Portal:Current events/2013 October 10

Current events of October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks Post-civil war violence in Libya: The Prime Minister of Libya Ali Zeidan is kidnapped from a hotel in Tripoli but later released. (The Telegraph) (AFP via France 24) Arts and culture The Canadian writer Alice Munro is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. (CNN) Official alternative names are announced for the North Island and South Island of New Zealand with Te Ika-a-Maui and Te Waipounamu as the respective Maori language names. (TV New Zealand) The BBC announce the discovery of nine missing episodes of Doctor Who starring Patrick Troughton, located in Nigeria, including the remainder of the partially-missing serial The Enemy of the World and 4 of the 5 missing episodes of The Web of Fear. (BBC) Business and economy French air traffic controllers begin strike action with the south of France expected to be worst affected. (ITV) The Delaware Supreme Court, setting aside a lower court's order, clears the way for a transaction in which Activision Blizzard can buy back its equity from Vivendi. (Reuters) Law and crime Former Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick is sentenced to 28 years in prison for racketeering, conspiracy, fraud, and tax crimes. (MSN) The Justice Ministry of Iraq announces it has executed 42 terrorism convicts in two days amidst condemnation from human rights groups. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections The Cabinet of Malawi is dissolved by President Joyce Banda amidst a graft scandal. (Reuters) Science Scott Carpenter, Mercury 7 astronaut and second American to orbit the earth, dies at 88 following complications from a stroke.(Fox News)