October 1, 2013

= World =

Politics and elections

 * United States federal government shutdown of 2013:
 * U.S. President Barack Obama, via the White House Office of Management and Budget, issues a partial shutdown of government agencies after the House and Senate fail to come to an agreement on a spending bill to keep government operations running. (NBC News)

Law and crime

 * The government of Venezuela expels three United States diplomats after accusing them of "economic sabotage". (BBC)

Law and crime

 * A Buddhist mob torches more than 70 Muslim homes and stabs a 94 year-old woman to death in Rakhine State, Myanmar. (AP via The Times of India)

Law and crime

 * Bangladeshi politician Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury is sentenced to death for war crimes including murder, torture, and genocide for his atrocities in the Bangladesh Liberation War. (BBC)

Armed conflict and attacks

 * Syrian civil war:
 * A team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons enters Syria to begin work on dismantling the Assad regime's stockpile of chemical weapons. (BBC)

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