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As with history in general, modern history, the 20th century, the early 21st century, and the late 2000s, the examination of peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change gives weight and substance to studies of the last year and current events. |
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Macedonia, Slovenia, Botswana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Estonia, and Mauritius can be connected.
Nations such as Kosovo can be connected. Cities including Belo Horizonte can be connected.
Jamaica can be connected. Philadelphia can be connected.
Events in the United Kingdom can be connected. The cify of London can be considered.
1 Oct 2009 - The Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom were sworn into office, replacing the Law Lords as the final court of appeal in the country. 2 Oct 2009 - A bid to force publication of an internal BBC review of its Middle East coverage, EastEnders and Top Gear was rejected in the British High Court of Justice. 3 Oct 2009 - Archaeologists discovered a smaller prehistoric site near Stonehenge, dubbed as "Bluehenge", named after the hue of the 27 stones that formed it. 3 Oct 2009 - It was revealed that the British security services kept a file on their former Prime Minister Harold Wilson throughout his time in office. 3 Oct 2009 - Presidency of the European Council: Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff, Jonathan Powell, had been touring European capital cities, including Brussels, Paris and Prague, in an undercover move to make him the first President of the European Council. Blair is supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. William Hague said Blair as EU president would be the worst option for Britain, saying "most people would be extremely annoyed" and that his appointment would "underline the lack of accountability and democracy that is our objection to the Lisbon treaty". 4 Oct 2009 - The British and French governments announce a "historic" £2.5 billion allocation to the International Monetary Fund to help less wealthy countries.
8 Oct 2009 - DNA analysis revealed the identity of the "cursed blood" disorder that afflicted the British Royal Family in the 19th and early 20th centuries. 10 Oct 2009 - More than 40 people were arrested after clashes between anti-Islamic and anti-racist demonstrations in Manchester, England. 10 Oct 2009 - Over 300 British MPs were to be asked to repay or explain expenses after controversy earlier this year.
16 Oct 2009 - Stephen Gately: The surviving members of Boyzone flew to Majorca to escort the body of Stephen Gately home to Dublin. The UK Press Complaints Commission's website crashes after receiving hundreds of complaints about a Jan Moir article in the Daily Mail concerning her views on the singer's death. Retailer Marks & Spencer withdrew advertising and Nestlé disassociated itself from her writing.
18 Oct 2009 - Scotland Yard investigated a complaint about an article by Jan Moir in the UK's Daily Mail tabloid concerning her views on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately. 22 Oct 2009 - In a change of policy, the British Broadcasting Corporation controversially gave a platform on Question Time to the far right British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin. 23 Oct 2009 - The UK GDP contracted by 0.4% between July and September, meaning that the United Kingdom has been contracting for 6 successive quarters for the first time since records were kept in 1955. 24 Oct 2009 - Thousands of people protested in London, England, demanding the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan.
26 Oct 2009 - A police officer in Liverpool, England was hospitalised in a life threatening condition after undergoing a homophobic attack by a gang of twenty youths. 28 Oct 2009 - In an appearance before the House of Lords Communications Select Committee, BBC Director-General Mark Thompson denied that the appearance of British National Party leader Nick Griffin on Question Time was a bid for ratings. 29 Oct 2009 - English Premier League footballer Marlon King was convicted of sexual assault, imprisoned and sacked by his club Wigan Athletic F.C.
Events of Ireland can be connected.
1 Oct 2009 - Treaty of Lisbon: Ahead of the second Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, the Vatican issues a warning to Irish voters that the European Union threatens Ireland's "identity, traditions and history". (The Daily Telegraph) Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen rules out a third referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon if the second referendum due on 2 October is again rejected by the Irish people. (Irish Independent)
2 Oct 2009 - Voters in Ireland went to the polls for a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon.
3 Oct 2009 - Treaty of Lisbon: Ireland approved the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon by a margin of 67.1% to 32.9% in a second referendum. Czech President Václav Klaus declined to say how he would proceed in ratification of the Lisbon Treaty after the second referendum is approved by Irish voters.
6 Oct 2009 - Ireland's Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoghue announced his resignation following a controversy over his expenses claims.
8 Oct 2009 - The Government of Ireland announced Nicholas Kearns as its nomination for appointment as President of the High Court.
10 Oct 2009 - Ireland's Green Party voted by 84% to endorse a new Programme for Government with government partners Fianna Fáil.
11 Oct 2009 - The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) announced an end to violence in Northern Ireland.
13 Oct 2009 - An autopsy on the body of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately found he died of natural causes.
16 Oct 2009 - Stephen Gately: The surviving members of Boyzone flew to Majorca to escort the body of Stephen Gately home to Dublin. The UK Press Complaints Commission's website crashes after receiving hundreds of complaints about a Jan Moir article in the Daily Mail concerning her views on the singer's death. Retailer Marks & Spencer withdrew advertising and Nestlé disassociated itself from her writing.
13 Oct 2009 - Séamus Kirk was elected the 16th Ceann Comhairle of Ireland following the resignation of John O'Donoghue.
13 Oct 2009 - An investigation began into the deaths of two Irish Army Air Corps pilots in a plane crash in County Galway on Monday.
17 Oct 2009 - Thousands of fans, celebrities and politicians attended the funeral of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately in Dublin.
20 Oct 2009 - Detectives arrested a man in Belfast in connection with the Massereene Barracks shooting in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in March 2009.
21 Oct 2009 - The crypt of Daniel O'Connell at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin was refurbished and opened to tourists by President of Ireland Mary McAleese, who described O'Connell as "not just a major figure in Irish history, but also in British and world politics".
26 Oct 2009 - The five surviving Conway sextuplets, the first sextuplets born on the island of Ireland, returned home.
28 Oct 2009 - Ireland and the United Kingdom agree to ensure drivers disqualified from driving are disqualified in all their countries.
Events in the United States can be considered. Cities include Dallas. The US Northern region with cities such as New York City, Chicago, and Washington can be examined. The US Western region with cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco can be connected,
1 Oct 2009 - The Dow Jones lost over 200 points by the closing bell.
5 Oct 2009 - The United States Federal Trade Commission issued regulations for writers of blogs. 5 Oct 2009 - United States President Barack Obama delayed a meeting with the Dalai Lama until after a visit to China. 9 Oct 2009 - Two people died after being overcome by sweat and about 19 others were hospitalised at a spiritual retreat in Arizona, USA. 10 Oct 2009 - United States President Barack Obama announced he would end the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy against homosexuals serving in the U.S. military.
11 Oct 2009 - Thousands of people marched in protest for gay rights in Washington, D.C. 12 Oct 2009 - Edgar Allan Poe received a funeral in Baltimore, USA, 160 years after his death and 200 after his birth. 13 Oct 2009 - The United States Senate Finance Committee approved a bill for major healthcare reform. 14 Oct 2009 - The Dow Jones closed above 10,000 points for the first time in more than a year. 14 Oct 2009 - Tim Berners-Lee issued an apology for the unnecessary "//" in URLs he designed for the World Wide Web. 16 Oct 2009 - The United States recorded a budget deficit of $1.42 trillion. 17 Oct 2009 - The sheriff in Fort Collins, Colorado advised that criminal charges would be laid over the Colorado balloon incident.
