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At least 134 African migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The U.S. federal government shuts down non-essential services after it is unable to pass a budget measure.
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (pictured) of Kenya wins the Berlin Marathon in a world record time of 2:03:23.
Over fifty students are massacred by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria.
Dozens of people are killed in protests against a fuel price hike in Sudan.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publishes the first part of its Fifth Assessment Report.

Recent deaths: Vo Nguyen Giap – Tom Clancy

October 4, 2013 (Friday)

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Islamist protests in Egypt (July 2013–present):
- four people are killed after supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi clashed with opponents and security forces. (Reuters), (BBC)

Politics and elections

Cabinet of India's approval of bifurcation of Indian state Andhra Pradesh erupts in huge protests and strikes in Seemandhra region as a part on ongoing Samaikyandhra Movement ^{[citation needed]}

October 3, 2013 (Thursday)

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Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Air Force fighter jets bomb camps belonging to suspected Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria in response to a massacre of students at an agricultural college. (Reuters)
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack a compound belonging to former Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan commander Nabi Hanfi leaving 15 dead near the border of North Waziristan. (Sky News)

Business and economy

The antitrust chief of the European Union, Joaquin Almunia, discusses coming charges against Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopolist. (Reuters)
Twitter Inc. publicly files IPO related disclosure documents. (Reuters)

International relations

The Gambia is to withdraw from the Commonwealth, 48 years after joining the 54-member grouping, which includes the United Kingdom and most of its former colonies. (Daily Telegraph)
Russia evacuates Libya of all Russian diplomats and their families one day after an attack on their embassy left one dead. (AP via ABC)

Disasters and accidents

A fire engulfs a boat carrying African migrants off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, killing at least 114 people, 200 remain missing. (The New York Times) (AP)
A passenger plane carrying 27 people crashes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, with 13 deaths reported. (BBC)

Law and crime

Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for illegally taking money out of the Chaibasa treasury. (New York Daily News)
A woman is fatally shot by police after striking a barrier at a White House security checkpoint followed by a car chase. (BBC) (The Washington Post)
Adobe reveals that 2.9 million customers' data was stolen in a security breach which included credit card information. (BBC)

October 2, 2013 (Wednesday)

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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)

Arts and culture

American author Tom Clancy, best known for his military thriller novels, dies at the age of 66. (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

An accident involving a church bus, a tractor-trailer, and an SUV on I-40 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, leaves eight dead and 14 injured. (NBC)

Law and Crime

Law enforcement in the U.S. shuts down "Silk Road," an internet marketplace for various illegal activities including the illicit drug trade, and arrests its alleged principal, Ross Ulbricht. (Reuters)
The jury in the Michael Jackson Estate vs. AEG Live court case finds AEG Live not guilty of negligence in hiring musician Michael Jackson's physician Conrad Murray. Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2011. (Sky News)

October 1, 2013 (Tuesday)

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Syrian civil war:
- A team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons enters Syria to begin work on dismantling the Assad regime's stockpile of chemical weapons. (BBC)

Politics and elections

United States federal government shutdown of 2013:
- U.S. President Barack Obama, via the White House Office of Management and Budget, issues a partial shutdown of government agencies after the House and Senate fail to come to an agreement on a spending bill to keep government operations running. (NBC News)

Law and crime

A Buddhist mob torches more than 70 Muslim homes and stabs a 94 year-old woman to death in Rakhine State, Myanmar. (AP via The Times of India)
Bangladeshi politician Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury is sentenced to death for war crimes including murder, torture, and genocide for his atrocities in the Bangladesh Liberation War. (BBC)

International relations

The government of Venezuela expels three United States diplomats after accusing them of "economic sabotage". (BBC)

September 30, 2013 (Monday)

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Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Fourteen car bombs targeting Shi'ite neighborhoods in Baghdad leave 54 people dead. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline agrees to sell its thrombosis drug brands to Aspen Pharmacare. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Tropical Storm Wutip lashes central Vietnam, uprooting trees, cutting power lines and damaging more than 1,000 houses. (The Weather Channel)
Thirteen refugees drown off the Italian coast swimming to shore from their leaky vessel. (U.N. High Commission for Refugees)

September 29, 2013 (Sunday)

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Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Gunmen from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram kill 42 people, mostly students, in an attack on a college in the town of Gujba, Yobe State. (The Telegraph)

Mexican Drug War:
- Shootings erupt over the weekend in three Mexican cities (Cuernavaca, Fresnillo, Monterrey) where drug gangs are fighting turf battles, killing at least nine people and wounding six more. (ABC News)

Syrian civil war:
- Activists fighting Syrian government forces say that at least 16 people, most of them students, were killed in an air strike from Syrian government warplanes that hit a secondary school in the rebel-held Syrian city of Raqqa. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Award-winning American television series Breaking Bad airs its final episode on AMC, concluding the series after five seasons and 62 episodes. (Associated Press via NPR)

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from a building that collapsed in Mumbai, India, on September 27 rises to 60 as the rescue operation is called off. (BBC)
Heavy rains in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, lead to damage valued at over over 100 million rupees. (Times of India)

Politics and elections

Voters in Austria go to the polls for a legislative election. (BBC)

