Portal:Current events/2009 October 9

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A United Nations plane from Uruguay attached to MINUSTAH monitoring the Haiti–Dominican Republic border crashes near Fonds-Verrettes, killing at least 11 people from Jordan and Uruguay. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8300299.stm (BBC)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/10/content_12203204.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHBO2kWWUvl_VvLn8sHsgpjn09DgD9B7U1Q00 (Associated Press)]
General Motors finalizes a deal to sell Hummer to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company. [http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091009-712508.html (The Wall Street Journal)]
In an attempt to determine the extent of lunar ice, NASA crashes two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon's south pole. [https://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/707964--nasa-crashes-rocket-into-moon (Toronto Star)]
Treaty of Lisbon:
A statement on Polish President Lech Kaczyński's website says a signing ceremony of the treaty will take place on Saturday at 1000 GMT. [http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/polish-president-sign-lisbon-treaty-saturday/article-186219 (EuActive)]
Czech President Václav Klaus, the last remaining leader against the Lisbon Treaty, says the country must negotiate an opt-out from parts of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union before it proceeds with the ratification process. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aldhF9W6mYus (Bloomberg)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1009/eulisbon.html (RTÉ)]
Only the Czech government could make such a request, but Czech Prime minister Jan Fischer says that President Klaus had not given the cabinet any information about his latest demands.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/1010/1224256345693.html (BBC News)]
Aung San Suu Kyi is permitted to meet international diplomats to discuss international sanctions against Burma. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6867787.ece (The Times)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/156587/suu-kyi-talks-sanctions-with-western-diplomats-us (Bangkok Post)] [http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/world/burmas-aung-san-suu-kyi-in-remarkable-form-429523.html (Irish Examiner)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/myanmar.suukyi/ (CNN)]
U.S. president Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.html (The New York Times)] [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/ (Nobel Foundation)]
More than 181 people are killed in floods in the Philippines. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430180521/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 (IOL)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Landslides-kill-over-90-in-north-Philippines-Officials/articleshow/5104512.cms (Times of India)]
Six Vietnamese pro-democracy activists are sentenced to up to six years in prison for "spreading propaganda" against the government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8299406.stm (BBC)] [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/10/09/Vietnam-clamps-down-on-democracy-activists/UPI-48301255093200/ (UPI)] [http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-43040520091009 (Reuters India)]
French police arrest a researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) for suspected links to Al-Qaeda. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8299668.stm (BBC)] [http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1077596&lang=eng_news (Taiwan News)]
Wallace Souza, the former Brazilian state legislator and host of Canal Livre who faces accusations of drug trafficking and murder, surrenders to police after being a fugitive for four days. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/09/brazil.tv.host.souza/ (CNN)]
India plans a new offensive against Maoist Naxalite rebels active in parts of the country. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hNYvlFxq9KRZeTwOdobge6kRj3Jg (AFP)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718084042/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?667442 (Outlook India)]
A suspected suicide car-bomber kills 49 people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in an attack that the government said underscored the need for an all-out offensive against the Pakistani Taliban. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59810420091009 (Reuters)]
Two people die after being overcome by sweat and about 19 others are hospitalised at a spiritual retreat in Arizona, USA. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8299991.stm (BBC)]
Public amputations on three men accused of robbery occur in Somalia. [http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/body-parts-amputated-crowd-forced-watch-3065425 (TVNZ)]

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