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September 12, 2009 (Saturday)
- Police in the Madagascar capital Antananarivo disperse small groups of opposition supporters opposed to the administration of Andry Rajoelina. (IOL)
- A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in Venezuela, injuring many people. (Daily Press)
- Lebanon wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. (Reuters) (RTÉ)
- Israeli President and Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres is hospitalised after a collapse in Tel Aviv. (RTÉ) (Al Jazeera) (Haaretz) (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
- 2009 Sierra Leone shipwreck:
- 120 of the dead are buried. (IOL)
- 30 more bodies are found. (Taiwan News)
- Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen denies Libertas founder Declan Ganley's claim that the second Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon is "profoundly undemocratic". (RTÉ)
- Eight people are swept away by flash floods and a ninth is killed by lightning as more thunderstorms lash southwestern Algeria. Five people are killed in storms in Morocco. (IOL)
- At least 11 people die following two days of riots in Kampala, Uganda. (IOL)
- At least 7 die in several separate attacks and suicide bombings in Russia's North Caucasus. (AP)
- At least three people die and several others are injured in Somaliland when angry demonstrators clash with riot police. (IOL)
- 10 Warhol paintings dating from the late 1970s are stolen from the private collection of Richard Weisman in Los Angeles, USA. (BBC) (RTÉ)
- United Nations official Peter Mackay is revealed to have been expelled from Sri Lanka for challenging government assertions at the end of the civil war. (The Guardian)
- In rugby union, South Africa defeat New Zealand 32-29 to win the 2009 Tri Nations Series. (Sport24) (IOL)
- The Guatemalan Army is accused of abducting over 300 children during the 1960–1996 Civil War and selling them for adoption. (CNN) (Reuters)
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says a consignment of Russian-made missiles with a 300km range are due to arrive in his country. (MercoPress) (RTÉ)
- President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe's first high-level talks with top EU officials in seven years went well. (BBC)
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