 30 September: William Bennet, fmr. Reagan education secretary, in shocking remarks that appeared to promote genocide, suggested that to reduce crime "you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down"; the White House condemned Bennet's remarks; facing criticism, Bennet later said his suggestion was "morally reprehensible"... NYT reporter Judith Miller receives waiver from source to testify, is released from prison, speaks to grand jury; NYT reports source was Lewis Libby, VP Cheney chief of staff...
29 September: US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay indicted for campaign cash scheme steps down from leadership post temporarily (he has previously been reprimanded 3 times by House ethics panel for "objectionable behavior"... Polar ice melting at alarming rate, reduced by 30% in 50 years... De Menezes family retraces Jean Charles' last walk, mother demands tearfully that police responsible for his death be prosecuted, wants chief "punished"... Commission confirms IRA has destroyed it weapons, ended armed campaign... ABC News Exclusiva reports Puerto Rican nationalist killed by FBI agents in reported shoot-out may have died due to agents' failure to notify local authorities in time to rush the injured fugitive to hospital... Condoleezza Rice "visited" Haiti, poorest country in western hemisphere, via helicopter flyover...
28 September: Pres. Bush urges US to drive less, consume less gasoline, asks gov't employees to be more efficient, carpool or use public transport, as nation faces production shortages after two Gulf coast hurricanes... De Menezes family in UK seeking justice for victim of 22 July London police shooting... NYT details apparent cronyism in contracting Katrina cleanup, rebuilding... IAF attacks on sites in Gaza continue, intensify, said to target militants; Hamas is reported to have offered ceasefire if attacks halt... Two Japanese scientists present photos of 1st live giant squid captured on film, animal measured approx. 25 feet... PFC Lynndie England sentenced to 3 years in prison for detainee abuse in Iraq... Residents reportedly returning to New Orleans, one month after Hurricane Katrina struck...
27 September: Reps. Waxman, Pelosi (minority leader) introduce Anti-Cronyism legislation to bar Pres. Bush from appointing unqualified individuals to public-safety posts, giving no-bid contracts that lead to excess gov't spending... New Orleans police superintendent resigns, noting it is "time to hand over the reins" after Katrina chaos, looting led to police desertions, suicides; Mayor Nagin said it was "a sad day"... Cindy Sheehan has been arrested along with other military families, anti-war protesters in an impromptu sit-in staged to ask Pres. Bush to meet with them; photographs of lost loved ones which the group sought to deliver to the pres. were refused... UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has urged that carbon dioxide be captured, stored underground to slow global warming... Two lakes in Cameroon spout massive geysers, having been fitted with pipes to release underground carbon dioxide produced by volcanic magma; authorities fear a release like those which killed more than 2,000 people 20 years ago...
26 September: Pres. Hu Jintao of China sheds all illusion of open-market, open society policies, calling for "smokeless war" against press, dissidents, "liberal elements" or anyone who disagrees with his regime... Jailed US journalist Judith Miller now in custody 81 days... HRW report details first-hand accounts of command role in Iraq torture... IRA expected to announce it has "put all its weapons beyond use", leading to hopes of lasting peace in N. Ireland... S. African trade leader accuses gov't of inaction to halt spread of AIDS, treat 6 million infected with HIV...
25 September: Sharon orders air-raids on Gaza to continue, possibly intensify; PA negotiator Saeb Erakat has called on Pres. Bush to intervene to avert disintegration of official ceasefire... US forces in Iraq clash with shi'a forces loyal to Al-Sadr, due to attempts to arrest radicals, after UK forces struggle against Al-Sadr southern militia, described as "rogue" elements... ETA believed to be responsible for bomb in Berrocalejo de Aragona, Ávila, Spain, set off near prison where some separatist group members are held... UK police have detained a woman they allege leaked documents to the press which showed police officials had given false information about killing Brazilian UK resident in Underground station...
24 September: US Senate Majority Leader Frist to face SEC investigation of questionable stock sale... Chinese dissidents call on Taiwanese pres. to grant asylum to Tiannenman activist seeking refuge in Taipei... US Customs officials seize hundreds of ancient Peruvian artifacts in south Florida... Hurrican Rita, though making landfall in Texas, has breached patched N.O. levee with storm surge... German Green party has refused coalition with Merkel's Christian Democrats, due to policy differences, likely related to environment, environment; fmr. E. German police official claims 7 Left party MPs were part of Stasi, communist secret police...
