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{{*mp|October 28}} [[NASA]]'s '''[[Ares I-X]]''', the first test flight in the [[Ares I]] program, is launched successfully from the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. |
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{{*mp|October 28}} A [[car bomb]] in [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]], '''[[28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing|kills]]''' at least 95 people and injures more than 200 others in the city's deadliest attack of 2009. |
{{*mp|October 28}} A [[car bomb]] in [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]], '''[[28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing|kills]]''' at least 95 people and injures more than 200 others in the city's deadliest attack of 2009. |
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{{*mp|October 27}} Businessman [[Arcadi Gaydamak]] ''(pictured)'' and 35 others are '''[[Angolagate|convicted]]''' of involvement in a scandal surrounding the illegal sale of arms to [[Angola]]. |
{{*mp|October 27}} Businessman [[Arcadi Gaydamak]] ''(pictured)'' and 35 others are '''[[Angolagate|convicted]]''' of involvement in a scandal surrounding the illegal sale of arms to [[Angola]]. |
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{{*mp|October 26}} [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] '''[[Tunisian general election, 2009|wins]]''' a fifth term as [[List of Presidents of Tunisia|President]] of [[Tunisia]]. |
{{*mp|October 26}} [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] '''[[Tunisian general election, 2009|wins]]''' a fifth term as [[List of Presidents of Tunisia|President]] of [[Tunisia]]. |
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{{*mp|October 25}} '''[[25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings|Bomb blasts]]''' kill at least 155 people and injure 500 others in central [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]. |
{{*mp|October 25}} '''[[25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings|Bomb blasts]]''' kill at least 155 people and injure 500 others in central [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]. |
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{{*mp|October 25}} [[Governor of Puerto Rico|Governor]] of [[Puerto Rico]] [[Luis Fortuño]] announces that the '''[[2009 Cataño oil refinery fire|Cataño oil refinery fire]]''' has been extinguished two days after the initial explosion. |
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Revision as of 03:14, 29 October 2009
- NASA's Ares I-X, the first test flight in the Ares I program, is launched successfully from the Kennedy Space Center.
- A car bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 95 people and injures more than 200 others in the city's deadliest attack of 2009.
- Businessman Arcadi Gaydamak (pictured) and 35 others are convicted of involvement in a scandal surrounding the illegal sale of arms to Angola.
- The Church of Scientology is convicted of organized fraud in France.
- Jurelang Zedkaia is elected President of the Marshall Islands.
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali wins a fifth term as President of Tunisia.
- Bomb blasts kill at least 155 people and injure 500 others in central Baghdad, Iraq.
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