October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01) (Tuesday)
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October 2, 2013 (2013-10-02) (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Gunmen shoot down a military helicopter in northern Iraq killing all four crew members. (Reuters)
- The Russian embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli came under fire after an attempted attack by gunmen who tried to force their way into the compound. One of the attackers was killed and four others were injured according to Libyan authorities. (Reuters)
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October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03) (Thursday)
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October 4, 2013 (2013-10-04) (Friday)
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October 5, 2013 (2013-10-05) (Saturday)
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October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06) (Sunday)
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October 7, 2013 (2013-10-07) (Monday)
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October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) (Tuesday)
Arts and culture
Business and economy
- Reuters reports that major money market fund managers are avoiding U.S. Treasury debt due to mature in the next few months, as the debt ceiling nears and Governmental deadlock deepens. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Heavy flooding in the Philippines city of Zamboanga leads to thousands of families being displaced and schools and most government offices being closed. (ABS-CBN)
- At least four people are killed and hundreds of thousands of people evacuated as Typhoon Fitow hit eastern China yesterday. (Reuters)
International relations
- North Korea claims to put its army on alert and warns the United States of a "horrible disaster". (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A Denver couple, Wayne Sperling, 66, (jailed) and Lorinda Bailey, 35, (free) are accused of felony child abuse in one of the most egregious cases of suspected abuse in state history. Four boys, ages 2 to 6, were living in a house filled with cat feces and urine, with flies everywhere. They were nonverbal, malnourished, filthy, and uneducated, communicating to caseworkers and police in grunts. The couple were accused of misdemeanor abuse of 3 other children in 2006. (MSN)
- Four people living at the same address in Savannah, Tennessee (3 men and 1 woman), believed to be involved in an area child pornography investigation and who had earlier fled a September 2013 FBI investigation (where computers and cameras were seized) are found dead of gunshot wounds (they may have been drugged) in a murder-suicide on a road in Double Springs, Winston County, Alabama. (MSN)
- Proposals for a Royal Charter on self-regulation of the British press put forward by the press industry itself are rejected by the Privy Council. (BBC)
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October 9, 2013 (2013-10-09) (Wednesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
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- The People's Republic of China arrests 139 people in Xinjiang for allegedly calling for jihad. (AFP via Euronews)
- Andrea Sanderlin, the Scarsdale "Pot Mom", admits to running a multimillion dollar marijuana operation. (NY Daily News)
- A retired policeman is killed after firing over a dozen rounds at the Wheeling Federal Building in Wheeling, West Virginia. (MSN)
- "Elmo" is sent to jail as Times Square characters raise concerns. A bogus costumed Elmo, who collected tips for cuddling children in family photos in New York's Times Square, is sent to jail for a year for trying to extort $2 million from the Girl Scouts of the USA. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
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October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10) (Thursday)
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- Scott Carpenter, Mercury 7 astronaut and second American to orbit the earth, dies at 88 following complications from a stroke.(Fox News)
October 11, 2013 (2013-10-11) (Friday)
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October 12, 2013 (2013-10-12) (Saturday)
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October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13) (Sunday)
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- Five people are injured during a shooting at a Hmong New Year's celebration in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. Two men, 19 and 21 years old, are arrested. (CNN)
- Over 380 people are detained after an anti-migrant Russian nationalist riot in southern Moscow. (Russia News)[permanent dead link]
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October 14, 2013 (2013-10-14) (Monday)
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October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15) (Tuesday)
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October 16, 2013 (2013-10-16) (Wednesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- At least 21 civilians are killed when their minibus hits a land mine in southern Syrian town of Nawa, with opposition activists blaming the Syrian army. (Reuters), (BBC)
Business and economy
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- Divers in Russia recover a 570kg (1,255lb) portion of the Chelyabinsk meteor that landed on February 15, 2013. It is one of the largest meteorite fragments found to date. (BBC)
October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17) (Thursday)
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October 18, 2013 (2013-10-18) (Friday)
Business and economy
- China's economy grew at a rate of 7.8 percent in the third quarter. (Reuters)
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- Asteroid 2013 TV135 is discovered with an approximately 1 in 63,000 chance of colliding with the earth in 2032. (CNN)
October 19, 2013 (2013-10-19) (Saturday)
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October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20) (Sunday)
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October 21, 2013 (2013-10-21) (Monday)
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October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22) (Tuesday)
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October 23, 2013 (2013-10-23) (Wednesday)
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- President Obama's staff has unmasked and fired a national security official who tweeted critical comments under a pseudonym. (USA Today)
Sports
- 2013 World Series: Jon Lester, Red Sox win Game 1 against mistake-ridden Cardinals (washingtonpost.com)
October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24) (Thursday)
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October 25, 2013 (2013-10-25) (Friday)
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October 26, 2013 (2013-10-26) (Saturday)
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October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27) (Sunday)
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October 28, 2013 (2013-10-28) (Monday)
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October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29) (Tuesday)
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October 30, 2013 (2013-10-30) (Wednesday)
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October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31) (Thursday)
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- The United States FAA relents and permits limited use of electronic gadgets on planes. (FOX News)
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