23 September: Saudi foreign min. warns US Iraq "hurtling toward disintegration", could lead to widespread regional conflict... US House Resources Committee votes to support legislation limiting federal gov't right to protect endangered species, requiring payment for landowners whose land is habitat to endangered species...
22 September: US Gulf Coast evacuates 1M residents in Texas, Louisiana, as Hurricane Rita nears shore (category 5 storm, as compared to category 4 Katrina); Louisiana gov. asks coastal residents to evacuate... Some victims families want to bar museum outlining history of freedom in human society WTC site in Lower Manhattan; others believe it is necessary to honor victims with full recognition of historical freedoms, struggles against oppressive ideologies... Ecuador ex-pres. requests safe harbor in Colombia, while facing charges of harming national security at home...
21 September: Iraq's national security adviser admits insurgents have infiltrated security forces, after UK military forced to rescue two of its soldiers taken by police, handed to insurgent group... Israeli forces reportedly "buried" a synagogue in sand, as they departed an evacuated Israeli settlement in the West Bank...
19 September: North Korea agrees to relinquish all nuclear weapons & nuclear development programs, in exchange for security guarantees from US, aid from US, Japan... Millions of Afghans reported to have voted yesterday, despite ongoing threats by Taliban to kill anyone participating in the system that replaced their regime... Christian Dems take narrow lead in German vote, fail to form majority in Parliament; Schröder will try to form coalition to stay in power; both Schröder, Merkel reportedly claim chancellorship... Small explosion inside UK embassy in Croatia... Reports indicate 11 Russian soldiers killed in 14 separate shootings in Chechnya yesterday, while 3 bombs exploded in Ingushetia, a train was derailed by a bomb attack in North Ossetia & a policeman killed in Dagestan; Russia comes under criticism for harassing human rights group seeking peace in region, backed by US; attacks in 4 republics in one day raise fears conflict will engulf entire North Caucusus...
15 September: Guardian reports secret Pinochet accounts discovered in intricately hidden payments from UK arms dealer BAE... Chile mining group Antofagasta sees high profits from near record copper pricing (just shy of recent $3,725/ton high), but see worries that increased supply will force prices down...
14 September: UN holds mega-summit, with 160 world leaders attending, to review proposed reforms to the UN structure & to mark 60 years from the organization's founding... Many express disappointment no new money given for aid, US refusing to join up to Millennium Development Goals, 0.7% GDP aid pledge; Kofi Annan says lack of language against nuclear proliferation in UN proposed reform document a "disgrace"... At least 10 bomb attacks in, around Baghdad kill an est. 150 people...
13 September: Bush administration approves new regulations allowing credit card providers to double minimum monthly payments... FEMA director has resigned, after intense criticism, revelations of questionable background qualifications for disaster-relief management post...
11 September: US marks 4th anniversary of 9/11 attacks in NYC, Washington, western PA; pres. seeks to tie memory of tragedy, sense of unity to Katrina crisis, amid growing criticism for inadequate relief effort...
10 September: Democrats, Republicans welcome "recall" of FEMA chief M. Brown as head of Gulf coast relief effort, one official citing "hair-curling... irresponsible" response to disaster; Mr. Brown has chosen not to resign, though stripped of relief role... New research shows chimpanzee species may have split only 300,000 years ago, with some ancient species dying out, Kenyan find of fossil teeth could represent "a chimpanzee version of a Neanderthal"...
9 September: Work has begun on South America's "Interoceanic Highway", linking Brazilian coast with 3 Peruvian ports... Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay continue hunger strike, say through spokesman they are willing to starve unless given a fair trial... Iraqi governmnt says it will not pay full amount billed by contractor for security services at Baghdad Int'l Airport, because sum is "outrageous"... US Congress has approved requested $51 billion emergency relief package for areas affected by Hurricane Katrina... Police have begun removing some unwilling New Orleans residents in handcuffs, noting it may take weeks or even months to finish clearing the city of floodwater, meaning persistent, growing health risks over time...
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8 September: Pres. Bush has requested Congress give $51 billion for disaster relief along the Gulf Coast... EPA reports findings that toxins including bacteria, lead, are at 10 times safe levels in New Orleans flood water... N.O. mayor Nagin says situation in city untenable, health risks too high, force may need to be used to remove so-called "die-hard" residents who refuse to leave city... Britain's Guardian newspaper will be chaging design, moving from perennial broadsheet format to more compact, full-color 'Berliner' format...
7 September: Irish pres. Mary McAleese has cancelled trip to loyalist section of Belfast, due to security concerns... New research suggests smokers are twice as likely to develop "age-related macular degeneration", leading to blindness... Police, army in New Orleans given right to use force to remove remaining inhabitants of city, due to severe health risks expected to last, increase during next 3 to 6 months...
