October 1, 2009 (2009-10-01 ) (Thursday)
Around 150
Venezuelan students end a weeklong
hunger strike protesting against alleged human rights abuses in Venezuela, after
Organization of American States officials agree to meet the students and one of their leaders is released.
(El Universal ) [
permanent dead link ] (Reuters)
Ateke Tom , militant leader of the
Niger Delta Vigilante in the
Niger Delta region, accepts an amnesty by the
Nigerian government.
(Vanguard )
(BBC)
(AFP)
Treaty of Lisbon :
The
International Monetary Fund says the global economy is "recovering faster than expected", raising its forecast for global growth to 3.1% for 2010, up from 2.5%.
(IMF Survey online)
A second earthquake measuring 6.8 on the
Richter scale occurs near
Sumatra ,
Indonesia , following a
7.6 magnitude earthquake the previous day.
(Reuters)
(The Australian )
The death toll from the previous earthquake rises to at least 1100.
(BBC)
(Bloomberg)
The Justices of the
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom are sworn into office, replacing the
Law Lords as the final
court of appeal in the country.
(BBC)
(The Times )
Mass celebrations take place in
Beijing to commemorate the
60th anniversary of the founding of the
People's Republic of China .
(Xinhua)
(BBC)
Iran agrees to allow inspections of a recently revealed
nuclear facility near the city of
Qom .
(The New York Times )
The
Romanian coalition government collapses with the withdrawal of the
Social Democratic Party , in protest at the sacking of one of its members.
(Adevarul ) [
permanent dead link ] (AFP)
(Al Jazeera)
The opposition in
Guinea reject a call by the
ruling junta to create a
unity government .
(Reuters)
(Al Jazeera)
12 people are killed in fighting between rival
Islamist groups for control of the
port city of
Kismayo in southern
Somalia .
(Associated Press)
(The Nation )
Paleontologists announced the discovery of an
Ardipithecus ramidus fossil skeleton, deeming it the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor.
(New York Times )
The
Dow Jones loses over 200 points by the closing bell.
(CNN)
Pakistan is to launch a greater campaign in
South Waziristan against the
Taliban .
(New York Times )
The
Netherlands Antilles agrees to
disband on October 10, 2010.
Bonaire ,
St. Eustatius and
Saba will become
Dutch municipalities within the
Netherlands , whereas
Curaçao and
Sint Maarten will become self-governing countries within the
Kingdom of the Netherlands .
(NRC Handelsblad )
October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02 ) (Friday)
October 3, 2009 (2009-10-03 ) (Saturday)
October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04 ) (Sunday)
October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05 ) (Monday)
October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06 ) (Tuesday)
An "industry-wide
phishing scheme" targets sites such as
Google ,
Hotmail ,
Yahoo! and
AOL , with passwords posted online and more than a quarter of a million accounts at risk.
(BBC)
(The Wall Street Journal )
(The Guardian )
Madagascar 's political rivals agree on cabinet posts in a unity government; the
President is
Andry Rajoelina , the Vice-President is
Emmanuel Rakotovahiny , and the
Prime Minister is
Eugene Mangalaza .
(BBC)
(Reuters)
Ireland 's
Ceann Comhairle
John O'Donoghue announces his resignation following a
scandal over his expenses claims .
(RTÉ)
(The Irish Times )
One of the most wanted suspects involved in the 1994
Rwandan Genocide ,
Idelphonse Nizeyimana , is arrested in the
Ugandan capital
Kampala .
(BBC)
(Press TV)
Charles K. Kao ,
Willard S. Boyle and
George E. Smith win the 2009
Nobel Prize in Physics for the achievements concerning the transmission of light in
fibers for
optical communication and for the invention of an imaging
semiconductor circuit – the
CCD sensor .
(The Guardian )
Typhoon Parma makes landfall at
Luzon , the
Philippines .
(ABS-CBN)
The death toll from floods in the southern
Indian states of
Andhra Pradesh and
Karnataka rises to 269, with a further 1.5 million people homeless.
(Press Trust of India)
(Outlook India)
(AFP)
Zimbabwean
President
Robert Mugabe calls for improved relations with "hostile" countries at the opening of
Parliament .
(Xinhua)
(Associated Press)
(ZimOnline)
Hilary Mantel 's
Wolf Hall wins the 2009
Man Booker Prize .
(BBC)
(The Guardian )
Somalia 's State Minister for Defence
Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad is detained by security forces in
Uganda . Siad's detention was originally reported as a
kidnapping .
(France 24) [
permanent dead link ]
October 7, 2009 (2009-10-07 ) (Wednesday)
The 2009
Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ,
Thomas A. Steitz , and
Ada E. Yonath , "for studies of the structure and function of the
ribosome ".
(Nobel Foundation)
European Union leaders again warn the
Czech Republic of the costs which will be imposed by the further delaying of the
Lisbon Treaty .
(RTÉ)
The discovery of a
new ring around
Saturn is announced.
(BBC)
(The Times )
(Xinhua)
(NASA)
The
Somali junior Defence Minister Youssuf Mohamed Siad, mistakenly detained in
Uganda yesterday, is released.
(Daily Monitor )
(AFP)
Typhoon Melor , forecast to be the strongest
typhoon to make landfall in
Japan for a decade, approaches the country.
(Al Jazeera)
(Japan Times )
(euronews)
The opposition in
Guinea urges Captain
Moussa Dadis Camara , head of the
ruling junta , to resign.
(Bloomberg)
(CBC)
A
Saudi man,
Mazen Abdul-Jawad , is sentenced to five years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes after bragging about sex on a TV talk show.
(Associated Press)
(IOL)
Burmese
National League for Democracy leader
Aung San Suu Kyi meets for a second time with the
ruling junta after her offer to lobby for nations to lift sanctions on the country.
