Portal:Current events/2011 October 31
October 31, 2011 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Three people are killed in attacks on the offices of the International Relief and Development (IRD) in the Afghan city of Kandahar. (AFP via Yahoo News)
Business and economy
- Australian airline Qantas resumes flights after a ruling by Fair Work Australia. (The Australian)
- The Government of Japan intervenes to reduce the exchange rate of the Japanese yen with the United States dollar after the yen reached record highs. (Reuters)
- US brokerage firm MF Global files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after declaring £4bn of Eurozone debt exposure. (BBC)
International relations
- UNESCO becomes the first United Nations agency to admit Palestine as a full member, with the United States withdrawing funding in protest. (AFP via Adelaide Now) (CBS News)
Law and crime
- A jury in the US state of Arizona convicts Mark Goodeau on all charges related to the Baseline Killer murders. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution)[permanent dead link]
Politics and elections
- Kizza Besigye, the leader of Uganda's political opposition, is arrested while leading a "walk to work" protest. (AFP via Google)
- The Rt Rev Graeme Knowles resigns as Dean of London's St Paul's Cathedral as protests by Occupy London demonstrators continue. (BBC)
- Abdurrahim El-Keib is named as the new interim Prime Minister of Libya by the country's National Transitional Council. (BBC)
- The Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou calls a referendum on the new European Union debt deal. (AP via Google News)
Science
- The United Nations Population Division estimates that the world population has reached seven billion people. (Los Angeles Times)