6 September: Disaster teams begin pumping water out of New Orleans, after workers patch levee breach... Bush admin. places blame for slow disaster relief on local officials; critics call for independent investigation of federal response...
5 September: Critics say when Bush visited flood-zone, his security officials grounded all aid helicopters for 24 hours, stopping aid efforts; he returns to disaster area again to ... Homeland Security takeover of FEMA blamed for misdirection of resources, cutting funds, personnel from emergency management... Rescue teams have begun searching individual homes in flood-zone for bodies of the dead... Discussion ongoing in UK, other nations about sending aid to victims of Hurrican Katrina in southern US; some 130 British citizens remain unaccounted for in hurricane disaster area... Price of unleaded gasoline (petrol) in the UK now averages 94p per liter (roughly £3.56 or US$6.44 per gallon), due to price pressures created by US refined gasoline shortage... Plane crashes in Indonesia, killing at least 100, including casualties on the ground... Scientists say 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident will eventually lead to 4,000 deaths... Bush names Roberts for Chief Justice position, in light of Rehnquist death...
4 September: US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist dies after serving 33 years between Associate, Chief Justice posts, leaving second vacancy, raising questions as to who will take his place in life appointment to head Court... Louisiana governor threatens looters with 'shoot-to-kill' tactics as Nat'l Guard moves in; officials say more than 10,000 are probably dead due to Katrina, aftermath... Gasoline prices reached as high as $6.19/gallon in the Atlanta area as of 1 September, due to Hurricane's interruption of regional supplies...
3 September: Brazil sees 1st drop in gun deaths in 13 yrs, after national disarmament program... Scientists operating Cassini probe find strange "conical" atmosphere, "young" surface with apparent geothermal activity, concentrated around south pole of small Saturn moon... Pres. Bush visits disaster zones in southern US, pledges "national response", even as international press reports some refugees "were beginning to lose their minds" from the pressures of hunger, loss, continuing danger... US Senate will open investigation into severely flawed response to Hurricane Katrina... Venezuela offers food, water, fuel aid to US, joining Cuba, other nations offering aid to US hurricane victims... Pres. Bush uses weekend address to promise new troops, aid to flood-zone, acknowledge fault at sluggish response... UN asks Ukraine peacekeepers to leave Lebanon effort, after evidence arises linking some to corruption, misuse of UN-managed oil stocks...
2 September: Scientists name sites across Africa, SE Asia where urgent action is needed to prevent extinction of the Great Apes, the closest relatives of homo sapiens; Sumatran orangutan in serious danger, facing new hardships from 2004 tsunami, new deforestation... New Orleans mayor calls for vehicles needed to continue rescue, evacuation operations; Independent describes N.O. as descending into anarchy, cite threat posed by angry, heavily armed citizens, ongoing looting, storm-born natural perils... Louisiana governor says 300,000 may still require evacuation; 1 million now homeless in Louisiana, Mississippi; BBC World Service reports from inside city: "many thousands of people who seem to have no help whatsoever"... Leader of emergency services calls post-Katrina rescue effort "a national disgrace"; UN offers disaster/rescue experts to "complement" US teams... China introduces new legislation to combat widespread domestic violence, sexual harassment, despite decades of official equality for women; law reportedly pledges to raise profile of women in politics... Lawyers for Guantánamo detainees say 200 currently refusing all food in resumption of prior hunger strike, calling for charge or release, protesting mistreatment in custody (Pentagon says figure is 76)...
1 September: New Orleans described as desperate, chaotic, with unknown hundreds, even thousands feared dead, hunger exacerbating looting, leading to violence; tens of thousands are stranded, facing harsh conditions, risk of disease, food shortage... Louisiana calls for 40,000 troops to enter New Orleans to restore order; reports say gunshops have been looted, shots fired as frustrated locals are evacuated or await food, medical treatment and/or aid... Pres. Bush asks US citizens to refrain from buying gasoline if unnecessary, restrict power usage in coming weeks; BBC reports gas lines building up across South, gasoline hoarding reported in Arkansas... Louisiana politicians say Iraq war budget has drained federal funding away from local flood-response preparedness, criticize lack of available Louisiana Nat'l Guard soldiers, due to deployment to Iraq... Scottish Labour peer admits deliberate starting of fire at hotel, resigns position in Scottish Parliament... Pakistan FM meets top Israeli diplomat, in new opening of diplomatic relations...
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