Portal:Current events/2011 September 29

• 2011 Yemeni uprising: Heavy fighting is reported in the northern suburbs of Sana'a, Yemen's capital. (Reuters)

• Maple Group, a consortium of Canadian concerns, says it is extending its bid to take over Canada's largest stock market operating company, TMX Group. (Reuters)

• 2011 Pacific typhoon season
  • The Hong Kong Stock Exchange closes as Typhoon Nesat nears China's Hainan Island with schools, transport services and government offices also closing. (Bloomberg) (Reuters) (AFP via The Australian)
  • China upgrades its emergency response to deal with two typhoons, Nesat and Nalgae, expected to hit over the next few days. (People's Daily)
  • The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Nesat rises to 35 with dozens missing. (AFP via Herald Sun)
• Eighteen people are feared dead after a small plane crashes in the Bohorok region of Indonesia's North Sumatra province. (AP via San Jose Mercury News)

• Australian criminal Matthew Johnson is found guilty of the murder of drug boss Carl Williams in Victoria's Barwon Prison. (ABC News Australia) (Melbourne Herald-Sun)
• The United Kingdom's Department for Transport announces a consultation process on raising the motorway speed limit to 80mph (128km/h). (BBC) (Sky News)

• The German Bundestag votes to approve the European Financial Stability Facility. (The Guardian)

• The People's Republic of China successfully launches the Tiangong 1 space laboratory, the country's first space station module, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. (China Daily)

• Iran beats China 3-1 to win the 2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship held in Tehran. (Asianvolleyball)