Portal:Current events/2009 October 18

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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. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jeswLeLfG6ckKEpjHozJIoG1CwsQ (AFP)]
Ukraine commences its first presidential election campaign since the 2004 Orange Revolution. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59H0UN20091018 (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". [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59H1BI20091018 (Reuters)]
At least 60 Taliban militants are killed in an ongoing offensive in South Waziristan, northwest Pakistan. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/18/pakistan-offensive-taliban (The Guardian)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/18/content_12262653.htm (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". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8313249.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20091019094144/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/hitler-billboard-outrage-thailand (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)]
Hurricane Rick strengthens to a Category 5 storm, becoming the strongest hurricane in a decade in the eastern Pacific Ocean. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVWjsPEiqe1tEu2mhBIRaxxGi8owD9BDD6J80 (Associated Press)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20091022073121/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_443690.html (Straits Times)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/18/hurricane.weather/index.html (CNN)]
The Australian state of Queensland declares a state of emergency after more than 50 wildfires burn out of control. [http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/bushfires-burn-across-australia-3080869 (TVNZ)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/2009101863556779542.html (Al Jazeera)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20091019021810/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26226160-5006786,00.html (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8313246.stm (BBC)] [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/18/content_8807749.htm (China Daily)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/157418/chinese-jailed-for-riot-sparked-by-suicide-govt (Bangkok Post)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1018/gatelys.html (RTÉ)]
2009 Pishin bombing:
Senior commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards are among 35 people killed in a suicide bombing in the southeast of the country. [http://www.zeenews.com/news571692.html (Zee News)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108964§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)] [http://en.rian.ru/world/20091018/156512540.html (RIA Novosti)]
Iranian state television says Britain was directly involved in the attack and intended it as a distraction from problems it faces in Afghanistan. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59H0JT20091018 (Reuters)]
The Pakistani charge d'affaires is summoned after Iran says it has evidence the attack had been launched from Pakistani soil. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=109008 (Press TV)]
Seven people are killed and 20 injured after gunmen open fire in a bar in Puerto Rico. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hTwfo3VmYGiRM_rMnwVdGPhG3lTQD9BDLEI02 (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. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKOZF69hF2ETRLJlf58ujxOz-CbAD9BDDBUG2 (Associated Press)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1018/comminss.html (RTÉ)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8312940.stm (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. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091017/seized_vessel_091017/20091017?hub=Canada (CTV)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g_qqgAwqbaDvyKvPeZPf24VipQoA (AFP)]
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) assists Indonesian and Malaysian agencies with two distressed boats. [http://www.smh.com.au/national/two-boats-in-distress-20091018-h2j3.html (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8313451.stm (BBC)]

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