The World - Sept. 24, 2009

THURSDAY

The Arctic ice pack melted to only 1.97 million square miles. This area is the ice pack’s third-smallest size on record, continuing an overall shrinking trend symptomatic of climate change, U.S. scientists said.

A U.N. investigator’s report accuses Israel and Palestinians of war crimes during the December-January Gaza War. The report said both had terrorized and killed civilians.

Turk Sultan Kosen is crowned the world’s tallest man in London. The 26-year-old Kosen stands at 8 feet 1 inch, making him the first person in more than a decade to officially measure over 8 feet, and one of o...