Portal:Current events/2011 October 6

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October 6, 2011 (Thursday)

Arts and culture

Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer is awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Nobel Foundation) (The Guardian) (The Washington Post)

Business and economy

Production at the Japanese plants of carmaker Toyota returns to normal following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)
The Bank of England injects a further £75bn into the British economy through quantitative easing. (BBC)

Disasters

Tropical Storm Jova forms off the Pacific coast of Mexico. (NHC)

International relations

South Korea rejects North Korea's demands that two citizens from the north who crossed the border be repatriated. (Yonhap)

Law and crime

The trial of Ichirō Ozawa, a powerful faction leader in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, over a political funding scandal begins today in Japan. (AFP via Google News)

Politics and elections

Voters in Canada's most populous province Ontario go to the polls for a general election with the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Dalton McGuinty, winning another term under a slight minority government.(The Globe and Mail) (CTV)