September 3, 2010 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and incidents
- Rebels in Darfur say armed men have attacked villages in the region leaving dozens dead in the last two days. (IOL) (AFP)
- A suicide bomber injures at least 25 Tajikistan police officers with several missing following an attack on a regional headquarters at Khujand. (AFP) (RIA Novosti)
- A Taliban bomb attack on a Shiite solidarity rally with the Palestinian people kills at least 53 people in Quetta, Pakistan. (MSNBC) (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada) (Xinhua) (The Times of India)
Business and economy
- Unemployment in the United States rises to 9.6% for August. (Market Watch)
Disasters
- UPS Airlines Flight 6 crashes in Dubai near the International Airport killing both crew members. (Emirates 24/7) (Gulf News) (BBC), (Al Jazeera)
- Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts again. (AP via MSNBC) (Bernama)
- States in the New England region of the United States prepare for a possible impact from Hurricane Earl which has weakened to a tropical storm. (The Boston Globe), (AP via Yahoo! News)
- Forest fires flare up in the southern Russian regions of Volgograd and Saratov, killing two people and burning down 500 buildings. (AFP via The Courier Mail) (The Moscow News)[permanent dead link] (BBC)
- Landslides in the village of Wama near Baoshan in China kill at least 12 people with 36 missing. (Sky News Australia)
- A magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs near Christchurch, New Zealand, causing widespread damage and power cuts but no deaths. (The New Zealand Herald) (Herald Sun)
International relations
- South Africa criticises a life sentence passed against former Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana, as it would "not help" the country's political situation. (BBC) (Business Day) (AllAfrica.com)
- Japan approves additional sanctions against Iran due to concerns over Iran's nuclear program. (AP via ABC News America)
- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization calls a special meeting for 24 September to discuss rising food prices. (BBC)
Law and crime
- Miami International Airport in the US state of Florida is evacuated after a suspicious package is found. A passenger is taken into custody. (CNN) (CNN)
- The President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, takes responsibility for the handling of the Manila hostage crisis in August. (Hindustan Times)
- Seven defendants are found guilty of abusing children in the Casa Pia child sex abuse trial in Lisbon, Portugal. (BBC)
Politics
- Pro-government crowds in Iran attack the home of opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi ahead of Al-Quds day protests. (Jakarta Post) (Al Jazeera)
- Militant Australian Islamic preacher Feiz Mohammad calls for Dutch politician Geert Wilders to be "beheaded" for denigrating Islam. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
Science
- The Royal Mail in the United Kingdom launches the first intelligent postage stamp, the first to work with image recognition technology. (BBC)
- A study published in the journal Cell reports the discovery that the cerebral cortex of mammals shares a common evolutionary origin with mushroom bodies, brain structures involved in learning and memory in insects and other invertebrates. (Science Daily)
Sport
- The International Cricket Council charges three Pakistan cricketers who are then formally interviewed by police into a betting scam alleged by the News of the World. (The Guardian)
- UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying:
- Qualification starts for UEFA Euro 2012 in European football, with wins for Germany and 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists Spain and the Netherlands. (Toronto Sun) (The Guardian)
- France is booed by their fans after an embarrassing 1-0 home defeat against Belarus. (The Guardian)
- Two hundred and eighty German and Belgian fans are arrested in Brussels for football hooliganism. (New Kerala)