20 Oct 2009 - Richard Herman resigns as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a result of an admissions scandal. 20 Oct 2009 - Sun Microsystems announced plans to lay off up to 3,000 workers as it prepares for a merger with Oracle Corp. 20 Oct 2009 - The United States Supreme Court agreed to decide whether federal courts have the power to order prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay to be released into the country. 21 Oct 2009 - The Philadelphia Phillies won the 2009 National League Championship Series 4 games to 1 after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 10–4 21 Oct 2009 - The United States was to send a rare mission to Burma for talks with the military government. 22 Oct 2009 - A U.S. State Department report to Congress alleged that war crimes were committed by the Sri Lankan Military and the rebel Tamil Tigers in the final months of the Sri Lankan Civil War. 22 Oct 2009 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was to allow Chinese and Russian tourists to travel to the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa. 22 Oct 2009 - The U.S. House Financial Services Committee approved a measure establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
25 Oct 2009 - The New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the 2009 American League Championship Series to advance to the World Series. 26 Oct 2009 - The composer and pianist Elton John canceled his third concert in several days due to flu. 26 Oct 2009 - Yahoo! discontinued its free web hosting service GeoCities, ten years after purchasing it from David Bohnett and John Rezner. 27 Oct 2009 - NASA announced a delay in the launch of the Ares I-X test rocket, developed to replace the space shuttle, due to poor weather conditions. 28 Oct 2009 - Ares I-X, the first test article for NASA's Ares I rocket, launched successfully from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a sub-orbital test flight. 28 Oct 2009 - The Matthew Shepard Act, providing legal protection against hate crimes to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people, was signed into law in the United States by President Barack Obama. 28 Oct 2009 - Federal agents attached to the FBI fatally shot the leader of a Sunni Muslim group wanted on firearm charges in Detroit, USA. 29 Oct 2009 - The United States unofficially exited recession in the third quarter, growing at 3.5%. 29 Oct 2009 - A gunman opened fire at the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States, and wounded two people. 29 Oct 2009 - The composer and pianist Elton John canceled his 30 October final date of The Red Piano Tour scheduled for The O2, Dublin, due to declining health. 30 Oct 2009 - NASA revealed that a partial parachute failure resulted in damage to the Ares I-X test booster upon splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean following its test flight on Wednesday. 30 Oct 2009 - A U.S. judge ordered a trial for two doctors and a lawyer accused of providing American sex symbol Anna Nicole Smith with drugs.
Events of Canada can be connected.
5 Oct 2009 - The Canadian province of Quebec was planning a lawsuit against tobacco companies to seek damages for healthcare costs.
18 Oct 2009 - A boat with 76 migrant workers on board headed for Canada was seized by the Canadian Navy and RCMP off its west coast in the Pacific Ocean. 21 Oct 2009 - After 10 hours, a man armed with a rifle and wearing military camouflage holding 8 people hostage in downtown Edmonton, Canada during the 2009 Workers Compensation Board of Alberta Hostage crisis surrendered peacefully to the Edmonton Police Service.
28 Oct 2009 - Canadian folk singer Taylor Mitchell was mauled to death by coyotes at the age of 19.
Events of Australia can be connected.
16 Oct 2009 - Five men were convicted in Sydney, Australia of plotting a terrorist attack.
18 Oct 2009 - The Australian state of Queensland declared a state of emergency after more than 50 wildfires burned out of control. 18 Oct 2009 - The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) assisted Indonesian and Malaysian agencies with two distressed boats. 19 Oct 2009 - The Opposition in the Australian Parliament demanded details on the salary of high-profile Kerry O'Brien, presenter of The 7.30 Report for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
26 Oct 2009 - Australian authorities offered a Aus$1 million reward in their search for a man suspected of ordering the murder of a vampire. 27 Oct 2009 - A report by the Australian government warned that global warming climate change threatens the coastal lifestyle of the country, with a prospect of a ban on coastal homes.
Events of New Zealand can be connected.
12 Oct 2009 - The body of two-year-old Aisling Symes, who disappeared last week in New Zealand, was located in a drain in Henderson, Auckland, near the place where she was last sighted. 13 Oct 2009 - New Zealand police said an autopsy on two-year-old Aisling Symes reveals she drowned. She had initially been thought abducted but lay in a drain for one week as police searched.
Panama can be considered. Cities including Santiago can be connected.
3 Oct 2009 - Presidency of the European Council: Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff, Jonathan Powell, had been touring European capital cities, including Brussels, Paris and Prague, in an undercover move to make him the first President of the European Council. Blair is supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. William Hague said Blair as EU president would be the worst option for Britain, saying "most people would be extremely annoyed" and that his appointment would "underline the lack of accountability and democracy that is our objection to the Lisbon treaty".
4 Oct 2009 - The British and French governments announce a "historic" £2.5 billion allocation to the International Monetary Fund to help less wealthy countries.
Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected.
2 Oct 2009 - Rainstorms in Messina and other parts of Sicily swept at least 18 people away to their deaths, wounding 40, causing 20 to disappear and surrounding the city with mud and rainwater. A state of emergency was declared by the Italian government.
3 Oct 2009 - The death toll in Italy rose to 21 following sudden extreme spells of rain and mud showers in Messina and other parts of Sicily as the injured total reaches at least eighty.
3 Oct 2009 - Thousands of people demonstrated in defence of press freedom in Rome, Italy, amid concerns of government interference.
7 Oct 2009 - The Constitutional Court of Italy overturned a law offering Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office, ruling it unconsitutional.
12 Oct 2009 - Two people were injured in a bomb attack in Milan, Italy, after a Libyan man exploded a device at the entrance of an army barracks.
20 Oct 2009 - Nearly 100,000 Italian women signed a petition after Silvio Berlusconi said a female politician is "more beautiful than intelligent" on live television.
26 Oct 2009 - It was announced that Silvio Berlusconi will stand trial on 16 November.
26 Oct 2009 - A court in Milan ruled that Mediaset run by Silvio Berlusconi was being anti-competitive against News Corporation run by Rupert Murdoch.
26 Oct 2009 - Silvio Berlusconi was diagnosed with scarlet fever.
French peoples including those of Haiti can be considered. Cities include Paris.
29 Oct 2009 - The Haitian Senate voted to remove Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis.
Events of France can be connected.
4 Oct 2009 - Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly told David Cameron that it was "stupid" of him to pull the Conservative Party out of the European People's Party, with other world leaders such as Angela Merkel and Barack Obama also expressing their surprise at the move.
3 Oct 2009 - Presidency of the European Council: Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff, Jonathan Powell, had been touring European capital cities, including Brussels, Paris and Prague, in an undercover move to make him the first President of the European Council. Blair is supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. William Hague said Blair as EU president would be the worst option for Britain, saying "most people would be extremely annoyed" and that his appointment would "underline the lack of accountability and democracy that is our objection to the Lisbon treaty".
4 Oct 2009 - The British and French governments announce a "historic" £2.5 billion allocation to the International Monetary Fund to help less wealthy countries.
5 Oct 2009 - The Deputy Chief Executive of France Télécom, Louis-Pierre Wene, resigned over a series of suicides at the company.
9 Oct 2009 - French police arrested a researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) for suspected links to Al-Qaeda.
21 Oct 2009 - Armed men took six people captive at a Lidl supermarket in Sevran, France.
27 Oct 2009 - The son of ex-French President François Mitterrand, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand and an ex-government minister, Charles Pasqua, were convicted for their roles in illegal arms sales to Angola.
