Current events of 30 September 2009 (2009-09-30) (Wednesday) edit history watch

The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in the Samoan Islands region in the South Pacific rises to at least 113. (The Age) (AFP) A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes western Indonesia, killing at least 75 and trapping thousands of people under rubble. (Reuters) (The Guardian) (Jakarta Globe) Guinea's military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara bans all "subversive" gatherings and demonstrations in the aftermath of opposition protests. (BBC) (Associated Press) Diplomatic officials from the United States and Burma hold their first high level meetings in New York City. (Press Trust of India) (BBC) 24 people are killed and 62 injured after a church collapses in Nepal. (Times of India) (Associated Press) (Himalayan Times) The death toll from Typhoon Ketsana across Southeast Asia rises to 300. (Associated Press) (CNN) The United States is to withdraw 4,000 troops from Iraq by the end of October. (Al Jazeera) (The Washington Post) Several Sudanese political parties boycott a conference on the future of South Sudan. (Al Jazeera) The final report of an international fact-finding mission concludes that Georgia started the 2008 South Ossetia war. (New York Times) Former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to six years in jail for corruption by a court in Lima. (BBC)