September 28, 2013 (Saturday)

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Sudanese protests (2011–present):
- Sudanese security forces fire live ammunition on a march that followed the funeral of a demonstrator killed the day before. (The Washington Post)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Gunmen from the Islamist group Boko Haram kill 27 villagers in two attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast. (Reuters)
Syrian civil war:
- Syrian rebels claim taking control of a military post on the edge of the city of Deraa on Syria's southern border with Jordan after four days of heavy fighting with the Syrian Armed Forces. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes the Pakistani province of Balochistan, four days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake killed at least 515 people in the same region. (AP via Fox News)

Law and crime

Nikolaos Michaloliakos, the leader of the Greek far-right party Golden Dawn, is arrested on charges of forming a criminal organization. (BBC)
U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Tim Giardina is suspended from his duties as #2 of the U.S. Strategic Command due to an investigation into gambling-related issues. (NBC)

Politics and elections

Voters in Guinea go to the polls for a legislative election. (BBC)
All the ministers from Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party resign from the Government of Italy. (Reuters)

Sports

In Australian rules football, Hawthorn defeats Fremantle 77-62 to win the 2013 premiership. (AFP via Yahoo! NZ)
In Hurling, Clare beat Cork by a score of 5-16 to 3-16, to win the 2013 All-Ireland Hurling Final. (RTE Sport)

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Ongoing events
Economic Great Recession Cypriot financial crisis Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2012–13 North American drought 2013 Atlantic hurricane season 2013 China–Russia floods 2013 Colorado floods 2013 extreme weather events 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2013 Pacific hurricane season 2013 Pacific typhoon season 2013 Southwest China floods 2013 Sudan floods Political 2013 mass surveillance disclosures 2013 U.S. federal government shutdown List of ongoing protests More details on ongoing conflicts below edit sidebar

Recent deaths
October 4: Vo Nguyen Giap 3: Frank D'Rone 3: Chuck Smith 1: Peter Broadbent 1: Tom Clancy 1: Israel Gutman 1: John Hopkins September 30: Janet Powell 29: Harold Agnew 29: Pete T. Cenarrusa 29: L. C. Greenwood 29: Marcella Hazan 27: Gates Brown 27: John Calvert 27: A. C. Lyles 26: Denis Brodeur 26: Evelyn G. Lowery 25: Timothy Joseph Lyne 25: José Montoya 25: Paul Oliver 24: Paul Dietzel 24: Anthony Lawrence 23: Oscar Espinosa Chepe 23: Jane Connell 23: Harry Goodwin 23: John Hipwell 23: Christopher Koch 23: Gia Maione 23: Ruth Patrick 22: David H. Hubel 22: Álvaro Mutis 22: Luciano Vincenzoni 21: Ruhila Adatia-Sood 21: Kofi Awoonor 21: Michel Brault 20: Carolyn Cassady 20: Ron Richards 19: John D. Vanderhoof 19: Hiroshi Yamauchi 18: Ken Norton 18: Marcel Reich-Ranicki 18: Richard C. Sarafian 17: Marvin Rainwater 17: Eiji Toyoda 16: Scott Adams 16: Philip Berg 16: Chin Peng 15: Joyce Jacobs 15: Jackie Lomax 13: Rick Casares 13: Salustiano Sanchez 13: Patti Webster 12: Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki 12: Ray Dolby 12: Sheldon Hackney 12: Candace Pert 12: Joan Regan 12: Frank Tripucka 11: Marshall Berman 11: Keith Dunstan 11: Prince Jazzbo 10: John Hambrick 10: E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 9: Sunila Abeysekera 9: Saul Landau 8: Louise Currie 8: Cal Worthington 7: Joseph Granville 7: Barney Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe 7: Fred Katz 6: Ann C. Crispin 6: Dick Hess 5: Sushmita Banerjee 5: Rochus Misch edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara DR Congo M23 rebellion Egypt Political violence Sinai insurgency Libya Libyan factional fighting Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict Somalia Civil war Sudan and South Sudan Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence Southeast Asia Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe Dissident Irish Republican campaign North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian civil war Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: September 7: Australia, Federal 7: Maldives, President 9: Norway, Parliament 15: Macau, Legislative 16–18: Rwanda, Parliament 20: Swaziland, General 22: Germany, Federal 22: Switzerland, Referenda 27: Aruba, General 28: Guinea, Legislative 29: Austria, Legislative 30: Cameroon, Parliament Upcoming: October 6: Belize and Guatemala, International Court of Justice referral referendum 8: Ethiopia, President (indirect) 9: Azerbaijan, President 15: Yemen, Constitutional referendum 20: Luxembourg, General 20: San Marino, Referenda 25: Madagascar, President (1st round) 25–26: Czech Republic, Legislative 27: Argentina, Legislative 27: Georgia, President edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY) Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan Ongoing Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Beate Zschape Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Russia: Platon Lebedev Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Koo Stark, Eddy Shah, William Roache United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Jordan: Abu Qatada Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi South Africa: Oscar Pistorius United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Ian Watkins, Neville Neville, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Adebowale, Nicholas Jacobs United States: Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Crystal Mangum, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz edit sidebar

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