30 Oct 2009 - Former French President Jacques Chirac was ordered to stand trial on corruption charges.
Hispanic peoples including those of Uruguay can be considered. Cities including Madrid can be connected.
29 Oct 2009 - The de facto regime in Honduras filed suit with the International Court of Justice over Brazil's continued harbouring of exiled president Manuel Zelaya in its Tegucigalpa embassy.
30 Oct 2009 - Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti and ousted President Manuel Zelaya agreed on a deal to end the political crisis, reinstating Zelaya as President.
Events in Spain can be connected.
13 Oct 2009 - Spanish authorities arrested five members of the banned Basque political group Batasuna.
17 Oct 2009 - More than one million anti-abortion protesters marched through Madrid in one of the largest demonstrations since 2003 and 2004 anti-war protests.
Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Puerto Rico can be considered. Cities including Mexico City can be connected.
18 Oct 2009 - Seven people were killed and 20 injured after gunmen opened fire in a bar in Puerto Rico.
23 Oct 2009 - A huge explosion occurred at an oil refinery in Cataño, Puerto Rico.
25 Oct 2009 - The oil refinery fire continued to burn out of control in Cataño, Puerto Rico, two days after the initial explosion.
26 Oct 2009 - At least seven people are killed and at least four others are injured when a three-story building fell down in Palma, Majorca. The dead included at least three from Colombia.
Events of Mexico can be connected.
2 Oct 2009 - Mexican authorities claimed to have made their largest-ever seizure of chemicals used in the manufacture of the synthetic drug methamphetamine.
Events of Guatemalacan be considered.
Events of Cuba can be considered.
Events of the Dominican Republic can be connected.
Events of Honduras can be connected.
5 Oct 2009 - Honduran interim President Roberto Micheletti lifted a decree restricting civil liberties.
14 Oct 2009 - Negotiators in Honduras reached a deal to restore President Manuel Zelaya to office to end the political crisis in the country.
27 Oct 2009 - A nephew of Honduran interim leader Robert Micheletti and a high ranking army officer were found murdered.
Events of El Salvador can be connected.
Events of Nicaragua can be connected.
Events of Costa Rica can be connected.
Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Ecuador can be examined. Cities include Bogota.
Events of Colombia can be considered.
8 Oct 2009 - Colombia's Administrative Department of Security was to be dismantled and become newly named Agencia Central de Inteligencia
17 Oct 2009 - A Colombian military official claimed that eight FARC guerrillas and five Colombian army soldiers had been killed in heavy fighting in Cauca Department.
Events of Venezuela can be considered.
1 Oct 2009 - Around 150 Venezuelan students ended a weeklong hunger strike protesting against alleged human rights abuses in Venezuela, after Organization of American States officials agree to meet the students and one of their leaders is released.
24 Oct 2009 - Ten corpses with gunshot wounds thought to belong to a kidnapped Colombian football team were located in Venezuela.
27 Oct 2009 - Authorities in Venezuela arrested a number of people accused of being secret service agents from neighbouring Colombia, on charges of espionage.
Hispanic Peruvian American peoples including those of Bolivia can be connected. Cities include Lima
Events of Peru can be considered.
11 Oct 2009 - Thousands of people attended the state funeral of Arturo "Zambo" Cavero in Lima, Peru. President Alan García posthumously awarded him the Order of the Sun.
21 Oct 2009 - Hundreds of protestors gathered in Lima, Peru, as a bill proposing the legalisation of some form of abortion was approved.
Events of Chile can be connected.
Hispanic Argentine American peoples including those of Paraguay can be considered. Cities including Buenos Aires can be connected.
16 Oct 2009 - Uruguay became the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school. (BBC)
25 Oct 2009 - Uruguayans voted in a general election.
Events of Argentina can be connected.
10 Oct 2009 - The Argentine Senate passed a controversial media bill regarding the ownership of media outlets in the country.
Lusitanic peoples including those of Portugal can be connected. Cities including Rio de Janeiro can be connected.
Events of Brazil can be connected. Cities including Sao Paulo can be connected.
2 Oct 2009 - The International Olympic Committee awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The other bidding cities were Chicago (United States), Tokyo (Japan) and Madrid (Spain).
8 Oct 2009 - Wallace Souza, former Brazilian television presenter accused of ordering murders to boost the ratings of Canal Livre, now a fugitive from justice, was at large following the end of his parliamentary immunity.
9 Oct 2009 - Wallace Souza, the former Brazilian state legislator and host of Canal Livre who faces accusations of drug trafficking and murder, surrendered to police after being a fugitive for four days.
12 Oct 2009 - A large fire swept through a shanty town in Sao Paulo, Brazil, leaving at least 200 families without homes.
17 Oct 2009 - Two police officers were killed after their police helicopter was shot down by drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ten drug traffickers were also killed in the violence.
30 Oct 2009 - Native tribesmen in the Amazon Rainforest discovered a downed Brazilian military transport plane, finding nine survivors.
Switzerland can be considered.
7 Oct 2009 - The Red Book by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung is displayed for the first time in public.
23 Oct 2009 - The Swiss Government said that the United States had formally requested the extradition of film director Roman Polanski for having unlawful sex with an underage girl in 1977.
3 Oct 2009 - Presidency of the European Council: Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff, Jonathan Powell, had been touring European capital cities, including Brussels, Paris and Prague, in an undercover move to make him the first President of the European Council. Blair is supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. William Hague said Blair as EU president would be the worst option for Britain, saying "most people would be extremely annoyed" and that his appointment would "underline the lack of accountability and democracy that is our objection to the Lisbon treaty".
Events of Germany can be considered.
3 Oct 2009 - The 19th anniversary of the reunification of Germany was marked by a special four-day puppet show in Berlin.
16 Oct 2009 - In Berlin, the reconstructed Neues Museum officially reopened after 70 years.
28 Oct 2009 - One of Germany's last Nazi war crimes trials began, with Heinrich Boere charged with the killings of three civilians in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands can be connected.
1 Oct 2009 - The Netherland Antilles agreed to disband on October 10, 2010. Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will become Dutch municipalities within the Netherlands, whereas Curaçao and Saint Maarten will become self-governing countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
16 Oct 2009 - Controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders arrived in the UK amid protests from the Netherlands, proclaiming "a victory for the freedom of speech".
25 Oct 2009 - Buildings across the Netherlands—St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Rotterdam's Euromast and Groningen's Martinitoren—dimmed their lights as clocks went back in Europe.
Events of Belgium can be connected.
Events of Austria can be connected.
27 Oct 2009 - Grassroots occupations of Austrian universities spread to several more in Vienna, Graz and Linz, demanding free education for everyone.
Latvia can be considered. Cities include Moscow.
3 Oct 2009 - Presidency of the European Council: Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff, Jonathan Powell, had been touring European capital cities, including Brussels, Paris and Prague, in an undercover move to make him the first President of the European Council. Blair is supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. William Hague said Blair as EU president would be the worst option for Britain, saying "most people would be extremely annoyed" and that his appointment would "underline the lack of accountability and democracy that is our objection to the Lisbon treaty".
4 Oct 2009 - Pressure increased on the Czech and Polish nations to approve the Treaty of Lisbon; Polish President Lech Kaczynski was expected to sign it following the second Irish referendum but Czech President Václav Klaus continued to decline.
