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Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party, wins the election takes over as first minister of Scotland
Bertie Ahern and the Fianna Fáil win their third successive general election victory in Ireland
Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as leader of the Labour Party and prime minister of the United Kingdom
Apple's iPhone goes on sale in the USA and 270,000 are sold in the first thirty hours
Pratibha Patil is elected President of India, the first woman to hold the post
Barry Bonds breaks baseball's previous record, hitting his 756th home run
The Burmese government removes fuel subsidies, causing massive price rises for consumers
Demonstrations begin in Burma against the recent increase in fuel prices
The civil rights group Reporters Without Borders demands improvement in civil rights abuses and censorship in China before the Beijing Olympics
The Chilean Supreme Court grants the Peruvian government's request for the extradition of Alberto Fujimori to Peru
Large numbers of monks in Burma march in support of the escalating nation-wide demonstrations against the government
After continuing daily escalation of the protest in Burma, nation-wide, the junta order arrests and military intervention
Burmese security forces raid the monasteries and begin beating and arresting monks to terrify the population into submission
Burmese monasteries are raided, and monks are arrested and taken away all over the country
The Burma junta seals the country off by blocking all internet access
Ibrahim Gambari, a United Nations envoy, arrives in Rangoon
The streets of Rangoon are virtually empty, with crowds dispersed by fear during the day and by curfew at night
Ibrahim Gambari is allowed to visit Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence, and has another meeting on October 2
Estimates of the number of deaths in the suppression of the Burmese uprising range from a few hundred to several thousand
After eight years abroad, Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan to contest a coming election
On the evening of Benazir Bhutto's return suicide bombers kill 136 of her supporters, who are lining the route, but fail to kill her
The first passenger flight on the massive Airbus A380 goes from Singapore to Sydney, with Singapore Airlines
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wins the presidential election in Argentina, becoming the first woman to do so
The Labor Party, led by Kevin Rudd, wins the federal election in Australia, defeating John Howard's Liberal Party
President Musharraf resigns as head of the Pakistan army, and is succeeded by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
