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Portal:Current events/2013 October 1
October 1, 2013 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- A team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons enters Syria to begin work on dismantling the Assad regime's stockpile of chemical weapons. (BBC)
International relations
- The Vatican summons all papal envoys in the nations of the Middle East to a special meeting in Rome this week, to discuss the crisis facing the Church in that region. (Catholic World News), (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- United States federal government shutdown of 2013:
- U.S. President Barack Obama, the White House Office of Management and Budget, issues a partial shutdown of government agencies after the House and Senate fail to come to an agreement on a spending bill to keep government operations running. (NBC News)
Business and Video games
- Rockstar Games Video games series Grand Theft Auto video games action-adventure, Multiplayer video game Grand Theft Auto V: Online, was released October 1, 2013. Technology update chronological therefore history, after predecessor video games prequel HD Universe, Grand Theft Auto V. Video games series, Gameplay Video games and Multiplayer video game like, Grand Theft Auto Series and Grand Theft Auto V.
- NBA 2K14 was Released October 1, 2013 for Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Law and crime
- A Buddhist mob torches more than 70 Muslim homes and stabs a 94-year-old woman to death in Rakhine State, Myanmar. (AP via The Times of India)
- Bangladeshi politician Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury is sentenced to death for war crimes including murder, torture, and genocide for his atrocities in the Bangladesh Liberation War. (BBC)
International relations
- The government of Venezuela expels three United States diplomats after accusing them of "economic sabotage". (BBC)
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