Portal:Current events/2007 October 31
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Current events of
October 31
,
2007
(
2007-10-31
)
(Wednesday)
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The
United States Federal Reserve
reduces short-term
interest rates
to 4.5 per cent, the second cut in three months.
(NYT)
The
President
of the
United States
George W. Bush
nominates Fmr.
Governor
of
North Dakota
Ed Schafer
for
United States Secretary of Agriculture
.
(Prairie Farmer)
At least 8 people are killed and 53 are injured when militants
bomb
a bus in
Togliatti, Russia
.
(Bloomberg)
21 of the 28 people accused over the
2004 Madrid train bombings
have been found guilty; four of them are charged with murder.
(Sky News)
Police
question
Prince Harry
over
shooting
of
endangered
Hen Harriers
at the
Royal Family
's
Sandringham House
estate.
[
citation needed
]
Alcatel-Lucent
announces plans to cut 4,000 jobs.
(Reuters)
Buddhist monks
return to the streets of
Burma
for the first time since a crackdown on protests last month.
(BBC)
Police in
India
's
Meghalaya
state say they have killed five tribal separatists in the capital of
Shillong
.
(BBC)
Los Angeles
authorities reveals that a boy playing with
matches
caused one of the
Los Angeles fires
.
(CNN)
A
United States district court
blocks new
patent rules
relating to
continuation practice
at the
USPTO
, originally scheduled to take effect on
November 1
,
2007
.
(Forbes)
(InformationWeek)
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