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Friday, October 2. 2009, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Thousands of people gather at a mosque in Guinea's capital, Conakry, to identify those killed in Monday's opposition rally against military rule. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8287430.stm (BBC)

The International Olympic Committee awards the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The other bidding cities were Chicago (United States), Tokyo (Japan) and Madrid (Spain). //www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58S1H820091002 (Reuters)