Google Google says that its Street View cars collected more information than it previously admitted including e-mails, passwords and URLs and that it would change its privacy practices.
Tibet Protests by Tibetan students against a new language policy making Chinese the official teaching language spread in China, with a demonstration taking place at the Minzu University of China in Beijing.
Zamboanga An ex-convict kills 3 people and injures 6 others at a school near the city of Zamboanga in the Philippines.
Geert Wilders Judges in the trial of Dutch MP Geert Wilders are ordered to step down by an independent appeals panel, with the legal process now having to begin again.
United Kingdom Files on the death of British biological weapons inspector David Kelly, which had previously been kept secret by the British government for 7 years, are released, stating that his wounds were typical of "self-inflicted injury".
Uganda Several people are attacked in Uganda after a newspaper publishes the names and addresses of homosexuals.
Austria A car crash in Austria leads to the death of Christian Kandlbauer, thought to be the first man to drive using a mind-controlled robotic arm.
Nieuwer ter Aa A cargo ship collides with a small ferryboat at Nieuwer ter Aa, Utrecht, capsizing the ferryboat.
Cyclone Giri Cyclone Giri, which rapidly intensified with winds of 144mph, makes landfall in western Burma.
Typhoon Megi Typhoon Megi kills 7 people and leaves 23 missing after triggering landslides in Taiwan.
United Nations Secretary-General Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon warns that North Korea is headed for a "chronic" food crisis with droughts and floods in various parts of the country.
Uganda An outbreak of jiggers, a rotting disease, kills 20 people in Uganda and sickens a further 20,000.
Haiti The Haitian Health Ministry informs the World Health Organisation of a cholera outbreak north of Port-au-Prince; at least 150 people have been killed.
Premier The Premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall calls on the Government of Canada to reject a $28.6 billion takeover bid by BHP Billiton for the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.
Recent strikes and demonstrations French trade unions plan two further days of protest on October 28 and November 6.
France French riot police take over the Grandpuits Total S.A. oil refinery which had been blockaded by strikers for more than ten days.
Chilean Chilean writer and social critic Pablo Huneeus registers the copyright in "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33" on behalf of the man who wrote it.
National Film Awards Fifty-seventh National Film Awards given away by President Pratibha Patel in New Delhi.
Islam Fighting between pro-government forces and Islamist insurgents in Beled-Hawa district of Somalia near the Kenyan border has killed 12 people.
Indonesia Indonesia admits that the men seen torturing Papuan villagers in a video were soldiers of the Indonesian National Armed Forces.
Kirovohrad Three bombs explode in front of government offices in Kirovohrad, Ukraine, ahead of a visit by President Viktor Yanukovych.
WikiLeaks Wikileaks releases Iraq War Logs, secret American military records which reveal new information, including that U.S. commanders allowed torture and execution to occur without investigation and that hundreds of civilians have been killed at U.S. military checkpoints during the War on Iraq. Hillary Clinton and other U.S. officials condemn the disclosures.