(Reuters)
(Associated Press)
(New Light of Myanmar )
Somali pirates
attack the
French
Navy replenishment tanker Somme (A631) in error, believing it to be a cargo ship.
(BBC)
(The Times )
More than a million people are affected in one of the worst
droughts to affect
Syria in decades.
(BBC)
Taiwan 's
National Palace Museum refuses to display two artifacts stolen from
China 150 years ago.
(Taiwan News )
(AFP)
The
Constitutional Court of
Italy overturns a law offering
Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi
immunity from prosecution while in office, ruling it unconstitutional.
(Adnkronos)
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
Ambassadors from
Ireland and
Uganda , along with the
Sudanese minister overseeing negotiations, visit
Al-Fashir in a renewed effort to win the freedom of aid workers Sharon Cummins and Hilda Kawuki, kidnapped since 3 July.
(RTÉ)
A 7.8
magnitude
earthquake strikes
Vanuatu , followed 15 minutes later by a 7.3 magnitude
aftershock . A tsunami warning is issued.
(USGS)
The Red Book by
Swiss
psychiatrist
Carl Jung is displayed for the first time in public.
(BBC)
October 8, 2009 (2009-10-08 ) (Thursday)
The 2009
Nobel Prize in Literature goes to the
Romanian -
German novelist
Herta Müller , "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed". She becomes the twelfth woman to win the literature prize and the fourth female Nobel Laureate of 2009, a record year for
female achievers .
(Nobel)
(Deutsche Welle)
(Realitatea)
(The Australian )
(The Times )
A
Taliban
attack on the Indian embassy in
Kabul kills at least 17 and injures 83.
(The Hindu )
(NDTV)
(The Australian )
A prominent
Al-Qaeda leader,
Abu Yahya al-Libi , urges
Muslims in
Xinjiang to "prepare for holy war" after the
riots in July .
(Times of India )
(CNN)
(China Daily )
The
Government of Ireland announces
Nicholas Kearns as its nomination for appointment as
President of the High Court .
(The Irish Times )
Wallace Souza , former
Brazilian television presenter accused of ordering murders to boost the ratings of
Canal Livre , now a fugitive from justice, is at large following the end of his parliamentary immunity.
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
(RTÉ)
(CNN)
Yevgeny Dzhugashvili launches a court action claiming the
Novaya Gazeta newspaper has defamed his grandfather,
Joseph Stalin .
(BBC)
(The Independent )
(Miami Herald ) [
permanent dead link ]
Guinea 's military government announces it is setting up a commission to investigate the
shooting of protesters last week.
(BBC)
(Bloomberg)
At least two people are killed and dozens injured as
Typhoon Melor makes landfall in
Japan .
(Al Jazeera)
(Mainichi Shimbun )
Treaty of Lisbon :
DNA analysis reveals the identity of the "cursed blood" disorder that afflicted the
British Royal Family in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
(BBC)
A new study reveals one in four people are
Muslim , with the global Muslim population standing at 1.57 billion.
(The Guardian )
(RIA Novosti)
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Colombia's
Administrative Department of Security to be dismantled and become newly named Agencia Central de Inteligencia (Central Intelligence Agency).
(Colombia Reports)
October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09 ) (Friday)
October 10, 2009 (2009-10-10 ) (Saturday)
October 11, 2009 (2009-10-11 ) (Sunday)
Luis Armando Pena Soltren , a suspect wanted for the 1968
hijacking of
Pan Am Flight 281 , is captured after more than 40 years.
(The Associated Press)
(CNN)
Thousands of people attend the state funeral of
Arturo "Zambo" Cavero in
Lima ,
Peru .
President
Alan García posthumously awards him the
Order of the Sun .
(BBC)
Mayoral, regional and district council elections take place in
Moscow and 75 other regions across
Russia .
(RIA Novosti)
(The Guardian )
(BBC)
Thousands of people march in protest for
gay rights in
Washington, D.C. .
(BBC)
An
Irish priest, Michael Sinnot, is seized from a
convent and taken away in a motorboat by gunmen in
Pagadian City ,
Mindanao in the southern
Philippines .
(BBC)
(RTÉ)
(Miami Herald ) [
permanent dead link ]
At least 10 people die and seven are declared missing in a
river ferry sinking on the
Mekong in
Kratié Province ,
Cambodia .
(The News International )
(Al Jazeera)
Pope
Benedict XVI canonizes five new
saints :
Father Damien ,
Rafael Arnáiz Barón ,
Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński ,
Francisco Coll Guitart , and
Jeanne Jugan .
(Reuters)
(Times of India )
A spate of car bombings kills 19 people and wounds dozens in the western
Iraqi city of
Ramadi , in
Anbar province .
(MSNBC)
Pakistani commandos storm an office building and rescue 39 people
taken hostage by suspected
Taliban militants after an attack on the army's headquarters in the city of
Rawalpindi .
(Reuters)
The
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) announces an end to violence in
Northern Ireland .
(Xinhua)
(The Guardian )
(ABC News)
October 12, 2009 (2009-10-12 ) (Monday)
The 60th
International Astronautical Congress opens in
Daejeon ,
South Korea , with approximately 3,000 space experts from more than 70 countries attending.
(UPI)
The death toll from a blast in
Pakistan 's
Shangla District has reached at least 41, with a further 45 injured.
(APP)
(AFP)
Elinor Ostrom and
Oliver Williamson win the
Nobel Prize for Economics .
(The Economic Times )
(Bloomberg)
Edgar Allan Poe receives a funeral in
Baltimore ,
USA , 160 years after
his death and 200 after his birth.
(BBC)
Kai Eide of
Norway , the top
United Nations official in
Afghanistan , acknowledges "widespread fraud" took place during the recent presidential election in the country.
(The Independent )
Six
Uyghurs are sentenced to death over
riots in the western region of
Xinjiang ,
China in July.
