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King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (pictured) and Jetsun Pema, a commoner, marry in Bhutan. American hedge trader Raj Rajaratnam receives an eleven-year prison sentence, the longest ever imposed for insider trading. Dennis Ritchie, creator of Unix and designer of the C programming language, dies at the age of 70. The U.S. reports that it has foiled an allegedly Iran-backed plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir and bomb two embassies in Washington, D.C. Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's government falls after failing a vote of no confidence over the European Financial Stability Facility. Scientists reconstruct the genome of the bacterium believed responsible for the Black Death in the 14th century.

Current events of 16 October 2011 (2011-10-16) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2011 Yemeni protests: At least six people are killed in the Yemeni capital Sana'a after government troops open fire on protesters. These killings constitute the second incident of fatal protest violence in Sana'a in under 48 hours. (MarketWatch) War in Somalia (2009-): Kenyan Army troops cross the Somali border, travelling up to 100 kilometres into the war-torn country to pursue Al-Shabab militants. (Al Jazeera) Arts and culture A ceremony is held to officially re-name the English town of Wootton Bassett with the prefix "Royal" in honour of its role in the repatriation of British military personnel killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the first town to receive such an honour since 1909. (BBC) Politics and elections François Hollande defeats Martine Aubry in a primary runoff election held by the French Socialist Party, becoming the party's official candidate to challenge incumbent President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 presidential election. (AP via Washington Post) Sport New Zealand defeats Australia 20-6 in the semi-final of the 2011 Rugby World Cup at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. (BBC) October 16, 2011 Wikinews articles Iran continues to lash out at film industry Current events of 15 October 2011 (2011-10-15) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2011 Yemeni protests: At least nine people are killed and dozens injured in the Yemeni capital Sana'a after security forces use tear gas and live ammunition to disperse anti-government protesters. (VoA) (BBC) Yemeni officials report that Ibrahim al-Banna, the media chief of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed along with six other militants in a Friday air strike in Yemen's Shabwa Governorate. (BBC) Afghan and U.S. forces repel a Taliban raid on a NATO base in Afghanistan's Panjshir Province, reportedly killing four militants. (Washington Post) (BBC) Business and economy The United States Department of Commerce reports that U.S. retail sales rose at their fastest rate for seven months in September, having risen by 1.1% over the previous month. (BBC) Politics and elections Occupy Wall Street protests: Activists affiliated with the anti-corruption Occupy Wall Street movement take to the streets in numerous cities worldwide, including Sydney, Rome, Bucharest, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Berlin, and Madrid, in a day of coordinated mass protests. (BBC) (Xinhua) (Seattle Times) (BusinessWeek) (Maclean's) (Wall Street Journal) (Toronto Sun) (Times of India) (BusinessWeek) (San Diego Union-Tribune) Riot police clash with protesters in Rome, with at least 70 people reportedly injured after masked rioters infiltrate the peaceful protests and attack property in the city. (BBC) Sport France defeats Wales 9-8 in the 2011 Rugby World Cup semi-final at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. (The Telegraph) The Netherlands becomes the first European country to win a professional world baseball championship since 1938, after defeating Cuba 2-1 in the 2011 Baseball World Cup final in Panama City, Panama. (Nu.nl) October 15, 2011 Wikinews articles Current events of 14 October 2011 (2011-10-14) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes the deployment of up to 100 American soldiers to Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assist in operations against the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency. (Wall Street Journal) A United States drone attack kills a further four militants in Waziristan near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan; it is the third such attack in 48 hours. (AFP via Google) Business and economy Apple Inc. releases its latest smartphone model, the iPhone 4S. (MSNBC) Thousands of Qantas passengers in Australia face further disruption and cancellation of flights as the airline's maintenance engineers go on strike. (SBS) Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's cuts Spain's credit rating to AA- with a negative outlook, as the European debt crisis deepens. (Bloomberg) Google announces that it plans to shut down its Google Buzz social network. (CNN) Microsoft completes its acquisition of Internet phone company Skype for US$8.5 billion. (The Register) Disasters A 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurs near the Papua New Guinean city of Lae. (ABC News Australia) A JH-7 fighter jet crashes at an air show in Pucheng County in China's Shaanxi Province, leaving one pilot injured and another still missing. (CNN) (Xinhua) The Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, reassures residents that the capital, Bangkok, will largely escape from major flooding over the weekend. An estimated 289 people have been killed by flooding in Thailand since July 2011. (Reuters) Politics The Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, survives his fifty-third no-confidence vote in the Parliament of Italy by 316 votes to 301. (New York Times) (International Business Times) The British Secretary of State for Defence, Liam Fox, resigns amid allegations over his working relationship with lobbyist Adam Werritty. (BBC) British Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Letwin apologises after he is photographed dumping Parliamentary papers – including confidential constituents' letters – into a public bin in London's St James's Park. (BBC) Science A stromatolite colony is found at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. (BBC) October 14, 2011 Wikinews articles Dennis Ritchie, C programming language creator, dies aged 70 Current events