Current events of 22 September 2008 (2008-09-22) (Monday) edit history watch

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) Proposed bailout of U.S. financial system (2008) The Proposed bailout of U.S. financial system (2008) to rescue the U.S. Banking system is debated 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)