< Portal:Current events
October 22, 2011 (Saturday)
International relations
- North Korea agrees, for the first time in 6 years, to let the United States search for the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War. (BBC)
Disasters
- A pedestrian suspension bridge collapse in Bijanbari, near Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, kills at least 34 people and injures over 100. (Hindustan Times) (All India Radio)
Politics and elections
- National Transitional Council chairman Mahmoud Jibril announces that Libyan elections will occur "within months". (CNN)
- Morocco, Togo, Guatemala and Pakistan are elected to the United Nations Security Council, with a fifth seat still undecided. (CNN)
- Saudi heir Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud dies, leaving questions as to the succession in the kingdom. Hard-line conservative Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz becomes likely successor. (CNN)
- Voters in the US state of Louisiana go to the polls for a gubernatorial election with incumbent Governor Bobby Jindal expected to be elected in the first round. (AP via Fox News)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.