(China Daily )
(BBC)
(Bernama)
(RIA Novosti)
A large fire sweeps through a
shanty town in
Sao Paulo ,
Brazil , leaving at least 200 families without homes.
(BBC)
(Associated Press)
The government in
East Timor faces a
motion of no confidence after releasing an
Indonesian militia member, Martenus Bere, accused of
crimes against humanity a decade ago.
(Jakarta Post )
(AFP)
The pro-
Kremlin
United Russia party wins around 80% of regional and local seats in elections held in 76 regions in
Russia . Opposition alleges vote rigging
(RTÉ)
(Taiwan News )
(Xinhua)
Two people are injured in a bomb attack in
Milan ,
Italy , after a
Libyan man explodes a device at the entrance of an army barracks.
(Adnkronos)
(Associated Press)
India test fires two medium range
Prithvi II missiles in the eastern state of
Orissa .
(Press Trust of India)
(BBC)
(Press TV)
Guineans observe an opposition strike to commemorate those who
died at an opposition rally last month.
(BBC)
(Angola Press)
North Korea fires five short range missiles into the
Sea of Japan , after issuing a "no sail zone" for waters off its east and west coasts until October 20.
(Yonhap)
(BBC)
(Xinhua)
The body of two-year-old
Aisling Symes, who disappeared last week in
New Zealand , is located in a drain in
Henderson ,
Auckland , near the place where she was last sighted.
(TVNZ)
(RTÉ)
(Sky News)
(The Daily Telegraph )
(IOL)
October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13 ) (Tuesday)
October 14, 2009 (2009-10-14 ) (Wednesday)
Negotiators in
Honduras reach a deal to restore
President
Manuel Zelaya to office to end the
political crisis in the country.
(CBC)
(AFP)
(Xinhua)
Opposition politicians walk out of the
Russian lower house of parliament, the
State Duma , alleging
vote rigging at the weekend's elections which saw the
United Russia party winning nearly every poll.
(BBC)
(The Malaysia Star )
(RIA Novosti)
Philippines :
The
United Nations warns that
malnutrition is getting worse.
(BBC)
Armenian
President
Serzh Sargsyan visits
Turkey to attend a qualifying match between the nations for the
FIFA World Cup . Turkish fans boo
the Armenian anthem .
(BBC)
The
Dow Jones closes above 10,000 points for the first time in more than a year.
(The New York Times )
Korean founder and leader of the worldwide
Unification Church ,
Sun Myung Moon , holds a mass wedding ceremony for some 1,000 couples near
Seoul .
(Reuters)
Tim Berners-Lee issues an apology for the unnecessary "https://" in
URLs he designed for the
World Wide Web .
(BBC)
(The Daily Telegraph )
A
Zimbabwean court orders a senior
MDC official,
Roy Bennett , back to jail on terrorism charges.
(Al Jazeera)
(South Africa Times )
Iraq 's Human Rights Ministry announces at least 85,000 Iraqis have been killed by bombs, murders and fighting between 2004 and 2008.
(Associated Press)
(Al Jazeera)
October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15 ) (Thursday)
Treaty of Lisbon :
Ugandan MP
David Bahati proposes creating a capital offence of "aggravated
homosexuality " for
gay sex with people under 18, disabled people or when the accused is
HIV -positive.
(BBC)
The
U.N. General Assembly elects
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Brazil ,
Gabon ,
Lebanon and
Nigeria to the
U.N. Security Council as non-
veto -holding members.
(Reuters)
Narges Kalhor , the daughter of a senior adviser to
President of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , applies for asylum in Germany.
(Reuters)
Burma and
Bangladesh send
warships to a disputed area in the
Bay of Bengal 50 nmi (93 km) west of
St. Martin's Island .
(Mizzima)
Three of the five members of the
Norwegian Nobel Committee initially argued against awarding U.S. President
Barack Obama the
2009 Nobel Peace Prize .
(AFP via Google News)
(Primary source: Verdens Gang)
North Korea accuses
South Korea of intruding into its
territorial waters , further raising tensions on the
Korean Peninsula .
(Yonhap)
(Reuters)
(AFP)
Palestinians have urged the
UN to act to punish
Israel for its
offensive in the
Gaza Strip last winter.
(BBC)
(Ha'aretz )
At least 37 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in
Pakistani cities by militants.
(The News ) [
permanent dead link ] (Bloomberg)
(Indian Express )
A further six people are sentenced to death over
ethnic unrest in
China 's
Xinjiang region in July.
(China Daily )
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
The
International Criminal Court opens an investigation into the suppression of an
opposition protest in
Guinea , in which dozens of people were killed.
(Associated Press)
Finland becomes the first country in the world to declare
Internet
broadband access a
legal right .
(CNN)
The ruling party in
Malaysia , the
United Malays National Organisation , announces internal reforms after a series of defeats in local elections.
(Al Jazeera)
(Bernama)
Militants launch attacks on police in
Lahore , the capital of
Punjab province, in
Pakistan , killing 31 people after a week of violence in which more than 100 people died.
(Reuters)
Norwegian pop trio
a-ha announce they are to split after 25 years together.
(BBC)
(The Daily Telegraph )
(The Independent )
A worldwide
media circus surrounds an
incident in which a six-year-old boy is alleged to be flying in a homemade hot-air balloon; the boy was later found safe at home.
(CNN)
October 16, 2009 (2009-10-16 ) (Friday)
Voters in
Botswana take part in a
general election .
(IOL)
(Al Jazeera)
The
United States records a
budget deficit of $1.42 trillion.
(Bloomberg)
Stephen Gately :
Treaty of Lisbon :
A strong earthquake hits
Indonesia , causing mass panic and evacuations in
Jakarta .
(CNN)
The
United Nations
Human Rights Council endorses the
Goldstone report on the
Gaza War , accusing both
Israel and
Hamas of
war crimes .
