October 2012 was the tenth month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Monday, ended on a Wednesday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2012.
October 1, 2012 (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 2, 2012 (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 3, 2012 (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 4, 2012 (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 5, 2012 (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 6, 2012 (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 7, 2012 (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 8, 2012 (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 9, 2012 (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 10, 2012 (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks
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October 13, 2012 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is shot. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Deutsche Welle)
- In response to multiple rockets being fired across the border, Israel launched four air strikes. Two militants from a Salafist jihadist group are killed and another wounded in the northern Gaza Strip. (BBC)
- A suicide bombing at a market in the Pakistani town of Darra Adam Khel kills at least 15 people. (BBC)
- Mexican Drug War: The Mexican Army kills Manuel Torres Félix, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. (Fox News)
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus: A Russian army soldier and three Islamic militants die in a skirmish in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan. (RIA)
Arts and culture
- Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild, painted in 1994 and formerly owned by rock star Eric Clapton, sells for $34 million - an auction record for a work by a living artist. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Reuters reports on the basis of "people familiar with the matter" that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is close to bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Google over its dominance of the search engine market. (Reuters)
History
- Residents of Los Angeles watch in awe as U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour inches through the city on a giant trolley, bound for a museum. Hundreds of trees in its path are chopped down. (BBC)
International relations
- Syria announces Turkish civilian flights over Syrian territory are banned, days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian flight that was suspected to be carrying illegal cargo. (BBC)
Law and crime
- The UK's Department of Health is to investigate the decision to appoint the broadcaster Sir James Savile as head of a taskforce overseeing the high security Broadmoor Hospital, a facility for the criminally insane, following recent allegations of sexual abuse. He was appointed to the position in the late 1980s. (BBC)
Sport
- An Africa Cup of Nations qualification match between Senegal and Ivory Coast is abandoned due to rioting at the Stade Leopold Senghor in Dakar. (BBC)
- Despite universal condemnation from the print media, television analysts and fans, Ireland soccer manager Giovanni Trapattoni refuses to resign following last night's humiliation at the hands of Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C. (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC)
- Sligo Rovers claim their first league title in nearly forty years with an historic 3-2 win over St Patrick's Athletic at the Showgrounds. (The Irish Times)
October 14, 2012 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gunmen open fire at a mosque in the village of Dogo Dawa in the Nigerian state of Kaduna, killing at least 20 people. (BBC)
- Occupy activists chain themselves to the pulpit of St Paul's Cathedral in an action of solidarity with Pussy Riot, and read a declaration calling on cathedral authorities to stop neglecting their Christian duty - "In the fight for economic justice, Jesus threw the money changers out of the temple, but you invited them in and instead evicted us." (Sky News)
- President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, shot by troops yesterday, is flown to France. (BBC)
Arts and culture
- A collection of manuscripts by Franz Kafka and Max Brod must be handed over to the National Library of Israel, says the judge in Tel Aviv, sanctioning the heirs of Esther Hoffe, Brod's secretary. (Times of Israel)
Law and crime
- The UK's Ministry of Defence says that five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over an incident involving the death of an insurgent in Afghanistan in 2011. (BBC)
- The search for a missing 19-year-old from the University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) is suspended after a ground and water search on and around Peirce Island off Portsmouth, New Hampshire had been going on. (NBCNews)
Politics
- The UK's Ministry of Defence will hold an investigation after journalists from The Sunday Times posed as lobbyists for a defence manufacturer and approached several senior retired officers to ask if they would help them secure contracts. (BBC)
- Former United States Senator Arlen Specter, who was vital in several United States Supreme Court nominations, dies at the age of 82, due to complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Science and technology
- Felix Baumgartner breaks the world human ascent by balloon record before space diving out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon over Roswell, New Mexico. (CNN)
October 15, 2012 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war: An Armenian plane destined for the Syrian city of Aleppo is searched by Turkish authorities after being grounded in the east of the country. (National Turk)
- Internationally celebrated teenage activist Malala Yousafzai is sent to the UK for further treatment after being shot in the head by a Taliban gunman. (Reuters)
- Gunmen kidnap five aid workers and their driver in southeastern Niger. (AP via Google News)
- The Philippine government and the largest rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, sign a peace pact. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely resigns as president of the Royal British Legion following claims of his involvement with defense contract lobbying. (BBC)
Business and economics
- The Portuguese government announces details of its draft budget for 2013, as protests continue against austerity. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Seven people are treated in hospital for injuries after a bus carrying 56 college students crashes and overturns near the English coastal town of Poole. (BBC)
International relations
