## [2010-09-21](/feed/2010/09/21/index.md)

##### Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
### [Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke resigns as Prime Minister of Somalia following an impasse developing with President Sharif Ahmed over a new constitution. ](/feed/2010/09/21/omar-abdirashid-ali-sharmarke-resigns-as-prime-minister-of-somalia-following-an-impasse-developing-with-president-sharif.md)
##### Workers Party of North Korea
### [The governing Workers Party of North Korea reschedules its first party conference for thirty years for September 28 in Pyongyang amongst speculation that Leader Kim Jong-il will name his youngest son Kim Jong-un as his successor. ](/feed/2010/09/21/the-governing-workers-party-of-north-korea-reschedules-its-first-party-conference-for-thirty-years-for-september-28-in-p.md)
##### Asylum
### [Asylum seekers at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, continue their protest with some inmates cutting themselves until a meeting occurs with officials from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. ](/feed/2010/09/21/asylum-seekers-at-the-villawood-immigration-detention-centre-in-sydney-australia-continue-their-protest-with-some-inma.md)
##### Paraguayan President
### [President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo sacks heads of the country's army, navy and air force plus five more senior officers in a decision aimed at "institutionalizing the structure of the armed forces". ](/feed/2010/09/21/president-of-paraguay-fernando-lugo-sacks-heads-of-the-country-s-army-navy-and-air-force-plus-five-more-senior-officers.md)
##### Gay rights
### [A gay rights protest against the views of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov is broken up with eight people arrested. ](/feed/2010/09/21/a-gay-rights-protest-against-the-views-of-moscow-mayor-yury-luzhkov-is-broken-up-with-eight-people-arrested.md)
##### Paris Hilton
### [U.S. entertainers Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton are stopped by immigrations at a Japanese airport and forbidden to enter the country due to Paris's drug conviction the day prior. ](/feed/2010/09/21/us-entertainers-paris-hilton-and-nicky-hilton-are-stopped-by-immigrations-at-a-japanese-airport-and-forbidden-to-enter.md)
##### Italy
### [Italian authorities seize 23 million euro (approximately US$30 million) from a Vatican bank account in a money laundering probe. ](/feed/2010/09/21/italian-authorities-seize-23-nbsp-million-euro-approximately-us-30-nbsp-million-from-a-vatican-bank-account-in-a-money.md)
##### China
### [China rules out a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the United Nations to resolve an ongoing diplomatic row, saying the timing is "not proper". ](/feed/2010/09/21/china-rules-out-a-meeting-with-japanese-prime-minister-naoto-kan-at-the-united-nations-to-resolve-an-ongoing-diplomatic.md)
##### 2010 Atlantic hurricane season
### [Hurricane Igor heads for Newfoundland. ](/feed/2010/09/21/hurricane-igor-heads-for-newfoundland.md)
##### Mark Cuban
### [In the Mark Cuban insider trading case, an appeals court overturns a district court decision last fall that had dismissed the civil charges brought against Cuban by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ](/feed/2010/09/21/in-the-mark-cuban-insider-trading-case-an-appeals-court-overturns-a-district-court-decision-last-fall-that-had-dismisse.md)
##### Lawrence Summers
### [Lawrence Summers announces that he will leave as head of the United States National Economic Council, responsible for advising President Barack Obama on economic policy. ](/feed/2010/09/21/lawrence-summers-announces-that-he-will-leave-as-head-of-the-united-states-national-economic-council-responsible-for-ad.md)
##### Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
### [Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for kidnapping five French workers in Niger. ](/feed/2010/09/21/al-qaeda-in-the-islamic-maghreb-claims-responsibility-for-kidnapping-five-french-workers-in-niger.md)
##### The war
### [NATO fatalities rise to 529 making 2010 the most deadly year of the war since 2001. ](/feed/2010/09/21/nato-fatalities-rise-to-529-making-2010-the-most-deadly-year-of-the-war-since-2001.md)
### [Nine International Security Assistance Force soldiers are killed in a NATO helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. ](/feed/2010/09/21/nine-international-security-assistance-force-soldiers-are-killed-in-a-nato-helicopter-crash-in-southern-afghanistan.md)
##### Yemen
### [At least 15,000 people flee their homes in Yemen after a government offensive against rebels in the south in the country. ](/feed/2010/09/21/at-least-15000-people-flee-their-homes-in-yemen-after-a-government-offensive-against-rebels-in-the-south-in-the-country.md)
##### Northern
### [Eight people have been confirmed dead in the southern state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan. ](/feed/2010/09/21/eight-people-have-been-confirmed-dead-in-the-southern-state-of-northern-bahr-el-ghazal-sudan.md)
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