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"Mother and Child Reunion" is the two-part pilot episode of the Canadian teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation, which premiered on 14 October 2001 on the CTV Television Network. As with the majority of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes, "Mother and Child Reunion" takes its title from a pop song, in this case, Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion". Degrassi: The Next Generation is the fourth series in the fictional Degrassi universe created in 1979. The episode reunited some of the previous characters in a ten-year high school reunion (Stefan Brogren pictured), while also introducing a new generation of Degrassi students. The main plot centres around Emma Nelson, born during the preceding series Degrassi High, who is invited to a hotel by an internet stalker, posing as a teenage boy. The episode received mixed reviews from the mass media, and was nominated for two Gemini Awards and two Directors Guild of Canada Awards. (more...) Recently featured: "Indian Camp" – Marojejy National Park – Battle of Valcour Island Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (pictured) and Jetsun Pema, a commoner, marry in Bhutan. The United States reports that it has foiled an allegedly Iran-backed plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir and bomb two embassies in Washington, D.C. Scientists reconstruct the genome of the bacterium believed responsible for the Black Death in the 14th century. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of abuse of office during a 2009 gas dispute with Russia. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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October 14: Teachers' Day in Poland 1888 – French inventor Louis Le Prince (pictured) filmed Roundhay Garden Scene, the earliest surviving motion picture, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. 1912 – John Benjamin Murphy treated former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt after the latter was shot in an assassination attempt, having delivered a speech with the bullet still in him. 1926 – The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was first published. 1956 – B. R. Ambedkar, a leader of India's "Untouchable" caste, publicly converted to Buddhism, becoming the leader of the Dalit Buddhist movement. 1964 – Leonid Brezhnev succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. More anniversaries: October 13 – October 14 – October 15 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now October 14, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Mark Rutte is the incumbent Prime Minister of the Netherlands. He has been the leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) party since 2006. In the 2010 general election, the VVD won the highest number of votes cast, resulting in their occupying 31 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. When he was sworn in on 14 October 2010, he became the first liberal Prime Minister in the Netherlands in 92 years.

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