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U.S. President Barack Obama signs a bill passed by Congress to reopen the federal government and raise the debt limit.
Lao Airlines Flight 301 (aircraft type pictured) crashes on approach to Pakse Airport, Laos, killing all 49 people on board.
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Philippines, resulting in more than 100 deaths.
American economists Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their empirical analysis of asset prices.
A stampede breaks out during the Navratri festival in Madhya Pradesh, India, killing 115 and injuring at least 110.

Recent deaths: Oscar Hijuelos

October 18, 2013 (Friday)

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Business and economy

China's economy grew by 7.8 percent in the third quarter. (Reuters)

International relations

Japanese cabinet minister Yoshitaka Shindō visits the controversial Yasukuni Shrine potentially causing conflict with South Korea and the People's Republic of China. (AFP via Google News)

Law and crime

Thirty-five members of the US owned MV Seaman Guard Ohio are arrested in the Indian port of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu for alleged illegal possession of arms and ammunition. (Zee News)
The Constitutional Council of France rules that the country's mayors cannot refuse to officiate at same-sex marriages. (France 24)

Politics and Elections

Saudi Arabia announces it will decline to accept a seat on the United Nations Security Council after being elected for it. (BBC)

October 17, 2013 (Thursday)

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Armed conflict and attacks

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
- A Naxalite landmine kills three police officers in the Gadchiroli district of India's Maharashtra state. (Zee News)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
- Attacks on Shia Muslims killed at least 59 people across Iraq, including a suicide truck bomb targeting at least 15 members of the country's Shabak people. (Reuters)
Islamist gunmen kill two Tunisian policemen in clashes in the northeastern city Goubella. (Reuters)
Suspected Renamo rebels kill 7 Mozambican soldiers in an ambush. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Swedish archaeologists in Old Uppsala unearth a great number of mysterious posts in perfect alignment for more than a kilometre in what is suggested to be a display of power of a fifth century Swedish chieftain. (Dagens Nyheter)

Business and economy

President of the United States Barack Obama signs a bipartisan deal approved by Congress to end the Government shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis. (The Hill)

Disasters

The death toll in the Philippines from the 2013 Bohol earthquake rises to 156 with 374 people injured. (Wall Street Journal)
At least seven emergency warnings have been issued for bushfires in the Australian state of New South Wales resulting in one death at Lake Munmorah, significant property damage and closure of airports and highways. (The Guardian), (The Guardian)
At least 18 people are dead and 45 people are missing in Japan after Typhoon Wipha hit yesterday. (Zee News)

Politics and elections

Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia are elected to the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term, starting on January 1, 2014. (Reuters)

October 16, 2013 (Wednesday)

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Syrian civil war:
- At least 21 civilians are killed when their minibus hits a land mine in southern Syrian town of Nawa, with opposition activists blaming the Syrian army. (Reuters), (BBC)

Business and economy

United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013:
- The United States Senate reaches a bipartisan deal to avoid default and end the 16-day US government shutdown. The House passes the legislation by 285–144. The bill now goes to the president, who is expected to sign it. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald), (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes in the Mekong River near Pakse International Airport, killing 44 passengers and 5 crew members. (BBC)
Typhoon Wipha hits Japan resulting in at least 14 deaths. (The Australian)
A Panamanian registered ship sinks off the coast of South Korea, killing 9 sailors and leaving 2 others missing. Coast Guard officials rescue another 8 crew members. (Yonhap)

Politics and elections

Solberg's Cabinet is appointed as the 61st cabinet of Norway by the King following the parlamentary election on 9 September.

