Portal:Current events/2009 October 29
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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)
- The composer and pianist 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.