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United Nations peacekeeping forces engage in heavy fighting with rebel forces led by Laurent Nkunda in Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
United States Special Forces enter Syrian territory from Iraq to carry out a cross-border raid near Abu Kamal.
Kadima leader Tzipi Livni (pictured) calls for early elections in Israel following a failed attempt at forming a coalition government.
Severe flooding in Yemen caused by Deep Depression ARB 02 kills 90 and displaces 20,000.
A bomb attack in Zagreb, Croatia kills Ivo Pukanić, the owner of the newspaper Nacional.
The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches Chandrayaan-1, an unmanned lunar exploration mission.
A bomb blast in Imphal, India kills 17 and injures more than 30.

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October 28, 2008 (Tuesday)

North Korea issues a statement declaring that it will turn South Korea into "debris" if South Korea does not stop all "confrontational activities". (CNN)
Iran opens a naval base in the town of Jask, just outside the Strait of Hormuz entrance to the Persian Gulf. (BBC News)

October 28, 2008 Wikinews articles

October 27, 2008 (Monday)

Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens is found guilty on all seven counts of lying on United States Senate financial documents. (AP via Google News)
The Washington, D.C. Metro announces it will randomly search "backpacks, gym bags and any other containers that riders carry with them onto the bus and rail system" during periods of increased threat. (The Washington Post)
Kivu conflict:
- Tutsi rebels under Laurent Nkunda are reportedly advancing on the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- MONUC peacekeeping forces are engaged in heavy fighting against rebels. (BBC News)
Nine major US banks will receive a $US123 billion capital injection from the federal government, says a Treasury Department official. (Sky News)
Line m2 of the Lausanne Metro starts revenue service, making Lausanne, Switzerland, the smallest city in the world to have a metro system. (swissinfo)
Pakistani intelligence officials claim that a US missile strike in South Waziristan has killed up to twenty people. The BBC claims that about 80 people were killed during US strikes into Pakistan over the past month.(AP via The Guardian) (BBC News)
Two Neo-Nazi white supremacists are arrested for plotting to assassinate US presidential candidate Barack Obama. (Reuters)
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili dismisses Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze, and names Grigol Mgaloblishvili as the country's new prime minister, following the 2008 South Ossetian war. (AFP via Google News)

October 27, 2008 Wikinews articles

October 26, 2008 (Sunday)

United States Special Operations Forces, stationed in Iraq, launch a cross-border raid on a civilian building under construction near Abu Kamal, Syria, killing 8 civilians. (Sky News) (SANA) (IHT)
A shooter kills two people and injures another at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas. (CNN)
A light aircraft en route from Gloucester, England, to Kilrush, Ireland, crashes in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, killing four people. (RTÉ)
Kadima Party leader and Acting Prime Minister of Israel Tzipi Livni abandons efforts to form a coalition government and calls for early elections. (CNN)
Georgian–Abkhazian conflict:
- President of Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh, accused Georgia of 'massive provocations with the use of armed force' after Georgians opened 'heavy fire' on Abkhazian border guards on Inguri river, part of the Georgian-Abkhazian border. (Kasparov.ru)
- A Georgian source claims a shootout occurred between the Russian 'occupational forces' and Abkhazian 'militiamen'. (Rustavi2)
Óscar Tulio Lizcano, a Conservative congressman kidnapped by the FARC in August 2000, is freed by the military in Chocó Department, Colombia. (BBC News)
Municipal elections take place in Chile. The conservative opposition Alliance for Chile reaches to 40% of the votes, above of the ruling Concertación in a election considered a barometer for the 2009 presidential election. (El Mercurio)

October 26, 2008 Wikinews articles

October 25, 2008 (Saturday)

Human Rights Watch says that more than 40 civilians have been killed in attacks by pro-government Arab militias on rebel-held villages in South Darfur. (BBC News)
Severe flooding in Yemen kills 58 people and displaces 20,000 more. (Xinhua)

October 25, 2008 Wikinews articles

October 24, 2008 (Friday)

