September 5, 2009 (Saturday)
- The G-20 finance ministers outline plans for banking reform, including tougher regulation of financial institutions. (MarketWatch) (Reuters)
- At least 15 people, mostly Bulgarians, drown in Lake Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, as a tourist boat sinks. (MIA) (BBC) (Makfax)
- The Communist Party Chief in Ürümqi, China, is removed from his post following recent protests over a series of stabbings with hypodermic needles. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (Xinhua)
- Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin travels to Khartoum for meetings with the Sudanese government over the kidnapping of aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki nine weeks ago. (RTÉ)
- An oil deal and trade concerns with Libya were at one point considered as factors in the Lockerbie bomber's release, British Justice Secretary Jack Straw says in an interview. (CNN)
- Thousands of people attend rival demonstrations for or against the policies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Spain, Honduras and in other Latin American capitals. (BBC) (BBC video) (Associated Press) (El Universal)
- Around 90 people are arrested in clashes between right wing anti-Islamic groups and anti-Fascist protesters in Birmingham, England. (BBC) (Associated Press) (The Independent)
- Grenada releases the last seven prisoners convicted in the murder of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop during the 1983 coup, including former deputy prime minister Bernard Coard. (France 24)[permanent dead link]