Friday September 09, 2011

Holidays

• North Korea - Republic Day (1948)
• Eastern Orthodoxy - Synaxis of the Theopatores Joachim and Anna
• California - Admission Day (to commemorate the state's admission to the USA)
• Japan - Chrysanthemum Day (Kiku no Sekku)
• Tajikistan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991)
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Events

• Arab Spring:
• 2011 Yemeni uprising:
• 2011 Yemeni uprising:: Over a million people protest against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in one of the Yemeni opposition's largest protests. (CNN)
• 2011 Syrian uprising:
• 2011 Syrian uprising:: Syrians engage in mass Friday protests against the Syrian government, calling on the international community for assistance against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. (Al Jazeera)
• About 3,000 Egyptian protesters storm the Israeli embassy in Cairo. (CNN)
• A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Vancouver Island in Canada's British Columbia province. (''Victoria Times Colonist'')
• ''Australopithecus sediba'' skeletons found at the Cradle of Humankind site in South Africa are dated at 2 million years old, suggesting that the hominid species could be a transitional fossil between apes and humans. (''The Australian'')
• In rugby union, the 2011 Rugby World Cup begins in New Zealand, with New Zealand's All Blacks playing Tonga's Sea Eagles in Auckland. (''The Telegraph'')
• Arab Spring:: 2011 Yemeni uprising:: Over a million people protest against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in one of the Yemeni opposition's largest protests. (CNN)2011 Syrian uprising:: Syrians engage in mass Friday protests against the Syrian government, calling on the international community for assistance against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. (Al Jazeera)About 3,000 Egyptian protesters storm the Israeli embassy in Cairo.(CNN)
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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
2. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
3. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
4. Bad Meets Evil - Lighters
5. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

Top #5 R&B songs

1. DJ Khaled Featuring Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne - I'm On One
2. Kelly Rowland Featuring Lil Wayne - Motivation
3. Lil Wayne - How To Love
4. Miguel - Sure Thing
5. Miguel - Quickie

Top #5 Rock songs

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
2. Foo Fighters - Walk
3. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
4. Theory Of A Deadman - Lowlife
5. Staind - Not Again

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Give Me Everything
2. Don Omar - Taboo
3. La Original Banda el Limon de Salvador Lizarraga - Di Que Regresaras
4. La Adictiva Banda San Jose de Mesillas - Te Amo y Te Amo
5. Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda - Olvidame

Serie A

• Milan - Lazio : 2 - 2

Jupiler League

• St Truiden - Genk : 3 - 4

Bundesliga 1

• Augsburg - Leverkusen : 1 - 4

Bundesliga 2

• Greuther Furth - Duisburg : 2 - 1
• Hansa Rostock - Braunschweig : 0 - 0
• Paderborn - Aachen : 0 - 0

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $72.17
• Apple AAPL: opens at $383.93
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $26.00
• General Electric GE: opens at $15.38
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $164.57

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 77.59 JPY
• 1 USD = 0.9966 CAD
• 1 USD = 0.8836 CHF
• 1 USD = 6.389 CNY
• 1 EUR = 105.95 JPY