Government heads of 45 countries from Asia and Europe meet in Beijing as the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting convenes with financial crisis topping the agenda. (Xinhua)
The government of Djibouti has said that the country will have to go to war with Eritrea unless the United Nations acts to resolve growing tension over a border dispute. (BBC News)
The mother and the brother of American actress and singer Jennifer Hudson are murdered. (AP via Google News)

October 24, 2008 Wikinews articles

October 23, 2008 (Thursday)

The New York City Council votes 29–22 in favor of extending the term limit on the office of the Mayor to three consecutive four-year terms from two consecutive four-year terms. This allows current Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for office again in the next mayoral election in November 2009. (WCBS)
A car bomb attack in Zagreb, Croatia, kills Ivo Pukanić, the owner of weekly newspaper Nacional. (BBC News)

October 23, 2008 Wikinews articles

October 22, 2008 (Wednesday)

Western donors pledge US$4.5 billion toward the rebuilding of Georgia, which suffered from damage inflicted during short war with Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia in August. (The New York Times)
The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches Chandrayaan-1, the country's first unmanned lunar exploration mission. (The Indian Express)
The Macau security law draft was unveiled; it is based on the Article 23 of the Macau Basic Law, similar to the failed anti-subversion bill in Hong Kong based on Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23, which drew over 500,000 protesters in 2003. (The Standard)

October 22, 2008 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Nobel Prize announcements Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Global financial crisis Icelandic financial crisis Russian financial crisis World food price crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification Piracy in Somalia

Recent deaths
October 26: Tony Hillerman 25: Muslim Magomayev 25: Anne Pressly 24: Merl Saunders 21: Sonja Bernadotte 20: Gene Hickerson 19: Richard Blackwell 19: Rudy Ray Moore 18: Dee Dee Warwick 18: Dave McKenna 18: Xie Jin 17: Ben Weider 17: Levi Stubbs 15: Wang Yung-ching 15: Edie Adams 15: Jack Narz 15: Eddie Thompson 14: Richard Cooey 14: Ray Lowry 13: Frank Rosenthal 13: Paul Rogers 13: Guillaume Depardieu 13: Alexei Cherepanov 11: Neal Hefti 11: Jörg Haider 10: Alton Ellis 10: Alexey Prokurorov 9: Gidget Gein edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
War in Afghanistan Acholiland insurgency Civil war in Chad Second Chechen War Colombian armed conflict War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Turkey-PKK conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Mexican drug war War in North-West Pakistan Insurgency in Ogaden Insurgency in the Philippines War in Somalia Sa'dah insurgency South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War

Elections
Recent October 8 October: Maldives, President 12 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1^st Round) and nuclear power referendum 14 October: Canada, Parliament 15 October: Azerbaijan, President 15 October: Jersey, General (1^st Round) 16 October: United Nations, Security Council 17/18 October and 24/25 October: Czech Republic, Senate (one third) 26 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2^nd Round) 27 October: Nunavut, Canada, Legislative Assembly Upcoming October 29 October: Maldives, President (2^nd Round) 30 October: Zambia, President November 4 November: United States: President, House of Representatives, Senate (one third: "Class II" Senators) 4 November: American Samoa, General 4 November: Guam, General 4 November: Palau, President, Senate and House of Delegates 4 November: Puerto Rico, Governor, Legislative 8 November: New Zealand, General 9 November: San Marino, Parliament

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Rudy Hermann Guede, Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: Kwame Kilpatrick U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector US: Ted Stevens

Upcoming holidays and observances
October 27: Flag Day (Greece) 27: Labour Day (New Zealand & Tokelau) 27: Independence Day (Saint Vincent & the Grenadines) 27: Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia) 27: Independence Day (Turkmenistan) 27: Navy Day (United States) 28: Diwali (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, India, Nepal) 28: Independence Day (Czech Republic) 28: Okhi Day (Greece & Cyprus) 28: Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture) 28: Czechoslovakia Independence (Slovakia) 28 evening -30: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan (Judaism) 29: Coronation Day (Cambodia) 29: Ľudovít Štúr Birthday (Slovakia) 29: Republic Day (Turkey) 30: Bhaubeej (Hinduism) 30: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (Former Soviet Republics) edit sidebar

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