- Burma says it will not allow the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to set up a liaison office in the country, following protests against the plan. (Al Jazeera)
- No winner is announced for the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. (Global Post)
Politics and elections
- Former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk dies in Beijing at the age of 89. (BBC) (AFP via Channel News Asia)
- British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond agree a deal setting out the terms of a referendum on Scottish independence at a meeting in Edinburgh. (BBC)
- Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty announces his resignation. (Toronto Star)
Transport
- Virgin Trains is asked to continue running the rail franchise for UK's West Coast Main Line following the cancellation of a deal to award the contract to another company when errors were made in the way in which the process was conducted. (BBC)
October 16, 2012 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Senkaku Islands dispute: Seven People's Liberation Army Navy warships are spotted by Japanese helicopters outside Japanese territorial waters near Yonaguni. (Japan Daily Press)
- Saudi Arabia’s official news agency reports that a hand grenade explosion at the King Abdulaziz military academy in Riyadh kills one cadet and injures nine. (AP via Boston Globe)
- Several structures were set ablaze and as many as 24 militants were killed after suspected bombing Boko Haram attacks rocked the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. (BBC)
- Two suspected al-Qaeda members and two government-aligned tribesmen are killed during an attack on a border checkpoint in Abyan, Yemen. (Reuters)
- A United Nations expert panel reports that although the two governments deny it, Rwanda and Uganda continue to support the March 23 Movement. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Hilary Mantel wins the 2012 Man Booker Prize for her novel Bring Up the Bodies, becoming the first British author to win the award twice, and the first female to do so. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Foxconn, Apple's main supplier in China, admits it employs interns as young as 14 years old. (BBC)
- The CEO of Citigroup, Vikram Pandit, announces his resignation from that post, and is immediately succeeded by Michael Corbat. (Reuters)
- Ford recalls 154,000 Fiestas due to an issue with airbag deployment. (AutoWeek)
Human rights
- A report on St. Patrick's Institution in Dublin finds a culture of human rights abuse. (RTÉ)
- The BBC appoints the heads of two separate inquiries into the sexual abuse scandal that has engulfed Jimmy Savile. Former High Court judge Dame Janet Smith will review the culture and practices of the BBC during the time Savile worked there, while Nick Pollard, a former Sky News executive will look at why a Newsnight investigation into Savile's activities was dropped shortly before transmission. (The Daily Telegraph)
International relations
- The United Kingdom announces its intention to close its consulate in Basra, Iraq. (BBC)
Law and crime
- The British computer hacker Gary McKinnon wins his ten-year legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States after Home Secretary Theresa May tells the House of Commons she has blocked the order. (BBC) (Sky News)
- The captain of the Prestige oil tanker goes on trial in Spain. (BBC)
- The Brazilian jurisprudence system upholds the convictions of two United States pilots for their roles in the 2006 Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 disaster. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A 4.0-magnitude (originally, 4.6) earthquake strikes Hollis Center, Maine, roughly 20 miles west of Portland, Maine, the state's largest city. At 3.1 miles deep, it is a shallow earthquake, felt in Maine, southwestern Connecticut, and eastern New York state. There were reports of very minor damage and cellular phone outages, but no serious property damage, injuries, or deaths. (NBC)
Politics and elections
- The European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli of Malta, resigns amid corruption charges that he denies. (Times of Malta) (BBC)
- In anticipation of upcoming elections, the Israeli Knesset has been unanimously dissolved. (Jerusalem Post)
Religion and diplomacy
- The Vatican announces Pope Benedict XVI will send a delegation to Damascus to "express his brotherly solidarity with the entire population". (Al Jazeera)[permanent dead link]
Sport
- In 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C, Germany, second in the FIFA World Rankings, take a 4-0 first half lead then concede four second half goals to gift Sweden a 4–4 draw in Berlin. (BBC) (GOAL)
- In 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F, Northern Ireland secure a famous 1-1 draw against Portugal, third in the FIFA World Rankings, in Porto. (Herald) (Mail)
- Senegal are disqualified from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after last Saturday's stadium riot in the game with Ivory Coast. (BBC)
October 17, 2012 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- One UNAMID peacekeeper is killed and three are wounded during an ambush in Hashaba, Sudan. (Reuters)
- 2012 Syrian–Turkish border clashes: Turkish artillery retaliates after a Syrian bomb landed on Turkish territory in Hatay Province. (The Daily Star)
Law and crime
- Two U.S. sailors are arrested over an alleged rape of a Japanese woman on Okinawa. (BBC)
- The UK's Lancashire Police apologises after an officer used a Taser on a blind man whose white cane was mistaken for a samurai sword. The matter is also referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. (BBC)
- The FBI arrests Mohammed Nafis for plotting to detonate a 1,000 lb (454 kg) car bomb in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (BBC) (CNN)
- The UK's Department of Health appoints former barrister Kate Lampard to head an NHS inquiry into alleged activities by the broadcaster Jimmy Savile at various hospitals at which he was involved. (BBC)
Politics and Elections
- The body of former King Norodom Sihanouk is returned to Cambodia. (BBC)
- A resolution of impeachment against Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial is defeated in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives with 9 votes in favor of impeachment, 10 against; 14 were required. (Saipan Tribune)[permanent dead link] (Saipan Tribune)
Science and Technology
- Alpha Centauri Bb, an exoplanet, is discovered orbiting around Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to our Solar System. (BBC)
Sport
- Lance Armstrong-USADA doping scandal:
- Lance Armstrong resigns as chairman of his anti-cancer charity, LIVESTRONG.
