Portal:Current events/2014 October 9: Difference between revisions

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 *Alleged [[Mexican people|Mexican]] drug lord [[Vicente Carrillo Fuentes]] is captured in the city of [[Torreon]]. [http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-cartel-arrest-20141009-story.html (''Los Angeles Times'')]
 ;Politics and elections
-*Former [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] prime minister [[Alenka Bratušek]] withdraws her candidacy as [[Vice-President of the European Commission]] and as [[European Commissioner for Energy]] after having been rejected by the [[European Parliament]]. [[http://euobserver.com/political/125991 (EU Observer)]
+*Former [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] prime minister [[Alenka Bratušek]] withdraws her candidacy as [[Vice-President of the European Commission]] and as [[European Commissioner for Energy]] after having been rejected by the [[European Parliament]]. [http://euobserver.com/political/125991 (EU Observer)]
 *[[Estonia]] becomes the first former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Republics of the Soviet Union|republic]] to [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Estonia|legalize gay partnerships]] and grant equal [[LGBT rights in Estonia|rights to same-sex couples]].[http://euobserver.com/lgbti/125988 (EU Observer)] [http://instinctmagazine.com/post/estonia-becomes-first-former-soviet-state-approve-same-sex-relationships (Instinct Magazine)]
 *[[2014 Hong Kong protests]]
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 ** At least 12 people were killed in demonstrations across Turkey.<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/deaths-kurdish-protests-turkey-201410722504757570.html</ref>
 *[[Clacton by-election, 2014]]
-**[[UK Independence Party]] candidate [[Douglas Carswell]] becomes the first member of that party to hold a seat in the [[United Kingdom House of Commons|House of Commons]] winning a by-election in [[Clacton (UK Parliament constituency)|Clackton]] that he formerly represented as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|conservative]] member. [http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-29563776 (BBC)]
+**[[UK Independence Party]] candidate [[Douglas Carswell]] becomes the first member of that party to hold a seat in the [[United Kingdom House of Commons|House of Commons]] winning a by-election in [[Clacton (UK Parliament constituency)|Clackton]] that he formerly represented as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] member. [http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-29563776 (BBC)]
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