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==[[4 October]] [[2005]] (Tuesday)==
* [[United States]] President [[George Bush]] expresses concern of a potential [[H5N1|avian flu outbreak]] and asks [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] to consider the use of military troops to impose a [[quarantine]] in the event of a deadly flu pandemic. [http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051005/NEWS06/510050439/1012 (IndyStar)]
* The [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] awards [[Yves Chauvin]], [[Robert H. Grubbs]], and [[Richard R. Schrock]] the [[2005]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis". [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/2005/index.html (Nobelprize.org)]
▲* The [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] awards [[Yves Chauvin]], [[Robert H. Grubbs]], and [[Richard R. Schrock]] the [[2005]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis". [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/2005/index.html (Nobelprize.org)]
* Eleven embassies in [[Kuala Lumpur]], the capital of [[Malaysia]], received suspicious packages containing threatening letters and unidentified liquid, triggering security alerts. The embassies represent [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Japan]], the [[Philippines]], [[Russia]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]]. [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/10/05/afx2260616.html (Forbes)]
* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: Five [[US troops]] die during sweeps of [[insurgent]] held towns in [[Iraq]]. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002540350_killed05.html (Seattle Times)].
* The [[Malawi]] government says that 650,000 people in the country have died due to [[AIDS]] in the past two decades. There are now 850,000 orphan children, 50% of these are a result of AIDS. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200510040210.html (allAfrica)]
* The [[United Nations Security Council]] demands that [[Rwanda|Rwandan]] rebels, the [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda]] (FDLR), to disarm and leave [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] immediately. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04695444.htm (Reuters)]
* Two [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] soldiers die and eleven others are injured in a plane crash as the [[United Nations]] and [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]'s army airlifted local troops to the northeastern frontier to confront [[Ugandan]] [[Lord's Resistance Army]] rebels. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04708418.htm (Reuters)]
* One million [[France|French]] transportation workers and teachers hold a nationwide strike in opposition to the [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[Dominique de Villepin]]'s economic and labor policies, forcing the closure of schools and airports. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051004/ap_on_re_eu/france_strikes (Reuters)]
*[[Ohio]] [[Iraqi War]] veteran [[Paul Hackett]] is expected to run in the state [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] primary to contest the seat of [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Senator|Senator]] [[Mike DeWine]]. Hackett lost in a closely contested [[United States House of Representatives|House]] race on [[August 2]].[http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051004/NEWS01/510040364 (The Cincinnati Enquirer)]
* [[Roy J. Glauber]], [[John L. Hall]] and [[Theodor W. Hänsch]] share in the [[2005]] [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]. [http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/2005/ (Nobelprize.org)]
* Four [[Uganda]]n civilians are killed in a rare afternoon [[ambush]] on a [[pickup truck]] in north east Uganda by [[Lord's Resistance Army]] rebels. The insurgents are suspected of shooting the driver and two passengers and killing a fourth with an axe. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4307558.stm (BBC News)]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: A 37-year-old [[Palestinian]] mother of six is shot and killed after she stabbed and lightly injured a female [[Israel Defense Forces]] soldier at the [[Hawara]] [[roadblock]] south of [[Nablus]]. No militant group claimed the attack, but it is known that the woman's brother was killed by the IDF at the beginning of the [[Al-Aqsa Intifada]]. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3150956,00.html (Ynetnews)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4307438.stm (BBC)]
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