- Athletic apparel conglomerate Nike and cycling equipment manufacturer Trek revoke their endorsement contracts with U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong in the wake of growing allegations of doping. Both will continue to support LIVESTRONG. (Daily Mail)
- Armstrong is also dropped by FRS Healthy Energy, 24 Hour Fitness, Giro and Radio Shack. (Daily Mail)
- Anheuser-Busch states it will allow Armstrong's contract with them to expire at the end of the year. It will also continue to support LIVESTRONG. (BBC) (CNN)
- The FA files a complaint with UEFA over allegations that midfielder Danny Rose was subjected to racial abuse during a U-21 Euro 2013 play-off qualifying match between Serbia and England. Rose was issued a red card for kicking the ball into the stands at the end of the match, setting off a brawl involving players and staff of both teams. The Serbian Football Association denies the allegations. (CNN) (BBC)
October 18, 2012 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war: Syrian military airstrikes kill at least 40 people, including civilians, in the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib governorate. (The New York Times)
Arts and culture
- A fictional feature film, called South of Sanity, is shot in Antarctica for the first time. (BBC)
- Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel—the first star of adult cinema—dies. (BBC)
- Veteran Irish writer Gene Kerrigan wins the Golden Dagger. (The Guardian)
Business and economy
- American weekly news magazine Newsweek announces it will cease print publication on December 31 and will move to an online-only format. (CNN)
- Trading of Google stock on NASDAQ is temporarily suspended after it drops 9% following an inadvertent early release of its quarterly report showing a 20% decline in profits. (BBC) (Bloomberg)
Politics and elections
- Tens of thousands of workers participate in anti-austerity protests in Greece. (Voice of America)
- Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda, and South Korea are elected to the United Nations Security Council for two-year terms starting in 2013.
Law and Crime
- The Boy Scouts of America release documents containing over 15,000 pages relating to allegations of sexual abuse by over 1200 scout leaders between 1965-1985.(New York Times)
October 19, 2012 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011–2012 conflict in Lebanon:
- A car bomb explodes at Sassine Square in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, killing at least eight people and wounding up to 78 others. (BBC)
- Wissam al-Hassan, head of Saad al-Hariri's security team, is killed in the blast. Al Hassan was known for being the prime investigator in the Michel Samaha case, where Michel Samaha was caught smuggling bombs into Lebanon upon orders from the Syrian government to kill Lebanese officials between 2005 and 2008, starting with the murder of Rafik al-Hariri.(Al Jazeera)
- The March 14th Alliance blames Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government for the attack. (Al Arabiya)
- 2011–present Libyan factional fighting: The Libyan Army launches a new full-scale assault against the town of Bani Walid, accusing it of being controlled by supporters of the late Muammar Gaddafi. (The Guardian)
Arts and culture
- Lebanese Tourism Minister Faddy Abboud says an episode of the popular U.S. TV series Homeland misrepresented Beirut and is set to pursue legal action against its makers due to concerns over damage to image and tourism. (BBC)
- Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and cultural icon in Dallas, Texas, is destroyed by fire during the final weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas. (CBS News)
Disasters and accidents
- A tour bus went off the highway and crashed in northwest Arizona late Friday at around 8:00 PM PDT, killing the bus driver (who was believed to have suffered a medical incident), and leaving at least four of the passengers with serious injuries. About 45 other passengers were hurt less seriously, and some were not hospitalized. The bus was northbound on Highway 93 near Willow Beach, Arizona and the Nevada state line, southeast of Las Vegas. (NBC)
Law and crime
- Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal:
- Scotland Yard launches a "formal criminal investigation" into Savile after 200 potential sexual abuse victims come forward. (BBC)
- The BBC schedules a special edition of Panorama for October 22 as it attempts to limit the damage done by allegations of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile during his years with the broadcaster. (The Daily Telegraph)
- Taxicab driver Christopher Halliwell is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Sian O'Callaghan who went missing after visiting a nightclub in Swindon in March last year. (BBC)
- The remains of a missing young Oregon woman, Whitney Heichel, 21, a Starbucks barista from the Portland, Oregon suburb of Gresham, Oregon, are found on Larch Mountain, Multnomah County, Oregon; after DNA testing and fingerprint analysis, Gresham Police arrested a neighbor who lived nearby in her Gresham apartment complex, Jonathan Holt, 24, on suspicion of aggravated first-degree murder. (NBC)
- A woman is killed and 12 other people injured in a series of hit and run incidents in Cardiff, south Wales. A 31-year-old van driver is arrested by police. (BBC) (Western Mail) (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Respect MP George Galloway writes to British home secretary Theresa May and makes a complaint to the police about his secretary Aisha Ali-Khan, claiming that she was working as an "agent" for a Metropolitan police counterterrorism officer who was running a "dirty tricks" campaign against him. (The Guardian)
- Chief Whip of the British Conservative Party Andrew Mitchell resigns over remarks he made to police officers in Downing Street, and following a lengthy political row over the issue. (BBC)
October 20, 2012 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war: UN and Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Damascus in an attempt to push for a temporary ceasefire during next week's Eid al-Adha holiday. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011–present Libyan factional fighting:
- Authorities in Tripoli announce the capture of Muammar Gaddafi's former spokesman Moussa Ibrahim near the town of Tarhouna, 40 miles south of the capital Tripoli. Ibrahim's whereabouts had been unknown since the end of the civil war in 2011 and there had been several earlier reports of his arrest. Hours later an audio message purported to be by Ibrahim appears online, in which he denies being captured or even being in Libya. (Reuters) (BBC)