8 Oct 2009 - Treaty of Lisbon: Polish President Lech Kaczynski announced his intention to sign the Treaty of Lisbon on Saturday October 10, completing the country's ratification process. The Polish ratification ceremony was due to be attended by President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. Kaczynski's twin brother and political ally, Jaroslaw, denied this. In addition, Alexander Szczyglo, the president's head of security, told the TVN24 television channel that President Kaczynski will sign the Lisbon treaty on October 11. Czech President Václav Klaus, during a telephone conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, requested a new two-sentence footnote be added to the Treaty of Lisbon before signing it. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says the Lisbon Treaty will not be changed to meet the demands of Klaus, accusing him of "inventing difficulties" and saying he has no doubt this behaviour will continue.
26 Oct 2009 - A crater found in northern Latvia, believed at first to be a meteorite strike, was revealed to be a hoax perpetrated by telecom operator Tele2. Uldis Nulle, a scientist at the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre, said: "This is not a real crater. It is artificial."
Events of Russia can be considered.
8 Oct 2009 - Yevgeny Dzhugashvili launched a court action claiming the Novaya Gazeta newspaper had defamed his grandfather, Joseph Stalin.
10 Oct 2009 - Thousands of protesters gathered in St Petersburg, Russia, against a plan to build a 77 storey building for Gazprom.
11 Oct 2009 - Mayoral, regional and district council elections took place in Moscow and 75 other regions across Russia.
12 Oct 2009 - The pro-Kremlin United Russia party won around 80% of regional and local seats in elections held in 76 regions in Russia. Opposition alleged vote rigging
13 Oct 2009 - A Russian court rejected a libel suit by Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, the grandson of Joseph Stalin, who claimed the Novaya Gazeta newspaper lied about Stalin personally signing death warrants.
14 Oct 2009 - Opposition politicians walked out of the Russian lower house of parliament, the State Duma, alleging vote rigging at the weekend's elections which saw the United Russia party winning nearly every poll.
21 Oct 2009 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced plans to curb the number of state companies by privatising some.
22 Oct 2009 - The Russian civil rights society Memorial was awarded the 2009 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought.
24 Oct 2009 - An assassination attempt on President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov was averted.
25 Oct 2009 - Maksharip Aushev, human rights activist and opposition leader of Ingushetia, was shot dead while driving his car near Nartan in Kabardino-Balkaria. A female passenger was also attacked.
31 Oct 2009 - More than 50 people were arrested in the Russian capital Moscow after holding an "unsanctioned" human rights rally.
Events of Ukraine can be connected.
18 Oct 2009 - Ukraine commenced its first presidential election campaign since the 2004 Orange Revolution.
Events of Poland can be connected.
9 Oct 2009 - Treaty of Lisbon: A statement on Polish President Lech Kaczynski's website says a signing ceremony of the treaty would take place on Saturday at 1000 GMT.
10 Oct 2009 - President of Poland Lech Kaczynski signed the Treaty of Lisbon, leaving the Czech Republic as the last national opponent.
21 Oct 2009 - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk agreed to station SM-3 missile interceptors from United States President Barack Obama's reformulated missile defense system on the territory of this NATO ally.
Events of Belarus can be connected.
Events of the Czech Republic can be connected.
7 Oct 2009 - European Union leaders again warned the Czech Republic of the costs which will be imposed by the further delaying of the Lisbon Treaty.
9 Oct 2009 - Czech President Václav Klaus, the last remaining leader against the Lisbon Treaty, said the country must negotiate an opt-out from parts of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union before it proceeds with the ratification process. Only the Czech government could make such a request, but Czech Prime minister Jan Fischer says that President Klaus had not given the cabinet any information about his latest demands.
13 Oct 2009 - Czech President Václav Klaus told his supporters he will never sign the Treaty of Lisbon.
15 Oct 2009 - Treaty of Lisbon: Czech President Václav Klaus's disruption of the Treaty of Lisbon was deemed "absurd, irresponsible and damaging to the country" by his predecessor Václav Havel. President of Ireland Mary McAleese signed the Lisbon Treaty after returning from Luxembourg.
16 Oct 2009 - Treaty of Lisbon: Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said President Václav Klaus's disruption of the Treaty of Lisbon is harming the country's credit. An opinion poll showed that 65% of Czechs support President Václav Klaus’ refusal to sign the Lisbon Treaty.
17 Oct 2009 - Czech President Václav Klaus compared the Treaty of Lisbon to "an unstoppable speeding train" that he is being forced to sign.
Events of Slovakia can be connected.
19 Oct 2009 - Slovak Prime Pinister Robert Fico said that he would also demand an opt-out in the Treaty of Lisbon if the Czech Republic is granted one.
Events of Moldova can be considered.
Events of Lithuania can be connected.
Albania can be connected.
Events of Romania can be connected.
1 Oct 2009 - The Romanian coalition government collapsed with the withdrawal of the Social Democratic Party, in protest at the sacking of one of its members.
13 Oct 2009 - The Romanian government lost a motion of no confidence, the first government to fall in 20 years since the fall of communism in the country.
Events of Greece can be considered.
4 Oct 2009 - Greek legislative election: Voters went to polls for a snap election. Socialists won national elections in Greece, defeating a center-right government crippled by corruption scandals and a growing economic crisis. Prime Minister-elect and PASOK leader George Papandreou promised to support the green economy and to deploy a stimulus package, as PM and New Democracy leader Kostas Karamanlis conceded defeat.
Events of Serbia can be connected.
Events of Hungary can be connected.
Events of Bulgaria can be connected.
Bosnia and Herzegovina can be considered.
26 Oct 2009 - Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic boycotted his own trial as it began in The Hague.
Events of Croatia can be examined.
2 Oct 2009 - Croatia resumed membership talks with the European Union after Slovenia lifted its 10-month embargo.
Norway can be connected.
13 Oct 2009 - Members of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize jury spoke out in defense of selecting U.S. President Barack Obama for the award.
15 Oct 2009 - Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee initially argued against awarding U.S. President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
15 Oct 2009 - Norwegian pop trio a-ha announced they were to split after 25 years together.
18 Oct 2009 - The Icelandic government said it had come to a new agreement with the governments of the Netherlands and the UK over the repaying of $5bn.
Events of Sweden can be connected.
13 Oct 2009 - The planned 200 million US$ rebuilding and expansion of Stockholm's central library, built by architect Gunnar Asplund, was cancelled.
Events of Denmark can be connected.
Events of Finland can be connected.
15 Oct 2009 - Finland became the first country in the world to declare Internet broadband access a legal right.
Nations such as Kuwait are significant. Cities include Ahmedabad.
Peoples including those of Oman can be considered. Cities including Baghdad can be connected.
28 Oct 2009 - 12 people – including six United Nations staff – were killed after Taliban militants assault an international guesthouse in the Afghan capital Kabul.
28 Oct 2009 - The Lebanese army said it has found and deactivated four 107-mm rockets in the garden of a partly built house a day after a rocket fired from Houla hit the northern Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona. This is the fifth time rocket attacks have been used to try to break the cease-fire.
28 Oct 2009 - Hamas ordered Palestinians in the Gaza Strip not to vote in a January election called by West Bank leader Mahmoud Abbas.
29 Oct 2009 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the government was ready for a deal on its nuclear program.
Levantine peoples including those of Lebanon can be connected.
Events of Syria can be connected.
