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- The strain of the HIV virus most common in the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia and much of South America is traced back to Haiti in 1969. (BBC)
- The USS Arleigh Burke enters Somali waters in pursuit of a Japanese ship carrying benzene that was hijacked by pirates. (CNN)
- Argentine general election, 2007: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is elected President of Argentina. (Argentina results) (CNN)
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia claims the Government of the United Kingdom failed to act on intelligence given to it by the Government of Saudi Arabia which could have prevented the 7 July 2005 London bombings. (Guardian Unlimited)
- The Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert announces that he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer. (NYT)
- Salim Aliyow Ibrow becomes Prime Minister of Somalia in the Transitional Federal Government as the embattled Ali Mohamed Ghedi resigns. (BBC)
- The UK embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, is closed as a precaution after a terrorist attack in the city is prevented. The US embassy also closes its doors after reports of the thwarting of a "large-scale, horrifying terror attack." (Sky) (AP)
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- An earthquake with magnitude of five on Richter scale shakes central Nepal. (AndhraNews.net)
- All banks and post offices in Borlänge, Sweden, are kept closed by the local police due to an "elevated risk level of bank robbery". (TT via Dagens Nyheter) [1]
- Kasereka Kabamba, a Mai Mai militia leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, surrenders to Nord-Kivu Army Chief Vainqueur Mayala. Kabamba maintains his forces fought against rebels loyal to Laurent Kabila, in the service of the government. (BBC)
- One of two men alleged to be involved in a gay-sex-and-drugs blackmail plot against a minor member of the British Royal Family will appear in court this week. (Times Online)
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- Comet 17P/Holmes grows significantly brighter overnight, going from magnitude 17 to magnitude 3 in just a few hours, while in the constellation of Perseus. (USA Today)
- The Bank of America announces that it will lay off 3,000 staff following an announcement of a significant decline in earnings in the third quarter. (NYT)
- A storm in the Gulf of Mexico kills 18 Mexican oil workers fleeing an oil rig, with Navy rescue teams trying to reach survivors. (Reuters) (BBC)
- Moderating winds improve the outlook in the fight against the California wildfires of October 2007. (CNN)
- Richard J. Griffin resigns as head of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security in the United States State Department following the Blackwater shooting in Iraq. (AP via CNN)
- The United Kingdom announces a unilateral end to the Common Travel Area with the Republic of Ireland. From 2009, passports will be required for the first time, bringing to an end centuries of unimpeded travel between the two countries. (Irish Times)
- Turkey-PKK conflict
- China launches its first lunar orbiter, Chang'e 1, on an exploration mission to the moon. (BBC)
- The Pakistan People's Party claims that its leader, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, has been forbidden to leave the country. (BBC)
- Prime Minister of Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls early elections for 13 November 2007, less than three years after the last elections in early 2005. (ABC)
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