- Siege of Bani Walid (2012): Reports emerge that Khamis Gaddafi, the youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, was killed during the fighting in Bani Walid. The 29-year-old has been proclaimed dead several times since the beginning of last year's civil war. (The Guardian)
- The United Nations Security Council announces plans to impose sanctions on the leaders of Democratic Republic of the Congo's M23 rebel movement due to violations of an arms embargo. (Al Jazeera)
- Suspected members of Boko Haram attack the northern Nigerian city of Potiskum, destroying several buildings and leaving at least 23 locals dead. (Al Jazeera)
- Overnight clashes in southeastern Turkey leave 9 people dead, including 6 security officers and 3 suspected Kurdish militants. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters
- Hundreds of pilgrims are evacuated from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France following severe flooding in the area. (BBC)
International relations
- The SV Estelle, a schooner attempting to breach the Israeli blockade of Gaza claiming to deliver humanitarian aid, is boarded by Israeli soldiers and diverted to the port of Ashdod by Israeli naval ships; Israel says no aid is found aboard. Passengers offer no resistance. (The Irish Times) (The Times of Israel)
- Jewish-American linguist, philosopher and human rights campaigner Noam Chomsky visits Gaza for the first time and attends a seminar alongside Gazan thinkers and intellectuals. (Press TV)
Politics
October 21, 2012 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2012 Beirut bombing: Lebanese security forces fire shots into the air and tear gas at crowds, as protesters attempt to breach government offices of prime minister Mikati in response to a car bomb that killed intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan. (Jerusalem Post)
- Hundreds of protesters in Libya storm the grounds of the country's parliament building to protest the ongoing siege in Bani Walid. (Reuters)
- Police fire tear gas and stun grenades at an anti-government protest in Kuwait; protesters were demonstrating against changes to voting laws. (Al Jazeera)
- A firefight in Guinea-Bissau kills six people. (BBC)
- Syrian civil war: Car bombs explode in predominately Christian neighborhoods in Damascus and Aleppo, killing at least 13, as talks between the Assad and U.N. peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi continue. (Wall Street Journal)
Arts and culture
- Yash Chopra, one of India's most influential filmmakers, dies from dengue fever in Mumbai. (BBC)
Religion and diplomacy
- Pope Benedict XVI names seven new saints, including Kateri Tekakwitha, Marianne Cope, Pedro Calungsod, and Anna Schäffer. (AP)
Law and crime
- A mass shooting at a spa in Brookfield, Wisconsin, leaves four people dead, including the shooter. (BBC) (NBC)
- Sharmeka Moffitt, 20, a female from Winnsboro, Louisiana, sustains burns to over 60% of her body in what was initially believed to be a possible hate crime after she had claimed, through relatives, to have been set afire by three unknown at large male hoodie-wearing assailants in Winnsboro's Civitan Park. It turned out she is believed by police to have set herself on fire and to have written the slur on her car (she has since opened her eyes and blinked to communicate with relatives at Louisiana State University Hospital Shreveport, where she underwent surgery). [http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20121023/NEWS01/121023011/Winnsboro-attack-victim-remains-critical-condition?odyssey=tab
October 22, 2012 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- The Israeli air force strikes a rocket launching squad in the northern Gaza Strip, reportedly killing three, following rocket fire on southern Israel from Gaza and a mortar attack on an IDF patrol near the border. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
- Riot police in Kuwait attack demonstrators with teargas, stun grenades and batons. (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian civil war: A Jordanian soldier dies during a gunfight between Jordanian troops and Islamic militants attempting to cross the border into Syria. (CTV News)
- 2011–2012 conflict in Lebanon: The Lebanese Army launches an operation to quell the sectarian violence in Beirut triggered by the assassination of Wissam al-Hassan. (Voice of America)
- Police authorities in South Africa admit the shooting of 34 miners by police "may have been disproportionate" to the danger faced by those in charge. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- A Kindle user from Norway has her account wiped and all her paid-for books deleted by the American multinational electronic commerce company Amazon.com. (The Guardian)
Business and economics
- A former Goldman Sachs employee blows the whistle on the investment bank having routinely taken advantage of charities and pension funds to increase its profits. (The Guardian)
- The chairman of the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, likely will not stand for re-election to that post. Ben Bernanke has reportedly told friends he will leave when his term ends in January 2014 regardless of who wins the Presidential election campaign. (New York Times)
International relations
- The UK doubles its number of RAF armed "drones" operating in Afghanistan and, in a new development, drones are to be controlled from terminals and screens on British soil. (The Guardian)
- France plans to use drones in Mali. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- Six Italian scientists and an ex-government official are convicted of multiple manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison over the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake after prosecutors accuse them of being "falsely reassuring" before the event. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
- Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are exiled to remote prison camps located in Perm and Mordovia, home to parts of the Soviet-era gulag system. Their exact locations are unknown, even to their lawyers and family members. They had petitioned to be held in Moscow which would have allowed them to watch their young children grow. (The Guardian)
- Peter Rippon, the BBC Newsnight editor responsible for dropping an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against Jimmy Savile, steps aside from his role with immediate effect. (The Independent) (BBC)
