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Current events of
October 5, 2011
(
2011-10-05
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Arab Spring
:
At least three people are killed and 22 injured after
Yemeni Army
troops shell
opposition forces
in the southern province of
Taiz
.
(Xinhua)
In eastern
Saudi Arabia
near the
Persian Gulf
, police
open fire on protesters
as public unrest intensifies.
(
The Independent
)
Business and economy
NYSE Euronext
and
Deutsche Boerse AG
, two exchange operating concerns planning a merger, receive a statement of objections to that merger from the
European Union
's business regulators.
(NYSE Euronext)
Various American
labor unions
, including the
CWA
and the
ATU
, join the
Occupy Wall Street
demonstrations in
New York City
.
(Reuters)
Steve Jobs
, the co-founder of
Apple Inc.
, dies of
pancreatic cancer
.
(Apple Statement)
(Forbes)
Disasters
In
Thailand
, more than 200 people are killed by
floods
during a severe
monsoon
season, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.
(ABC News Australia)
A container ship runs aground on a
reef
off the coast of
Tauranga
,
New Zealand
, causing a large
oil
spill into the
Bay of Plenty
and affecting wildlife.
(Television New Zealand)
Law and crime
In the
Mekong River massacre
, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the
Golden Triangle
region of
Southeast Asia
.
(BBC)
German
prosecutors reopen hundreds of investigations into
Nazi concentration camp
guards, following the successful prosecution of retired U.S. autoworker
John Demjanjuk
for his role at the
Sobibor extermination camp
in
Poland
during
World War II
.
(AP via ABC News America)
Three people are killed in a workplace shooting in
Cupertino, California
.
(
Mercury Times
)
Politics and elections
A
strike
by
Greek
public sector workers leads to the closure of transport services, schools and most
public hospitals
, with thousands of people protesting against government austerity measures in
Athens
.
(Reuters)
Luis Fortuño
, the
Governor
of the US Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico
, submits a plan for a two-part
referendum
to change the
islands's status
.
(AP via
Atlanta Journal Constitution
)
The
Governor
of the US state of
Alabama
,
Robert Bentley
, orders flags on state government buildings to fly at
half-mast
following the death of
civil rights
leader
Fred Shuttlesworth
.
(
Birmingham News
)
The former
Governor
of
Alaska
Sarah Palin
announces that she will not put her name forward as a
Republican
candidate for the
2012 presidential election
.
(BBC)
Science
Israeli
scientist
Daniel Shechtman
wins the 2011
Nobel Prize for Chemistry
for the discovery of
quasicrystals
.
(AP via
The Star
)
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