(Jerusalem Post )
(AFP)
(Al Jazeera)
Five men are convicted in
Sydney ,
Australia of
plotting a terrorist attack .
(news.com.au)
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
One part of
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) ends a three-month ceasefire and resumes attacks on the oil industry in
Nigeria .
(BBC)
(Reuters)
(IOL)
Guinea
Australian
pop singer, songwriter, and actress
Kylie Minogue makes her
Hindi cinema debut in
Blue , thought to be the most expensive
Bollywood production ever.
(The Times )
At least seven people are killed and at least ten are injured in an explosion at a
mosque , police station and passenger bus in
Peshawar ,
Pakistan .
(Xinhua)
(RTÉ)
(BBC)
In
Berlin , the reconstructed
Neues Museum officially reopens after 70 years.
(Deutsche Welle)
(The Times )
Zimbabwe :
North and
South Korea fail to agree on further family reunions, after the North linked the prospect with humanitarian aid deliveries.
(Korea Times )
(Straits Times )
Controversial
Dutch politician
Geert Wilders arrives in the
UK amid protests from the
Netherlands , proclaiming "a victory for the
freedom of speech ".
(CNN)
(The Guardian )
(Reuters)
Uruguay becomes the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school.
(BBC)
German
heavy metal band
Rammstein releases their seventh album,
Liebe ist für Alle Da in
Germany .
October 17, 2009 (2009-10-17 ) (Saturday)
October 18, 2009 (2009-10-18 ) (Sunday)
Yemen claims to have killed 18
Shia rebels in fighting in the north of the country.
Iraq accuses neighbouring countries of stealing sections of
its national archives , including centuries-old documents.
(AFP)
Ukraine commences its first
presidential election campaign since the 2004
Orange Revolution .
(Reuters)
A
Rwandan doctor working in a
French hospital is suspended after a nurse locates an
Internet
Interpol arrest warrant, accusing him of a 1994 "genocide, war crimes".
(Reuters)
At least 60
Taliban militants are killed in an
ongoing offensive in
South Waziristan , northwest
Pakistan .
(The Guardian )
(Xinhua)
Jenson Button wins the 2009
Formula One World Championship in
Interlagos ,
São Paulo ,
Brazil , by finishing fifth in the
2009 Brazilian Grand Prix .
Germany and
Israel complain about a
Bangkok
museum
billboard depicting a
salute by
Adolf Hitler beside the slogan "Hitler is not dead".
(BBC)
(Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
Hurricane Rick strengthens to a
Category 5 storm , becoming the
strongest hurricane in a decade in the eastern
Pacific Ocean .
(Associated Press)
(Straits Times )
(CNN)
The
Australian state of
Queensland declares a state of emergency after more than 50
wildfires burn out of control.
(TVNZ)
(Al Jazeera)
(The Australian )
Eight people are jailed in
Hubei ,
China , for "disrupting public order" after 10,000 people participated in riots following the controversial death of a chef in June.
(BBC)
(China Daily )
(Bangkok Post ) [
permanent dead link ]
Scotland Yard investigates a complaint about an article by
Jan Moir in the UK's
Daily Mail tabloid concerning her views on the death of
Boyzone singer
Stephen Gately .
(RTÉ)
2009 Pishin bombing :
Seven people are killed and 20 injured after gunmen open fire in a bar in
Puerto Rico .
(Associated Press)
Two foreign aid workers
Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki – one
Irish and one
Ugandan – working for the
GOAL charity captured in
Sudan 's
Darfur region more than three months ago are released.
(Associated Press)
(RTÉ)
(BBC)
A boat with 76 migrant workers on board headed for
Canada is seized by the
Canadian Navy and
RCMP off its west coast in the
Pacific Ocean .
(CTV)
(AFP)
The
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) assists
Indonesian and
Malaysian agencies with two distressed boats.
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
The
Icelandic government says it has come to a new agreement with the governments of the
Netherlands and the
UK over the repaying of $5bn.
(BBC)
October 19, 2009 (2009-10-19 ) (Monday)
October 20, 2009 (2009-10-20 ) (Tuesday)
Afghanistan 's election commission orders a
run-off election for November 7 in the
Afghan presidential election .
(AP via Jamaica Observer ) [
permanent dead link ]
In a set of
canon laws , the
Vatican welcomes groups of
Anglicans as "personal ordinariates" into the
Catholic Church ,
Pope Benedict XVI announces.
(BBC)
(CNN)
A court in
Yemen sentences 10
Shi'ite
Houthi rebels to death and jailed five others
over clashes which killed hundreds of people last year.
(Al Jazeera)
(Al Bawaba)
Nine
North Koreans who entered the
Danish embassy in
Hanoi ,
Vietnam , last month leave for
South Korea .
(The Copenhagen Post )
Richard Herman resigns as the Chancellor of the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign as a result of an
admissions scandal .
(Chicago Tribune )
Sun Microsystems announces plans to
lay off up to 3,000 workers as it prepares for a merger with
Oracle Corp .
(Market Watch)
The entire government of
Kyrgyzstan resigns as President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev announces a new reform campaign.
(AFP)
(BBC)
(Taiwan News )
Niger is suspended by the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after its
President
Tandja Mamadou went ahead with a
parliamentary election it had asked to be postponed over boycotts.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
At least four students are killed and many injured in
bomb explosions at an
Islamic university in
Islamabad , Pakistan.
(AP via Google)
China pledges to rescue the crew aboard the Chinese ship De Xin Hai after it is hijacked by
Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The pirates threaten to kill the crew if there is any attempt to rescue them.
(Xinhua)
(CNN)
(The Guardian )
Detectives arrest a man in
Belfast in connection with the
Massereene Barracks shooting in
County Antrim ,
Northern Ireland , in March 2009.
(RTÉ)
(BBC)
(Press Association)
Iran buries its dead members of the
Revolutionary Guard ,
killed in a suicide attack two days ago. Thousands of people attend the funerals.
