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 U.S. Senate |
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US approves Indian nuclear deal The Senate is ending a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with Delhi, by the 86-13 vote
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| Oct.12 |
 Vatican |
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India's Christians first woman saint Pope gave the church four new saints, including an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a morale boost to Christians in India
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| Oct.17 |
 India |
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Tendulkar becomes highest run scorer  Map of Mohali India| Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest aggregate run scorer in Test cricket and the first to pass 12,000 in scoring 88 during the second test | |
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| Oct.21 |
North East India |
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Bomb blast kills 17 people Map of Imphal India| The insurgency-racked Indian 7 sisters have seen two major bomb blasts this month blamed on Islamists and Communist insurgents | |
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Kashmir |
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Trade route opens within Kashmir| A trade route opens within Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir state after a 60-year barrier | |
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India |
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  India wins test match against Australia Map of Mohali India India wins the second test match of the 2008-09 Border-Gavaskar cricket test series against Australia by 320 runs
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| Oct.29 |
 Ruhr |
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Anand retains World Chess title Map of Bonn Germany| India's Viswanathan Anand retains the World Chess Championship title by defeating Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik, 6½?4½ | |
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| Oct.30 |
North East India |
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Series of bomb blasts kills at least 66 Map of Assam India A series of bomb blasts in Assam kills at least 66 people and injures more than 470. As many as eighteen bombs went off
| Occurred before noon in markets in Guwahati city and the surrounding area of western Assam. The blasts ripped apart Guwahati, Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar
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