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Current events of
October 5, 2009
(
2009-10-05
)
(Monday)
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The
United States
Federal Trade Commission
issues regulations for writers of
blogs
.
(Wired Magazine)
The 2009
Nobel Prize in Medicine
goes to
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
,
Carol W. Greider
, and
Jack W. Szostak
, "for the discovery of how
chromosomes
are protected by
telomeres
and the
enzyme
telomerase
".
(AP)
(Nobel Foundation)
An early morning passenger train bound for
Bangkok
derails in
Hua Hin
, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more.
(
The Hindu
)
(
Malaysia Star
)
(
The NZ Herald
)
(Reuters)
(BBC)
Samoans
cram into churches and community halls to remember friends and relatives killed in a recent
tsunami
.
(BBC)
The
Canadian
province of
Quebec
is planning a lawsuit against tobacco companies to seek damages for healthcare costs.
(Reuters)
Five people are
killed
in a
suicide bomb
attack at a
United Nations
World Food Programme
office in
Islamabad
,
Pakistan
.
(
Daily Times
)
(
The New York Times
)
Honduran
interim
President
Roberto Micheletti
lifts a decree restricting
civil liberties
.
(Al Jazeera)
(CBC)
(Xinhua)
United States
President
Barack Obama
delays a meeting with the
Dalai Lama
until after a visit to
China
.
(
The Washington Post
)
(
The Times
)
The Deputy Chief Executive of
France Télécom
, Louis-Pierre Wene, resigns over a series of
suicides
at the company.
(euronews)
(CNN)
Airline pilots in
Europe
stage demonstrations in several cities against working hours.
(BBC)
(
The Times of India
)
(CNN)
China
pledges to strengthen bonds with isolated
North Korea
, nudging it to improve its economy.
(Reuters)
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