September 22, 2013/United States/Congressional Daily Summary


 * Armed conflict and attacks
 * A suicide bomber attacks a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killing at least 78 people. (BBC)
 * Westgate centre shooting:
 * The death toll from the Westgate centre shooting in Nairobi, Kenya reaches 59 with 175 injured. (BBC)
 * Kenyan troops launch an assault on cornered Somali militants holding hostages inside the shopping mall to end the deadly siege. (AFP via News24)


 * Disasters and impacts
 * Hong Kong braces for the impact of Typhoon Usagi after two people are killed in the Philippines. (AP)


 * Law and crime
 * A Chinese court finds former senior politician Bo Xilai guilty of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power and sentences him to life imprisonment. (BBC)


 * Politics and elections
 * Voters in Germany go to the polls for a federal election with Chancellor’s Christian Democratic Union achieving its highest vote since 1990. (AP via USA Today), (AFP via The Australian)

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