(BBC)
(Press TV)
The
Supreme Court of the United States agrees to decide whether
federal courts have the power to order prisoners held at
Guantanamo Bay to be released into the country.
(The New York Times )
Nearly 100,000 Italian women sign a petition after
Silvio Berlusconi says a female politician is "more beautiful than intelligent" on live television.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
Rare footage of the abuse of suspected
witches causes controversy in India.
(BBC)
The
United States observes the
National Day on Writing , sponsored by the
National Council of Teachers of English (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette )
[1] .
Jay-Z and
Alicia_Keys released the song "Empire State of Mind",about
New York , making it one of the greatest hits and a symbol of the city.
October 21, 2009 (2009-10-21 ) (Wednesday)
The
Philadelphia Phillies win the
2009 National League Championship Series 4 games to 1 after defeating the
Los Angeles Dodgers 10–4.
(New York Times )
A report on the discovery of a new species of
dinosaur ,
Fruitadens haagarorum , measuring around 70cm long, is published in the
Proceedings of the Royal Society .
(RSPB) (BBC)
(The Daily Telegraph )
After 10 hours, a man armed with a
rifle and wearing
military camouflage holding 8 people hostage in downtown
Edmonton ,
Canada during the
2009 Workers Compensation Board of Alberta Hostage crisis surrenders peacefully to the
Edmonton Police Service
(Global Edmonton)
(CTV Edmonton)
Kyrgyz
President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev appoints former mayor of
Bishkek ,
Daniar Usenov , as the new
Prime Minister following the resignation of his predecessor,
Igor Chudinov .
(BBC)
(Reuters)
President of the Marshall Islands
Litokwa Tomeing is ousted in the country's first successful
vote of no confidence .
Ruben Zackhras is appointed acting president until a new election on October 23, 2009.
(AFP)
(Yokwe )
Hundreds of protestors gather in
Lima ,
Peru , as a bill proposing the legalisation of some form of
abortion is approved.
(BBC)
The
United States is to send a rare mission to
Burma for talks with the
military government .
(AFP)
(Reuters)
Several people are arrested over a
bomb attack in southeastern
Iran that killed 42 people, including members of the
Revolutionary Guards .
(Associated Press)
Azza Transport Flight 2241 crashes on take-off from
Sharjah International Airport , in the
United Arab Emirates , killing all six crew.
(Gulfnews)
(Arabian Business)
(Aviation Safety Network)
Armed men take six people captive at a
Lidl supermarket in
Sevran ,
France .
(BBC)
(Euronews)
(Ghana Broadcasting Corporation)
(Channel News Asia)
(Jakarta Globe )
At least thirteen people die in
India 's
Rajasthan state after the
Goa Express crashes into the stationary
Mewar Express .
(CNN)
A goods train derails east of
Poti ,
Georgia , in an incident described as "sabotage".
(BBC)
(The Times of India )
(Khaleej Times )
(RIA Novosti)
The
International Atomic Energy Agency propose draft agreement for
Iran and three world powers to agree, aimed at reducing international concerns over
Tehran 's nuclear programme.
(BBC)
Poland 's
Prime Minister
Donald Tusk agrees to station
SM-3 missile interceptors from
United States
President
Barack Obama 's reformulated missile defense system on the territory of this
NATO ally.
(The New York Times )
The crypt of
Daniel O'Connell at
Glasnevin Cemetery in
Dublin is refurbished and opened to tourists .
(RTÉ)
A
Japanese convict who served seventeen years in prison for the murder of a four-year-old girl pleads not guilty during a retrial.
(BBC)
Russian
President
Dmitry Medvedev announces plans to curb the number of state companies by privatising some.
(RIA Novosti)
(Financial Times )
Former
President of
South Africa
Nelson Mandela denies writing a
foreword praising
Republic of the Congo
President
Denis Sassou Nguesso 's biography, Straight Speaking for Africa .
(IOL)
(The Guardian )
October 22, 2009 (2009-10-22 ) (Thursday)
October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23 ) (Friday)
At the end of their three-week
synod in the
Vatican , more than 200
African
Roman Catholic
bishops issue a 12-page document urging what they call corrupt political leaders on the continent to repent their sins or resign and criticising multinational companies who exploit and destroy the earth.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
(CBC)
Bernard Fellay , Superior General of the
Society of St. Pius X , says that the Vatican is considering the possibility of converting the
Lefebvrist group into a personal prelature.
(Pakistan Christian TV)
A
universal mobile phone charger that works with any handset is approved by the
International Telecommunication Union .
(BBC)
Jean Todt defeats
Ari Vatanen in an election to become the new head of the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile , replacing former head
Max Mosley , who held the position for 16 years.
(BBC)
The
UK
GDP contracts by 0.4% between July and September, meaning that the
United Kingdom has been contracting for 6 successive quarters for the first time since records were kept in 1955.
(BBC)
(RTÉ)
The
Swiss Government says that the
United States has formally requested the
extradition of film director
Roman Polanski for having unlawful
sex with an underage girl in
1977 .
(AP via Washington Post )
(Yahoo)
A huge explosion rips through an upmarket area of
Peshawar in
Pakistan .
(AFP via Google News)
(Yahoo News)
A
huge explosion occurs at an
oil refinery in
Cataño ,
Puerto Rico .
(Reuters)
Vitit Muntarbhorn ,
United Nations
Special Rapporteur for
North Korea , says the country should improve its "abysmal"
rights record , adding it should provide food to over 8 million citizens.
(Al Jazeera)
(Taiwan News )
(BBC)
The
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launches its first human rights body, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR).
(Thai News Agency)
(Associated Press)
A white
Kenyan ,
Thomas Cholmondeley , is released after five months of an eight month prison sentence for manslaughter.
