Portal:Current events/2009 October 31

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• Niger's opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou returns to the country to face charges of money laundering. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20091031191237530C957439 (IOL)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g6u9nbRwqVaI5Wuj_6ztNFokjhSA (AFP)]
• More than 50 people are arrested in the Russian capital Moscow after holding an "unsanctioned" human rights rally. [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20091101/156667806.html (RIA Novosti)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLV111333 (Reuters)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=110153§ionid=351020602 (Press TV)]
• A video of the kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott is released by his captors in the Philippines. The kidnappers want a $2 million (€1.36 million) ransom. It is the first evidence that Sinnott is still alive since his abduction on 11 October. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1031/sinnottm.html (RTÉ)]

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