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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 15}} Militants '''[[October 2009 Lahore attacks|simultaneously attack]]''' three [[Law enforcement in Pakistan|police]] facilities in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]], killing at least 38 people. |
{{*mp|October 15}} Militants '''[[October 2009 Lahore attacks|simultaneously attack]]''' three [[Law enforcement in Pakistan|police]] facilities in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]], killing at least 38 people. |
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{{*mp|October 13}} Under the '''[[One Laptop per Child]]''' scheme, [[Uruguay]] becomes the first country to deliver a free [[laptop]] to each child of [[primary school]] age. |
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{{*mp|October 12}} '''[[Elinor Ostrom]]''' and '''[[Oliver E. Williamson]]''' win the 2009 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics]]. |
{{*mp|October 12}} '''[[Elinor Ostrom]]''' and '''[[Oliver E. Williamson]]''' win the 2009 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics]]. |
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Revision as of 16:39, 18 October 2009
- The Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany, reopens after 70 years.
- President Ian Khama leads the Democratic Party to victory in a general election in Botswana.
- 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.
- Under the One Laptop per Child scheme, Uruguay becomes the first country to deliver a free laptop to each child of primary school age.
- Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson win the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
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