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Nadarajah Raviraj, a human rights lawyer and legislator from the Tamil National Alliance, is assassinated in Colombo as violence escalates in Sri Lanka.

A new Constitution of Kyrgyzstan is adopted by the Joghorku Keneš.

In the United States midterm elections, the Democratic Party wins control of both chambers of Congress. Nancy Pelosi is poised to become the first-ever female Speaker of the House.

Donald Rumsfeld resigns as U.S. Secretary of Defense; Robert Gates (pictured) is nominated as his replacement.

Margaret Chan is elected to succeed the late Lee Jong-wook as Director-General of the World Health Organization.

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