Current events of 29 August 2009 (2009-08-29) (Saturday) edit history watch

Chandrayaan-1 loses contact with ground control. (Indian Express) Noel Gallagher leaves the British rock band Oasis. (The Times) (Channel News Asia) (Reuters India) (The New York Times) Several people are reported killed after fresh clashes erupt in the Kokang region of Shan State, northeastern Burma, near the border with China. A bomb is also thrown across the border. (Global Times) (Al Jazeera) (Times of India) (AFP) North Korea frees four South Korean fishermen seized last month when the boat strayed across the Northern Limit Line sea boundary. (BBC) (JoongAng Daily) Two civilian members of the UNAMID peacekeeping force are kidnapped by armed men in Darfur, Sudan. (BBC) Seven people are found dead in the US state of Georgia and two are seriously wounded in one of the worst slayings in the state in 25 years.CBS Newsmichael jackson b-day AC Milan was defeated by FC Internazionale Milano 0-4 on the Derby della Madonnina