Portal:Current events/2012 October 27

October 27, 2012 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi insurgency: A series of attacks across Iraq kill 46 and injured 123 others. (BBC)
Several injuries occur as police use rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas to disperse people at the Olympia Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economics

Thousands of people join protests against budget cuts in Madrid and ask that the government quit. Riot police greet the demonstrators. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of British Columbia near Haida Gwaii, triggering a tsunami warning in the North Pacific. (CBC)

International relations

The fifth Tibetan in a week sets himself on fire and dies in Tibet in a protest against Chinese rule. (The Himalayan Times)

Law and crime

Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal:
- The family of disgraced disc jockey and television presenter Jimmy Savile makes its first public statement since his reputation was destroyed by a sexual abuse scandal. (CNN) (BBC)
- A statement from the Vatican claims it is not possible to strip Savile of his papal knighthood over his involvement in the sexual abuse scandal because the honour ceased to exist upon his death. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi makes it known that the Vatican is "deeply saddened that a person who has been stained by such acts could in his lifetime have been proposed for an honour by the Holy See." (The Irish Times)

Sport