(Daily Nation )
(BBC)
October 24, 2009 (2009-10-24 ) (Saturday)
The
International Day of Climate Action occurred worldwide in prelude to the
United Nations Climate Change Conference of
2009 , with over 5,400 actions to raise awareness of the
assertion that 350
ppm is the maximum safe level of
carbon dioxide in
Earth's atmosphere , and call for
mitigation of global warming before Earth reaches a
climatological tipping point .
(New York Times )
(CNN )
Ten
corpses with gunshot wounds thought to belong to a kidnapped
Colombian
football team are located in
Venezuela .
(BBC)
(Latin American Herald Tribune )
Pakistan reports
re-gaining control of
Kotkai ,
South Waziristan , birthplace of Pakistani Taliban leader
Hakimullah Mehsud and also the hometown of the Taliban's master trainer of suicide bombers,
Qari Hussain , after a week of fierce fighting with the
Taliban .
(BBC)
Morrissey , ex-frontman of
The Smiths , is hospitalized after collapsing on stage while performing "
This Charming Man " during his world tour.
(BBC)
(The Guardian )
(Sky News)
Rosanna Al-Yami , a female journalist in
Saudi Arabia , is sentenced to sixty lashes and a two-year travel ban for her involvement in a controversial sex programme.
(BBC)
(CNN)
(The New York Times )
(Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
(Reuters)
Senior envoys from
North Korea and the
United States hold rare talks on North Korea's
nuclear programme in
New York City .
(Channel News Asia)
(Reuters)
At least 15 people are killed after
two trains collide in
Al-Ayyat , near
Cairo ,
Egypt .
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
Less than a week after the release of
GOAL aid workers
Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki , the
International Committee of the Red Cross confirms one of its
French employees has been abducted in
Darfur .
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
Burma 's
Prime Minister
Thein Sein tells the 15th
ASEAN
summit his government is prepared to relax the
house arrest on
National League for Democracy leader
Aung San Suu Kyi .
(Financial Times )
(Bangkok Post )
A magnitude 7.0 undersea
earthquake strikes off the coast of eastern
Indonesia .
(Associated Press)
(Jakarta Post )
Thousands of people protest in
London ,
England , demanding the withdrawal of
British troops from
Afghanistan .
(BBC)
(The Times )
(AFP)
The ruling
National Movement for the Development of Society wins a controversial
parliamentary election in
Niger .
(African Press Agency) [
permanent dead link ] (AFP)
An assassination attempt on
President of the Chechen Republic
Ramzan Kadyrov is averted.
(RIA Novosti)
(Bloomberg)
October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25 ) (Sunday)
The
New York Yankees beat the
Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the
2009 American League Championship Series to advance to the
World Series .
(New York Times )
Israeli police and
Palestinians clash at
Temple Mount ,
Jerusalem 's holiest site, resulting in 12 arrests.
(BBC)
(Straits Times )
(Associated Press)
Bomb blasts kill 155 people and injure at least 500 in central
Baghdad , the country's deadliest attack for two years.
(BBC)
(Reuters India)
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
India tells
China that the
Dalai Lama is an "honoured guest" and will not be barred from visiting
Arunachal Pradesh despite protests from China.
(Associated Press)
(Times of India )
(Straits Times )
Nigeria 's main militant group, the
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta , declares an indefinite ceasefire.
(NEXT)
(African Press Agency) [
permanent dead link ] (Xinhua)
Maksharip Aushev ,
human rights activist and opposition leader of
Ingushetia , is shot dead while driving his car near
Nartan in
Kabardino-Balkaria . A female passenger is also attacked.
(Xinhua)
(Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
(RIA Novosti)
Tunisians vote in a
general election .
(Al Jazeera)
Uruguayans vote in a
general election .
(Press TV)
(Associated Press)
Easter Islanders vote to restrict the number of immigrants in a
referendum .
(Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
(BBC)
The
oil refinery fire continues to burn out of control in
Cataño, Puerto Rico , two days after the initial explosion.
(Washington Post )
Buildings across the
Netherlands —
St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht ,
Rotterdam 's
Euromast and
Groningen 's
Martinitoren —dim their lights as clocks go back in
Europe .
(Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
Inspectors from the
United Nations ' nuclear watchdog, the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrive in
Iran to inspect a newly disclosed nuclear facility near the city of
Qom .
(CNN)
It is revealed that composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with
prostate cancer .
(The Guardian )
October 26, 2009 (2009-10-26 ) (Monday)
President of
Tunisia
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali wins 90% of votes, his fifth term and a new five-year mandate in
the country's general election .
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
(CBC)
Jurelang Zedkaia is
elected the 5th President of the
Marshall Islands , following the ouster of
Litokwa Tomeing in a
no confidence vote last week.
(Bernama)
At least seven people are killed and at least four others are injured when a three-story building falls down in
Palma ,
Majorca . The dead include at least three from
Colombia .
(BBC)
Bosnian
Serb leader
Radovan Karadžić
boycotts his own trial as it begins in
The Hague .
(BBC)
(The Guardian )
(The Australian ) [
permanent dead link ]
The
UN 's court in
Freetown ,
Sierra Leone sees its final case after seven years of investigating the country's civil war.
(BBC)
(Reuters Africa)
(Ghana Broadcasting Corporation)
The trial of
Japanese singer and actress
Noriko Sakai begins in
Tokyo .
(Xinhua)
(BBC)
(Japan Today )
South Korean
cloning scientist
Hwang Woo-Suk is convicted of fraud over his
stem cell research.
(BBC)
(Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
(The New Zealand Herald ) [
permanent dead link ]
King Abdullah of
Saudi Arabia removes the sentence of 60 lashes for
Rosanna Yami , female journalist involved in the
Red Lines
sex scandal.
(BBC)
(Al Arabiya)
(CBC)
A
Sri Lankan court in
Colombo releases
Vetrivel Jaseeharan , the publisher of
North Eastern Monthly , and his wife after they were charged with conspiracy against the government in March 2008. The editor was given a twenty year jail sentence in August 2009.