Law and crime

Malala Yousafzai will be awarded with Honorary Canadian citizenship. (CBC)
A terminal at Miami International Airport was briefly evacuated after a bomb-sniffing dog discovers "a possible explosive device". (Miami Herald)

Science

Divers in Russia recover a 570kg (1,255lb) portion of the Chelyabinsk meteor that landed on February 15 2013. It is one of the largest meteorite fragments found to date. (BBC)

October 15, 2013 (Tuesday)

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Armed conflict and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
- A bomb in a mosque in Afghanistan's Logar Province kills the governor Arsala Jamal and results in other injuries. (Reuters via IOL)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- A bomb detonates outside a Sunni mosque in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing 12 worshipers and injuring another 24. (The Irish Times)
Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
- The Israeli army finds a second tunnel laden with explosives dug from the Gaza Strip into Israel and proceeds to destroy it. (AP via Fox News) (The Times of Israel)

Arts and culture

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton wins the 2013 Man Booker Prize for her work "The Luminaries". (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)

Business and Economy

United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013:
- International credit rating group Fitch Ratings places the United States under a "Rating watch negative" in response to the looming financial crisis. (Reuters)
Glenn Greenwald, a reporter with The Guardian who has published information provided him by NSA contractor Edward Snowden, is leaving the British newspaper to join a new journalistic enterprise to be bankrolled by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2013 Bohol earthquake:
- A magnitude 7.2 earthquake is reported in the Philippines near the town of Balilihan in Bohol province resulting in at least 74 deaths. (Reuters)
A state of emergency is declared in the New Zealand district of Whanganui due to flooding. (TV New Zealand)
Typhoon Nari hits central Vietnam with over 122,000 people being evacuated. (Reuters)

Law and crime

The former Liberian President Charles Taylor arrives in the United Kingdom to serve the remainder of a 50-year sentence after becoming the first head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II. (BBC)
The perpetrator of the 2013 Beijing Capital International Airport bombing Ji Zhongxing is sentenced to 6 years imprisonment by a Chinese court. (The Australian)

October 14, 2013 (Monday)

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Ethiopian officials report that a plot by a group of Somali nationals to attack Sunday's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match in Addis Ababa failed when their explosives detonated inside their home, killing two of the would-be suicide bombers. (Reuters UK)

Business and Economy

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences goes to three Americans, in connection with their work in asset prices: Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller. (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from Cyclone Phailin rises to at least 18 in India as it dissipates. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
A judicial inquiry is ordered into a stampede during Navrati festivities near a temple in India's Madhya Pradesh state that resulted in 109 deaths and 120 people being injured. (NDTV)

Law and crime

A man is arrested after attempting to enter Buckingham Palace, London, while in possession of a knife. (Huffington Post)
A dry ice bomb explodes in an employee restroom at Los Angeles International Airport. Nobody was injured, and no arrests were made. Terminal 2 was briefly shut down and evacuated. It was the second incident of its kind to have occurred at the airport in two days. (CNN)

October 13, 2013 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war:
- Gunmen kidnap seven workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross from northern Syria. (Fox News)
- Opposition activists say Syrian army tanks killed 11 civilians including 3 children in a crossfire incident during the battle for the city center of Daraa. (Haaretz)

Disasters and accidents

Indian authorities commence rescue efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin, with initial reports of at least 20 casualties and widespread damage along the landfall area. (First Post)
A stampede breaks out on a bridge near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 people and injuring more than 110. (BBC)

Law and crime

Five people are injured during a shooting at a Hmong New Year's celebration in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. Two men, 19 and 21 years old, are arrested. (CNN)
Over 380 people are detained after an anti-migrant Russian nationalist riot in southern Moscow. (Russia News)

Politics and elections

Bill Shorten is elected as the head of the federal Australian Labor Party, defeating Anthony Albanese in a leadership ballot. (Yahoo! News)
Vietnamese independence hero General Vo Nguyen Giap is buried after an elaborate two-day state funeral. (BBC)

Sports

In Bathurst, New South Wales, Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom, driving for Ford, wins his maiden Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercars race. (V8supercars)
Novak Djokovic wins the Shanghai Masters Tennis Competition for the second straight year. (The Telegraph)

October 12, 2013 (Saturday)

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Disasters and accidents

Cyclone Phailin is expected to make landfall on the east coast of India today. (AFP via Australia Network)
Typhoon Nari hits the Philippines killing at least five people and leaving two million without power. (AFP via ABC News)
At least 50 people are dead after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convencion Province in Peru. (Reuters via ABC Australia)
A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 15 people and left many others injured.(BBC)
Building collapse in Colombia,kills 1; 10 still missing.

