Around the World (October 23, 2008)

Kamal_Farran Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:38 pm

***NEW TODAY***

EU - Stand Firm Against Diplomatic Assurances
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/22/eu20042.htm

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft on a lunar exploration mission.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7679818.stm
http://planetary.org/explore/topics/space_missions/chandrayaan_1/

United Kingdom - Stop Deportations to Risk of Torture
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/10/22/uk20040.htm

***OCTOBER 23 in History***
_4 year ago: A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
_10 years ago: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.
_102 years ago: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
_1506 years ago: The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.