Chaos in the US Capitol – The Philippines begins recriminations for last month’s southern rebellion – Japan discovers the cause of the latest radiation leak at Fukushima.

US Capitol Police shot and killed a woman who had tried to crash her car through security barriers at the White House and the US Capitol building a few blocked away.  The high-speed chase at the center of power was caught on camera.  The woman at the wheel is identified as 34-year old Miriam Carey of Stamford, Connecticut, a dental hygienist with a history of mental problems.  Her motive for packing her 18-month-old child (unharmed) in the kiddy seat in her expensive Infiniti G Coupe and taking off for what became a fatal confrontation hundreds of miles away are unknown.

At least 16 people are dead after a small commuter airplane crashed after take-off from Lagos, Nigeria’s Murtala Mohammed International Airport.  27 people were on board, five bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the Embraer 120 aircraft, and one person is being treated for serious injuries.  

The Philippines have filed charges of rebellion and violating human rights against the leader of a rebel group blamed for last month’s lengthy siege in and around Zamboanga city in the archipelago’s southwest.  Nur Misuari of the Islamist Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is believed to be hiding in the southern Philippines.  At least 80 of his followers are also charged.  More than 200 people were killed and nearly 10,000 houses burned in the weeks of fighting that followed the MNLF’s attempt to storm Zamboanga City Hall on 9 September, and establish a Muslim state.

Egypt's interim government is seizing the assets of the Muslim Brotherhood, after the group's activities were banned amid a crackdown.  Cairo will also ban or take over the extensive social services the group provides to build its support, which includes hospitals, schools and charities.  The Muslim Brotherhood was banned after member and president Muhammad Morsi was deposed by the military on 3 July, spurred on by millions of street protesters who had enough of the Brotherhood’s wish-list of Islamist social laws being inserted into the constitution.

Russia has evacuated its embassy staff from Tripoli, Libya, after a mob attempted to storm the diplomatic compound.  Russian security traded gunfire with and dispersed the mob, which was apparently planning to avenge the murder of an unnamed Libyan military officer allegedly by a Russian woman living in Tripoli.  The woman has been arrested and is in custody.

Mexican riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters at a demonstration marking the 45th Anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre, in which hundreds of deaths were covered up by the government.  This time around, no one was killed, with 20 cops hurt and 20 protesters arrested.

The latest leak at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan was caused by worker error and poor construction:  Workers over-filled a tanker with contaminated water because it was tilted on unlevel ground.  430 liters of highly radioactive water, tainted with the cancer-causing isotope Strontium, leaked from the tank and likely reached the Pacific Ocean.