(CNN)

Sports

In Boxing, Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the World Boxing Organization Welterweight Title. (Los Angeles Times)

More October 2013 events...

Ongoing events
Economic Great Recession Cypriot financial crisis Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2013 Atlantic hurricane season 2013 extreme weather events 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2013 Pacific hurricane season 2013 Pacific typhoon season Political 2013 mass surveillance disclosures List of ongoing protests More details on ongoing conflicts below edit sidebar

Recent deaths
October 16: Ed Lauter 15: Sean Edwards 15: Arsala Jamal 15: Hans Riegel 14: Wally Bell 14: Bruno Metsu 13: Takashi Yanase 12: Oscar Hijuelos 12: Malcolm Renfrew 11: María de Villota 11: Wadih El Safi 11: Erich Priebke 10: Scott Carpenter 10: Kumar Pallana 10: Cal Smith 9: Stanley Kauffmann 9: Wilfried Martens 9: Darris McCord 9: Chopper Read 9: Srihari 8: Phil Chevron 8: Paul Desmarais 8: Rod Grams 8: Andy Pafko 8: Akong Rinpoche 7: Patrice Chéreau 7: Basil Dickinson 7: Ovadia Yosef 5: Ruth R. Benerito 5: Carlo Lizzani 4: Vo Nguyen Giap 4: Nicholas Oresko 3: Sergei Belov 3: Frank D'Rone 3: Bill Eppridge 3: Chuck Smith 2: Abraham Nemeth 1: Peter Broadbent 1: Tom Clancy 1: Imero Fiorentino 1: Israel Gutman September 30: John Hopkins 30: Janet Powell 29: Harold Agnew 29: Pete T. Cenarrusa 29: L. C. Greenwood 29: Marcella Hazan 27: Gates Brown 27: John Calvert 27: A. C. Lyles 26: Denis Brodeur 26: Evelyn G. Lowery 25: Timothy Joseph Lyne 25: José Montoya 25: Paul Oliver 24: Paul Dietzel 24: Anthony Lawrence 23: Oscar Espinosa Chepe 23: Jane Connell 23: Harry Goodwin 23: John Hipwell 23: Christopher Koch 23: Gia Maione 23: Ruth Patrick 22: David H. Hubel 22: Álvaro Mutis 22: Luciano Vincenzoni 21: Ruhila Adatia-Sood 21: Kofi Awoonor 21: Michel Brault 20: Carolyn Cassady 20: Ron Richards 19: John D. Vanderhoof 19: Hiroshi Yamauchi 18: Ken Norton 18: Marcel Reich-Ranicki 18: Richard C. Sarafian 17: Marvin Rainwater 17: Eiji Toyoda edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents, July–December 2013 Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara DR Congo M23 rebellion Egypt Political violence Sinai insurgency Libya Libyan factional fighting Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict Somalia Civil war Sudan and South Sudan Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence Southeast Asia Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe Dissident Irish Republican campaign North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian civil war Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: September 7: Australia, Federal 9: Norway, Parliament 15: Macau, Legislative 16–18: Rwanda, Parliament 20: Swaziland, General 22: Germany, Federal 22: Switzerland, Referendum 27: Aruba, General 28: Guinea, Legislative 29: Austria, Legislative 30: Cameroon, Parliament Recent: October 4: Ireland, Constitutional referendum 7: Ethiopia, President (indirect) 9: Azerbaijan, President Upcoming: October 20: Luxembourg, General 20: Maldives, President (1st round) 20: San Marino, Referendum 25: Madagascar, President (1st round) 25–26: Czech Republic, Legislative 27: Argentina, Legislative 27: Georgia, President edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY) Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan Ongoing Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Beate Zschape Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Russia: Platon Lebedev Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Koo Stark, Eddy Shah, William Roache United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming Egypt: Mohamed Morsi France: Éric Raoult Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Jordan: Abu Qatada Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi South Africa: Oscar Pistorius United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Ian Watkins, Neville Neville, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Adebowale, Nicholas Jacobs United States: Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Crystal Mangum, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz edit sidebar

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