- The body of a female found late Monday in a recycling container in Clayton, New Jersey is preliminarily determined to be that of missing 12-year-old girl Autumn Pasquale according to police (NBC)
Politics and elections
- Okinawa's legislative assembly passes a resolution expressing "overwhelming indignation" at the alleged rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. soldiers, the latest of 5,747 crimes on record allegedly involving U.S. personnel over the past 40 years, and condemns the worsening criminal activity of foreign troops on the island. (Al Jazeera)
Sport
- U.S. former professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped by the International Cycling Union of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from participating in UCI-sanctioned events. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- A football fan is jailed after an attack on former England international goalkeeper Chris Kirkland during a match last week. Twenty-one-year-old Aaron Cawley was filmed on live television jumping from the stand and striking Kirkland with both arms on the head following a goal during the league match at Hillsborough. Kirkland, who described the assault as like being "hit by a ton of bricks", was thrown off balance, crashed to the ground against his goal area and required treatment for his injuries. (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph)
October 23, 2012 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- At least one person is killed and two others are wounded in an Israeli artillery attack in the northern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
- Iraqi insurgency: At least eight people are killed in car bombings and mortar attacks across various districts in Baghdad, Iraq. (BBC)
- A young Pakistani man, whose father was killed by drones alongside 40 others in March 2011, seeks to block the sharing of British intelligence with the CIA. This represents the first serious legal challenge in the English courts to Britain's involvement in the drones campaign. (The Guardian)
Arts and culture
- Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond film, receives its Royal premiere at London's Royal Albert Hall. (BBC)
- The prominent Bengali poet and novelist Sunil Gangopadhyay dies from a heart attack in the West Bengal capital Kolkata. (BBC)
- Authorities in Mumbai investigate the sudden death last weekend of the renowned Bollywood film-maker Yash Chopra, who was earlier thought to have died from dengue fever. (BBC)
Business and economics
- European Commissioners debate a proposal to the European Parliament to accept a 40 per cent quota for women on corporate boards. (BBC)
Disasters
- A fire at a hospital in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan kills at least 12 people and injures up to 60 others. (BBC)
- A "very loud explosion" and a "huge fire" at a military factory in Khartoum are being treated as suspicious. (BBC)
- Following yesterday's conviction of scientists for their failure to predict the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Luciano Maiani—head of Italy's disaster body—resigns in protest at the harsh treatment of his colleagues. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- A surfer is killed in southern California following an attack by a great white shark. (BBC) (CNN)
Innovation and technology
- The analogue TV signal in Northern Ireland is turned off permanently at 23:30 BST, completing the final stage of the UK digital switchover. Ceefax, the world's first teletext information service, is also brought to an end after 38 years. (BBC)
International relations
- Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, visits the Gaza Strip, the first head of state to visit there since Hamas seized control of the territory five years ago. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) (The Times of Israel)
Law and crime
- BBC Director-General George Entwistle appears before the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee to answer questions about the Corporation's handling of allegations of sexual abuse against Jimmy Savile. (The Independent)
- Four civil cases are filed against Trinity Mirror, publishers of the UK newspaper the Daily Mirror, over allegations of phone hacking. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Four third-party U.S. presidential election candidates—representing the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Justice parties, who were excluded from the high-profile televised encounters between Mitt Romney or Barack Obama—attend their own presidential debate hosted in Chicago by the Free and Equal Elections Foundation, which hopes for a more transparent and open electoral system. Romney (with the Republican Party) and Obama (with the Democratic Party) refuse invitations to attend the debate, televised on international news channels but on no major U.S. network. (Al Jazeera) (VOR) (The Washington Post) (Press TV) (The Sacramento Bee)
- Japanese Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka, who took office on October 1, resigns amid a scandal over alleged ties to an organized crime syndicate. (BBC)
- Two MSPs – John Finnie and Jean Urquhart – resign from the Scottish National Party over its stance on NATO, effectively reducing the party's absolute majority in the Scottish Parliament to two. (The Guardian)
October 24, 2012 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Siege of Bani Walid (2012): Militias loyal to the Libyan government capture the town of Bani Walid after days of battle, with locals claiming that 130 civilians have died under artillery shelling attacks from militia forces. (The Daily Beast) (Reuters)
- Israel targets rocket launching sites in Gaza in response to over 80 rockets being fired into Israeli territory by militants, causing deaths and injuries. (BBC) (The Times of Israel)
- Sudan blames the explosion at a munition factory south of Khartoum on an Israeli airstrike. (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian civil war: The UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi states in Cairo that the Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the four-day Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha. (The Telegraph)
- A journalist based in Somaliland is killed by gunmen while returning home from work. (BBC)
Innovation and technology
- The analogue television service in the Republic of Ireland is switched off at 10.00am. (RTÉ) (Irish Independent)
