Portal:Current events/2009 October 11
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- Luis Armando Pena Soltren, a suspect wanted for the 1968 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 281, is captured after more than 40 years. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j29DfrfUdfSID5Fse-6oMYRBDheQD9B98EIO0 (The Associated Press)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/11/fugitive.arrested.hijacking/ (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8301819.stm (BBC)]
- Mayoral, regional and district council elections take place in Moscow and 75 other regions across Russia. [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20091012/156432529.html (RIA Novosti)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/11/russians-vote-moscow (The Guardian)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8301844.stm (BBC)]
- Thousands of people march in protest for gay rights in Washington, D.C.. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8301791.stm (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8301631.stm (BBC)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/sinnottm.html (RTÉ)] [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1277612.html (Miami Herald)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- At least 10 people die and seven are declared missing in a river ferry sinking on the Mekong in Kratié Province, Cambodia. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88809 (The News International)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/2009101143150954460.html (Al Jazeera)]
- Pope Benedict XVI canonizes five new saints: Father Damien, Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Francisco Coll Guitart, and Jeanne Jugan. [https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59A0YW20091011 (Reuters)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Pope-canonizes-5-new-saints/articleshow/5112362.cms (Times of India)]
- A spate of car bombings kills 19 people and wounds dozens in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, in Anbar province. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33265136/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/ (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. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5990VM20091011 (Reuters)]
- The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) announces an end to violence in Northern Ireland. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/12/content_12213433.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/11/northern-ireland-republican-group-disband (The Guardian)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/12/2711061.htm?section=world (ABC News)]
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