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In October 2007, amid speculation that then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown was about to call a snap general election, former Labour minister Tony Benn announced that he wanted to come out of retirement and return to the Commons, offering himself to the Kensington and Chelsea constituency Labour Party to challenge Malcolm Rifkind.
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In October 2008 the Russian bank Gazprombank, the banking arm of Gazprom, acquired 100 percent of Armenian bank Areximbank after previously buying 80 percent of said bank in November 2007 and 94. 15 percent in July of the same year.
The Times reported in October 2007 that these limits had been " plucked out of the air " and had no scientific basis.
The second was 15 October to 5 November 2007.
In October 2007, at the Luxemburgish Hack. lu Security Conference, Kevin Finistere and Thierry Zoller demonstrated and released a remote root shell via Bluetooth on Mac OS X v10. 3. 9 and v10. 4.
By October 2007 bluetongue had become a serious threat in Scandinavia and Switzerland and the first outbreak in Denmark was reported.
In October 2007, Watterson wrote a review of Schulz and Peanuts, a biography of Charles Schulz, in The Wall Street Journal.
October 2007, the In Education program partnered with the Massachusetts Literacy Foundation and Got Books?
On October 27, 2007, ex-Comets guitar player Bill Turner opened the Bill Haley Museum for the public.
On 1 October 2007, BBC World News started broadcasting BBC World News America and World News Today at 00: 00 and 03: 00 UKT respectively.
The second happened on 27 October 2007.
" In October 2007 when Bob Jones III, as " a private citizen ," endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination for president, Stephen Jones made it clear that he wished " to stay out of politics " and that neither he nor the university had endorsed anyone.
* 2007 Chris Hummel ( Evicted on October 5 by the Dean of Students )
As of October 2007, the U. S. dollar weakened against the euro, British pound, and many other currencies.
For instance, the euro hit $ 1. 42 in October 2007, the strongest it has been since its birth in 1999.
The 97 children were taken from their homes in October 2007 by a then-obscure French charity, Zoé's Ark, which claimed they were orphans from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.
As the February 28, 2008 deadline to approve or reject CAFTA loomed, Arias decided to call for the referendum himself, and it took take place on October 7, 2007.
Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )
In October 2007, Nauruan Foreign Minister and Trade Minister David Adeang travelled to Cuba to strengthen relations between the two island nations.
In October 2007, the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin received a 10-year, $ 38 million subcontract to conduct the first intensively monitored, long-term project in the United States studying the feasibility of injecting a large volume of CO < sub > 2 </ sub > for underground storage.
On October 6, 2007, the Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Phillies by winning 2 – 1 in Colorado.
On October 17, 2007, a week before the first game of the 2007 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, the Colorado Rockies announced that tickets would be made available to the general public via online sales only, despite prior arrangements to sell the tickets at local retail outlets.
* " Cement Industry Is at Center of Climate Change Debate " article by Elizabeth Rosenthal in the New York Times October 26, 2007
Shot of the Coronation Street exterior set ( October 2007 )
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* October 15 – English scholar Edward Gibbon conceives the idea of writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire " as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol ".
In October 1997, the mayor's City Council floor leader, Patrick Huels of the 11th Ward, the Daley family's home ward, resigned in disgrace amid allegations he used his aldermanic office to benefit his private security firm, which got a loan from city contractor and close Daley friend Michael Tadin.
The synod was dissolved in the beginning of October, and Cyril arrived amid much joy at Alexandria on 30 October.
In October 2010, for example, his painting " Bestiaire et Musique ," depicting a bride and a fiddler floating in a night sky amid circus performers and animals, " was the star lot " at an auction in Hong Kong.
On October 23, amid reports that four of its remaining ten teams were on the verge of folding, the entire league shut down and the Birmingham Vulcans, with a league-best record of 9-3, were proclaimed league champions.
However, on the night of 28 – 29 October, the Opéra burned to the ground ; the directors, amid other pressing concerns, set Don Rodrigue aside.
Due to changes in the state athletics schedules the Thanksgiving Day game tradition ended in 1980 amid protests from fans, and the game was moved to late October.
In October 2006, the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Star were replaced amid reports of boardroom battles about the direction of the company.
The next day, " Black Tuesday ", October 29, 1929, about 16 million shares were traded, and the Dow lost an additional 30 points, or 12 %, amid rumors that U. S. President Herbert Hoover would not veto the pending Smoot – Hawley Tariff Act.
On 26 October, amid mounting claims that the threshold of 25 was about to be reached, Duncan Smith made an appearance on television daring his opponents to show their hand by the evening of 29 October or to withdraw their challenge.
His tenure of the Foreign Office was noteworthy for the famous dispatch in which he defended Italian independence: " Her Majesty's Government will turn their eyes rather to the gratifying prospect of a people building up the edifice of their liberties, and consolidating the work of their independence, amid the sympathies and good wishes of Europe " ( 27 October 1860 ).
In October 2005, he became Minister-President of the Walloon Region after Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe resigned amid a corruption scandal, involving several members of Di Rupo's party.
He succeeded Erich Honecker as leader of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( SED ) and head of state in October 1989, but was ousted just under three months later amid the collapse of the communist regime.
The merger of the Holiness Church of Christ in the south and the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene took place on Tuesday, October 13, 1908, at 10: 40 a. m., " amid great shouts of joy and holy enthusiasm.
On 27 October 1997, the Dow Jones industrial plunged 554 points or 7. 2 %, amid ongoing worries about the Asian economies.
The Statue of Freedom was returned to its pedestal by helicopter on October 23, 1993, amid the celebration of the bicentennial of the U. S. Capitol.
On 17 October 1996, Yeltsin dismissed General Alexander Lebed from the position of National Security Advisor amid allegations that he was plotting a coup and secretly mustering a private army.
He was appointed chairman of the board of Aer Rianta in 1990 under the Haughey government, but resigned in October 1991 amid the scandal over the purchase of the Johnston Mooney & O ' Brien site by Telecom Eireann.
He was reelected twice, amid allegations of ballot rigging, on 24 December 1995 and 29 October 2000.
* 16 September and 24, 1 and 8 October – Elections are held in the state of Jammu and Kashmir amid an atmosphere of escalating violence.
On 20 October, Martin Allen was put on gardening leave amid allegations he racially abused a nightclub bouncer, and assistant manager John Schofield took temporary charge.
After a gradual 5-year recovery to an intraday high of 2, 239. 51 on October 31, 2007, the highest reached since February 16, 2001, the index corrected below the 2, 000 level in early 2008 amid the Late-2000s Recession, the United States Housing Bubble and the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.
In October 2007, Trader Joe's began to phase out foods imported from China amid concerns that standards on " organic " products from the country are not as stringent as they should be.
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