- An administrative law judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission issues a preliminary decision on a long-running Samsung/Apple dispute, in favor of Apple's complaint on four of the six patents in dispute. (ThomsonReuters)
International relations
- After years of delays and disputes over cost and design, and amid references in newspapers to Germany's rejection of asylum applications by Roma from Kosovo and comments from the country's interior minister alleging "increasing abuse of asylum from countries in the Balkans", Angela Merkel unveils a memorial near the Reichstag to members of the Roma community killed during the Nazi Holocaust. (BBC)
Law and crime
- Sir Norman Bettison resigns as Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police as his role in the aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster is being investigated. (BBC)
- Following a landmark hearing at the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 174 women formerly employed by Birmingham City Council are given permission to seek compensation under Equal Pay legislation for missed bonuses. The ruling extends the time window for such claims from six months to six years. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
- The UK's Director of Public Prosecutions is to review a 2009 decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute Jimmy Savile over allegations of sexual abuse. (Belfast Telegraph) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Former Société Générale trader Jérôme Kerviel loses his appeal against a five-year prison sentence for forgery and breach of trust, handed down in 2010. (BBC)
- A former maintenance worker at Creflo Dollar's World Changers Church International in the Atlanta suburb of College Park, Georgia has fatally shot a 39-year-old church volunteer. (Chicago Tribune)[permanent dead link]
- Police in the Denver suburb of Westminster, Colorado arrest a 17-year-old resident who was allegedly involved in an attempted abduction in the killing of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway. (NBC)
- Three people are shot dead, two are critically wounded, and a gunman is at large after shootings at two locations in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, California: a business next to a Coca-Cola plant, and a residence. (NBC)
Politics
- The Welsh government reaches an agreement with the British government giving Wales limited powers to borrow money to finance major projects. (BBC)
Religion and diplomacy
- Pope Benedict XVI announces a 24 November 2012 Consistory for the creation of six new Cardinals: James Michael Harvey, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Baselios Cleemis, John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Jesús Salazar Gómez, and Luis Antonio Tagle. (Catholic Herald) (The Hindu)
October 25, 2012 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war: The Syrian government announces via its state media that it will suspend military operations from Friday to Monday, during this year's Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, as part of a ceasefire proposal by U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. (CNN)
Business and economics
- Official GDP figures indicate the 2012 Summer Olympics helped the UK economy emerge from recession in the three months from July to September, with growth of 1.0%. (BBC)
- Costa Coffee—the world's second-largest coffeehouse chain—pulls out of Totnes, the Devon town that prides itself on having independent shops. (BBC) (ITV) (The Huffington Post)
Disasters
- Hurricane Sandy heads towards The Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba and Jamaica. (CNN)
Law and crime
- A rape claim against a major Irish celebrity is investigated. The victim was made pregnant during her ordeal. (Irish Independent)
- A jury fails to reach a verdict in the retrial of a policeman thought to have racially abused a suspect in the aftermath of the 2011 England riots. (BBC)
- Scotland Yard says that the number of potential victims in the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal has risen to 300. (The Daily Telegraph) (The Guardian)
- A New York Police Department officer, 6-year employee Gilberto Valle III along with an unnamed co-conspirator, is charged with allegedly conspiring to cross state lines and kidnap, torture, cook, and eat women (at least 100 names and pictures, some with physical descriptions, were found on his computer). He could get up to life in prison. (MSN)[permanent dead link]
Politics and elections
- Amid concerns of voting fraud, U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign is linked to Hart InterCivic a firm providing the voting machines to be used to tally the ballots in the crucial state of Ohio. (The Belfast Telegraph)(Salon.com)
- France's interior minister Manuel Valls is embroiled in controversy amid reports he ordered police to clear his Paris neighbourhood of homeless so his wife could go about her shopping "in peace". (Ottawa Citizen)[permanent dead link]
- Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and his cabinet are approved by the Parliament of Georgia following the victory in the parliamentary election. (BBC News)
- Israeli Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman announce the unification of their two parties which will run as a single bloc for the upcoming election to be held in January 2013; the joint party will be called "Likud Beiteinu" ("The Likud Is Our Home") and Netanyahu will be number 1 on the list, followed by Liberman who will be number 2 on the list. (BBC) (The Jewish Press) (The Times of Israel)
Religion and diplomacy
- Bishop Richard Williamson, because of his opposition to dialogue and his Holocaust denial, is expelled from the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) by its superior, Bishop Bernard Fellay. The SSPX is a formerly breakaway ultra-conservative Roman Catholic society founded by the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre that is critical of many of the changes in the Church brought about by Vatican Council II. (Catholic News Service)
Sports
- Emanuel Steward, International Boxing Hall of Fame inducted trainer, and most notable for training 41 world champion fighters throughout his career, including Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, Thomas Hearns, and Tony Tucker, dies at the age of 68. (ESPN)
October 26, 2012 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Latest round of sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims kill at least 64 people in western Burma; 3,200 Rohingya have been displaced. (CNN) (Al-Arabiya)
- Syrian civil war:
