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Jean Tirole (pictured) is awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of market power and regulation.
Evo Morales is re-elected for a third term as President of Bolivia.
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their activism against the oppression of children and young people.
The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to French historical author and novelist Patrick Modiano.

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October 18, 2014 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Suspected Ugandan rebels kill more than 20 people near the Democratic Republic of the Congo town of Beni in their second attack in 48 hours. (Reuters)

October 17, 2014 (Friday)

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Disasters and accidents

2014 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Gonzalo hits Bermuda becoming the strongest storm to hit the island in a decade. (NBC News), (Reuters)

Health

Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
- The World Health Organisation declares Senegal to be free of the Ebola virus. (Reuters via Business Recorder)
Ebola virus outbreak in the United States
- The President of the United States Barack Obama names lawyer and former political operative Ron Klain as "ebola czar" to coordinate US response to the Ebola outbreak. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

International relations

The Kyodo news agency reports that the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that could complicate relations with China and South Korea. (Reuters)
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, and Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, will meet at the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan, Italy to discuss the conflict and supplies of natural gas. (Euronews)

Politics and elections

2014 Hong Kong protests
- The Hong Kong Police Force stages a dawn raid at the protest site in the suburb of Mong Kok. (Reuters)

October 16, 2014 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

War in North-West Pakistan
- The Pakistan Air Force claims to have killed at least 27 militants in overnight airstrikes. (AFP via Hindustan Times)

International relations

New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela have been elected to sit on the United Nations Security Council for two years from 2015. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)

Law and crime

Brazilian police arrest Thiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha who they claim has killed at least 39 people over a three year period targeting homeless people, women and gays. (BBC)

Politics and elections

The Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group in the European parliament, set up by Eurosceptic parties after the European elections, is dissolved after Latvian MEP Iveta Grigule left the group. (Guardian), (EP Media Spokesman)
2014 Hong Kong protests
- There are overnight scuffles between members of the Hong Kong Police Force and Occupy Central with Love and Peace protesters for a second night. (BBC)

October 15, 2014 (Wednesday)

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At least eight people are killed as villagers clash with construction workers and riot police over land disputes in Yunnan province, China. (AFP via AsiaOne)
Shia insurgency in Yemen and al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Shia Houthi rebels and suspected al-Qaeda militants clash near the town of Radaa in Al Bayda' Governorate province resulting in at least 10 deaths. (BBC)

Business and economy

The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops more than 450 points, erasing gains for the year only to rebound late in the day for a close down 173 points. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills at least 17 people with 100 more out of contact. (AAP via SBS), (Reuters)

Health

Ebola virus outbreak in the United States
- A second health worker tests positive for the ebola virus in Dallas, Texas. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)

Law and crime

3 police officers are injured in Jerusalem as Israeli riot police and Palestinian protesters clash before a Jewish festival. (AP via Miami Herald)

Politics and elections

2014 Hong Kong protests
- Violent clashes between police and protesters occur in central Hong Kong as protesters attempt to barricade a major road. (New York Times)
Nicola Sturgeon will succeed Alex Salmond as leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland after she was the only candidate to put their name forward in the party's leadership election. (BBC)
Popular Saudi Shia Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr sentenced to death by Saudi court that tries terrorists and human rights activists. (BBC)

Sport

In North American Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals sweep the Baltimore Orioles in the 2014 American League Championship Series 4-0 to progress to the 2014 World Series. (Canadian Press via Yahoo!)

October 14, 2014 (Tuesday)

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Turkish jets bomb Kurdish PKK positions in south-east Turkey. (BBC)

Arts and culture

Australian author Richard Flanagan's novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North wins the 2014 Man Booker Prize. (BBC)

Business and economics

A large French bank, Groupe BPCE launches a service that allows its customers to use the social network Twitter to send one another money. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2014 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Vongfong leaves Japan as a tropical storm having caused at least one death, two people missing and 93 injured. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- The death toll from Cyclone Hudhud rises to 24 with 400,000 people needing assistance in India's Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states. (BBC)
A woman suffering from schizophrenia stabbed three students and a police negotiator at a secondary school in Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic. A 16-year-old boy died due to his injuries. (Channel NewsAsia)

Politics and elections

The President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Artur Mas i Gavarró, drops plans for a referendum on independence on November 9 from Spain following opposition from the Constitutional Court of Spain. (Bloomberg via Business Week)

Sport

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D:
- Ireland stuns world champion Germany in Gelsenkirchen, with Ireland drawing the match at 1–1 when John O'Shea scores in stoppage time. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (Telegraph)
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I:
- The game between Albania and Serbia is abandoned after a drone carrying a flag promoting the concept of Greater Albania descends onto the pitch in Belgrade, sparking riots, mass brawling and an explosion. Albania players are attacked on the pitch by Serbia fans, who in turn clash with riot police. (BBC) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Albania's prime minister is embroiled in scandal after his brother is linked to the stunt. (Independent)

October 13, 2014 (Monday)

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Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- Three bombs explode in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad killing at least 30 people. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Disasters and accidents

2014 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall in the Japanese island of Kyushu causing the evacuation of 150,000 people and disruption to plane and train services. (AP)
2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Cyclone Hudhud is downgraded to a tropical depression having caused at least 8 deaths in India with 5 dead in Andhra Pradesh and 3 people dead in Orissa. (AP)
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of El Salvador with a tsunami warning issued for the Pacific Ocean coasts of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras. (Reuters)

