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===October=== * [[October 4]] – The death toll from the flooding of [[Cambodia]]'s [[Mekong]] river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |title=Floods claim 207 lives in Cambodia |publisher=Wfp.org |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227045950/http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[October 18]] ** [[Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange]]: [[Israel]] and the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] militant organization [[Hamas]] begin a major prisoner exchange, in which the captured [[Israeli Army]] soldier [[Gilad Shalit]] is released by Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and [[Israeli-Arab]] prisoners held in Israel, including 280 prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | work=CNN | title=After 5 years in captivity, Shalit is back home - CNN.com | date=October 19, 2011 | access-date=October 20, 2011 | archive-date=April 16, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416121728/https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Gilad Shalit release: Palestinian prisoner exchange getting under way | date=October 18, 2011 | access-date=December 16, 2016 | archive-date=February 12, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212034810/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |title=Schalit reunites with parents, PM... JPost – Diplomacy & Politics |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=2011-10-18 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222063009/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |archive-date=December 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ** Dozens of exotic animals were released from their enclosures at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in [[Zanesville, Ohio]] resulting in the need of local law enforcement to hunt and kill 48 animals including 18 tigers, 6 black bears, 2 grizzly bears, 2 wolves, 1 macaque monkey, 1 baboon, 3 mountain lions and 17 African lions. * [[October 20]] ** Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]] is [[Death of Muammar Gaddafi|killed]] in [[Sirte]], with [[National Liberation Army (Libya)|National Transitional Council forces]] [[Battle of Sirte (2011)|taking control of the city]] and ending the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=NTC claims capture of Gaddafi – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |title=BBC News – Col Gaddafi killed |work=BBC |date=October 22, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109185148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|title=Gaddafi dies of wounds – NTC official|work=Reuters UK|agency=Reuters|date=October 20, 2011|access-date=2011-10-20|first=Samia|last=Nakhoul|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033525/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=Muammar Gaddafi 'killed' in gun battle – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[Basque people|Basque]] [[Basque separatism|separatist]] militant organisation [[Euskadi ta Askatasuna|ETA]] declares an end to its 43-year campaign of political violence, which has killed over 800 people since 1968.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|title=ETA pone fin a 43 años de terror {{pipe}} Política ||newspaper=El País|date=October 20, 2011|publisher=Politica.elpais.com|access-date=2012-05-06|last1=Aizpeolea|first1=Luis R.|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024236/https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[October 23]] – A magnitude 7.2 M<sub>w</sub> [[2011 Van earthquakes|earthquake]] jolts eastern Turkey near the city of [[Van, Turkey|Van]], killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |title=2011 Van earthquake |publisher=Earthquake Report |date=2011-10-23 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122183632/https://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> * [[October 27]] – After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announces an agreement to tackle the [[European sovereign debt crisis]] which includes a [[Write-off|writedown]] of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the [[European Financial Stability Facility]] totaling to €1 trillion.<ref name=BBCleaders>{{cite news|title=Leaders agree eurozone debt deal after late-night talks|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109215455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bhatti|first=Jabeen|title=EU leaders reach a deal to tackle debt crisis|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070743/http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[October 29]] ** A large [[2011 Halloween nor'easter|snowstorm]] produced unusual amounts of early snowfall across the northeastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes, leaving 1.7 million people without power and disrupting travel.<ref>{{cite web|title=CT resumes digging out from 'Alfred'|url=http://hbweb.sx2.atl.publicus.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/310319989|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131235351/http://hbweb.sx2.atl.publicus.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/310319989|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|date=October 31, 2011}}</ref> ** [[Michael D. Higgins]] is [[2011 Irish presidential election|elected]] [[President of Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taggart |first=Peter |date=2011-10-29 |title=Higgins wins Irish presidential election |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/29/world/europe/ireland-presidential-election/index.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> * [[October 31]] ** Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population [[Day of Seven Billion|reached seven billion]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Population seven billion: UN sets out challenges|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15459643|work=BBC News|date=2011-10-26|access-date=2011-10-30|archive-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815233211/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15459643|url-status=live}}</ref> ** [[UNESCO]] admits [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestine]] as a member, following a vote which 107 member states support and 14 oppose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/general_conference_admits_palestine_as_unesco_member_state/|title=General Conference admits Palestine as UNESCO Member|date=2011-10-31|access-date=2011-12-11|archive-date=December 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214135140/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/general_conference_admits_palestine_as_unesco_member_state/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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