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{{*mp|October 16}} The [[Pakistan Army]] begins '''[[Operation Rah-e-Nijat#Second phase|an operation]]''' against the [[Taliban]] in [[South Waziristan]], [[Pakistan]]. |
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{{*mp|October 15}} Five men are found guilty of '''[[2005 Sydney terrorism plot|plotting a terrorist attack]]''' in [[Sydney]], in one of [[Australia]]'s longest trials. |
{{*mp|October 15}} Five men are found guilty of '''[[2005 Sydney terrorism plot|plotting a terrorist attack]]''' in [[Sydney]], in one of [[Australia]]'s longest trials. |
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{{*mp|October 15}} The [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Human Rights Council|Human Rights Council]] endorses the '''[[United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict|Goldstone Report]]''' on the [[Gaza War]] ''(map of [[Gaza Strip]] pictured)''. |
{{*mp|October 15}} The [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Human Rights Council|Human Rights Council]] endorses the '''[[United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict|Goldstone Report]]''' on the [[Gaza War]] ''(map of [[Gaza Strip]] pictured)''. |
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{{*mp|October 11}} The '''[[Irish National Liberation Army]]''' announces an end to its armed campaign. |
{{*mp|October 11}} The '''[[Irish National Liberation Army]]''' announces an end to its armed campaign. |
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{{*mp|October 10}} The [[Pakistan]]i [[Special Service Group]] frees 40 hostages held after '''[[2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarter attack|militants attacked]]''' the [[Pakistan Army|Army]]'s General Headquarters. |
{{*mp|October 10}} The [[Pakistan]]i [[Special Service Group]] frees 40 hostages held after '''[[2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarter attack|militants attacked]]''' the [[Pakistan Army|Army]]'s General Headquarters. |
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{{*mp|October 10}} The foreign ministers of [[Armenia]] and [[Turkey]] '''[[Armenia–Turkey relations#2009 signing of accord|sign an accord]]''' intended to normalise their relations. |
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Revision as of 16:06, 17 October 2009
- The Pakistan Army begins an operation against the Taliban in South Waziristan, Pakistan.
- Five men are found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack in Sydney, in one of Australia's longest trials.
- The United Nations Human Rights Council endorses the Goldstone Report on the Gaza War (map of Gaza Strip pictured).
- Militants simultaneously attack three police facilities in Lahore, Pakistan, killing at least 38 people.
- Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson win the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
- The Irish National Liberation Army announces an end to its armed campaign.
- The Pakistani Special Service Group frees 40 hostages held after militants attacked the Army's General Headquarters.
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