September 30, 2008 (Tuesday)
- 2008 Chinese milk scandal
- Dutch food giant Unilever began recalling Lipton-brand milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau after they were found to contain traces of melamine. (CBS News)
- Chinese police report having arrested 22 people on Monday over melamine tainted milk products. (BBC News)
- Shares of major Irish banks rise sharply following the announcement of a State guarantee of all deposits in Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland, Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Life & Permanent, Irish Nationwide Building Society and EBS, worth an estimated €400 billion. The guarantee includes Bank of Ireland branches in Northern Ireland while the coverage of AIB's subsidiary, First Trust is still under discussion. Deposits in foreign-owned banks remain guaranteed to €100,000. (RTÉ News) (BBC News)
- 147 people are dead after a human stampede at the Chamunda Hindu temple near Jodhpur in India. (Reuters), (CNN), (AFP via The Canberra Times)
- At least 35 people die when a bus collides with a milk tanker and catches fire in central Pakistan, police say. (News 24)
- 30 suspected mobsters arrested around Naples in "war against the Camorra". (BBC News)
- Piracy in Somalia:
- Pirates deny reports of three of their own killed in a shoot-out aboard the Ukrainian ship (MV Faina) off the African coast. (CBC News) (BBC News)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes up almost 500 points, following its largest one day point drop in history yesterday.(Yahoo Finance)