Portal:Current events/2009 October 29
October 29, 2009 (Thursday)
- The Haitian Senate votes to remove Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis. (AP via Google News)
- The de facto regime in Honduras files suit with the International Court of Justice over Brazil's continued harbouring of exiled president Manuel Zelaya in its Tegucigalpa embassy. (Guardian)
- English Premier League footballer Marlon King is convicted of sexual assault, imprisoned and sacked by his club Wigan Athletic F.C. (BBC) (The Times)
- India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces a "new chapter" in the Jammu and Kashmir peace process, and withdraws some troops from the region. (AFP) (New York Times)
- The United States unofficially exits recession in the third quarter, growing at 3.5%. (Associated Press) (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
- Kenya is to carry out its first census on its gay population to combat HIV/AIDS, even though homosexuality is banned in the country. (BBC)
- Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says a deal at a UN climate change summit in December is unlikely. (Haveeru) (BBC) (RTT News)
- 12 are killed by an IOC depot fire in Jaipur, Army is called. (The Times Of India)
- A Thai cargo ship is hijacked in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. (Xinhua) (IOL) (RIA Novosti)
- South Korea arrests a college lecturer accused of spying for North Korea, saying he was recruited by North Korean agents in India. (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link] (The Canadian Press)
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the government is ready for a deal on its nuclear program. (Press TV) (Times of India) (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
- The African Union imposes a travel ban on the leader of Guinea's military junta, Moussa Dadis Camara, and 41 of his colleagues and freezes their bank accounts. (BBC) (Reuters)
- Rwandan man Désiré Munyaneza is given a life sentence in Canada for his role in the Rwandan genocide under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act. (BBC) (CTV)
- A gunman opens fire at the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States, and wounds two people. (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Singer-Songwriter Elton John cancels his 30 October final date of The Red Piano Tour scheduled for The O2, Dublin, due to declining health. (Irish Independent) (Evening Herald) (BBC)
- Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony was released.