7 Oct 2009 - More than a million people were affected in one of the worst droughts to affect Syria in decades.
Events of Israel can be connected
2 Oct 2009 - Israel agreed with Hamas to swap twenty female Palestinian prisoners for a videotape proving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive.
15 Oct 2009 - Palestinians have urged the UN to act to punish Israel for its offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter.
25 Oct 2009 - Israeli police and Palestinians clashed at Temple Mount, Jerusalem's holiest site, resulting in 12 arrests.
Events of Jordan can be connected.
Events of the Palestinian Territories can be connected.
Events of Egypt can be considered. Cities include Cairo.
24 Oct 2009 - At least 15 people were killed after two trains collided in Al-Ayyat, near Cairo, Egypt.
Events of Turkey can be considered. Cities include Istanbul.
10 Oct 2009 - Armenia and Turkey normalised their relationship when their foreign ministers signed an accord in Zurich, Switzerland.
14 Oct 2009 - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited Turkey to attend a qualifying match between the nations for the FIFA World Cup. Turkish fans booed the Armenian anthem.
Persian peoples including those of Afghanistan can be connected. Cities include Tehran.
8 Oct 2009 - A Taliban attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul killed at least 17 and injured 83.
12 Oct 2009 - Kai Eide of Norway, the top United Nations official in Afghanistan, acknowledgec "widespread fraud" took place during the recent presidential election in the country.
19 Oct 2009 - United Nations–backed electoral fraud investigators threw out a third of President Hamid Karzai's votes leading to a runoff in the presidential election.
20 Oct 2009 - Afghanistan's election commission ordered a run-off election for November 7 in the Afghan presidential election.
Events in Iran can be considered.
1 Oct 2009 - Iran agreed to allow inspections of a recently revealed nuclear facility near the city of Qom.
10 Oct 2009 - Three people were sentenced to death for being involved in forbidden groups after being arrested during protests against Iran's disputed presidential election earlier this year.
15 Oct 2009 - Narges Kalhor, the daughter of a senior adviser to President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, applied for asylum in Germany.
17 Oct 2009 - Iran freed Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari on bail after four months in detention following the disputed presidential election.
18 Oct 2009 - 2009 Pishin bombing: Senior commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards were among 35 people killed in a suicide bombing in the southeast of the country. Iranian state television said Britain was directly involved in the attack and intended it as a distraction from problems it faces in Afghanistan. The Pakistani charge d'affaires was summoned after Iran said it had evidence the attack had been launched from Pakistani soil.
20 Oct 2009 - Iran buried its dead members of the Revolutionary Guard, killed in a suicide attack two days ago. Thousands of people attended the funerals.
21 Oct 2009 - Several people were arrested over a bomb attack in southeastern Iran that killed 42 people, including members of the Revolutionary Guards.
21 Oct 2009 - The International Atomic Energy Agency proposed a draft agreement for Iran and three world powers to agree, aimed at reducing international concerns over Tehran's nuclear programme.
25 Oct 2009 - Inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrived in Iran to inspect a newly disclosed nuclear facility near the city of Qom.
North African peoples including those of Libya can be connected.
Events of Morocco can be connected.
Events of Algeria can be connected.
Events of Tunisia can be connected.
25 Oct 2009 - Tunisians voted in a general election.
26 Oct 2009 - President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won 90% of votes, his fifth term and a new five-year mandate in the country's general election.
Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected.
11 Oct 2009 - A spate of car bombings killed 19 people and wounds dozens in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, in Anbar province.
14 Oct 2009 - Iraq's Human Rights Ministry announced at least 85,000 Iraqis had been killed by bombs, murders and fighting between 2004 and 2008.
18 Oct 2009 - Iraq accused neighbouring countries of stealing sections of its national archives, including centuries-old documents.
25 Oct 2009 - Bomb blasts killed 155 people and injured at least 500 in central Baghdad, the country's deadliest attack for two years.
Arabian peoples including those of United Arab Emirates can be connected.
21 Oct 2009 - Azza Transport Flight 2241 crashed on take-off from Sharjah International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates, killing all six crew.
27 Oct 2009 - Qatar inaugurated one of the world's largest LNG trains, operated by RasGas.
Events of Saudi Arabia can be considered.
7 Oct 2009 - A Saudi man, Mazen Abdul-Jawad, was sentenced to five years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes after bragging about sex on a TV talk show.
24 Oct 2009 - Rosanna Al-Yami, a female journalist in Saudi Arabia, was sentenced to sixty lashes and a two-year travel ban for her involvement in a controversial sex programme.
26 Oct 2009 - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia removed the sentence of 60 lashes for Rosanna Yami, female journalist involved in the Red Lines sex scandal.
Yemen can be connected.
18 Oct 2009 - Yemen claimed to have killed 18 Shia rebels in fighting in the north of the country.
20 Oct 2009 - A court in Yemen sentenced 10 Shi'ite Houthi rebels to death and jailed five others over clashes which killed hundreds of people last year.
Peoples such as those of Sri Lanka can be connected. Cities include Hyderabad.
13 Oct 2009 - More than 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers threatened to blow up their boat if Indonesian authorities forced them to disembark.
October 15–16 – 8th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka. had been scheduled.
22 Oct 2009 - Nearly 6,000 Tamil refugees were released from Sri Lanka's main camp for war-displaced people, to be re-settled over the next few weeks.
26 Oct 2009 - A Sri Lankan court in Colombo released Vetrivel Jaseeharan, the publisher of North Eastern Monthly, and his wife after they were charged with conspiracy against the government in March 2008. The editor was given a twenty year jail sentence in August 2009.
17 Oct 2009 - The government of the Maldives, including President Mohamed Nasheed, held the world's first underwater Cabinet meeting, to highlight the threat of global warming.
Events of India can be considered. Cities include Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, and Bangalore.
2 Oct 2009 - Protesters stormed and ransacked the office of the Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi, India, in protest at the alleged firing on Indian fisherman by the Sri Lanka Navy.
6 Oct 2009 - The death toll from floods in the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka rose to 269, with a further 1.5 million people homeless.
9 Oct 2009 - India plans a new offensive against Maoist Naxalite rebels active in parts of the country.
12 Oct 2009 - India test fired two medium range Prithvi II missiles in the eastern state of Orissa.
16 Oct 2009 - Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress Kylie Minogue made her Hindi cinema debut in Blue, thought to be the most expensive Bollywood production ever.
17 Oct 2009 - 32 people were killed in a fire at a fireworks warehouse in southern India, during the Diwali celebrations.
20 Oct 2009 - Rare footage of the abuse of suspected witches caused controversy in India.
21 Oct 2009 - At least thirteen people died in India's Rajasthan state after the Goa Express crashed into the stationary Mewar Express.
25 Oct 2009 - India told China that the Dalai Lama is an "honoured guest" and would not be barred from visiting Arunachal Pradesh despite protests from China.
26 Oct 2009 - At least 10 patients from thirty-four operated on partially lost their sight after free cataract operations in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh.
29 Oct 2009 - India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a "new chapter" in the Jammu and Kashmir peace process, and withdrew some troops from the region.
29 Oct 2009 - 12 were killed by an IOC depot fire in Jaipur [India], Army was called.
30 Oct 2009 - A large fire at an oil depot on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, left six people dead and around 135 injured.
Events of Pakistan can be considered. Cities include Karachi and Lahore.