- Fighting in Syria continues as the ceasefire agreement mediated by U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to occur during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha begins. (Christian Science Monitor)
- A car bomb explodes in the capital Damascus, killing an unknown number of people and injuring many. (Reuters)
- A suicide bombing at a mosque in Maymana, Afghanistan, kills at least 41 people and wounds up to 50 others. (BBC)
Arts and culture
- Writer Javier Marías rejects the Spanish government's National Novel Prize, awarded for his novel Los enamoramientos, saying "All my life I have managed to avoid state institutions, regardless of which party was in government, and I have turned down all income from the public purse. I don't want to be seen as an author who is favoured by any particular government." (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- China blocks the website of the New York Times and searches on social media after it published an investigation into the finances of Premier Wen Jiabao. (Al Jazeera)(New York Times)
- Russian leftist protest leader Sergei Udaltsov is charged with plotting "mass disorder" and could face a 10 year prison sentence if convicted. (RIA Novosti)
- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is sentenced to four years imprisonment for fiscal fraud. (AGI)[permanent dead link]
Politics and elections
- Chinese politician Bo Xilai is stripped of his membership of the National People's Congress. (Hindustan Times)
October 27, 2012 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi insurgency: A series of attacks across Iraq kill 46 and injured 123 others. (BBC)
- Several injuries occur as police use rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas to disperse people at the Olympia Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economics
- Thousands of people join protests against budget cuts in Madrid and ask that the government quit. Riot police greet the demonstrators. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Disasters
- A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of British Columbia near Haida Gwaii, triggering a tsunami warning in the North Pacific. (CBC)
International relations
- The fifth Tibetan in a week sets himself on fire and dies in Tibet in a protest against Chinese rule. (The Himalayan Times)
Law and crime
- Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal:
- The family of disgraced disc jockey and television presenter Jimmy Savile makes its first public statement since his reputation was destroyed by a sexual abuse scandal. (CNN) (BBC)
- A statement from the Vatican claims it is not possible to strip Savile of his papal knighthood over his involvement in the sexual abuse scandal because the honour ceased to exist upon his death. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi makes it known that the Vatican is "deeply saddened that a person who has been stained by such acts could in his lifetime have been proposed for an honour by the Holy See." (The Irish Times)
Sport
- In composite rules shinty–hurling, Ireland defeat Scotland to claim the International Series. (BBC Sport) (Irish Examiner)
- Karl Lacey of Donegal is named the GAA All Stars Footballer of the Year, alongside which he picks up his fourth All Star. (BBC Sport)
October 28, 2012 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Opposition activists report at least 128 deaths around the country, as the UN-brokered ceasefire appears to collapse. The Syrian Army bombards three Damascus districts and the city of Bara near Idlib, killing at least 22 people. (CNN) (Reuters)[permanent dead link]
- Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges support for the rebels in a new video uploaded to a jihadist website. (CNN)
- Iraqi insurgency: Car bombings in and around Baghdad kill 15 and injure 33 others. (Al Jazeera)
- Ten people are killed and over 100 injured after a suicide bombing and reprisal attacks close to a Catholic church in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria. (BBC)
- The United Nations calls for action to end renewed hostilities between ethnic Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar's western Rakhine State that have killed dozens and displaced more than 22,500. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters
- The East Coast of the United States prepares for Hurricane Sandy, which has killed at least 67 people and caused widespread damage in the Caribbean. (CNN)
Exploration
- The SpaceX Dragon capsule on a re-supply mission to the International Space Station returns to Earth. (BBC)
Law and crime
- Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis is arrested over the publication of a list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts. (BBC)
- Former pop star Gary Glitter is arrested on suspicion of sex offences by police investigating the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. (BBC)
- The Euromillions lottery website is hacked; its homepage is replaced by a Quran passage which condemns gambling. (BBC)
Sport
- Chelsea lose their unbeaten league record against Manchester United as Manchester United wins 3-2 at Stamford Bridge. Referee Mark Clattenburg sends off Branislav Ivanović and Fernando Torres. In addition, Javier Hernández is pelted with objects after scoring the winning goal, a steward is injured and hospitalized, and Chelsea issue a formal complaint to the Premier League over the referee's alleged racial abuse of several players, including Mikel John Obi. (BBC) (GOAL) (Daily Mail) (The Guardian) (The Independent) (The Daily Telegraph)
- In Formula One racing, Sebastian Vettel wins the 2012 Indian Grand Prix, with Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber in second and third place. (BBC)
- In Major League Baseball, the San Francisco Giants defeat the Detroit Tigers in game four of the 2012 World Series, sweeping the Tigers and winning their second World Series in three years. Pablo Sandoval is named World Series MVP. (ESPN) (ESPN)
October 29, 2012 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Bahraini uprising: Anti-government protests are banned and legal action is threatened against those backing the protests. (Al Jazeera)
- Police attack thousands of demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons in Ankara during the celebrations of the anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economics
- Penguin and Random House agree to merge to form Penguin Random House, the world's largest publisher. (The Guardian) (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Hurricane Sandy strikes New York City.
