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{{*mp|October 29}} The [[African Union]], the [[European Union]] and the [[United States]] impose sanctions on [[Guinea]]'s [[military junta]] leader '''[[Moussa Dadis Camara]]''' and 41 members of the junta. |
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{{*mp|October 28}} [[Prime Minister of Mongolia|Prime Minister]] of [[Mongolia]] '''[[Sanjaagiin Bayar]]''' resigns for health reasons. |
{{*mp|October 28}} [[Prime Minister of Mongolia|Prime Minister]] of [[Mongolia]] '''[[Sanjaagiin Bayar]]''' resigns for health reasons. |
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{{*mp|October 28}} [[NASA]]'s '''[[Ares I-X]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first test flight in the [[Ares I]] program, is launched successfully from the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. |
{{*mp|October 28}} [[NASA]]'s '''[[Ares I-X]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first test flight in the [[Ares I]] program, is launched successfully from the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. |
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{{*mp|October 27}} The [[Church of Scientology]] is '''[[Scientology in France#Conviction of fraud|convicted]]''' of organized [[fraud]] in [[France]]. |
{{*mp|October 27}} The [[Church of Scientology]] is '''[[Scientology in France#Conviction of fraud|convicted]]''' of organized [[fraud]] in [[France]]. |
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{{*mp|October 26}} [[Jurelang Zedkaia]] is '''[[Marshall Islands presidential election, 2009|elected]]''' [[President of the Marshall Islands|President]] of the [[Marshall Islands]]. |
{{*mp|October 26}} [[Jurelang Zedkaia]] is '''[[Marshall Islands presidential election, 2009|elected]]''' [[President of the Marshall Islands|President]] of the [[Marshall Islands]]. |
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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]]. |
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Revision as of 02:10, 31 October 2009
- The African Union, the European Union and the United States impose sanctions on Guinea's military junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara and 41 members of the junta.
- Prime Minister of Mongolia Sanjaagiin Bayar resigns for health reasons.
- NASA's Ares I-X (pictured), 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 117 people, injures over 200 others and leaves 60 more missing, in the city's deadliest attack of 2009.
- Businessman Arcadi Gaydamak 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.
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