1 Oct 2009 - Pakistan planned to launch a greater campaign in South Waziristan against the Taliban.
2 Oct 2009 - Pakistan's army probed a video posted on social networking website Facebook that appeared to show soldiers abusing Taliban.
5 Oct 2009 - Five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a United Nations World Food Programme office in Islamabad, Pakistan.
9 Oct 2009 - A suspected suicide car-bomber killed 49 people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in an attack that the government said underscored the need for an all-out offensive against the Pakistani Taliban.
10 Oct 2009 - Ten to fifteen security personnel were taken hostage by militants after an attack on Pakistan's military headquarters in Islamabad.
11 Oct 2009 - Pakistani commandos stormed an office building and rescued 39 people taken hostage by suspected Taliban militants after an attack on the army's headquarters in the city of Rawalpindi.
12 Oct 2009 - The death toll from a blast in Pakistan's Shangla District reached at least 41, with a further 45 injured.
15 Oct 2009 - At least 37 people were killed in a series of bomb attacks in Pakistani cities by militants.
15 Oct 2009 - Militants launched attacks on police in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, in Pakistan, killing 31 people after a week of violence in which more than 100 people died.
16 Oct 2009 - At least seven people were killed and at least ten were injured in an explosion at a mosque, police station and passenger bus in Peshawar, Pakistan.
17 Oct 2009 - 30,000 troops from the Pakistan Army began an offensive operation against the Taliban and their allies in South Waziristan.
18 Oct 2009 - At least 60 Taliban militants were killed in an ongoing offensive in South Waziristan, northwest Pakistan.
20 Oct 2009 - At least four students were killed and many injured in bomb explosions at an Islamic university in Islamabad, Pakistan.
23 Oct 2009 - A huge explosion ripped through an upmarket area of Peshawar in Pakistan.
24 Oct 2009 - Pakistan reported re-gaining control of Kotkai, South Waziristan, birthplace of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud and also the hometown of the Taliban's master trainer of suicide bombers, Qari Hussain, after a week of fierce fighting with the Taliban.
26 Oct 2009 - Prof. Salamat Akhtar demanded a repeal of blasphemy laws in Pakistan.
28 Oct 2009 - A blast in Meena Bazar, Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 95 people while 110 are injured.
Events of Bangladesh can be considered. Cities include Dacca
15 Oct 2009 - Burma and Bangladesh sent warships to a disputed area in the Bay of Bengal 50 nautical miles west of St. Martin's Island.
Events of Nepal can be considered.
peoples including those of Armenia can be connected.
Peoples of Western Asia including those of Georgia can be connected.
21 Oct 2009 - A goods train derailed east of Poti, Georgia, in an incident described as "sabotage".
Events of Azerbaijan can be connected.
Peoples of Inner Asia can be connected.
Events in Uzbekistan can be donsidered.
Events of Kazakhstan can be considered.
Events of Tajikistan can be considered.
Events of Kyrgystan can be connected.
20 Oct 2009 - The entire government of Kyrgyzstan resigns as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announces a new reform campaign.
21 Oct 2009 - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev appoints former mayor of Bishkek, Daniyar Usenov, as his new Prime Minister following the resignation of his predecessor, Igor Chudinov.
Events of Turkmenistan can be considered.
Mongolian peoples including those of Mongolia itself can be connected.
28 Oct 2009 - Mongolia's parliament approved the resignation of Prime Minister Sanjaagiin Bayar, who stepped down due to ill health. He was replaced by the Foreign Minister Sükhbaataryn Batbold.
Peoples such as those of Hong Kong with Hong Kong proper can be connected. Cities including Chungking can be connected.
Events of China can be considered. Cities including Shanghai, Canton, Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan, and Tientsen can be connected.
1 Oct 2009 - Mass celebrations took place in Beijing to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
4 Oct 2009 - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao commenced his three-day visit to North Korea, and was greeted at the airport by ailing leader Kim Jong-il.
5 Oct 2009 - China pledged to strengthen bonds with isolated North Korea, nudging it to improve its economy.
8 Oct 2009 - A prominent Al-Qaeda leader, Abu Yahya al-Libi, urged Muslims in Xinjiang to "prepare for holy war" after the riots in July.
12 Oct 2009 - Six Uyghurs were sentenced to death over riots in the western region of Xinjiang, China in July.
15 Oct 2009 - A further six people were sentenced to death over ethnic unrest in China's Xinjiang region in July.
18 Oct 2009 - Eight people were jailed in Hubei, China, for "disrupting public order" after 10,000 people participated in riots following the controversial death of a chef in June.
20 Oct 2009 - China pledged to rescue the crew aboard the Chinese ship De Xin Hai after it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The pirates threatened to kill the crew if there was any attempt to rescue them.
22 Oct 2009 - China's economy grew at 8.9% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the fastest pace in a year.
27 Oct 2009 - China confirmed it had executed 2 Tibetans over unrest last year.
28 Oct 2009 - Chinese police rescued over 2,000 children in a six month campaign against human trafficking.
Events of Taiwan can be connected. Taipei can be connected.
4 Oct 2009 - A strong 6.3 earthquake hit Taiwan in the middle of the night, waking people up in the capital Taipei.
7 Oct 2009 - Taiwan's National Palace Museum refused to display two artifacts stolen from China 150 years ago.
30 Oct 2009 - Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou called on China to remove missiles targeting the island.
Events of Japan can be considered. Cities including Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya can be connected.
4 Oct 2009 - Shoichi Nakagawa, the former Japanese Finance Minister who resigned over apparent drunken behaviour at the 2009 G7 meeting in Rome, was found dead in Tokyo.
7 Oct 2009 - Typhoon Melor, forecast to be the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Japan for a decade, approached the country.
8 Oct 2009 - At least two people were killed and dozens injured as Typhoon Melor made landfall in Japan.
21 Oct 2009 - A Japanese convict who served seventeen years in prison for the murder of a four-year-old girl pleaded not guilty during a retrial.
26 Oct 2009 - The trial of Japanese singer and actress Noriko Sakai began in Tokyo.
Events of South Korea can be connected. Cities including Seoul can be connected.
13 Oct 2009 - North and South Korea agreed to hold talks on flood control and family reunions, after North Korea fired several short range missiles earlier this week.
16 Oct 2009 - North and South Korea failed to agree on further family reunions, after the North linked the prospect with humanitarian aid deliveries.
17 Oct 2009 - A South Korean legislator claimed North Korea was holding 154,000 of its citizens in gulags.
26 Oct 2009 - South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk was convicted of fraud over his stem cell research.
28 Oct 2009 - The main opposition Democratic Party won three out of five seats in by-elections in South Korea.
29 Oct 2009 - South Korea arrested a college lecturer accused of spying for North Korea, saying he was recruited by North Korean agents in India.
30 Oct 2009 - South Korea's spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, named North Korea's telecommunications ministry as responsible for a wave of cyber attacks in July.
Events in North Korea can be considered.
12 Oct 2009 - North Korea fired five short range missiles into the Sea of Japan, after issuing a "no sail zone" for waters off its east and west coasts until October 20.
15 Oct 2009 - North Korea accused South Korea of intruding into its territorial waters, further raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
20 Oct 2009 - Nine North Koreans who entered the Danish embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam last month left for South Korea.