of 13 October 2011 (2011-10-13) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks A US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region destroys a Haqqani network militant compound, with four people reported killed. (AFP via Google News) At least 16 people are killed by twin bomb blasts in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. (BBC) Arts and culture The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, marries 21-year-old college student Jetsun Pema in Punakha. (AP via MSNBC) Business and economy Qantas passengers in Australia face long delays and flight cancelations, as another strike by the airline's ground crew begins. (News Limited) Disasters At least 88 containers fall from the stricken cargo ship MV Rena into the Bay of Plenty off New Zealand's North Island, including one containing the toxic chemical ferrosilicon. (AFP via SBS News Australia) Vietnam's Mekong River delta suffers its worst flooding in a decade, with 43 people killed and 70,000 homes destroyed. (AP via Washington Post) An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hits off the coast of the Indonesian island of Bali, injuring at least 50 people and causing significant property damage. (AAP via Herald Sun) (AP via USA Today) At least 20 people die after an Airlines PNG de Havilland Canada DHC Dash 8-102 crashes on the north coast of Papua New Guinea between Lae and Madang. (ABC News Australia) At least 41 people die after a bus drives off a narrow mountain road in Nepal's Sindhuli District. (BBC) At least 29 people are killed in Central America and Mexico by a series of storms; five of the deaths are caused by Hurricane Jova. (ABC News Australia) International relations The President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, gives an address to a joint session of the United States Congress, emphasizing the importance of a recently-concluded free trade deal between South Korea and the United States, and expounding the need to improve relations with North Korea. (Yonhap) Law and crime Sri Lankan-American Raj Rajaratnam, a former hedge fund tycoon, is sentenced to 11 years in jail for insider trading. (Reuters) Politics and elections The first results of the Liberian general election are due to be announced, with a runoff election likely in the presidential race between incumbent President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and ex-diplomat Winston Tubman. (BBC) (VOA) The Parliament of Slovakia passes a law providing for a parliamentary election on March 10, as part of a deal to allow the passage of the European Union's European Financial Stability Fund. (Xinhua) Science Researchers at the Universities of Texas, Wollongong, British Columbia and Hanyang announce that they have collaboratively developed carbon nanotube-based artificial muscle fibers with over 1,000 times the rotational power of previous designs. The invention is expected to have applications in the creation of nanoscale motors and electrical systems. (Science Daily) October 13, 2011 Wikinews articles Eyewitnesses challenge Egyptian state media impartiality in fatal protests Current events of 12 October 2011 (2011-10-12) (Wednesday) Arts and culture Burmese comedian, actor and dissident Zarganar is released as part of an amnesty by the government of Myanmar for over 6,000 dissidents. (AP via Google News) Disasters The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key warns that the container ship MV Rena which ran agound on Astrolabe Reef a week ago could break up as oil slicks have appeared on beaches near Tauranga. (New Zealand Stuff) The death toll from the 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak reaches a total of 23 dead with 116 affected, making it the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in the U.S. in 25 years. (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Law and crime At least eight people are killed and one is seriously injured in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, California, USA. (Los Angeles Times) (Associated Press) Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man also known as the "underwear bomber", pleads guilty to attempting to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day 2009 in a trial in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald) Politics and elections Carbon tax in Australia: The House of Representatives of Australia passes the Gillard government's carbon tax legislation. (Sydney Morning Herald) More than 85 people are removed from the Parliament during Question Time while protesting at the passage of the legislation. (Herald-Sun) October 12, 2011 Wikinews articles Habertürk media sparks outrage over woman’s murder photo in Turkey Current events of 11 October 2011 (2011-10-11) (Tuesday) Armed conflict and attacks China follows Russian admonishment of the Syrian government while the opposition Syrian National Council gains support in Egypt and is recognized by Libya. (CNN) The EU imposes further sanctions on Belarus, Iran, and Syria, expresses support for Libya's National Transitional Council, and reiterates call for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down. (CNN) Business and economy The Senate of the United States passes the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011 designed to press the People's Republic of China to raise the value of the Renminbi. (Reuters) A measure to support expansion of the eurozone bailout fund is halted due to its failure to pass in the Parliament of Slovakia. (Market Watch via The Australian) Jaguar Financial Corp. claims that it has the support of 8% of the shareholders of Research in Motion in its campaign for corporate-governance changes at the Canada-based manufacturer of the BlackBerry. (Press Release) Disasters Hurricane Jova crosses the western coast of Mexico northwest of the port of Manzanillo, Colima, at Category 2 strength. (Reuters) (Bloomberg) An oil spill from the ship MV Rena off the coast of Tauranga in New Zealand becomes the country's worst environmental disaster. (New Zealand Herald) International relations The Cabinet of Israel approves a prisoner swap deal with Hamas for the release of the Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held in captivity for five years. In exchange, Israel agrees to release a thousand Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, among them hundreds of prisoners serving multiple life sentences for planning and perpetrating murderous attacks against Israeli civilians.