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Current events of
October 6, 2011
(
2011-10-06
)
(Thursday)
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Arts and culture
Swedish poet
Tomas Tranströmer
is awarded the 2011
Nobel Prize in Literature
.
(Nobel Foundation)
(
The Guardian
)
(
The Washington Post
)
Business and economy
Production at the
Japanese
plants of carmaker
Toyota
returns to normal following the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
.
(Kyodo)
The
Bank of England
injects a further £75bn into the British economy through
quantitative easing
.
(BBC)
Disasters
Tropical Storm Jova
forms off the
Pacific
coast of
Mexico
.
(NHC)
International relations
South Korea
rejects
North Korea
's demands that two citizens from the north who crossed the border be repatriated.
(Yonhap)
Law and crime
The trial of
Ichirō Ozawa
, a powerful faction leader in the ruling
Democratic Party of Japan
, over a political funding scandal begins today in
Japan
.
(AFP via Google News)
Politics and elections
Voters in
Canada
's most populous province
Ontario
go to the polls for a
general election
with the
Ontario Liberal Party
, led by
Dalton McGuinty
, winning another term under a slight minority government.
(
The Globe and Mail
)
(CTV)
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