23 Oct 2009 - Vitit Muntarbhorn, United Nations Special Rapporteur for North Korea, said the country should improve its "abysmal" rights record, adding it should provide food to over 8 million citizens.
24 Oct 2009 - Senior envoys from North Korea and the United States held rare talks on North Korea's nuclear programme in New York City.
27 Oct 2009 - North Korea said a South Korean man had defected to the North across the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Peoples such as those of Singapore can be considered. Cities including Bangkok can be connected.
3 Oct 2009 - The 2009 Pacific Mini Games closed in the Cook Islands. Fiji came in first with 78 medals, while New Caledonia wons 66 medals.
5 Oct 2009 - Samoans crammed into churches and community halls to remember friends and relatives killed in a recent tsunami.
7 Oct 2009 - A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu, followed 15 minutes later by a 7.3 magnitude aftershock. A tsunami warning was issued.
21 Oct 2009 - President of the Marshall Islands Litokwa Tomeing is ousted in the country's first successful vote of no confidence. Ruben Zackhras is appointed acting president until a new election on October 23, 2009.
23 Oct 2009 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched its first human rights body, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
25 Oct 2009 - Easter Islanders voted to restrict the number of immigrants in a referendum.
26 Oct 2009 - Jurelang Zedkaia was elected the 5th President of the Marshall Islands, following the ouster of Litokwa Tomeing in a no confidence vote last week.
30 Oct 2009 - Typhoon Mirinae made landfall in the Philippines.
30 Oct 2009 - Burmese authorities arrested 50 people – including journalists, students and political activists, in a security crackdown, according to a Thailand based human rights group.
Mainland Southeast Asian peoples including those of Laos can be connected.
Peoples of Vietnam can be connected.
9 Oct 2009 - Six Vietnamese pro-democracy activists were sentenced to up to six years in prison for "spreading propaganda" against the government.
Events of Thailand can be connected.
5 Oct 2009 - An early morning passenger train bound for Bangkok derailed in Hua Hin, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more.
27 Oct 2009 - Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva backs autonomy for the restive southern provinces to bring an end to violence in the region.
Events in Burma (Burma) can be considered.
2 Oct 2009 - A Burmese court rejected Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her extended detention.
3 Oct 2009 - Burmese National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for talks with the military government for the first time since 2008.
7 Oct 2009 - Burmese National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for a second time with the ruling junta after her offer to lobby for nations to lift sanctions on the country.
9 Oct 2009 - Aung San Suu Kyi was permitted to meet international diplomats to discuss international sanctions against Burma.
24 Oct 2009 - Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein told the 15th ASEAN summit his government is prepared to relax the house arrest on National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Events in Malaysia can be connected.
15 Oct 2009 - The ruling party in Malaysia, the United Malays National Organisation, announced internal reforms after a series of defeats in local elections.
Events of Cambodia can be considered.
11 Oct 2009 - At least 10 people died and seven were declared missing in a river ferry sinking on the Mekong in Kratié Province, Cambodia.
Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including Papua New Guinea can be connected. Cities include Jakarta.
12 Oct 2009 - The government in East Timor faced a motion of no confidence after releasing an Indonesian militia member, Martenus Bere, accused of crimes against humanity a decade ago.
Events of Indonesia can be considered.
1 Oct 2009 - A second earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale occurred near Sumatra, Indonesia, following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake the previous day.
1 Oct 2009 - The death toll from the previous earthquake rose to at least 1100.
3 Oct 2009 - According to United Nations officials, as many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia.
16 Oct 2009 - A strong earthquake hit Indonesia, causing mass panic and evacuations in Jakarta.
19 Oct 2009 - Abraham Lauhenaspessy ("Captain Bram"), a suspected kingpin people smuggler, was detained in Indonesia.
24 Oct 2009 - A magnitude 7.0 undersea earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia.
27 Oct 2009 - The autonomous Aceh province in Indonesia was to ban women from wearing tight trousers under a new law, while a law authorising the stoning to death of adulterers and the whipping of homosexuals was to be reviewed.
Events of the Philippines can be connected. Cities include Manila.
2 Oct 2009 - Typhoon Parma: Thousands of people were evacuated as Typhoon Parma approached the Philippines. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the entire country in a "state of calamity".
3 Oct 2009 - Typhoon Parma hit the Philippines, with early reports indicating at least four deaths as trees were uprooted and roofs torn off houses.
6 Oct 2009 - Typhoon Parma made landfall at Luzon, the Philippines.
9 Oct 2009 - More than 181 people were killed in floods in the Philippines.
10 Oct 2009 - 186 people were killed by landslides in the Philippines.
11 Oct 2009 - An Irish priest was seized from a convent and taken away in a motorboat by gunmen in Pagadian City, Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
13 Oct 2009 - The Philippines deployed soldiers and gunboats to surround the strongholds of suspected militants and pressure them to release an abducted Irish priest.
14 Oct 2009 - Philippines: Irish bishops and politicians requested the release of 79-year-old Michael Sinnott, saying he needs urgent medical attention. The kidnappers were identified as notorious pirates, not the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as had been initially thought. The Philippines asked the country's largest Muslim separatist group to help find and free the kidnapped Irish priest.
31 Oct 2009 - A video of the kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott was released by his captors in the Philippines. The kidnappers wanted a $2 million (€1.36 million) ransom. It was the first evidence that Sinnott is still alive since his abduction on 11 October.
Aboriginal peoples of Australia can be connected.
Nations such as Namibia can be considered. Cities include Johannesburg.
29 Oct 2009 - The African Union imposed a travel ban on the leader of Guinea's military junta, Moussa Dadis Camara, and 41 of his colleagues and froze their bank accounts.
30 Oct 2009 - African Union leaders agreed to establish a hybrid court to end the Darfur conflict in western Sudan.
Peoples including those of Eritrea can be considered.
Northern East African peoples including those of Somalia can be considered.
1 Oct 2009 - 12 people were killed in fighting between rival Islamist groups for control of the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia.
6 Oct 2009 - Somalia's State Minister for Defence Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad was detained by security forces in Uganda. Siad's detention was originally reported as a kidnapping.
7 Oct 2009 - The Somali junior Defence Minister Youssuf Mohamed Siad, mistakenly detained in Uganda yesterday, was released.
7 Oct 2009 - Somali pirates attacked the French Navy replenishment tanker Somme (A631) in error, believing it to be a cargo ship.
9 Oct 2009 - Public amputations on three men accused of robbery occured in Somalia.
27 Oct 2009 - A British couple were missing after their yacht was hijacked by Somali pirates off the Seychelles.
29 Oct 2009 - A Thai cargo ship was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia.
Events of Ethiopia can be connected.
22 Oct 2009 - Ethiopia appealed for food aid for 6.2 million people facing starvation.
Interior East African peoples such as those of Chad can be connected.
Events of Sudan can be connected.
7 Oct 2009 - Ambassadors from Ireland and Uganda, along with the Sudanese minister overseeing negotiations, visited Al-Fashir in a renewed effort to win the freedom of aid workers Sharon Cummins and Hilda Kawuki, kidnapped since 3 July.
18 Oct 2009 - Two foreign aid workers – one Irish and one Ugandan – working for the GOAL charity captured in Sudan's Darfur region more than three months ago were released.
24 Oct 2009 - Less than a week after the release of GOAL aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki, the International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed one of its French employees had been abducted in Darfur.
