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- Zdravko Krivokapić (pictured) takes office as Prime Minister of Montenegro, becoming the first independent to hold the post.
- In India, a nationwide general strike occurs and 100,000 continue with the farmers' protests surrounding New Delhi.
- Former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing dies at the age of 94.
- In baseball, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeat the Yomiuri Giants to win their fourth-straight Japan Series.
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