Portal:Current events/2009 October 7

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The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath, "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/ (Nobel Foundation)]
European Union leaders again warn the Czech Republic of the costs which will be imposed by the further delaying of the Lisbon Treaty. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1007/eulisbon.html (RTÉ)]
The discovery of a new ring around Saturn is announced. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8291905.stm (BBC)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article6864286.ece (The Times)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/07/content_12190222.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/news/spitzer-20091006.html (NASA)]
The Somali junior Defence Minister Youssuf Mohamed Siad, mistakenly detained in Uganda yesterday, is released. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091010164812/http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Uganda_to_free_Somali_deputy_defense_minister_92531.shtml (Daily Monitor)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jWu96xWZ3g7YBOMqDezMBBxK1nOA (AFP)]
Typhoon Melor, forecast to be the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Japan for a decade, approaches the country. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/200910764431254967.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091007x1.html (Japan Times)] [http://www.euronews.net/2009/10/07/japan-braced-for-strong-typhoon/ (euronews)]
The opposition in Guinea urges Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, head of the ruling junta, to resign. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aeoljh9OU6Rk (Bloomberg)] [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/guinea-commander-must-resign-opposition-1.830918 (CBC)]
A Saudi man, Mazen Abdul-Jawad, is sentenced to five years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes after bragging about sex on a TV talk show. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g_stJQKo9usSH7bu-OphIZwZy4DwD9B68A5G1 (Associated Press)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430180521/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 (IOL)]
Burmese National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets for a second time with the ruling junta after her offer to lobby for nations to lift sanctions on the country. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59621L20091007 (Reuters)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gs16E0Y8T8w9Edy1yiDa2nXqxwkwD9B65FD80 (Associated Press)] [http://diplomacymonitor.com/stu/dma1.nsf/uh/cc28A178F8957B48FF85257649001197BA (New Light of Myanmar)]
Somali pirates attack the French Navy replenishment tanker Somme (A631) in error, believing it to be a cargo ship. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8294858.stm (BBC)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6864367.ece (The Times)]
More than a million people are affected in one of the worst droughts to affect Syria in decades. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8293588.stm (BBC)]
Taiwan's National Palace Museum refuses to display two artifacts stolen from China 150 years ago. [http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1076350&lang=eng_news (Taiwan News)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jpBbcQZ9T56kgQFFBVeOcuw1kPzQ (AFP)]
The Constitutional Court of Italy overturns a law offering Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office, ruling it unconstitutional. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120111073039/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3849262745 (Adnkronos)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8295716.stm (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/10/2009107162326332602.html (Al Jazeera)]
Ambassadors from Ireland and Uganda, along with the Sudanese minister overseeing negotiations, visit Al-Fashir in a renewed effort to win the freedom of aid workers Sharon Cummins and Hilda Kawuki, kidnapped since 3 July. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1007/comminss.html (RTÉ)]
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu, followed 15 minutes later by a 7.3 magnitude aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued. [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mlcf.php (USGS)]
The Red Book by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung is displayed for the first time in public. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8295650.stm (BBC)]

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