International relations
- Human Rights Watch and other rights groups issue a report rejecting the Israeli government’s arguments against accepting Africans migrants seeking asylum in Israel and criticizing it for using force to deter them from entering the country, stating that the migrants face extreme violence if denied entry into Israel. (Al Jazeera) (The Jerusalem Post)
- Activists descend on the city of Paju to float 50,000 propaganda leaflets on balloons into North Korea, despite protests from local South Korean residents concerned at provoking a military response. (BBC)
Law and crime
- Damian Rzeszowski is sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing six people—including his wife and children—in Jersey. (BBC)
- The U.S. Supreme Court declines to take on the review of an abortion-related appeal. The case, which is a proposed measure to amend the Oklahoma state constitution that was unanimously struck down by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, dealt with the constitutionality of state "personhood" laws that endorse the viewpoint that human life begins at conception, and would give human embryos rights and privileges given to citizens, which could have made it more difficult to have abortions for non-emergency reasons. (CNN)
- Registered child sex offenders in Simi Valley, California, will not have to post a sign outside their home this Halloween reading in part "no candy," but they still are prohibited from decorating their houses and handing out candy, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson ruled Tuesday, in a partial victory for the suing offenders and their wives before Halloween. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Fernando Haddad is elected mayor of São Paulo, giving the governing Workers' Party control of Brazil's financial capital and biggest city. (BBC) (Los Angeles Times)
- A shortlist of successors to the Coptic Pope is drawn up; a blindfolded child is then expected to pick from a list of three. (BBC)
October 30, 2012 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Qatar says the government of Syria is waging a "war of extermination" against their own citizens. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 50 are killed throughout the country, according to an activist group. (CNN)
- The Bahraini regime makes all opposition to its rule illegal. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- Police attack Anglo American Platinum mine workers with rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Al Jazeera)
- Bolivian journalist Fernando Vidal is set on fire live on radio. (BBC)
Arts and culture
- Somali poet, playwright and songwriter Warsame Shire Awale is killed in Mogadishu. (BBC)
- Major Dutch writer J. Bernlef dies at home in Amsterdam. (Dutch News)
- Groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch urge Qatar to release Mohammed al-Ajami, the poet held since last year on charges of "inciting to overthrow the ruling system" and "insulting the emir". (BBC)
- Ahead of the first preview of his new play, Alan Bennett reveals it emerged as a result of disquiet at the National Trust and laments a nation turned into a "captive market" where public life exhibits a "diminution of magnanimity." (The Guardian)
- Tamasin and Daniel Day-Lewis donate poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis's archive—including manuscripts and a letter from W. H. Auden—to Oxford University's Bodleian Library. (The Guardian)
- The Stone Roses announce a series of performances in 2013, including their first London show since their reunion. (The Guardian)
Business and economics
- The Walt Disney Company purchases Lucasfilm Ltd. from George Lucas for US$4.05 billion. Included in the deal are the rights to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. (Associated Press)
Disasters
- Aid workers and the United Nations raise concerns about rising food prices and increased cholera in Haiti, where Hurricane Sandy has killed at least 52 people. (Al Jazeera)
- Hurricane Sandy makes landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, with widespread flooding and at least 29 deaths in the Northeastern United States. (CNN) (WNN)[permanent dead link]
Law and crime
- Rwanda’s high court sentences opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire, to eight years in prison, convicting her of "conspiring to harm the country through war and terror, and minimizing" the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. (The New York Times)
- Organisers of a proposed free public event on Homo floresiensis are forced to change the event's title after use of the word "hobbit", the creature's nickname, is forbidden by the representatives of the Tolkien Estate. (The Guardian)
- A suburban Chicago woman, Elzbieta Plackowska, 40, of Naperville, Illinois, is held without bail after allegedly fatally stabbing her 7-year-old son, Justin, Tuesday night 100 times, and then killing a 5-year-old girl, Olivia Dworakowski, who she had been babysitting and who had witnessed the homicide. She told investigators she did it because she was angry with her husband, a truck driver who was often away, leaving her to do work as a maid and care for the child, work that supposedly was beneath her, according to DuPage County, Illinois State's Attorney Robert Berlin. (Peoria Journal Star)
Sport
- Afghanistan hosts its first professional men's boxing match—Hamid Rahimi versus Said Mbelwa—in Kabul. (BBC)
- In the fourth round of the 2012–13 Football League Cup, Arsenal and Reading participate in a twelve-goal thriller (7-5) at the Mad Stad—with Arsenal 4-1 down by the end of the first half. (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph) (Irish Independent) (ESPN) (GOAL)
October 31, 2012 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- A Syrian Air Force commander is assassinated by opposition forces in Damascus. (The New York Times)
- Leaders of the rebel Free Syrian Army and Kurdish representatives begin negotiations to end the clashes between Kurds and the Free Syrian Army in northern Syria, in which scores of hostages have been seized and more than 40 fighters on both sides killed. (The Washington Post)
Business and economy
- The New York Stock Exchange reopens following a two-day closure due to Hurricane Sandy, with stocks trending lower. (CNN Money) (Reuters)
- Barclays plc says that it is the subject of two new regulatory probes after a series of scandals. The bank also announces it made a loss in the third quarter of 2012. (BBC)
Disasters
- In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the death toll rises to over 60 in the Mid-Atlantic states of the United States, while electric power for millions is still out, and mass transportation is crippled. (The Vancouver Sun) (CNN)
- Five thousand people are evacuated from low-lying areas off the coast of Tamil Nadu state in India and two sailors die in heavy seas before Cyclone Nilam hits the coast. (CNN) (The Times of India)
- An electrical fire at a Saudi wedding kills 25 people in a courtyard of a home in the village of Al Badr in the Abqaiq region. (BBC)
Law and crime
- Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky is transferred to State Correctional Institution – Greene in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania, to serve his 30-to-60-year sentence on child sexual abuse charges. (ESPN)
International relations
- Two Iranian warships leave Port Sudan on the Red Sea, after a four-day stay. (The Sudan Tribune)
Politics
- The UK government is defeated in the House of Commons over its negotiating position on the EU budget, with MPs calling for a cut in spending. (BBC)
- The government of Bahrain defends its decision to impose a ban on all public protests and demonstrations, following calls from Amnesty International to lift the ban immediately as it breaches the rights to free speech and assembly. (CNN)
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