Portal:Current events/2009 October 29

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The Haitian Senate votes to remove Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gWm-v2k9Dwr9XmUwMMFQs6p8W4XgD9BL7OMO1 (AP via Google News)]
The de facto regime in Honduras files suit with the International Court of Justice over Brazil's continued harbouring of exiled president Manuel Zelaya in its Tegucigalpa embassy. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8780683 (Guardian)]
English Premier League footballer Marlon King is convicted of sexual assault, imprisoned and sacked by his club Wigan Athletic F.C. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8332029.stm (BBC)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/wigan/article6895815.ece (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. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jamqW4jtkklPCpAdqpt3RXn6j-fw (AFP)] [https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/10/29/world/international-uk-kashmir-army.html (New York Times)]
The United States unofficially exits recession in the third quarter, growing at 3.5%. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNiyJ905Ho0Ur96V2TQhsBX19lGwD9BKP85G0 (Associated Press)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/29/us-recession-ends-economic-growth (The Guardian)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/10/20091029143624500616.html (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8331338.stm (BBC)]
Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says a deal at a UN climate change summit in December is unlikely. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110617064521/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/details/28274/Binding_climate_treaty_unlikely_by_December:_Danish_PM (Haveeru)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8331125.stm (BBC)] [http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=1110033 (RTT News)]
12 are killed by an IOC depot fire in Jaipur, Army is called. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/12-killed-in-Jaipur-IOC-depot-fire-Army-called/articleshow/5178346.cms (The Times Of India)]
A Thai cargo ship is hijacked in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/29/content_12356483.htm (Xinhua)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430180521/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 (IOL)] [http://en.rian.ru/world/20091029/156635672.html (RIA Novosti)]
South Korea arrests a college lecturer accused of spying for North Korea, saying he was recruited by North Korean agents in India. [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/158519/s-korea-announces-arrest-of-n-korean-spy (Bangkok Post)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqBlJHq9eIg7LkEKgTmzK8_sSlLA (The Canadian Press)]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the government is ready for a deal on its nuclear program. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=109930§ionid=351020104 (Press TV)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Irans-Ahmadinejad-says-conditions-ripe-for-nuclear-deal-/articleshow/5176891.cms (Times of India)] [http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/29/1008818/ahmadinejad-iran-ready-for-nuclear-cooperation (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8333026.stm (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSLT440627 (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8333046.stm (BBC)] [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091029/munyaneza_sentence_091029/20091029?hub=Canada (CTV)]
A gunman opens fire at the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States, and wounds two people. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/29/national/a092228D61.DTL (San Francisco Chronicle)]
Singer-Songwriter Elton John cancels his 30 October final date of The Red Piano Tour scheduled for The O2, Dublin, due to declining health. [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/elton-john-cancels-gig-at-the-o2-1928379.html (Irish Independent)] [http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/music/the-show-wonrsquot-go-on-as-elton-cancels-gig-at-the-o2-1928377.html (Evening Herald)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8333938.stm (BBC)]
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony was released.

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