Law and crime

A United States Marine is detained on the USS Peleliu, which is docked in Subic Bay, Philippines, after he allegedy murdered a Filipino transgender woman. (Bloomberg)
Protesters in the Mexican state of Guerrero attack the state government headquarters in the state capital Chilpancingo over the disappearance of 43 students. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Brazilian general election, 2014
- Environmentalist Marina Silva, who came third in the first round of the presidential elections, decides to back centre-right candidate Aécio Neves following an open letter from Neves to the nation where he promises to include in his manifesto issues such as land reform, the demarcation of indigenous lands, the rights of rural communities and environmental concerns. (BBC)
Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea makes his first public appearance in five weeks. (Reuters via CBC)
Evo Morales, president of Bolivia is re-elected for a third 5 year term. (The Guardian)

October 12, 2014 (Sunday)

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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Islamic State claims responsibility for a triple suicide bombing in Iraq's Diyala Province that killed 26 Kurds as well as an attack in Anbar Province that killed the head of security. (AP)
Post-civil war violence in Libya
- At least 21 people die in Libyan tribal clashes on the weekend. (Al-Arabiyah)
At least 26 people have been killed in tribal clashes in Nigeria's Plateau State over the past week. (Nigeria Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

2014 Pacific typhoon season
- At least 28 people are injured on the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Kyushu with 150,000 evacuated as Typhoon Vongfong approaches. (AP)
2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Eastern India feels the impact of Cyclone Hudhud which makes landfall around noon near the city of Visakhapatnam. The death toll in Andhra Pradesh is at least three.(AP), (The Times of India)

Health

2014 United States Ebola virus outbreak
- A Texas nurse tests positive for Ebola. The health care worker is the first person to contract the disease in the United States of America, the first infection in the US to occur by secondary contact, and the second in the world sickened from exposure outside of the African continent. (AP)

Politics and elections

Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2014
- Bakir Izetbegović and Dragan Čović appear to have won the Bosniak and Croat seat in the presidency while the race for the Serb seat is still too close to call. (Balkan Insight)
Bolivian general election, 2014
- Voters in Bolivia go to the polls for a general election with incumbent President Evo Morales winning in a landslide with 60 per cent of the vote. (AP via Fox News)

More October 2014 events...

Ongoing events
Disasters Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search efforts Economic Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2014 Atlantic hurricane season 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2014 Pacific typhoon season Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Political Global surveillance disclosures Hong Kong protests Military intervention against ISIS US-led intervention in Syria Pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine Russian military intervention in Ukraine South Sudanese Civil War More details on ongoing conflicts below edit sidebar

Recent deaths
October 17: Tom Shaw 16: Ioannis Charalambopoulos 16: Tim Hauser 16: John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough 15: Marie Dubois 15: Giovanni Reale 14: Isaiah "Ikey" Owens 14: Elizabeth Peña 13: Mark Bell 12: Ali Mazrui 11: Bob Such 10: Pavel Landovský 10: Ed Nimmervoll 9: Jan Hooks 9: Carolyn Kizer 9: Ray Metzker 8: Morris Lurie 8: David D. Siegel 8: Zilpha Keatley Snyder 7: Walter Bockmayer 7: Cigar 7: Siegfried Lenz 6: Vic Braden 6: Bill Campbell 6: Andrew Kerr 6: Marian Seldes 5: Andrea de Cesaris 5: Geoffrey Holder 5: Yuri Lyubimov 5: Anna Przybylska 5: Misty Upham 4: Jean-Claude Duvalier 4: Paul Revere 3: Benedict Groeschel 3: Alan Henning (death reported on this date) 2: Robert Flower 1: Lynsey de Paul edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents in 2014 Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Central African Republic Civil conflict Egypt Islamist unrest Sinai insurgency Libya Post-civil war interfactional fighting 2014 Libyan conflict Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Boko Haram 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 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in Northeast India Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency 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 Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine War in Donbass Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian Civil War Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: September 2: Lebanon, President (11th round; indirect [aborted]) 14: Sweden, General 17: Fiji, General 20: New Zealand, General 23: Lebanon, President (12th round; indirect [aborted]) 28: France, Senate (indirect) Recent: October 4: Latvia, Parliament 5: Brazil, President (1st round) and parliament 5: Bulgaria, Parliament 9: Lebanon, President (13th round; indirect [aborted]) 10–11: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round) 12: Bolivia, General 12: Bosnia and Herzegovina, General 12: São Tomé and Príncipe, Legislative 15: Mozambique, General Upcoming: October 17–18: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round) 24: Botswana, General 26: Brazil, President (2nd round) 26: Tunisia, Parliament 26: Ukraine, Parliament 26: Uruguay, General 29: Lebanon, President (14th round; indirect) 29: Solomon Islands, General edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC) Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu, Oscar Pistorius Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, 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 Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos United States: Noshir Gowadia, 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, Crystal Mangum, Abu Hamza al-Masri Ongoing Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness, Bernie Ecclestone Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim Iran: Babak Zanjani 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, Janet Lim-Napoles, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan Russia: Platon Lebedev South Africa: Shrien Dewani South Korea: MV Sewol crew members Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Gary Glitter, Andy Coulson, Chris Denning United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry edit sidebar

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