(BBC)
(Khaleej Times )
It is announced that
Silvio Berlusconi will stand trial on 16 November.
(BBC)
A court in
Milan rules that
Mediaset run by
Silvio Berlusconi is being anti-competitive against
News Corporation run by
Rupert Murdoch .
(BBC)
The five surviving
Conway sextuplets , the first
sextuplets born on the
island of Ireland , return home.
(BBC)
At least 10 patients from thirty-four operated on partially lose their sight after free
cataract operations in
Nellore ,
Andhra Pradesh .
(BBC)
A
crater found in northern
Latvia , believed at first to be a
meteorite strike, is revealed to be a hoax perpetrated by telecom operator
Tele2 .
(Fox News)
Uldis Nulle , a scientist at the
Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre , said: "This is not a real crater. It is artificial."
(The Sun) .
Prof. Salamat Akhtar demands a repeal of blasphemy laws in
Pakistan .
(Pakistan Christian TV)
Silvio Berlusconi has been diagnosed with
scarlet fever .
(The Times )
The composer and pianist
Elton John cancels his third concert in several days due to
flu .
(BBC)
(The Daily Telegraph )
(CBC)
Yahoo! discontinues its free
web hosting service
GeoCities , ten years after purchasing it from
David Bohnett and
John Rezner .
(The Los Angeles Times )
Australian authorities offer a Aus$1 million reward in their search for a man suspected of ordering the murder of a
vampire .
(BBC)
A police officer in
Liverpool ,
England is hospitalised in a life threatening condition after undergoing a
homophobic attack by a gang of twenty youths.
(Sky News)
(BBC)
Phoenix Coyotes owner
Jerry Moyes reaches a deal to
sale the team to the
National Hockey League for
$ 140 million.
(Bloomberg.com)
October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27 ) (Tuesday)
A report by the
Australian government warns that
global warming
climate change threatens the coastal lifestyle of the country, with a prospect of a ban on coastal homes.
(The Guardian )
(The Daily Telegraph )
Grassroots
occupations of
Austrian universities spread to several more in
Vienna ,
Graz and
Linz , demanding free
education for everyone.
(Boston Herald )
(CNN iReport)
(Austrian Times )
Qatar inaugurates one of the world's largest
LNG trains , operated by
RasGas .
(Al Bawaba)
(The Peninsula )
(Gulf Times )
Pope Benedict XVI appoints
Cardinal
Peter Turkson of
Cape Coast ,
Ghana , to serve as the new head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
(Pakistan Christian TV)
NASA announces a delay in the launch of the
Ares I-X test rocket, developed to replace the
space shuttle , due to poor weather conditions.
(New Scientist)
(BBC)
The
Church of Scientology in
France is convicted of organised
fraud .
(France 24)
(The Times )
(Al Jazeera)
China confirms it has executed 2
Tibetans over
unrest last year .
(Angola Press)
(The Guardian )
(The Hindu )
The son of ex-
French
President
François Mitterrand ,
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand and an ex-government minister,
Charles Pasqua , are convicted for their roles in
illegal arms sales to Angola .
(Associated Press)
(Reuters)
A nephew of
Honduran interim leader
Robert Micheletti and a high ranking army officer are found murdered.
(Times of India )
(BBC)
(Press TV)
A
British couple are missing after their yacht is hijacked by
Somali pirates off the
Seychelles .
(Bloomberg)
(AFP)
(Xinhua)
North Korea says a
South Korean man has defected to the North across the
Korean Demilitarized Zone .
(Yonhap)
(Associated Press)
(Xinhua)
Burundi and
Uganda tighten security after threats by the militant
Somali
Al-Shabaab , a group with links to
Al-Qaeda , to attack their capitals.
(Reuters India)
(VOA)
The autonomous
Aceh province in
Indonesia is to ban women from wearing tight trousers under a new law, while a law authorising the stoning to death of adulterers and the whipping of homosexuals will be reviewed.
(Jakarta Globe )
(Straits Times )
(Reuters South Africa)
Authorities in
Venezuela arrest a number of people accused of being secret service agents from neighbouring
Colombia , on charges of
espionage .
(El Universal )
(Colombia Reports)
(BBC)
Prime Minister of
Thailand
Abhisit Vejjajiva backs autonomy for the
restive southern provinces to bring an end to violence in the region.
(The Nation )
(Straits Times )
League Of Legends.
October 28, 2009 (2009-10-28 ) (Wednesday)
Canadian
folk singer
Taylor Mitchell is mauled to death by
coyotes at the age of 19.
(CBC)
(The Star )
Voters in
Mozambique go to the polls for the
general election .
(AFP via Google News)
(IOL)
A
blast in Meena Bazar,
Peshawar ,
Pakistan , kills at least 95 people while 110 are injured.
(Geo TV)
(The Times )
12 people – including six
United Nations staff – are killed after
Taliban militants
assault an international guesthouse in the
Afghan capital
Kabul .
(Associated Press)
(New York Times )
One of
Germany 's last
Nazi war crimes trials begins, with
Heinrich Boere charged with the killings of three civilians in the
Netherlands .
(The Local )
(BBC)
(Deutsche Welle)
Ares I-X , the first test article for
NASA 's
Ares I rocket, launches successfully from
Launch Complex 39B at
Kennedy Space Center in
Florida on a
sub-orbital test flight.
(CNN)
The
Lebanese army says it has found and deactivated four 107-mm rockets in the garden of a partly built house a day after a rocket fired from
Houla hit the northern
Israeli border town of
Kiryat Shmona . This is the fifth time rocket attacks have been used to try to break the cease-fire.
(Reuters)
Chinese police rescue over 2,000 children in a six month campaign against
human trafficking .
(BBC)
(The Daily Telegraph )
Ireland and the
United Kingdom agree to ensure drivers disqualified from driving are disqualified in all their countries.