Central East African peoples including those of Burundi can be considered.
27 Oct 2009 - Burundi and Uganda tightened security after threats by the militant Somali Al-Shabaab, a group with links to Al-Qaeda, to attack their capitals.
Events of Tanzania can be considered.
Events of Kenya can be connected.
2 Oct 2009 - Kenya said it would cooperate with the International Criminal Court over post-election unrest in 2007.
23 Oct 2009 - A white Kenyan, Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley, was released after five months of an eight month prison sentence for manslaughter.
29 Oct 2009 - Kenya was to carry out its first census on its gay population to combat HIV/AIDS, even though homosexuality is banned in the country.
Events of Uganda can be connected.
6 Oct 2009 - One of the most wanted suspects involved in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, was arrested in the Ugandan capital Kampala.
15 Oct 2009 - Ugandan MP David Bahati proposed creating a capital offence of "aggravated homosexuality" for gay sex with people under 18, disabled people or when the accused is HIV-positive.
19 Oct 2009 - Charles Wesley Mumbere was crowned king of the Bakonjo people in the Rwenzururu district of Uganda.
Events of Rwanda can be connected.
18 Oct 2009 - A Rwandan doctor working in a French hospital was suspended after a nurse located an Internet Interpol arrest warrant, accusing him of a 1994 "genocide, war crimes".
29 Oct 2009 - Rwandan man Désiré Munyaneza was given a life sentence in Canada for his role in the Rwandan genocide under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.
including those of Liberia can be considered. Cities include Lagos.
Southern Coastal West African peoples including those of Togo can be considered.
Events of Nigeria can be connected.
1 Oct 2009 - Ateke Tom, militant leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante in the Niger Delta region, accepted an amnesty by the Nigerian government.
4 Oct 2009 - One of the last prominent militant leaders in Nigeria's Niger Delta region, Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), agreed to an amnesty with the government.
10 Oct 2009 - At least 70 people were killed after a fuel tanker exploded in Nigeria.
16 Oct 2009 - One part of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) ended a three-month ceasefire and resumes attacks on the oil industry in Nigeria.
25 Oct 2009 - Nigeria's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, declared an indefinite ceasefire.
Events of Ghana can be considered.
Events of Benin can be connected.
Western Coastal West African peoples including those of Sierra Leone can be connected.
17 Oct 2009 - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed an arms embargo on Guinea after the deaths of opposition supporters at a rally last month.
26 Oct 2009 - The UN's court in Freetown, Sierra Leone saw its final case after seven years of investigating the country's civil war.
Events of Cote d'Ivoire can be connected.
17 Oct 2009 - A report into dumping of toxic waste by Trafigura in Côte d'Ivoire was published.
Events of Senegal can be connected.
3 Oct 2009 - Senegalese rebels killed six soldiers in Casamance, using a rocket-propelled grenade on the vehicle of the soldiers after it sticks in mud by the border with Guinea-Bissau.
Events of Guinea can be connected.
1 Oct 2009 - The opposition in Guinea rejected a call by the ruling junta to create a unity government.
2 Oct 2009 - Thousands of people gathered at a mosque in Guinea's capital, Conakry, to identify those killed in Monday's opposition rally against military rule.
7 Oct 2009 - The opposition in Guinea urged Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, head of the ruling junta, to resign.
8 Oct 2009 - Guinea's military government announced it was setting up a commission to investigate the shooting of protesters last week.
10 Oct 2009 - Unions in Guinea called for a two day strike in protest at the deaths of opposition supporters at a rally last month.
12 Oct 2009 - Guineans observed an opposition strike to commemorate those who died at an opposition rally last month.
15 Oct 2009 - The International Criminal Court opened an investigation into the suppression of an opposition protest in Guinea, in which dozens of people were killed.
16 Oct 2009 - Guinea Guinea's civil service minister Alpha Diallo resigned after a massacre of opposition supporters, following agriculture minister Abdourahmane Sanoh who resigned days earlier.
Peoples of Interior West Africa including Mauritania can be considered.
Events of Burkina Faso can be connected.
Events of Niger can be connected.
20 Oct 2009 - Niger was suspended by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after its President Tandja Mamadou went ahead with a parliamentary election it had asked to be postponed over boycotts.
24 Oct 2009 - The ruling National Movement for the Development of Society won a controversial parliamentary election in Niger.
31 Oct 2009 - Niger's opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou returned to the country to face charges of money laundering.
Events of Mali can be connected.
Peoples including those of Lesotho can be considered.
16 Oct 2009 - Voters in Botswana took part in a general election.
Events of South Africa can be considered.
13 Oct 2009 - South African police used tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating against poor living conditions in several towns.
21 Oct 2009 - Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela denied writing a foreword praising Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso's biography, Straight Speaking for Africa.
Events of Mozambique can be considered.
28 Oct 2009 - Voters in Mozambique go to the polls for the general election.
Events of Madagascar can be connected.
6 Oct 2009 - Madagascar's political rivals agreed on cabinet posts in a unity government; the President was Andry Rajoelina, the Vice-President was Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, and the Prime Minister was Eugene Mangalaza.
Evemts of Malawi can be connected.
Events of Zimbabwe can be considered
6 Oct 2009 - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe called for improved relations with "hostile" countries at the opening of Parliament.
14 Oct 2009 - A Zimbabwean court ordered a senior MDC official, Roy Bennett, back to jail on terrorism charges.
16 Oct 2009 - Zimbabwe: The MDC partially pulled out of the unity government with Zanu PF in Zimbabwe after one of their members, Roy Bennett is detained on terrorism charges. Roy Bennett was later released from jail on bail, ordered by the High Court.
28 Oct 2009 - The United Nations Torture Investigator, Manfred Nowak, was prevented last minute from entering Zimbabwe.
Events of Zambia can be connected.
Peoples including those of Congo (Republic) can be connected. Cities include Kinshasa.
13 Oct 2009 - Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo agreed to stop deporting each other's citizens in a dispute between the two countries.
Events in Congo (DR) can be connected.
Events of Cameroon can be considered.
Events of Angola can be connected.
Events of the Central African Republic can be connected.
Peoples including those found in Jamaica can be connected. Cities including Mexico City can be considered.
Middle American Indian peoples including those found in Panama can be connected. Meso-American Indian peoples such as those found in Mexico and Guatemala can be connected. Caribbean peoples such as those of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico can be considered. Southwestern American Indian peoples including those of Mexico and the the southwestern United States can be connected.
South American Indian peoples including those found in Uruguay can be considered. Andean peoples including those of Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela,Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia can be connected. Amazonian peoples including those of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay can be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples such as those of Argentina and Chile can be considered.
North American Indian peoples including those found in the United States and Canada can be connected.
Houston, Atlanta, Detroit, Ruhr, Khartoum, Boston, Saigon, Toronto, Chengtu, Dongguan, Miami, Shenyang, Riyadh, Caracas, Rangoon, Sian, Poona, St. Petersburg, Kuala Lumpur, and Nanking can be considered.
Social structure will be significant. Social change including particular changes and movements, social change processes, and social change factors can be connected. Social types including hunting and gathering societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial societies can be considered.
10 Oct 2009 - More than 40 people were arrested after clashes between anti-Islamic and anti-racist demonstrations in Manchester, England.
22 Oct 2009 - Sweden's Lutheran Church decided to conduct same-sex marriages, becoming the first major church to do so.