Portal:Current events/2009 October 27

October 27, 2009 (Tuesday)

A report by the Australian government warns that global warming climate change threatens the coastal lifestyle of the country, with a prospect of a ban on coastal homes. (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph)
Grassroots occupations of Austrian universities spread to several more in Vienna, Graz and Linz, demanding free education for everyone. (Boston Herald) (CNN iReport) (Austrian Times)
Qatar inaugurates one of the world's largest LNG trains, operated by RasGas. (Al Bawaba) (The Peninsula) (Gulf Times)
Pope Benedict XVI appoints Cardinal Peter Turkson of Cape Coast, Ghana, to serve as the new head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. (Pakistan Christian TV)
NASA announces a delay in the launch of the Ares I-X test rocket, developed to replace the space shuttle, due to poor weather conditions. (New Scientist) (BBC)
The Church of Scientology in France is convicted of organised fraud. (France 24) (The Times) (Al Jazeera)
China confirms it has executed 2 Tibetans over unrest last year. (Angola Press) (The Guardian) (The Hindu)
The son of ex-French President François Mitterrand, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand and an ex-government minister, Charles Pasqua, are convicted for their roles in illegal arms sales to Angola. (Associated Press) (Reuters)
A nephew of Honduran interim leader Robert Micheletti and a high ranking army officer are found murdered. (Times of India) (BBC) (Press TV)
A British couple are missing after their yacht is hijacked by Somali pirates off the Seychelles. (Bloomberg) (AFP) (Xinhua)
North Korea says a South Korean man has defected to the North across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (Yonhap) (Associated Press) (Xinhua)
Burundi and Uganda tighten security after threats by the militant Somali Al-Shabaab, a group with links to Al-Qaeda, to attack their capitals. (Reuters India) (VOA)
The autonomous Aceh province in Indonesia is to ban women from wearing tight trousers under a new law, while a law authorising the stoning to death of adulterers and the whipping of homosexuals will be reviewed. (Jakarta Globe) (Straits Times) (Reuters South Africa)
Authorities in Venezuela arrest a number of people accused of being secret service agents from neighbouring Colombia, on charges of espionage. (El Universal) (Colombia Reports) (BBC)
Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva backs autonomy for the restive southern provinces to bring an end to violence in the region. (The Nation) (Straits Times)

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