(RTÉ)
The
United Nations Torture Investigator,
Manfred Nowak , is prevented last minute from entering
Zimbabwe .
(Al Jazeera)
(Associated Press)
(The Herald )
Hamas orders
Palestinians in the
Gaza Strip not to vote in a January election called by
West Bank leader
Mahmoud Abbas .
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
(Press TV)
Mongolia 's parliament approves the resignation of
Prime Minister
Sanjaagiin Bayar , who stepped down due to ill health. He was replaced by the Foreign Minister
Sükhbaataryn Batbold .
(AFP)
(Xinhua)
The main opposition
Democratic Party wins three out of five seats in by-elections in
South Korea .
(The Seoul Times )
(Bangkok Post )
The
Matthew Shepard Act , providing legal protection against
hate crimes to
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people , is signed into law in the
United States by President
Barack Obama .
(Associated Press)
Federal agents attached to the
FBI fatally shoot the leader of a
Sunni Muslim group wanted on firearm charges in
Detroit ,
USA .
(New York Times )
(Al Jazeera)
In an appearance before the
House of Lords
Communications Select Committee ,
BBC
Director-General
Mark Thompson denies that
the appearance of
British National Party leader
Nick Griffin on
Question Time (The Daily Telegraph )
October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29 ) (Thursday)
The
Haitian
Senate votes to remove
Prime Minister
Michèle Pierre-Louis .
(AP via Google News)
The
de facto regimeHonduras files suit with the
International Court of Justice over
Brazil 's continued harbouring of exiled president
Manuel Zelaya in its
Tegucigalpa embassy.
(Guardian )
English
Premier League
footballer
Marlon King is convicted of
sexual assault , imprisoned and sacked by his club
Wigan Athletic F.C.
(BBC)
(The Times )
India 's
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh announces a "new chapter" in the
Jammu and Kashmir peace process, and withdraws some troops from the region.
(AFP)
(New York Times )
The
United States unofficially exits
recession in the third quarter, growing at 3.5%.
(Associated Press)
(The Guardian )
(Al Jazeera)
Kenya is to carry out its first census on
its gay population to combat
HIV /
AIDS , even though homosexuality
is banned in the country.
(BBC)
Danish
Prime Minister
Lars Loekke Rasmussen says a deal at a
UN
climate change summit in December is unlikely.
(Haveeru )
(BBC)
(RTT News)
12 are killed by an
IOC depot fire in
Jaipur , Army is called.
(The Times Of India )
A
Thai cargo ship is
hijacked in the
Gulf of Aden off the coast of
Somalia .
(Xinhua)
(IOL)
(RIA Novosti)
South Korea arrests a college lecturer accused of spying for
North Korea , saying he was recruited by
North Korean agents in
India .
(Bangkok Post ) [
permanent dead link ] (The Canadian Press)
Iranian
President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the government is ready for a deal on
its nuclear program .
(Press TV)
(Times of India )
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The
African Union imposes a travel ban on the leader of
Guinea 's military junta,
Moussa Dadis Camara , and 41 of his colleagues and freezes their bank accounts.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
Rwandan man
Désiré Munyaneza is given a life sentence in
Canada for his role in the
Rwandan genocide under the
Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act .
(BBC)
(CTV)
A gunman opens fire at the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic
synagogue in
North Hollywood ,
Los Angeles ,
United States , and wounds two people.
(San Francisco Chronicle )
The composer and
pianist
Elton John cancels his 30 October final date of
The Red Piano Tour scheduled for
The O2 ,
Dublin , due to declining health.
(Irish Independent )
(Evening Herald )
(BBC)
Rockstar's
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony was released.
October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30 ) (Friday)
European Union leaders agree a climate aid deal to help
developing countries adapt to
global warming .
(CNN)
(Xinhua)
Typhoon Mirinae makes landfall in the
Philippines .
(Al Jazeera)
(Philippine Inquirier )
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approves plans to allow non-
Latin web addresses for the first time.
(BBC)
(CNET News)
NASA reveals that a partial
parachute failure resulted in damage to the
Ares I-X test booster upon
splashdown in the
Atlantic Ocean following its test flight on Wednesday.
(Spaceflight Now)
A
U.S. judge orders a trial for two doctors and a lawyer accused of providing
American
sex symbol
Anna Nicole Smith with drugs.
(AP via Minneapolis Star-Tribune ) [
permanent dead link ]
African Union leaders agree to establish a hybrid court to end the
Darfur conflict in western
Sudan .
(BBC)
(Le Mali en ligne)
(Sudan Tribune )
Native tribesmen in the
Amazon Rainforest discover a downed
Brazilian military transport plane, finding nine survivors.
(news.com.au)
(Taiwan News )
Former
French
President
Jacques Chirac is ordered to stand trial on
corruption charges.
(France 24)
(Deutsche Welle)
Honduras ' de facto leader
Roberto Micheletti and ousted
President
Manuel Zelaya agree a deal to end the
political crisis , reinstating Zelaya as President.
(Times of India )
(The Guardian )
(Honduras This Week )
South Korea 's spy agency, the
National Intelligence Service , names
North Korea 's telecommunications ministry as responsible for a
wave of cyber attacks in July.
(Yonhap)
(Mainichi Shimbun ) [
permanent dead link ]
A
large fire at an
oil depot on the outskirts of
Jaipur ,
Rajasthan ,
India , leaves six people dead and around 135 injured.
(Press Trust of India)
(Associated Press)
Taiwan 's
President
Ma Ying-jeou calls on
China to remove missiles targeting the island.
(Radio Taiwan International)
(Straits Times )
Burmese authorities arrest 50 people – including journalists, students and political activists, in a security crackdown, according to a
Thailand based human rights group.
(Reuters)
October 31, 2009 (2009-10-31 ) (Saturday)
