's National Police Board, are arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia. (The International Herald Tribune)
- Four people die in Puerto Rico as a result of heavy rains. (AP via Fox News)
- South Africa's ruling African National Congress party names deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as the successor to President Thabo Mbeki. (Bloomberg News)
- More than 18,000 archived radio programs are indefinitely lost after the main computer server at Sweden's National Radio crashed last month. (Resume)
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2008: Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party chooses former Foreign Minister of Japan Taro Aso as the next Prime Minister of Japan replacing Yasuo Fukuda. (AFP)
- Edward Natapei is elected the new Prime Minister of Vanuatu following the 2008 general elections replacing Ham Lini. (The International Herald Tribune)
- 15 people, including 11 foreign nationals, are kidnapped near Aswan in southern Egypt. (BBC News)
- Radiocarbon dating estimates that Stonehenge was constructed around 2300 BC. (BBC News)
- The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 is debated on by the 110th United States Congress. (The New York Times)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 370 points due to uncertainty over the plan. (The New York Times)
- A car is driven into a group of people in Jerusalem in what Israeli authorities are describing as a "terror attack". (BBC News)