Portal:Current events/2009 October 19
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October 19, 2009 (Monday)
- Charles Wesley Mumbere is crowned king of the Bakonjo people in the Rwenzururu district of Uganda. (NPR) (AP via Google)
- United Nations–backed electoral fraud investigators throw out a third of President Hamid Karzai's votes leading to a runoff in the presidential election. (AP via Google)
- Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says that he will also demand an opt-out in the Treaty of Lisbon if the Czech Republic is granted one. (Der Spiegel)
- Abraham Lauhenaspessy ("Captain Bram"), a suspected kingpin people smuggler, is detained in Indonesia. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Australian)
- The Opposition in the Australian Parliament demands details on the salary of high-profile Kerry O'Brien, presenter of The 7.30 Report for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- 32 Extra Solar planets are discovered and announced, this making the record of most exoplanets discovered in one day and in one month. (CNN)