Portal:Current events/2009 October 30
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October 30, 2009 (Friday)
- European Union leaders agree a climate aid deal to help developing countries adapt to global warming. (CNN) (Xinhua)
- Typhoon Mirinae makes landfall in the Philippines. (Al Jazeera) (Philippine Inquirier)
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approves plans to allow non-Latin web addresses for the first time. (BBC) (CNET News)
- NASA reveals that a partial parachute failure resulted in damage to the Ares I-X test booster upon splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean following its test flight on Wednesday. (Spaceflight Now)
- A U.S. judge orders a trial for two doctors and a lawyer accused of providing American sex symbol Anna Nicole Smith with drugs. (AP via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- African Union leaders agree to establish a hybrid court to end the Darfur conflict in western Sudan. (BBC) (Le Mali en ligne) (Sudan Tribune)
- Native tribesmen in the Amazon Rainforest discover a downed Brazilian military transport plane, finding nine survivors. (news.com.au) (Taiwan News)
- Former French President Jacques Chirac is ordered to stand trial on corruption charges. (France 24) (Deutsche Welle)
- Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti and ousted President Manuel Zelaya agree a deal to end the political crisis, reinstating Zelaya as President. (Times of India) (The Guardian) (Honduras This Week)
- South Korea's spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, names North Korea's telecommunications ministry as responsible for a wave of cyber attacks in July. (Yonhap) (Mainichi Shimbun)
- A large fire at an oil depot on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, leaves six people dead and around 135 injured. (Press Trust of India) (Associated Press)
- Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou calls on China to remove missiles targeting the island. (Radio Taiwan International) (Straits Times)
- Burmese authorities arrest 50 people – including journalists, students and political activists, in a security crackdown, according to a Thailand based human rights group. (Reuters)