Portal:Current events/2007 October 31
October 31, 2007 (Wednesday)
- The United States Federal Reserve reduces short-term interest rates to 4.5 per cent, the second cut in three months. (NYT)
- The President of the United States George W. Bush nominates Fmr. Governor of North Dakota Ed Schafer for United States Secretary of Agriculture. (Prairie Farmer)
- At least 8 people are killed and 53 are injured when militants bomb a bus in Togliatti, Russia. (Bloomberg)
- 21 of the 28 people accused over the 2004 Madrid train bombings have been found guilty; four of them are charged with murder. (Sky News)
- Police question Prince Harry over an alleged shooting of endangered hen harriers at the Royal Family's Sandringham House estate.
- Alcatel-Lucent announces plans to cut 4,000 jobs. (Reuters)
- Buddhist monks return to the streets of Burma for the first time since a crackdown on protests last month. (BBC)
- Police in India's Meghalaya state say they have killed five tribal separatists in the capital of Shillong. (BBC)
- Los Angeles authorities reveals that a boy playing with matches caused one of the Los Angeles fires. (CNN)
- A United States district court blocks new patent rules relating to continuation practice at the USPTO, originally scheduled to take effect on November 1, 2007. (Forbes) (InformationWeek)