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October 9, 2014
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2014-10-09
)
(Thursday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
A
suicide bomb
attack kills at least 20 people in
Tahrir Square
in the
Yemeni
capital
Sana'a
.
(
Daily Star
)
War in North-West Pakistan
American drone strikes kill at least five militants in
North Waziristan
.
(AP via SFGate)
A hand grenade explodes in the
Malaysian
capital
Kuala Lumpur
killing one person and injuring 13.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
A
car bombing
in a busy street in
Baghdad
's largest
Shi'ite
neighbourhood kills at least 12 people.
(AFP via Al-Arabiyah)
Arts and culture
2014
Nobel Prize in Literature
The French novelist
Patrick Modiano
is awarded the 2014
Nobel Prize in Literature
.
(
Telegraph
)
Law and crime
Alleged
Mexican
drug lord
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes
is captured in the city of
Torreon
.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
Politics and elections
Former
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
.
(EU Observer)
Estonia
becomes the first former
Soviet
republic
to
legalize gay partnerships
and grant equal
rights to same-sex couples
.
(EU Observer)
(Instinct Magazine)
2014 Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong
government says it has called off a meeting on 10 October 2014 with student leaders of the pro-democracy movement.
(BBC)
At least 12 people are killed in demonstrations across Turkey.
(Al Jazeera)
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