(Xinhuanet) (Ynet) Law and crime Yulia Tymoshenko, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, is jailed for seven years for exceeding her powers by entering a gas deal with Russia. (BBC) The bodies of 12 Chinese sailors have been found and one remains missing in Mekong river, where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, after the incident last week in which two Chinese cargo vessels were hijacked by suspected drug smugglers in the Golden Triangle, and later captured by Thai river police.(Xinhua) (The Wall Street Journal) (The New York Times) The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration claim to have disrupted an alleged terrorist plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador and bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington DC with possible links to Iran. (ABC News) (BBC) Politics and elections Voters in Liberia go to the polls for a general election with current President and recent Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf facing a tight race. (Reuters) Myanmar's tightly controlled state newspapers call for a political amnesty indicating that reforms may soon be announced by President Thein Sein with the National Human Rights Commission recommending the pardon of some 6000 plus "prisoners of conscience" . (CNN) (AP via Google News) Voters in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador go to the polls for general election with the Progressive Conservative Party winning its third straight majority and its leader Kathy Dunderdale becoming the first woman elected as Premier of the province. (CTV) In the Yukon Territory voters [[re-elect the Yukon Party under Premier Darrell Pasloski, with an NDP official opposition. (CBC) President of the United States Barack Obama's "jobs bill" stalls in the Senate. (Politico) October 11, 2011 Wikinews articles Gilad Shalit to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners Current events of 10 October 2011 (2011-10-10) (Monday) Arts and culture Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr is sentenced to 90 lashes of the cane and a year's jail in Tehran for appearing in the film My Tehran For Sale which criticises the Government of Iran's harsh policies on the arts. (ABC News Australia) Business and economy France and Belgium agree to break up and partially nationalize Dexia, Belgium's largest bank. (Globe and Mail) American economists Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims win the 2011 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. (Bloomberg via Business Week) The Bank of Greece announces the bail-out and takeover of Proton Bank via that country's Financial Stability Fund. (Reuters) Law and crime The trial of two South African farm workers for the murder of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging white supremacist Eugène Terre'Blanche begins. (Daily Telegraph) Governor Rick Scott of Florida signs the death warrant for Oba Chandler, convicted of the murder of three women in 1989, with the execution set for November 15. (Orlando Sentinel) The trial of Vincent Tabak, who is accused of murdering British landscape architect Joanna Yeates, begins at Bristol Crown Court. (BBC) Sport In basketball, National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern cancels the first two weeks of the 2011–12 NBA season due to the ongoing lockout. (CBS Sports) October 10, 2011 Wikinews articles Indian ghazal singer Jagjit Singh dies aged 70 Pakistani journalist found dead in home More October 2011 events...

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Hart 5: Salvatore Licitra 5: Bobby Rhine 4: Lee Roy Selmon 3: Sándor Képíró 3: Julio Casas Regueiro 2: Felipe Camiroaga 1: Liu Huang A-tao  Ongoing conflicts Global War on Terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on Drugs Africa Libyan civil war Tunisian revolution Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict South Kordofan conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war War 2009- Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Europe Basque conflict Real IRA North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran-Jundallah conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism and al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shi’ite insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK conflict Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: Terrorism North-West War Balochistan conflict Drone attacks Sectarian violence India: Terrorism Jammu and Kashmir insurgency Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Northeast India insurgency Nagaland ethnic conflict Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict Korean maritime border incidents Southeast Asia: Laos insurgency Burma internal conflict Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Philippines insurgency OEF - Philippines Papua conflict Americas United States Protests Occupy Ashland Occupy Atlanta Occupy Austin Occupy Baltimore Occupy Boston Occupy Buffalo Occupy Chicago Occupy Portland Occupy San Jose Other U.S. protest locations 2011 United States public employee protests 2011 Wisconsin protests Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican Drug War Mérida Initiative Peru internal conflict  Elections Recent: September 20: Zambia, General 24: United Arab Emirates, Parliament 25: France, Senate 29: Isle of Man, General 29 September–1 October: Seychelles, Parliament Recent: October 9: Poland, Parliament 9: Cameroon, President 9: Paraguay, Expatriate voting referendum 11: Liberia, General Upcoming: October 15: Oman, Parliament 16: Bolivia, Judiciary 21/28: Kiribati, Parliament 23: Argentina, General 23: Bulgaria, President 23: Switzerland, Federal 23: Tunisia, Constituent Assembly 27: Ireland, President and Constitutional referendums 30: Kyrgyzstan, President  Trials Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: John Galliano Germany: John Demjanjuk Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Jacques Chirac Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United Kingdom: Robert Black, Vincent Tabak United States: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Conrad Murray, Charles P. White Upcoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali United States: Viktor Bout, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, John Edwards, Javaris Crittenton, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab  Holidays  and observances Recent

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