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Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. History.
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A trade union affiliated with former communist rebels attacked Nepal's largest newspaper office, destroying property and forcing a halt to publication. The Kantipur Publication, which publishes the privately run Nepali language newspaper Kantipur and English edition The Kathmandu Post, was attacked by supporters of the All Nepal Printing and Publication Workers' Union.
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A volcanic explosion rocked Yemen’s tiny Jabal al-Tair island in the Red Sea, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air and forcing Yemeni authorities to evacuate a military base. 8 soldiers were missing.
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Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, a property tycoon and one of Bangladesh's richest men, his wife and three sons were sentenced in absentia to five years each in jail as part of a government anti-corruption drive.
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Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion, entered Russia's presidential race, elected overwhelmingly as the candidate for the country's beleaguered opposition coalition.
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Gunmen in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul sprayed the car of a Sunni politician with bullets, killing him and three bodyguards. Iraqi soldiers killed 44 "terrorists" over the past 24 hours. The operations were centered in Salahuddin and Diyala provinces and around the city of Kirkuk.
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Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia broke the world record in winning the Berlin Marathon in two hours, four minutes and 26 seconds.
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In Burlingame, Ca., a shooting on Highway 101 killed Londell Wilson (25). Police used a stoplight photograph from a nearby exit to identify the car and on Oct 24 arrested Doyal “Ali” Malcolm Webber for the shooting.
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Negotiators at North Korea's disarmament talks tentatively agreed to a draft plan on disabling the country's nuclear facilities by year's end.
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In SF the 24th annual Folsom Street Fair celebrated leather culture and sexual fetishism.
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